Surprise for Our Princess

So Jason and I decided that we were going to surprise Kennidee with tickets to her favorite singer of all time. TAYLOR SWIFT! She absolutely loves her. She knows most of her songs word for word. When we heard the tickets were going on sale we could not pass up this chance. However we did not tell her. So the day of the concert we headed up to The Energy Solutions Center for the "Big Surprise" When we got there the big bus with Taylor Swift on the side was there and we stood her next to it to take pictures and then told her it was time to go home. She was just like "Okay." She had no clue what to even expect for her big surprise. So finally we gave her the ticket and walked in the Concert. She was so stinking excited when she realized what was going on. She had so much fun. She was dancing and singing with the songs. I love being a parent and putting a smile on my children's faces. Yeah going to concerts are a little extreme when she is not even quite 5 but she will remember this concert forever. Kori and her girls also came with us. After the concert we went around back to get autographs when she came out but unfortunately we were unable to get them. We did get a picture with one of her dancers and she did wave from her bus as she exited the property. Besides the surprise for Kennidee it was one of the best concerts I have ever been too. Taylor is a great performer and worth every penny that we spent on tickets!
Kennidee and her Golden Tickets

Kennidee with Shyanne and Sierra

Jason, Kennidee and I

Kennidee and one of the dancers for Taylor Swift


Kennidee enjoying the concert

Taylor waving from her bus

Kennidee Preschool Graduation

Kennidee had her preschool graduation. I can't believe my baby is going to start Kindergarten in the fall. They definitely grow up way too fast. Her preschool did a super cute little program for us. I just loved watching her. She is so shy and it is definitely out of her element. But she did great. Mrs. Jensen was such a great teacher and I think I am just as sad to leave her as Kennidee was.







Kennidee and Mrs. Jensen

Kennidee and Mrs. Lancaster

Kennidee and Mommy

Kennidee and Grandma Lourenco

Kennidee with Mom and Dad with Kyson

Daddy and his little princess

Kennidee Spring Dance Recital

Kennidee had her second dance recital of the year. She had so much fun in dance this year and she improved so much from the first recital to this one. We just love her and I love having a girl to do all the fun girly stuff with. She danced to Rockin Robin and Rock and Roll is here to stay.

Mother/Son Campout

This year our ward decided to change things up a big and rather then a Father/son campout and Mother/daughter they swapped it. So on May 16 Dawson and I headed out to the camping spot with our tent, games and munchies in the car. We had such a great time. I love spending time with Dawson. He is such a sweet boy. So we had dinner and then we sat around with some of the boys and played cards. I taught them Skip bo. I was so glad the weather cooperated and that we didn't freeze our butts off. I will always cherish the times I get to spend one on one with my kids. I forgot my camera but thanks to Jamie we at least got one picture.

Wicked!

On May 2nd Jason and I were lucky enough to go and see Wicked at Capitol Theater. We had purchased tickets on a presale several months back. Before we went we had dinner at Texas Roadhouse for dinner. YUMMY! We went with sister Steph and my Niece Kylee. All I can say is WOW! This was seriously amazing. I had heard nothing about it so really didn't have any expectations. I am also not a huge Wizard of Oz fan. It was such a fun night and I highly recommend seeing this show if you ever have the chance. Of all of the Broadways we have seen this is by far my favorite.

Disneyland

I have been the worst slacker and have been so busy therefore resulting in my blog suffering. So I will be back dating a few posts. So in my previous Easter post I promised to post about the "Surprise" Disneyland trip. So here it is.

The afternoon of Eater Sunday we loaded up in the cars and headed to the happiest place on earth. After a 9 hour drive in traffic we finally arrived at our hotel and after 45 minutes finally go checked in. What a joke! We had 4 day park hopper passes so we went to Disneyland Monday-Thursday. It was super busy due to Spring Break. We now know why we always go at not so busy times. We had a total of 12 kids and 7 adults so it was a little chaotic and trying to keep everyone happy was quite the challenge. But most importantly the kids had a blast. By the end of the trip we were all ready to be home in our own beds with a little peace and quiet.


Kyson and Daddy on the Teacups.


Tegan, Kennidee, Shyanne and Dawson

Kim, Me, Kori and Mom


My cute little Family


Grandma with all the Grandkids


Jason being his Grumpy Self

Me and my cute kiddos
Dad and Dawson on the Screamin'


Kennidee and her Grandma (She loves her Grandma)


Kim, Kori and I with Mom.

6 years ago today....

I posted this last year, but the blog was fairly new.... so for those that never saw it, here you go.... LOVE YOU KACY! Thanks for everything you do! I am grateful to have you in my life! XOXOXOXOXO



So here's the story... 6 years ago in February we had started dating again (after I scared her away the first time). While we were not dating, I had decided I was going on a single's cruise in May. Well by the time the cruise came around, we were dating again and had decided that we were going to get married.

We had gone out ring shopping and found one. So while I'm en route to Houston, Kacy calls and says that the guy at the other store will give us a better deal with the same Diamond we had picked out. So the jeweler calls me and we get it financed. So while I'm on the cruise, I'm trying to figure out a way to propose to her. I thought about spelling out "will you marry me" on the beach and taking pictures, but that wasn't working too well.

So we thought of taking this picture, then on Cozumel I bought a frame to put the picture in.

When I got back to SLC, I told Kacy that I called the jeweler and the ring would not be ready until the next day. Meanwhile I ran to the mall and picked up the ring, then got the photo printed out, I put it in the frame and wrapped it back up in the newspaper they wrapped it with in Mexico.

I headed to Kacy's apartment and gave her the picture, then got the ring out, got down on one knee and proposed (while little Dawson was climbing all over me as he was excited to see me again).

Long story short... she said YES!

Easter 2009

Since we were in St George for Easter this year we had to do things a little different then usual. The kids got their Easter outfits the week prior and got to wear them to church then. They still got their baskets at Kori's house. When we realized that we were going to go down over Easter and that Spring Break was that week as well then we decided to surprise the kids with a Disneyland trip. The kids had no idea. They did however know that Kori and Kim's families were both going. They were not really too jealous cause they know they get to go to Hawaii this summer. But on Saturday Kennidee started telling Kim that her Dad said she could go with them. Later that evening she told Jason that I told her she could go and then she told me that Kim said she could go. So Easter morning they got their baskets and so I told them we had one more surprise but that they had to trade their baskets for the other surprise. Kennidee slowly folded up her swimsuit, got her webkin and her candy and put it back in the basket and handed it over to me. Dawson on the other hand did not think that was fair and finally gave it to me and said "I know you are going to give it back". Well does he know me or what? So after they gave us their baskets we handed them an envelope with 60$ from the Grandma Rinnie and Papa for Easter and then a Disneyland ticket. It took them a minute to realize what that meant. Once they realized though they were super excited and Kennidee had to run to show her Aunt Kim that she really got to go now.

Dawson with his Basket!


Kyson with his easter basket

Kennidee with her Basket

Since there were so many cousins down there that weekend we planned a breakfast with 4 of the 6 siblings and their families followed by a Easter Egg Hunt with the cousins. It was so fun and the kids had a blast. After all the fun we loaded up our cars and headed out for our 9 hour drive to Disneyland. Yes 9 Hours!!! I will post the Disneyland trip later.


13 or the 28 Grandkids in our family! Crazy I know.