Spending Time with Kendrick

After the 24th of July parades I had a couple week off from drill team practice.  This meant I could spend more time with Kendrick!  Summer is great anyway, because I don't have to stay at school all day, just in the early morning for drill.  But I didn't have drill for two weeks, so Kendrick and I had more time to have fun!

 Here he is showing off his project that he made at the cousin sleepover at Paula's house.  His guy has hair now!

 Kendrick is usually pretty good to pose for a picture.  He likes to look at the pictures after we take them. 

 He was pretty proud of this project.

 My sister Emilee organized the activity.  Thanks Em!  Kendrick loved it.

 

Since I've been home in the mornings and we have time in the morning, I have been having Kendrick help me make the beds.  One day, I asked him to go make his bed.  I got doing something else, and then a little while later I went by his room and saw his bed.

 This is what I saw!  Kendrick had made his bed all by himself.  It wasn't perfect, but he did pretty good!  He even put his Teddy bear on the bed.

 I called him into his room and he told me, "I make my bed, mom!".  He was very proud.  So we took a picture with him on the bed too.

 Because he had been such a good boy that day, we decided to go redeem his perfect patient reward that he received from the dentist.

 This meant an ice cream cone from Sonic.

 He was a happy boy!

He is growing up so fast and talks more and more each day.  We're so lucky to have him!  He really completes our lives and family.  Love you Kendrick!

July Events & 24th of July

This post is about our activities for the last couple of weeks of July and the 24th of July.  First, on July 19, Kendrick and I went out to lunch with some of the ladies that I work with at Maple Mountain.  We decided to have a get together because one of our fellow teachers, Amber Hall, was leaving for "greener pastures".  She was working on her master's degree and was offered an amazing opportunity to teach at the U of U while finishing up her master's degree and she would be able to work on her PhD.  It was an offer she couldn't, or shouldn't, refuse!

Here we are having a great time at Pizza Factory.  I'll miss working with Amber--we shared the girls PE office.  She is so great to work with.  She is also very supportive of all groups as MMHS and she loved coming to drill performances.  I'll miss her!

This pic is Kendrick and I at Paula's house.  They had a cousin sleep over at their house.  We went out a little bit later because I needed to attend a wedding reception for a former drill team girl.  We didn't stay over, because I had drill the next morning too!  Kendrick is making a face to put on his cup.  I'll post a pic of the finished product later.

 My drill team also had another car wash.

 These pictures are of Kendrick admiring the flowers in the flower garden at the park in Spanish Fork.  During Fiesta Days, we went down to listen to the live music performance in the park and we visited the food vendors for dinner that night.  It was a nice night and we had fun!

 Kendrick had fun running around looking at the flowers.

 He wanted to pick this one!

 On July 24th, the Elleves performed in the Mapleton parade and the Spanish Fork parade.

 This is just before the parade in Mapleton began.  We just finished our team cheer.  I love our hats!  They were so fun to wear for the parades!

 This was taken in Mapleton.

 Team talk before the Spanish Fork parade.

 Group picture with the MMHS cheerleaders too.

 Scott took these pictures of the team during the parade.

 The team looked great!

 Their routine was very fun and upbeat.

 They kept their energy up the entire parade.  Even with those scary storm clouds looming!

 At least it was cooler than usual because of the cloud cover.

 We didn't let that get us down!

We did end up getting rained on a little bit towards the end of the parade.  But nothing too serious.  Then once we got to the end, it started to come down harder.  We were the very last entry in the Spanish Fork parade.  I asked to be put near the end because we are in the Mapleton parade first and then we come over to Spanish Fork.  But this year, we actually had to wait once we got over to Spanish Fork.  I think next year I'll just ask to be put near the end, but we don't need to be very last!

After the parade, we headed down to Levan to spend the rest of the holiday with my family.   Kendrick fell asleep on the way down, so we just stayed at my parent's house and then later that evening we went to the park for the dinner.  After dinner, there was a talent show that we watched.  Then we went to my parent's house to watch the fireworks.  Kendrick loves fireworks this year.  He likes to tell me what color they are.

Another 24th of July was over.  That just means school is just around the corner!  I always have mixed feelings about that! :)

Kendrick's Checkup at the Dentist

On July 18, 2013, Kendrick had a check up appointment at the dentist.  I wasn't sure how it was going to go, because the last time we came to the dentist, he threw a little fit and wouldn't let them really look at his teeth.  So, I was a little bit worried about how it would go.

 

When we first got there, Kendrick had a lot of fun looking around at all the things the dentist has in the waiting room.  They had us go back really quick though, so he didn't get to see what he wanted to, but he was ok.

 

We first went into do x-rays, but he wasn't having that!  I thought, oh no, here we go.  But the assistant said that we didn't really need them today, so we passed up on the x-rays!

 

We went into the exam room and Kendrick was excited to play with the horse and the big toothbrush.  He got in the chair and also was having fun watching a movie.  He watched Shrek.

 

Having fun with the horse, toothbrush, and wearing cool shades to watch the movie.

Kendrick did great - he just watched the movie while they cleaned his teeth.

Kendrick got a little bit nervous when the dentist came in, but then he settled down and we made it through the appointment!  He didn't have any cavities and he received a new toothbrush, a free ice cream cone at Sonic, and a token to ride the horse outside.

Of course, on our way out we had to stop and let Kendrick play with the train table that was in the waiting room/lobby.  He had time now.  So, I sat back for a minute and let him play.

He loved it!

He could have stayed there all day!

I finally talked him into going outside and riding the horse.

He had a good time riding the horse too!

Waving to mom!

Yay - a successful trip to the dentist!

Ute Stampede 2013

On Friday, July 12, Kendrick, Scott, and I headed down to Nephi for some Ute Stampede festivities!  We first watched the Mammoth Parade.  We went to our family's usual spot to watch the parade.  Kendrick liked going out and getting candy from the people who were throwing candy.  I didn't bring our good camera, so I didn't take any pictures.

 

Later that night, we went to the carnival.  Kendrick had fun going on a few rides.  For some reason, he didn't want to go on too many of them.  Here's some pics of the rides he did go on.  There are not very good pictures, because we only had our cell phones with us.

 Kendrick and Scott going down the giant slide.  Kendrick loved it!

 Kendrick also loved going on the Merry go Round.

 Cute pic - but blurry!

 He actually went on the merry go round a couple of times!

 So much fun!

 

We stayed over in Levan at my parent's house.  It was fun--most of the other cousins stayed over too.  The next night we went to the rodeo.  Cheri, Donna, and a couple of her friends, and Tanya came down to go to the rodeo with us.  

 Kendrick had just ate a corndog from the carnival--and we have a photo bomber in the back!  Gotta love it!

 We had a good time at the rodeo.

 And we had a good time trying to take a pic with everyone in it!

Overall, we had a great time at the stampede.  I was able to see a lot of people that I haven't seen for a while.  Kendrick had fun and was even pretty good at the rodeo.  He did fall asleep during the best part - the bulls.  And he slept right through the fireworks!  He is a good sleeper--gets that from me!