I REALIZE I suck at blogging :)

Well of course since the last post a lot has come and past. 

I will take it in chronological order...

EASTER

Easter was way fun this year because Kinlee had so much fun dying eggs and going on egg hunts.

Saturday we took Kinlee to an egg hunt at the park and she was able to snag a couple eggs. It was funny to watch her because right when she found the first one she opened it up and sat down to eat the candy. She only needed one to make her happy:)  

From there, we went up to the university church where they held a really fun little bunch of activities for the kids. They had hot dogs, peeps, cinnamon rolls, and sugar cookies to eat. They had stations for coloring eggs, decorating baskets, frosting sugar cookies, chicks and bunnies to pet and hold, coloring pictures, and a couple others. It was a great time. 

Next, we went to my parents house to dye eggs. The kids had a great time with that!!  We had more lunch (sandwiches) and just hung out. 

Last, we went to a "Walk With Christ" at the Alameda Stake Center. This is a life sketch basically of Christ's life on Earth. They created skits, videos, and scenes to help portray the life he lived. It was beautiful. I enjoyed it so much and really learned a lot. 

For Easter morning Kinlee woke up to a basket that the Easter bunny had left her. She got "Cars" the movie, new panties, CANDY, and a few other misc. things. We dressed her in her new dress and she looked so adorable. 

At church I was able to teach the Easter lesson for the girls in Young Women's. I just love my calling. The lesson I gave was a silent lesson and we just watched a DVD with tons of powerful clips and music. The spirit was so strong and I could really tell that the girls were able to get something out of the lesson. I too learned a great deal about the Savior's life from that lesson and I am so grateful for the opportunity I had to teach that day. I am grateful for the real reason we celebrate Easter. I know he is risen, and I truly cannot wait for the day that he returns to us. 

GARDEN

We built a raised vegetable garden a couple years ago, but never got around to doing anything with it.

FINALLY, we decided to get it done. We started with the wire stuff to keep rodents out, then put the mesh weed barrier down, and then hauled literally a TON of dirt and viola! Its beautiful!!

These are our awesome starters. Since it has been so cold outside, we got impatient and decided we needed to plant our crops inside:) we will show the starts after they are planted outside, but they are doing GREAT inside!!!

KINLEE'S 2nd Birthday!

 

Kinlee is so stinkin spoiled!!  

Starting with a couple days before her birthday- Kevin's Grandparent's from Maryland came to visit and brought a truck load of goodies for the birthday girl. She got tons of new accessories for her doll. She got tons of clothes, garden tools, and tons of fun toys to play with.

But....thats not all

We had a family birthday party for the munchkin on her real birthday which was May 5th. 

We had cafe' rio burritos/ salads. They were delish.

We had brownie and ice cream sundes for desert.

 

A couple days after we held a little party for the friends she has made in nursery. 

We ate chili dogs and salad. They played on the trampoline, played outside, and just enjoyed each-others company. We ate cake and ice cream for desert, which was also good. I forgot to pass out the cute little goodie bags to the kids:(  That was too bad.

Here are a few pics from the week.

 

We are so lucky to have such great family and friends to spend time with. We love you all so much!! 

Thanks for celebrating with us!!

MOTHER'S DAY

Such a fun day to celebrate the wonderful Moms in this world. We had a really wonderful lesson in Relief Society about sisterhood and visiting teaching and the beauty that comes from serving. It was a really great lesson. The priesthood leaders taught all the classes in Young Womens, primary, and nursery so everyone in the R.S could attend. It was so amazing to see how many sisters are in our ward and see the unity between us all. 

We went over to my parent's house after church and spent time together. We enjoyed a little dance party in the basement while the men cooked dinner. We got to talk to Todd and hear his great stories and listen to his cute voice. That was probably the best mother's day present for my mom. We all miss him so much and are so proud of what he is doing. We are so lucky to have him in our family. He is a good example to me. 

 

My mom is such a neat person. I love everything about her. I love that she is such a great grandma to my Kinlee. I love that she works so hard to make her children happy. I love that she WANTS to spend time with us. Cook for us. Shop with us. Watch T.V with us. Visit us. 

She raised us while on a tight budget and made sure we had everything we needed no matter what kind of work it required of her. She made our clothes. She made sure my friends were who I should hang out with. She took me to church and lived by the standards of the Gospel. She supported me in everything I did and still supports me in the things I do.  She is so personable and friendly that there is no reason not to like her, yet she stands her ground. I love my mom and the great example she is to me.

Kevin and Kinlee spoiled me. Kevin bought me flowers that are just gorgeous. He gave me a picture of us with the frame that says "all because two people fell in love". Kinlee gave me a card she made with Dora on it and she even painted me a picture titled "Love". I seriously don't deserve these two. They are the sweetest ever. I love my Kevin and my Kinlee so much!!!

The Good, The great, and THE OH MY HECK!!!!

Some things in life are so good: Sleep- oh how I love sleep.

Some things in life are so great: Family, Kinlee wanting to snuggle, and lots more.

Some things in life are OH MY HECK moments.........

I just had one!!!  When I opened the letter from the ISU dental hygiene school. I was sitting here thinking I don't want to open it, I want to open it, I cant open it, I have to open it. All I wanted was to get in. I had been waiting a month for this moment.

So I know the one or two of you are dying to know, and for you I am grateful. Because you care. 

Just read the letter for yourself.

CAN YOU READ THAT????!!!!!  I GOT IN!!!! YAY!!!!

DHS

April 1st people.......its almost here!!!!!

 My parents recently celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary! Crazy how old they are ;) just kidding.

For their celebration they decided to rent a cabin in Island Park and hang out there for a few days. They rented snowmobiles which were super fun.  They spent the first few days alone and then Whitney, me and the kids went up to crash their party. We did tons of riding, napping, drinking hot chocolate, watching satellite haha, playing in the 8ft of snow, and sitting in the hot tub. It was so fun to be together.

Saige and Kinlee being all cute:)

 Kinlee just wanted to eat the snow. She sat in that same spot for a good 20 minutes eating handfuls of snow.

 Saige and Peyton being models.

 After a hard day of riding and playing in the snow. We sat in the hot tub for a while.

We had such a great time relaxing. (If thats what you call it with kids "swimming all around".

We went from the hot tub to the snow, and all over again. It was hilarious.

Fun things:

*Being with family

*Almost wrecking the snowmobile

*Seeing Moose!

*Getting dressed with the windows open (there aren't people very close)

* Drinking hot chocolate

*The snow serving as a barrier purpose. There is no way to go off the road with 6ft of snow all around you:)

Overall, I would say this was an awesome trip. We had a blast!!

The new TOY!!

WE are proud to introduce the newest member of our household.....we finally purchased our dream house!!!  We couldn't be more excited to travel with her, fix her up, and most importantly spend time together in her!!  

Time to introduce the beauty........

1982 Prowler lite
Fully loaded
Heater, fridge, bathroom....the whole works.
The roof leaks....we are working on that.
What do you think we should name her?
A couple names we have picked:
Vacation home, home away from home, dream house....help us out...what do you think??

You can bet we will be up scout mountain every weekend!!

Mr. St. Patty

Really, extremely, completely behind on this post...... We went to such a fun dinner party for St. Patrick's Day with some friends of ours. It was so fun. She had place settings, super cute decorations, she even sent out a menu!!  The kids had noodles, peas, and string cheese. The adults had a stew, bread, green salad, and some yummy lime punch. Cupcakes for desert. The kids got along great. The adults played a couple games that require being creative (NOT FOR ME) haha. I still had a GREAT time. We had awesome company and awesome food. Just what we needed!! 

And, of course I never get very many pictures. But here are a few......

HAPPY <LATE> ST. PATTIES DAY!

I'm not going to tell a story with every single one of these, but I just think these are all so adorable. These are all I-pod pictures so they arent the best quality, SO don't judge me:)  I love this little sweetheart so much. She makes our lives so happy!

Oh baby baby

I have been dying to blog, but I couldn't get the pictures off of the camera. It is going to be a massive overload, but here I start..........

We always randomly take pictures with Kev's I-pod, and here are a few that we have taken in the last little bit. They are so funny to me. Kinlee cracks me up, she does all the faces with us because she can see herself. 

Enjoy:)

Phew!!!!

I had my interview today for the hygiene program.

It was so nerve-racking. I don't know how I survived :)
I wont find out until April 1st, so now is the waiting game......

I will stay busy getting straight A's in my other classes (haha- right!)

Hopefully I can round up some pictures and post again soon about KINLEE:) 

She makes me happy. As does Mr. Meudt.

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!!

Happy Valentines Day to my sweetheart! 

I have the most amazing man EVER. 

He is so handsome.

He is breathtaking.

He is attentive.

He is understanding.

He is intelligent.

He is godly.

He is enduring.

He is hilarious.

He is ambitious.

He is productive.

He is dedicated.

He is manly.

He is kind.

He is willing.

He is considerate.

He is compassionate.

He is kiss-able.

He is gentle.

He is immovable.

He is forgiving.

He is helpful.

He is loving.

He is warm- hearted.

HE IS MINEEEE!!!!

How lucky I feel....

Thirteen

#13 reason is because he is Optimistic. He always reminds me how grateful he is for the things he has, and when I am looking down on life, because something goes wrong he always reminds me of what we DO have, and what I should be focusing on instead of the bad. He is such a good example to me. I love that I can count on him to make me feel better, he is never a downer. He is always smiling and making the best of any situation.

Our little monkey at only 2 weeks old.

Twelve

# 12 Reason is that he is SO SMART. I always have very dumb questions about something I see or read about and he can always answer them. Most of the time I can tell he wants to laugh at me for not knowing already, but he holds back and just answers me sweetly. He knows so much about cars it is ridiculous. Often, he knows a car's problem without even looking at it. He has a definite skill with cars. Along with being smart I want to add that he is very ambitious. Looking for ways to help our family. When he gets an idea in his head, he goes with it and doesn't look back. He does very well in school, while working full time, and maintaining the house and all the finances. Whew, he really is amazing.

Wedding! (look at that hair!!)

Eleven

#11 Reason why I love my husband is how much he loves to spend time with us as a family. He has never been one to go out with friends all the time, he doesnt even go out to lunch with his work friends. 

Kevin usually takes his lunch at noon, but since I have class at noon he waits until I am out of class to come home and have his lunch. He loves to see his little monkey for lunch.....or just any time he can. 

He likes to even go grocery shopping with me, JUST so we can be together. 

He is a little cutie like that.

One of our engagements.

YAY!!

I received a letter from the ISU Dental Hygiene school, and I am among the top 50 applicants. 

Really, its not that great- but I am one step closer to getting into the program!

I get to go for an interview and critical reasoning test on March 4th. 

Final 26 (ish) will be notified by April 1st!

I. am. so. excited!! 

I am sooo nervous!  

What am I going to wear?! What am I going to say? How am I going to prepare?? 

Gosh, I just wish that I was in the program already!!!  

 I'm so ready for 21 credits the first semester.
I am so ready to eat sleep and think about teeth.
I'm so ready to have ZERO life.
I mean, who wouldn't be?
BRING IT ON!!

On the tenth day.......

#10 reason why I dearly love my man is because he is so Patient. He never loses his temper. 

Actually, I have never ONCE heard him raise his voice. He is constantly helping when I am frustrated or something, he asks how he can help. 

When Kinlee purposly "spills" her juice on the floor he calmly tells her to go into the kitchen and do not do that again. 

When she wont eat her dinner, he patiently waits with her while trying to convince her to eat. 

While we were dating....I think he looks so sweet in this pic. I always have to ruin it. haha

NINER

#9 Reason I love my man is that he supports me in whatever it is I want to do or accomplish. No matter how dumb he thinks it is. Like for instance, when I started couponing, he HATED it, but he still supported me in doing it (of course now he thinks its the best thing ever;) 

Another example is when those bead watches were really in style, so of course I want to get all the beads I can, and make them all the time, and give them as gifts, and buy buy buy. Well, this one he kept telling me, this is a fad that you are just going through, but thats ok, you can do it, it just wont last long. He was right, it didn't last long, but it was fun while it lasted because he supported me in it.

Another example is when I started crafting, with my moms Cricut. I kept saying how cool it would be to have one, even though I was only using it maybe once a month, he still bought one for me, and continues to buy me things that go to it. 

It is just really sweet that no matter my ambitions, he supports me. 

He supports me financially, and emotionally. 

He makes me feel like whatever it is I am wanting to do is worth while and that he is proud of me. I love it.

When we were dating, I'm actually pretty sure this is the night we got engaged, but B4 the engagement.

Four times Two

Coming up with creative names for these posts is a real challenge. ;) 

#8 Reason is that he doesn't make me feel like a bad wife when dinner isn't made and the house isn't cleaned. Instead, he just asks what we want for dinner, or starts picking up. I'm not sure if that is a passive-aggressive way of telling me that I need to get on it, but I doubt it. He does it, it makes me want to get on it, and it gets done. Even though I know it should be done, and I am getting better at that, he never has made me feel like he thinks I should have it done. I appreciate that, and it really motivates me to be better at it.

While we were dating again. (it's another cell phone pic)

SEVEN

#7- This is going to sound dumb, but I love that he has never EVER said a bad word. He is so good about that. He corrects me when I say "stupid" or something silly like that. He works in the automotive world, and is around nasty, dirty minded men all day long who drop the F bomb all day long and he never has said even the slightest bad word. Honestly, he has such a clean mind it is unreal. I LOVE IT! I love love love that I can trust that he is just as clean without us around as he is with us around. I never have to worry that Kinlee is going to pick up on something he said or he will "accidentally" slip up. There should be no reason to worry if you just don't say things you shouldn't be saying! 

This was before we were married, but I am pretty sure we were engaged? Cant remember.

Sixer

#6 reason is that he honors his priesthood and is so wonderful at his church callings. I am grateful that he is able to be in the Elders corm and serves so diligently. He makes a great counselor to his president. He attends the meetings, he finds teachers for the month, he figures out who needs home teachers, he meets EVERYONE at church and is involved in making them feel welcome into the ward. 

He is able to give blessings, he is a home teacher, and just an all around great member of the Church.

Another very old cell phone picture. This was Kinlee at about 2 weeks. We decided to take a family photo:)

High Five

#5 Reason is that he is an AMAZING dad. Kinlee adores him and cannot wait until he gets home. She yells "Daddy!!!" when he comes home. She calls him a few times a day. He is always there to greet her with a huge smile. They play so cute together. They act like puppies, they build forts, they build towers and knock them over, they play with her kitchen and make pretend food, they laugh, they watch movies, they run around, he tickles her, reads her books, teaches her EVERYTHING. He is such a cute daddy, I couldn't have asked for a better father for my kids.

(this one I thought I better have one of the two of them)