Time for an update I think...

Well this year we had Thanksgiving with my in-laws. Matt's brother Doug and sister Pam came into town and we had a blast playing with all the cousins. Cousin Ty and Kenzi became instant best friends again. It takes them a while to warm up to each other but when they do, INSTANT best friends. They had a sleepover a few nights before Thanksgiving and just had a blast.
This is Thanksgiving Day and the best picture I have. I didn't take pictures at the dinner table with my camera but I will try and get copies of those pictures. This is after dinner and Connie and Sherman will most of their grandkids. Only Steve's kids are missing.

It is always great to see family. Especially Matt's side since all of them live out of town. So that is why we weren't able to go to St. George for Thanksgiving if any of you were wondering.

I had thought I'd done so good with Christmas shopping. I started the day after Thanksgiving but of course I didn't count on last minute emergencies. I shall know better for next year and will be more prepared. Christmas was really a blast this year as well. Surprisingly we didn't start until around 8 or 8:30am. It was fantastic....Except for the rudely awakening we got at 3am because our neighbors decided to BLAST their music for an hour. At least it was enough to wake Matt up. When I was younger I'd play music to fall asleep so it didn't bother me as much as Matt. It was just the fact that it was so early in the morning. So we did do something about it. And it hasn't happened for a while but it will....guaranteed it will.

Christmas morning was still really fun. Santa was really nice this year. Although, as soon as my girls opened their presents they started fighting over them. But such is life. It was probably around 9am when my mom stopped by to give us their presents for us. I have yet to take pictures of my living room. Although I have yet to take Christmas pictures off my camera. SO that will be next post of pictures. I know I'm a little late in saying this but Merry Christmas everyone. Hope it was as good as ours. And Happy New Years tomorrow!!! =)

The Best....

This blog will be short today. I haven't been in a blogging mood and nothing particularly exciting has happened. My girls are back in school from break. I'm not sure who's more excited me or them. And I started Christmas shopping before Thanksgiving so now I am all done. The only thing I need to get now are stocking stuffers. Not too hard. =) I'm so good at this game.

Anyway, back to my original reason of writing. I've been reading these vampire books that are just amazing. No, it's not the Twilight series and yes, there are MUCH better vampire books than Twilight. The first book is called, A Quick Bite. They are by Lynsay Sands. There are 10 books in the series and I'm on book 3. I did take a break from them for a while because I had to pack and move into my house. So now I am back reading them and I just love them. The absolute best part of these vampire books are....THEY DON'T GLISTEN IN THE SUN!!!! If you'd like to know more about them I will be glad to tell you. =)

Halloween!!

Bailey's a Vampire, Natalie's tinkerbell, Kylie's Cinderella, and Kenzi's a witch!

We had a blast getting candy, of course, and fortunately didn't get tummy aches.

Kenzi's candy is all gone, no surprise. Natalie's candy is almost gone, she got the most. Kylie's candy is just about gone. And not too sure how much Bailey got or ate. She had a sore throat anyway so I don't think she ate a lot.

Updates...

Yes, I know. I've been slacking. I have been sick and so have my kids. So really that's the best excuse I can come up with. =D

Anyway, I know I've told some people but I will let the rest of you know on here since I don't have most of your numbers. My oldest daughter Natalie, is getting baptized this Saturday at 10am at my stake center on Oakey between Rainbow and Buffalo. She is super excited and can't wait. I did get her scriptures and hopefully they will be here before Saturday but we shall see. She was very disappointed that she didn't get scriptures for her birthday. I was thinking of doing them for her birthday but I think it would be more of a surprise and more special if I did them on her baptism. Then that night, we'll have our wards truck or treat. That should be fun for them as well.

Not a lot has been going on, just a baptism, being sick, and trying to not get everyone else sick.

Breakfast...

I was in my room getting ready to walk my girls to school when I heard Kenzi spilled Natalie's water all over the floor and would not clean it up. Natalie asked her in every possibly way, mean and nice, to clean it up. Kenzi, of course, refused. Then Natalie did something I kind of didn't expect but am not surprised. This is the conversation.

Natalie: Do you want mom to slip?
Kylie: Do you want mom to die or something? If she dies we won't have any more moms. We will have to go in the front yard and find a new one. (turns to Natalie) Right? There will be no one to watch us when dad is at work. (turns to Natalie) Right?

I then hear silence and Kenzi asks where I am. She tells me she spilled Natalie's water and is going to say sorry to her. I tell her that's a great plan. She leaves my room and then I hear,

Kenzi: Natalie, sorry I spilled your water.
Natalie: That's ok. Just clean it up.
Kylie: Yeah, so mom won't die, cause she will if she slips.

I must say my kids do have a wild imagination. Especially Kylie. I had no idea that she'd be able to find a new mom in the front yard. Amazing what you can find in your front yard these days. haha I love my imaginative kids.

Today...

I've been walking to school with my kids since they started school. Usually, not all of us are awake so there's not normally a conversation...Today, however, was different. This is how our conversation went.

Natalie: It's windy today.
Me: Yep, it's cooling off.
Kylie: The wind makes my eyeballs cold.
Kenzi: Yeah, mine too.
Natalie: But if feels good on your eyeballs.
Kylie: Yeah.

We were about half way to school when this conversation started. Although it only lasted a few seconds, I was laughing the rest of the way to school. I love my kids!

First day of school...

First day of 2nd grade!

First day of Kindergarten.

Natalie and Kylie are growing up so fast. This is their first day of 2nd grade and Kindergarten. Before I know it Kenzi will be starting school. Time does go by really fast.

House...

So I've had many complains about me not posting pictures of my house on here. Mainly from my mom but no matter I'm posting them here regardless of who is complaining. I love you all.

My Entry Way

The Game room. This is where everyone usually hangs out not only because these are the only chairs I have in the house. =)

My living room. No, that washer is not there anymore. I will be getting couches soon. I will post pictures of when I do.

My HUGE kitchen.

One side of my bedroom.

The other side of my room. Yes there are 2 entrances to my room....scratch that...3. but the third is in the closet and blocked off....if you'd like more explanation, you must come see for yourself.

Natalie's very PINK room.

Kylie's room. The other wall is purple. Kenzi's room. She has one of the biggest rooms in the house. She picked her own room and the other girls did not complain.

Other than trying to get my house together, we've been doing pretty good.

Too many..

I posted the pictures of my house on my facebook page because there were too many pictures to put up here. So, if you'd like to see them just go to my facebook page and you can see. =)

Getting Settled...

We spend our first night over at my new house on Friday. It was very different but I very much enjoyed it. We almost have the kitchen done. There are still a few things in there that need to be taken out, my game room is almost how we want it, and now today I'm working on getting my room situated. The first rooms we got done were of course the girls rooms.

There is still a few things we need to get like a couch and chairs for my kitchen table, but we've kind of run out of money with bills and getting stuff for my kitchen. lol So those things much come later. As of now we are sitting on camping chairs while we eat. Fun times!

Pictures will come later. Most things are in boxes still.

5 More Days...

So I've been super busy with my house and haven't had much time to update. But we will be officially moved in by this weekend. I'm hoping to have everything packed and moved over, besides the beds, by Thursday. That way when Natalie gets out of school on Friday all we have to move over are the beds. I'm hoping Matt can take Friday off to help me move the beds over Friday morning. I'm so excited to be sleeping in my own house.

Well, pictures will have to come at a later date. I need to register Natalie and Kylie for school today and take as much stuff as I can over to my house. =)

Almost...

For the past week we've been painting and fixing stuff and making my ugly light fixtures in my house look decent. It's worked for now at least. Today I will hopefully have enough time to finish painting the kitchen and start cleaning up so we can put a refrigerator in there.

Other than the kitchen I've got one hallway half way done. It's been pretty fun being down there fixing everything. It's starting to feel more like my home and not an old persons home. lol (If you saw the house before we fixed it up you'd understand)

More updates and pictures to come!

Good news...

Just to let everyone know how excited I am....

WE GOT THE KEYS TO MY HOUSE!!!!!!!!

Now I can start painting. I'm very excited to have a house to call my own and to make it my own. But unfortunately I couldn't go today to start. I will be starting Monday. Hopefully, I'll have enough time to do all I want.

It's been long enough

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY EVERYONE!!!

I know I've been slacking on this whole blogging thing but I've been busy. But before I tell you what's been going on...pictures!!

So this wasn't the 4th but it just poured at my house. It would come in spurts but when it rained...it poured. And of course Kenzi had to play in the rain. I must admit I was out there with her. It was a gorgeous day to play in the rain! =)

Just getting out of the pool.

The girls played outside during the day and took pictures of course.

One of the better shots of the fireworks.

Natalie LOVED the sparklers. She was the only one that didn't plug her ears this year.

This is Mary-Louise. She is Vince's sister. Kenzi absolutely loved her.

We had a LOT left.

This is what was left of the fireworks before one misfired and tried to burn down Connie's plants.

Alright then, now that that's out of the way I can tell you what's been going on.

It has definitely been a very stressful month but needless to say we are at the end. Matt signed away his life and now will be getting the keys to my house on FRIDAY!!!! I'm so glad this hectic time is over. Once we get the keys on Friday, I will be going over to change the locks on Saturday. Starting sometime next week, I will be painting and getting a cleaning to clean the carpets. After the carpets are clean I will be moving the stuff I have packed in. I am so extremely excited that I want to start getting it cleaned up like....3 weeks ago. I'd like to be all the way moved in by the end of July but unfortunately it has to be the end of the first week in August. Natalie doesn't finish school until August 7th. I'll just have to go slow with moving stuff in. So, I will probably need some help and I will let everyone know who wants to help what needs to be done. =)

It's official...

Well, time for a house update! We found one! We are now in the process of buying it. The gas will be turned on tomorrow and then I'm hoping to make an appointment for Thursday or Friday to get it inspected. After that I'm not sure what's next. I'm just focusing on getting the inspector down there as quick as possible.

It's just so weird to think that we are going to be in our own home. It's just so amazing and I'm so blessed to be able to be getting a house with my family. It's truly an amazing feeling. Well, I'll update again when we get the inspection.

Just so everyone knows....

JARED GETS HOME TONIGHT!!!!!

Hopefully he will understand that I am still house hunting and I won't be able to spend every waking second with him.

Speaking of house hunting. We have places a few bids on a couple houses up near Summerlin Pkwy and Buffalo. Hopefully we get that one. We really liked it. But I'm probably gonna go again today and look at houses. Most likely gonna keep looking until bids get accepted. Anyway, I'll get pictures up here once we get a house. Hopefully sometime soon.

Now back to daily chores around the house and being excited for Jared getting home. =D

PICTURES!!!!! finally...

Tifani was the first to get to Kenzi's party and this is what Kenzi wanted to do. They had a blast doing it at least.

Kenzi playing with her vacuum Aunt Tifani got her. This is by far her favorite toy! If you know my children at all, they LOVE to help clean.That look says, "This is SO not as cool as my vacuum!"

Kenzi with her cake.

Easter 2009

Besides dying the eggs. Blowing the bubbles into the pool was the favorite thing to do.

Washing off after playing with the bubbles. Or rather spilling the bubbles.

Dying Easter eggs. Many, many eggs.

Kenzi liked using her hands to get the eggs out instead of her spoon. A lesson she will forget for next year. =)Patiently waiting for Grandma to get changed to go swimming. Notice Vance's feet and hands. He likes to use his hands as well to get the eggs out.Swimming after dying Easter eggs.

I've had to learn my lesson a few times...always ALWAYS bring swim suits to Grandma's house. A lesson I will never again forget. We really don't want Natalie in a WHITE see through t-shirt when wet again. So, keep swimsuits in car. Got it. Lesson learned.

It's been a while...

Wow! It's been a while since I updated. There are a lot of pictures I need to post. Starting with Kenzi's birthday. I still haven't put those up. So the next post will be pictures of Kenzi's birthday, easter, and a few swimming pictures. =)

Exciting News....

Every week my brother Jared writes my mom and email. He gets way too many letters to respond to all of them. So he reads them and writes one big letter to my mom and she forwards it to everyone else. This week, he wrote that he'll be coming home no later than June 3rd!!! How exciting is that!!! I am so thrilled. Finally after 2 very long years without him he's coming home.
I know for me since I've got 3 crazy wild kids, those 2 years went by pretty quick. But after stopping for a while and thinking of how long its actually been since I've seen Jared, it really has been 2 very long years. Hopefully sometime soon he'll know more of when transfers will be.


Things will be really different for him when he's back.

This is Natalie, I think of May, 2007. We were taking family pictures right before Jared left.

Natalie was getting her teeth brushed before she went to bed. January 2009.

This was in September of 2007. Kylie of course being Kylie.

Kylie playing at the park January 2009.

This was August 2007. Just after Jared left.

Don't let that innocent smile fool you! She's planning something. This was just a few days ago on Matt's birthday. March 10, 2009.

My kids have grown so much. Natalie has lost more teeth, Kylie is still as skinny but much taller and Jared will hardly recognize Mackenzi.

This is Vance during Thanksgiving of 2007. Not quite walking yet.
This was beginning of March 2009. Carter was being blessed and the kids were playing outside burying each other in the "sandbox" my mom has in her backyard.

I put sandbox in quotes because its really just a dirt pile. It's not where it's suppose to be yet. Either procrastination or laziness has taken over. =D I love you mom!This is Carter after he was born January 15, 2009. Jared will definitely not know Carter.

This is Carter on his blessing day. He just got done with a feeding and being burped.

As for Kimberli's kids, he won't even know Carter. Vance will be so grown up he'll barely recognize him either.

This is little Tyson. Also known as Reed. He was just born on March 14, 2008.
This is at Christmas 2008. This is the last time I got to see Reed before they went back home to Washington D.C. He has grown a lot since this picture. I think he's almost walking now.

Tyson's son, Reed, Jared has never met either. It'll be interesting to see Jared's reaction to all of these new little people. It'll be really fun. I'm very excited to see Jared again. Anyway, I will dedicate a whole post just for pictures such as Mackenzi's birthday. =)

Updates....

Wow! A lot has happened since I last updated. Kenzi is now potty trained, for the most part. She has accidents every now and then but still is doing really well. She'll be able to go all by herself without me asking her in no time. She is so excited that she's 3! Since her birthday she's been telling everyone, "I'm 3, not 2 anymore." She of course, thanks to her sisters, has this little attitude look when she says it. She's so cute though. She's been fighting a lot more with Kylie when Natalie is at school. Which I figure is normal. I'm sure I did it with my sisters. Kenzi is growing very tall and looking more like me everyday. The only real difference is she has blondish redish hair. It does seem to be darkening. Don't worry, I'll post pictures.

Natalie had been sick for this last week of school but, of course like any other 7 year old, she wants to play outside and with all the toys and, her favorite, the Xbox. She not only wants to play Halo but also use the headset and have the microphone RIGHT next to her mouth. Why would she want to do this you ask? Well, to get her sick germs on everything so everyone else will be sick with her. She still is not sick enough to stay home from school. I know, I'm the meanest mom in the whole world. I've been making sure she's dressed warm and when she coughs, cough INTO her arm and not on everyone else. She's doing a lot better and getting toward the end. Hopefully we can get through this sickness without passing it to everyone.

Kylie is and always will be Kylie. She loves riding her bike and, now that we got a new tarp, jumping on the trampoline. She is, unfortunately, becoming more of a bully and pushing Kenzi over. We still have a lot to work on with her before she starts school this fall. That is a very scary thought. When I first met Kylie is was almost 10 months old. Yes, you heard me right. 10 MONTHS! And now, she's going to be 6 in October! How crazy and scary is that?!?! We've been trying to teach her to tie her own shoes. She almost has it. She should be ready to do it herself when she starts school.

More exciting news for Matt and me. We've been looking at getting a house this year! Hopefully if everything goes how it should we can put a down payment on a house we found. It's a foreclosure but really nice. Hopefully we can get down there soon and talk to the owners about it. We shall see what happens though. I'll keep everyone posted about it.

Everything otherwise is going great! I'm actually hoping to go see my cousin Julie to get my hair done. Matt is still working with Southwest Gas. He doesn't have much to do on most days. So lucky for me I get to talk to him over messenger. It's been good to talk to him during the day, especially if I need to talk to him about anything important. Well, time to look for pictures to put up here.

Too Cute...

I know I know...another blog so soon. =) But I must tell everyone what Mackenzi did today.

I heard Kenzi crying for me this morning so I went upstairs and got her. I wanted to take a shower before Natalie and Kylie got up. So Kenzi and I got in the shower. After we had gotten out I was getting dressed but my white bra wasn't in the drawer. Good thing I knew exactly where it was. As I was walking over to where it was, Kenzi asked what I was looking for. I told her I was looking for my bra. About that same time I had grabbed it off the floor and she says, "You found it!" As always she had a huge smile on her face. As I was putting it on she says, "I don't wear bras." And I tell her, " Nope, not yet but you will." Then she tells me. " I don't think I'm allowed to have boobs." I try to keep from laughing and tell her, " When you get older you'll get boobs because you're a girl." Then she tells me, " Yeah, like you." I tell her " Yeah, but not Dad cause he's a boy." Kenzi says, " Yeah, he's a boy and I'm a girl."

She is just too cute. But on another exciting note, Natalie and I went for a bike ride today! But of course every 15 minutes since we've been back she's asked to go on another bike ride.

Oh the random cute things my children do. Hopefully I'll have another update soon with Christmas and New Years pictures. I did post them up on Facebook though. =)

Jen did it...

Jen did it so now I have to cause I waste alot of time on the computer as well. :) but we like it. It's fun! Anyway, Here it goes....

MY AGE: 23
Of course it had to be this movie. I'm at the perfect age. lol This was a very good movie. I like it.

MY FAVORITE COLOR: RedThis really was the best Picture. Everything else was...well...boring.

MY FAVORITE VACATION: San Diego in 2008My family and I went to San Diego and went to Sea World and such. It was a nice break away from the kids. But it would have been a lot better if they could have come with me. Oh and Matt. lol Got to fix a little problem first and then he can come on family trips. =)

WHERE I LIVE: Las VegasOk so technically I live in Henderson but I live in Vegas. It just kind of merges into one city.

WHERE I GREW UP: Las Vegas
The one and only.

WHERE I'D LIKE TO TRAVEL: ItalyI've always wanted to learn Italian and always have wanted to go to this beautiful country but of course everything requires money. So, maybe in a few years or after I get married sometime I'll be able to go.

MY FAVORITE FOOD: ItalianAnd yet just another reason to go visit Italy.

MY FAVORITE TREAT: Candy

This is Kenzi's favorite treat. I couldn't think of one cause lately I haven't eaten any treats. The whole diet/losing weight thing gets in the way. So I asked Kenzi what her favorite was and she told me candy.

MY FAVORITE ANIMAL: Dog

I didn't want to pick the same picture as Jen, although it was the cutest one on there, so I picked this one. Still really cute.

A PAST LOVE: Dr. Pepper
Past love??? What am I thinking?? It's STILL a love! Although I don't drink it as much anymore, so I guess it still counts. =)

MY FIRST NAME: KrystalOk, I had to pick this one because it was the only appropriate one on there. Most of them were of models practically naked. They were showing way more skin then anyone should.

MY MIDDLE NAME: AnnOk so not sure who this Ann Harrison is but the only picture with a decent background. Every single picture on there was of a person.

MY LAST NAME: Walker
HAHAHA!!! How fun is this. No explaination needed. Got to love my last name.

MY (soon-to-be) LAST NAME: Price
YES! I was hoping this was gonna be on the first page. Best game show EVER!

WHAT I'M DOING RIGHT NOW: Making lunch while finishing this blogYep, this is what most days look like. Except I'm usually eating what the kids are eating. And it's usually not sandwiches.

Alright people. It's your turn. Everyone that wants to do this is welcome to. It took too long for me since I've always got a million things to do all at once. Got to love the family life. I sure do! =) I'll post pictures of New Years and Christmas another time.