Progress!

I love it when I see little signs that my girls are progressing! Today we had our primary program in sacrament meeting. The girls both had parts, of course. And Kira, who a year ago refused to say one word to her teachers, let alone stand up in front of anyone and speak, got up to the microphone, loudly whispered to the Primary President that she didn't need any help, she could do it herself, and then spoke her part word for word from memory perfectly! Yeah! Go Kira! She is becoming such a beautiful, big girl! We are so proud of her!

Kendi's Cereal

Oh, I just LOVE it when babies get to start eating rice cereal!!! (Did you catch the sarcasm in there?) Kendi just started with her cereal the other day and we caught some pics of it. She did pretty well, considering. However, there was sticky paste all over her and me and the kitchen. What's a mom to do? Oh, and she seems to confuse her fist with the spoon??? How does that happen?

Finally. . . Halloween Pictures!!!

Snow White. . .

Belle. . .

And a little bit of pixie dust. . .

And they all lived happily ever after. . .

Best Friends

We love you guys!

Soccer

Kira's soccer pictures. Soccer season is all over now. It was a little long for me, but Kira seemed to like it. She never really decided to get aggressive or even really figured the game out, but she loved the associations. I guess we will try again next season and see if we can figure it out. . .

Some Catching Up. . .

So, I know we are four months late, but here are a few more pictures from the day Kendi was born. This is me that afternoon-- nine months prego!!! My tummy looks kinda HUGE!!!

Here is me and Brandon on the way to the hospital.

And the girls' first sleepover! They had so much fun, but stayed up until like 11 or so. They have literally NEVER been up that late and they didn't handle it too well the next day, especially Kira. Thanks again Brooke for taking such good care of our little ones!

The Big 4 Year Old!

I know I am a little late posting, but on November 2, Kamber turned 4. She was so excited about having a birthday. Now that they have finally figured out the whole birthday thing it has been really fun!!! We had a Tinker Bell theme, as the new Tinker Bell movie was out a few days before, which we had all been looking forward to for some time. She wanted a green cake with green frosting but I was able to convince her to have a chocolate cake with green frosting (I know, I am so bad!). I found an awesome recipe here: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Lisas-Chocolate-Chocolate-Chip-Cake/Detail.aspx. Mmmmmm, so moist and yummy! Here is my pretty little birthday princess:

Kamber was born around 1:00am on election day in 2004. It was the day Bush beat out Kerry. I remember that she didn't cry at all but just kept looking around with her then big blue eyes.

When Kira came to the hospital to see Kamber, the first thing she did was point at her and say "Baby!" This was one of her very first words and so, it stuck. She was nicknamed "Baby" until about a year ago when she started telling me she wasn't "Baby", she was "Kamber."

She was a great baby! She ate well and slept well (compared to Kira). She loved being on the go with Kira and me. She didn't get any teeth in until she was a year old, but still wanted to eat everything the Kira did. She figured out how to eat quesadillas, mac & cheese, crackers, just about anything without teeth. She would just keep it in her cheek for quite a while until it was mooshie enough to eat with her gums. Even when she was older she would keep food in her cheeks, sometimes for hours! She was a little chipmunk.

When she was really little, Kira and I started doing lots of puzzles. Kamber, not wanting to get left behind, started doing them too. She was awesome at them and could remember where every single piece went on all 20 or so puzzles we owned. Her nursery teachers were very impressed!

She is a sunshiny, fun-loving, athletic girl that we all love! I am so glad she came to our little family. Love ya, Kamber!