French Family: June 2010

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

just pictures

Bree 5 1/2 weeks old - so yummy!

I was rocking bree and kate got on the chair and fell asleep too - got to birds with one stone

Kate and some of her besties

Monday, June 28, 2010

Last Saturday we gathered up the kiddos and went to Lagoon with Logan and Hannah. Some would probably call us crazy for going there in 90 degree weather with a 5 week old but Bree and Spencer for that matter did really well. Here are a few pictures from our fun day...

Our first ride was on the train. Toot...Toot!

For the most part we stayed in Kiddie Land for Kate. Here she is on the boat ride...

and on the helicopter ride.

I spent most of the day with Bree, getting her out whenever we could find some shade.

Of course we had to get some ice-cream.

Kate's favorite ride was the Chinese Dragon rollercoaster. We went on it twice and she absolutely loved it! That's my kind of gal.

We went to Lagoon just the 4 of us and came home with 3 new friends. Spencer won Kate a stuffed animal cow and a little duck and Kate won herself a little monkey. That's when Spencer said, "now, that's my kind of gal".

Just as we were leaving we took a family picture. Looks pretty cool, huh?

We also stopped into Lagoon-a-beach for a while where Kate splashed in the water to cool off and then played in the sand volley-ball courts for 20 minutes. It was such a great day. Kate loved every minute of it and has asked to go back about a hundred times since then. Thanks Cameron and Emily for the free tickets!

Sunday, June 20, 2010

Bree's Blessing Day

Bree was blessed on Sunday June 20th. It was such a great day and Spencer did an awesome job. I was such a proud mama.

Most recent family picture - I'd have to say we're one good lookin' bunch!

Mamoo and D-Bo with Bree on her special day

Grandpa and Grandma with Bree

After the blessing we had everyone over for a little brunch. I was so grateful for all the love and support we received.

- D-Bo's story -

So my dad told us he wasn't going to be able to make it out for the blessing due to work needing him to stay in Florida. Both Spencer and I were totally bummed. Little did we know that my dad was playing us all. He had a load of cars out here and wanted to surprise us all by showing up unannounced. So the week before my dad left Florida for New York then came back to Florida and packed up for Utah. He pulled in around 9:30 pm where he made Spencer and I sneak him into our house and into our bathroom where he could shower and get all perdy'd up for my mom while she was getting ready for bed. His plan worked out pretty good because my mom was totally surprised. So now my dad's nick-named now is Mr. Sneaky Sneaky.

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Birth Announcement

Here's Bree's Birth Announcement. I mailed out a few but thought for everyone else I'd just post it on our blog.

Monday, June 7, 2010

Growing

Today I took Bree and Kate for their well check-ups. Both are doing so good! Here on their stats...

Kate is 34 1/2 inches tall (5th percentile) and weighs 26.6 lbs (10th percentile). You might wonder if she is really growing? The answer is YES - little by little she is slowly moving up the growth chart and is on track to be the cutest little thing out there.

Bree is back to her exact birth weight of 8 lbs and 1 oz (50th percentile) but has grown an inch and is now 20 1/2 inches in length (75th percentile) and her head circumference is in the 25th percentile. However, they weighed her before she did a massive explosion all over the doctor and then when I was cleaning it up, round two hit and she got it all over my hand too.

Poor thing was pooped out - litterly, after such a big day out.

And look our garden is growing too! I swear each day I look at our garden the things have grown even more. It's so exciting and I can't wait to see and taste if what we are growing will even be eatable - I sure hope so!

What's She Thinkin'?

Kate has said and done some pretty funny things and I'm afraid that I'll forget them so I am writing them here where everyone can enjoy them.

10-12-12 Spencer picked up Kate from school today and she proceed to tell him that she told her whole class our phone number. Spencer was shocked because he didn't think she even knew our cell numbers. So he asked her to tell him and she quickly replied "2". 2 is Spencer and my speed dial for each other. Ha!

5-18-11 We got some lunch at Del Taco where the kids could play. There was a boy with long hair playing there too and Kate says in front of everyone, "Mom, hers a boy, for real !" The little boys mom just chuckled.

4-24-11 It was Easter Sunday and Kate asked about the Resurection... the rest of the convo went like this...

Kate: Mom what's the resurection?

Me: It's when you come back to life after you die

Kate: what does that look like?

Me: Oh it's pretty

Kate: So it's Pink?

3-20-11 Kate got some Barbies from a neighbor family who now has older children. She's been playing with non-stop and when Spencer asked her the name of one of the Barbies she quickly replied, "oh her name is Porky". That Barbie is sure to have a complex now.

3-20-11 Spencer and Kate were talking about the garden we want toplat this year and Kate said this... "Daddy, I want to grow a hugen pumpkin and call it Humpkin"

2-10-11 Kate and my mom were talking about riding horses and my mom asked Kate what her horses name was, she took a second to think about it and then replyed, "He's a pink horse named blue. "

9-29-10 Kate was in a bad mood and wanted something that I wasn't going to get her so she gave me the stink eye and then said,"mommy i'm magic and going to disapear from here and then ride my bike to get a treat at the store with daddy!".

9-17-10 Kate is in Spencer's football pool and she makes her picks each week by pointing to the team she wants to win. The other day she was coloring and Spencer was reading off the teams and Kate was telling him who she wanted.

Spencer: Jets or Patriots?

Kate: humm.... Jets because they're in the bathtub

Spencer: What?

Kate: daddy i said Jets because they're in the bathtub!

We have a jetted tub that kate likes to play in and turn on the "jets" and once he remembered that it was just common sense to pick the Jets... because they're in the bathtub.

7-26-10 Kate was telling me how she wanted someone to play with. I told her that I would play with here but she looked at me with her big eyes and said, "no mommy, not you. I want someone little like Brooke, Austin, or D-Bo." (D-bo is my dad)

5-9-10 After church we decided to go to the park. When I asked Kate which park she wanted to go to she said the red one. I told her I didn't know where that one was and then she said... "It's in utah idaho american south." Got it.

10-4-09 Spencer asked Kate if she wanted some ice-cream and she replied, "I sure do!"

10-1-09 Kate was in the tub while I was getting ready when I heard her singing like Ariel, "ah ahh ahh, ahh ah ahhh". When I looked at her she was on her belly and I started to laugh. She then quickly sat up and said, "what mommy?"

9-16-09 Kate's new favorite movie is the Little Mermaid. She was watching it when she turned to me and said, Mommy, I want to go to the ocean floor to say HI to Ariel and all the fishies".

9-1-09 It was past Kate's bed time when she asked to watch "Dora". I told her no because it was time for bed. Then she asked if she could watch football. Spencer perked right up and gave me a look like how was he supposed to turn that down? I guess she was willing to do anything to say up. Te-he-he We compromised by reading books together as a family.

8-27-09 Kate and I were driving in a construction zone in Provo when she saw a very large building crane. Then she said, "Mommy, I want to get in my bathing suit and ride that dinosaur."

8-23-09 Kate went into Spencer's office and said in a very frim voice, "Dad, I need my own computer." My dad says we're done for because Kate is already smarter than both Spencer and I.

8-20-09 Kate's new favorite things to do is hide things in drawers and cupboards. Just recently I have found Monk-monk in almost every drawer in the house - she even hid him while we were camping in Grandma camper. I have also found a hot pocket, a beach ball, sippy cups, hair accessories, shoes, measuring cups, small books and toys, and all sorts of stuff. I still giggle when I find things but I'm sure this will get very annoying very soon.

8-9-09 We were late to church so we just grabbed the first chairs we could see in the overflow. As soon as we sat down both Spencer and I looked at each other and gasped - the young lady in front of us had the worst body order EVER!! Kate didn't notice at first but it didn't take her long before she said very loud, "Eww that's stinky! Stinky mommy stinky!" As most 2 year olds do, she kept repeating those words. Needless to say we had to get up and move after the opening prayer.

7-22-09 "Mommy, see the mountains. I love them so much!"

6-22-09 We were all watching some T.V. when Kate came up to Spencer and I holding her Mrs. Potato Head and said, "What the Chicken?"

6-1-09 Spencer and Kate were looking at a rainbow in the sky when Spencer decided to name off all the colors in the rainbow, "Blue, purple, green, yellow and red" Then Kate looks at him and say, "And orange daddy, and orange". What 2 year old would know what color he didn't say?

5-30-09 Kate was having a hard time falling asleep so I laid in the guest bed with her to help calm her down. I was almost asleep when I heard some strange noises. Then a small voice says, "that was me". This went on for a good five minutes and I couldn't help but to snicker a few times at the silly noises she would make and then follow with "that was me" just in case I didn't know who or what was making those sounds.

5-20-09 A man with brown shoulder length hair walks onto the airplane. Kate points at him and says, "Jesus mommy, Jesus!!" She repeats this about 4 times while pointing right at him and each time she says it louder and louder.

5-9-09 I was taking some vitamins and Kate wanted some so I filled a syringe with water when she wasn't looking and told her to open big for her medicine. She did and then looked up at me with her big brown eyes and a face of disappointment and with a sigh said, "water mommy?" My mouth fell open and for a second I didn't know what to say then I started laughing.

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