February 2018

Kenley gave her first talk in primary. So cute. I read her a few short stories and we went over a few main ideas of her topic and she "wrote" her own talk. She drew pictures and told me what they all meant. She insisted she could do the talk herself and didn't want me up with her. I went up there anyway just in case, but she did great on her own. Her talk was close to 5 minutes. I did help her a tiny bit but after she was like "mom I didn't want you to help me!" I love how brave and sure of her self she is.

We tried to keep busy with Kelly gone. Quite a few park days. I took Kenley and Delaney on a girls night to see a dinner and play thing with beauty and the beast. I was so nervous having both girls with me alone but they did great.

One day I was being grumpy or something and told Kenley to clean the house. She played Cinderella and cleaned my room and did a great job. I'm so lucky to have such a great helper.

We went to a trampoline park with Megan and Bradley and did a night in a hotel with swimming and treats. Good friends make life great.

Jan 18

Well we started the new year with Delaney having croup. So no new years party with the nordfelts which was kind of sad since that's been our tradition for so long. Kelly left for Hayward on the 2 and I was left as a single mom until who knows when. The first week was rough but then we kind of got into a routine and it became our new normal.  We went and saw the greatest showman with my mom and it was so good. Kenley loved it and made the cutest remarks in the movie. I love that it was a movie for all ages. Chan came to Utah to wedding plan and dress shop. We slept over at my dad's house a lot and Kenley was in heaven. It snowed, which has been rare this winter. It's kind of sad and I wish it would snow. We had a ton of dance parties. Went swimming, to the tree house museum and bike rides to the park.  Kenley learned to ride her bike which has been so fun

1/4 Delaney tried crawling and got up on her knees

December 2017

Kenley had her dance recital. She is the cutest and totally led the dance. She knew her dance and her moves so well. I love seeing her dance and love it so much. Project move was such a great dance studio for her. 

Christmas with 2 kids was fun. Kids definitely make all holidays magical. Delaney didn't care much but both girls had so much fun together. Its the best to see them going through life together. After our morning of our family gifts my mom, Jeff and Kayla came over for breakfast and gifts before going up to my uncle Sheldon's for Christmas evening. I think on Christmas eve we went over to Kelly's family and did activities with them,

NYE Kenley "you're not cool mom"
Delaney got croup so our NYE was spent home. Making pizza and mini apple pies. Eating treats and playing pie face and hi ho cherry oh

November 2017

Girls trip with my mom and the girls to Disneyland. I found amazing plane tickets and I still had 1 day left on my Disney pass so how could we not go? Disneyland is the happiest place on earth. I love it there and love making memories with my kids We spent the whole day there and Kenley was tall enough for Splash Mountain (my favorite) she was hilarious. The whole line shes talking how much she loves this ride, its the best ride. By drop 2 she was not into it and at the final drop she was scared. Haha I have a video and love it so much.Our trip to CA was definitely too short but so fun. I'm so happy my mom was able to come with us.
Disney on Ice was the highlight of the month. Kenley got dressed up as sleeping beauty and loved the whole show. She got a snow cone and felt so special with her mermaid cup and straw it came in. I love taking her on dates and experiences. Delaney was a good little trooper and did OK during it. We had requested aisle seats for easy exiting for her but that didn't happen. Oh well, slowly figuring out 2 kid life.

October 2017

The weather has been beautiful. Lots of outside time. Walks, hikes and park days. I love Utah's Octobers. The colors are so beautiful. We had some family pictures taken at fotofly which I'm glad we did. I am still so bugged by our photographer who did Delaney's newborn photos. She got no good family pictures. Ugh, oh well. The girls and I headed to California to stay with my Cousin Elise and hit up Disneyland. Since we were going over Halloween I had the girls just play around in costumes at home. Sloth and Snail. Best costumes ever. The sloth turned out awesome. I bought it a couple years ago, it was a cat but the crazy claws reminded me of a sloth so I bought it with big plans. With us prepping to move I wasn't really motivated to do much with it but then just decided to. I seriously love how it turned out. For California I had the girls bring Anna and Elsa costumes.My mom and I were Olaf and Sven.

Kenleys prayer "bless the princesses, so I can go to Disneyland"

September 2017

Kenley

sitting down to lunch with me "so, how was your wedding?"

Delaney
Started laughing

Finally got some of Delaney's newborn pictures back. The photographer has been awful to get a hold of and comes up with endless excuses

We went camping at Bear Lake with the Days. Kenley LOVES camping and we had a awesome camp site. Unfortunately my car started having issues right as we were getting to bear lake. I was pretty sure it was the alternator since Ive had to replace that in my Mazda and it was similar issues. We took it to the only mechanic in bear lake, where everything tested good so we didn't worry. It was fine all Saturday but of course come Sunday it died. We ended up getting a hotel room for the night. My dad and Michelle came to our rescue and stayed there with us while Kelly took their car home. It made me so sad and nervous to move out of state away from my family. How will I live without them. Ugh I still hate thinking about moving.

The daddy daughter ball~

Kenley seriously looked forward to this all year. I hope we can plan to come home for this next year, even if my dad or someone takes Kenley. She loves it and Center point does a excellent job for a great price. I love how excited she gets for things. Shes growing up so fast, they both are. It makes me sad how fast time goes. 

August 2017

Kenley
Driving through sardine canyon "look at those rocks,  what is this land?"

Climbing into a blanket with Noah and Maddie wanting Gabe to swing them around  "OK,pack me up"

This was a hard month

Geremy passed away in a horrible car accident while he and ciera were on their way to Utah. It was extremely hard to see my sister go through something so tragic and terrible and have Ger no longer here. We were able to spend time with Ciera while she was in Utah and Chan was able to fly out. Makes you really think about what is important in life and how much we fight for or struggle with doesn't matter when it comes down to it. Love your people.
We did lots of swimming with my mom. Went on a hike to Bloods lake. Blessed Delaney in our home due to having family in town for a short time.