Soccer

Kenna's first day of soccer! I don't know who's more excited, Makenna or Scott!

The sexiest picture ever!!

Maybe you shouldn't even look... it's just too sexy...

This picture is not posed in any way...  He was seriously cleaning the grout like that...  now that is HOT

heee heee hooo

35 week picture

Pregnancy is going really well.  I am still comfortable which is a miracle!  The baby looks good at all my check-ups.  I'm still sick in the mornings, but I've found that protein shakes do the trick!  If I have a shake I instantly feel better.  The days I don't have one I throw up!  :P  Contractions are getting their groove on... I've had them for a few months now, but now they are more regular and uncomfortable!  Lucky me!  The thing that sucks is that I've never actually gone into labor on my own, but at least the contractions help me dilate.  With Jace I was a 5 and still not in labor...  As of today I am at a 2, so we will see how far I get this time before I'm induced again!  I have an induction date of Sept. 20th, but the doc sounded like I might be able to go a little earlier (preferably the 17th right after mom gets here!) depending on my dilation and the size of the baby.  Last week the baby was 6 lbs 8 oz. which was in the 70-something percentile... so not too big  so far which is great...  I can't believe we are getting so close!  I'm SOOO excited to have a new little baby in my arms and to find out what the hay it is!!

Baby Lee's nursery!

Here is a little sneak peak at where I'm going with the nursery this time.  Even though it is gender neutral because I have to, I really like the neutral look which is why I decided to tackle the project pre-baby!  I still have the bedding to make, curtains to make, and the wall hangings to figure out.  Can't wait to show the final project!

Oh, btw that glider was a NASTY old glider I found at goodwill for $15.  We painted it, and I just finished recovering the pads on it.  I love love love how it turned out.  The side table I found at a garage sale for $10 and painted the gray color.  I love how everything is going together so far!

8th Anniversary!

It was our 8th anniversary today!  We celebrated Sat night by going to Tucanos and enjoying a little date night together.  Then on Monday, we bought a new car!!

I'll take a picture of our actual car later.   I never thought I would say this... but I LOVE IT!!  

Well anywho, today was not too exciting,  but that's ok!  It was back to school night so we decided to go out last Sat. instead, but I found out today that Kenna's teacher wouldn't be there, so we stayed home...  But I have to say the parts of our anniversary that we already celebrated were AWESOME!!  I am a lucky woman to have married such a great guy!  I feel almost bad sometimes that I have been blessed to have such a great marriage.  I feel like I don't deserve it sometimes if that even makes sense!  I definitely feel so blessed to have found such a great match for me.  I can't believe it's been 8 years- it has FLOWN!  In the last 8 years we have...

-graduated from BYU-Idaho

-Had Makenna

-Moved to Farmington, NM

-Moved to Albuquerque

-Got a new job

-Bought a house

-Had Jace

-Pregnant with our 3rd!

I'm sure there is so much more to come!  Love you my "man of life!"  (don't ask)

First day of school

Today was a bittersweet day... Makenna started Kindergarten!  She was SOOO stinkin excited.  I was so excited for her!  We walked to school since we only live a block away, and when we got there Makenna quickly found her friend Kyle who is in her class.  I chatted with some other moms until the bell rang.  The teacher, Mrs. Mills, invited the parents in.  The kids found the seats with their names on them, and then the teacher read the story, "The Kissing Hand."  Then the kids gave their parents a kissing hand cookie and walked us to the door.  I was already standing by the door, but Makenna insisted on walking me 2 more feet so I was at the door :)  Then we said goodbye!  I held back the tears until I was on my own on the walk home, then the waterworks started!  I'm gonna miss having that girl around, but I'm so excited for this new chapter of her life!

Bummer Summer

Every year I am so sad for summer to come to a close...  In fact I'm pretty sure I've complained about it on this blog.  However, this is one summer that I can't wait for it to end!

This summer has been a weird one... mostly because I'm pregnant.  We have been home much more.  I can't go to places like the zoo because I feel like I'm going to die of heat!!  So we've been home a lot, or to the pool a lot. We had plans to go on a couple vacations in the last month that fell through which has made this summer even worse!!  Sorry... I just get a little emotional about this waste of a summer!  There have been good parts of it...

1. We have loved going on morning bike rides/walks.  I walk and the kids ride for 2 1/2 miles.  It has been a really fun part of our summer.

2. Being at home a lot has been good for the amount of nesting I have done this time around.  At some point this summer, every single area of our house has been cleaned and organized!  (That doesn't necessarily mean it has stayed that way though!)  I have had a ton of fun decorating the nursery in the last month.  I still have a ways to go, but I love it!  It's neutral to fit whatever form of Lee comes out, but a couple things I'm leaving till the baby comes like the wall-hanging's above the crib, and the quilt.  I can't wait till I finish!

3. We went on some really fun dates and hung out a ton with our good friends, the Reidheads.  We hang out with them at least a couple times a week and always have tons of fun together!  She had her sweet baby a few weeks ago, and that has given me my baby fix for now!

4.  We have gone to the pool a lot, like I said.  Both the kids are swimming well now, and there is nothing better for a pregnant woman than sitting in a pool of water!

Ok, so that is a little sad that I could only come up with 4 things, but we will leave it at that!  Now I will have to wait a whole year to have the summer of my dreams! :P

Well at least I have a lot to look forward to...

Makenna starts school in a couple days.  I decided instead of doing the charter thing like I was going to, that our public elementary school was actually a better fit.  This took tons of thought and prayer to reach this decision, but I know it is the right one for her.  Plus, hello!  It is like 1 block from our house!  We found out her teacher a couple days ago, and she is supposed to be wonderful!  I'm so excited about that because I think that was my biggest hang-up... allowing my child that has been in my care her whole life to go to someone that I didn't trust.  She also has a couple friends from church in her class which makes it even better!  Makenna is SOOO stinking excited and SOOO ready!  Her daddy gave her a father's blessing last night and it spoke a lot of her being a good friend and helping kids that need a good friend, and I just loved that because it is so her!  She is such a good friend and can become best friends with anyone in a few minutes.  I can't wait to see how much she grows and blossoms by starting school.

Our sweet baby Lee is doing well!  I get to see the baby on ultrasound weekly and everything has checked out really well.  Last week, the baby was growing a couple weeks ahead, but they didn't seem worried about it, and I'm not really because my babies always do...  I got to see the baby's face really well at my last one, and the features that popped out to me were a round face, big lips, and daddy's nose.  We will see if the baby really does look like that!  It actually looked a lot like Makenna as a baby...hmmm...  On that note, I was really sure this baby was a boy early on, but I really have no clue! I was telling Scott that sometimes it feels like we are having twins- a girl and a boy because I have planned for both.  We have picked out two names and bought outfits for either.  I can't wait to find out!!!

Gestational Diabetes is going well too!  It has become pretty easy for me now, and I feel like my diet has improved the diabetes, so I can eat a little more.  I was a little worried for a little while because I kept losing weight and went down 11 pounds or so.  I knew I was giving the baby enough nourishment though because I was still eating plenty, so I chose not to worry.  When they told me the baby was measuring big that really put my mind at ease.  I have only gained 12 pounds this pregnancy which just seems crazy to me.  Especially since I'm used to gaining 35-40 lbs.  Hopefully this time the baby weight can melt right off- if anything good comes from all these problems that would be it!  For that I am grateful!

My mom comes exactly a month from today, so hopefully the baby will come soon after that!  I'm expecting I'll be induced early again because I dilate early and because of the baby's size/ diabetes.  Hopefully we planned it right!  Otherwise we will spend that time doing who knows what.

There is a new surgeon coming in September to replace that other surgeon that was supposed to do my thyroid surgery.  I'm hoping the new one is good!  I'm a little nervous!  I will meet with that surgeon next month to discuss when my surgery will be.  Frankly I can't wait to get that over with.

So lot's to look forward to!  I think that will help this bummer summer to not be so bad.  The next few months should be really exciting for our family!  :)

Family Pictures

Sorry these are bad quality... the studio gave me these to put on facebook :)

Lee family reunion

We had the Lee family reunion this week and it was a blast!  Everyone was able to be there except my Brother in Law which is pretty amazing considering how many of us there are!  We went camping at Mancos State Park in Colorado.  My kids are at such good ages that I could basically just let them run around with their cousins and not feel like I had to worry about them.  They had the BEST time playing with their cousins.  I love seeing the bonds they have.  

On Thursday we basically set up camp, ate, and chatted.  After we put our kids to bed, we hung out at the Johansen's campfire till super late- it was a blast!  

On Friday we ate breakfast and started out with the girls putting on a fashion show for us... 

it was so adorable!  The girls were really cute up there!

 most of the girl cousins!

after that we played Minute to Win it put on by the amazing Michelle.  She really did a great job.  Everyone went head to head 4 people at a time in a challenge that lasted a minute.

After lunch we had some chill time which was nice.  We had a lot of fun playing horseshoes.  Tammy and I did pretty good showing the boys our skills if I do say so myself!

We had foil dinners (my fave!) followed by our talent show.  I wrote the Lee family version of the camp song "Boom Chicka Boom," using each family.  Our family's version was "Womb chicka baby chicka baby chicka womb!"  as demonstrated by me in this lovely picture...  :)

 We had a Lee family dance afterwards.  We like to dance!  

 The dance was followed by s'mores, kids to bed, and more adult time by the campfire (my favorite time!) 

With some cousins on the last day.  

My sweet in-laws are going on a mission and as we were leaving we met together for a little family meeting. They bore their testimonies to us which was so powerful.  My mother in law started crying, and one by one about 6 of her grandchildren huddled around her hugging her and holding her hand- it was one of the sweetest things I've ever seen.  The grandkids love their grandma and grandpa so much- it will be hard to have them gone for 2 years!  We are grateful for their decision and example though and know it will be a great experience for them!  The reunion went so great and I'm so glad we got to spend that special time with family.

Family reunion pictures

 Scott's grandma was able to be at the family reunion when we all met together in Bloomfield.  She is one of my favorite people in the world and is still going strong at 92!  We were so glad we got to see her.

 We took family pictures with all 61 of us!  It was crazy, but it worked somehow!  I snapped a couple of the kids afterwards.