My creativity gene is only available on rare occasions, so...

this is all you get for now:

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It's a girl.

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Here's your clue!

If you can figure it out from this image, then

you could be an OB.

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(Since the new machine is not able to record to anything,

we took our camcorder. It probably worked out better,

since we could hear the doctor pointing out what everything is.)

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Koby is a TEENAGER !!!!!

This is where we went for the birthday party...

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This is what we did....

and here is his cake.

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Thank goodness for grandma's trailer...

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cause this is what we had to deal with

Kash putting up his brand new tent, or rather, holding it down.



The only reason his tent is not blowing away is because

Kinzie is sitting in it to hold it down.

Constant wind and gusts of 50 mph.

His friends.

It got pretty cold...

I told them all to bring warm clothes, they must've

thought that I meant a sweatshirt or something.

His birthday present.

Believe me, he will get a LOT of use out of this thing.

I took him to the store and let him pick it out.

Posing for the camera woman.

TMI, Mr.S.

Koby, age 12, Eagle Scout!!!

Yay!

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Two Down!!!

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Two-ish to go!!!
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Fifteen!

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I was trying to do something with his door this morning

but he woke up early and caught me, so this is all he got.

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Last night, something not-so-funny happened.

This is Kyson's reaction to that something...

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Our ward's assignment is to put up the chairs after meetings on Sundays.

Dad put 4 chairs at a time on the racks,

several times,

and this is what he looked like after his spine figured it out.

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I had to call Kyson down from his bed to help Dad

get to his bed.

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He's at Mike's office right now, this morning.

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This is Kyson's reaction when dad called him down to

help him wipe.

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Not really,

but THAT would have been funny.

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Happy Birthday, Kys!!

We LOOOOOVE You!!!!!

The first two hours of the trip were the worst...

Koby at the Olympic Training Center, Col. Sprgs.

The first hour included basically going back to the house 3-4 times,

because we forgot stuff like chains for the tires,

wet wash cloths for sticky hands in the car,

a map,

phones,

etc.

The second hour, passing through Cedar,

included finding out that Koby forgot his video music player,

AND his gameboy DS system,

AND finding out that we had

completely forgotten to

CHECK THE WEATHER!!!!

Was there snow in the forcast?

I guess so.

And so guesses the lady in the minivan

that we almost hit on the freeway due to sliding almost into her.

After a minor "freak out" reaction,

she reacted perfectly and let off of her gas and got behind us.

We were in a blizzard from Cedar

to Beaver...white out conditions.

We could see the car in front of us and that was it.

The snow plows had not been informed yet, and we were

just following the tracks, cause we could not see the road.

Sorry, too nervous to take pictures.

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Hubby assured me that the tires were bald,

I didn't believe him.

That is, until we stopped in Richfield for lunch and

4 BRAND NEW TIRES that we can't afford

(but we figured were cheaper than 5 funerals or a new car).

Then I checked the tires so I would have an arguing point.

The front tires were as smooth as the bottoms of my boots.

(You know, the ones I slid down the hill on Cmas Eve in?)

We had to wait for 1 1/2 hours for them to put the tires on our car.

Mostly because our car has electonic sensors that tell our dashboard how much air is in them and it takes a while to line them up right.

It better snow some more, dang it, to make sure that stop was worth it.

No worries.

It went from this

to this

to this...

in less than an hour.

and it happened more than once.

jammed his knee warming up on floor which made it hard to finish his front handsprings

12th place

tie for 6th

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12th place, his worst event and he got his personal best score!

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6th place, (couldn't even do a "giant" in January.)

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10th place

tied for 5th

(with a big step after the landing, which means he'd have gotten a lot higher if he'd have stuck it.)

"Gymnasts, salute."

His 6th place on the vault.

(Ties are settled by the All-around score.)

Finished with an all-around score that was almost a personal best.

which is nearly impossible to do at a competition

of this caliber.

Guess what Kauri, age 3, taught herself to do yesterday!

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She is so proud of herself.

She spends a lot of time riding her bike now.

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Kort is becoming an expert at doctoring up all his wounds

from riding stuff out back without shoes.

This is

scotch tape wrapped around a napkin.

with a pink glove so the tape won't fall off.

and the other pink glove on top of the first pink glove

so the other pink glove won't fall off.

We were in the car for nearly 24 hours

in two days.

But, it was all worth it to see Koby fulfill his dream

of competing at the Regional Gymnastics Competition

at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs

for the second time.

Pictures to follow after my house gets cleaned.

I HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT TO MAKE....

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I AM 16 WEEKS PREGNANT!!!!!

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HAVE A HAPPY APRIL FOOL'S DAY!!!!

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Did anyone have any good April Fool's jokes?

I did one my kids have come to expect:

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I usually put something in every

cupcake.

So far, I've learned that semi-sweet

chocolate chips taste really

good in orange cupcakes.

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Lifesavers don't work that great;

they melt and get really chewy.

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Last year, I found out that Spree's are

REALLY GOOD when they are cooked

in a cupcake. They melt, but aren't "pull your teeth out"

chewy. They add a nice flavor punch to the

yellow cake.

Ha ha, dry cotton balls float. As you can see with

the cupcakes on the right.

I had to poke them back down inside and

hurry and frost them before the kids saw them.

Next year, I will try soaking the cotton

before I put them in the cupcakes.

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The other joke I played was on my sisters...

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I put a pillow under my shirt and took a picture.

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I didn't tell a lie...

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Here's the picture without the pillow.

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LOVE YA !!!!!