Birthday Party

Kennadee went to her friend Madi's birthday party last week. It was so cute. It was a care bear party. Madi's mom had made a rainbow on the wall and had made clusters of white balloons and hung them from the ceiling so they looked like clouds!! It was so cute!!

She also had some really fun games. They played Care Care Bear (duck duck goose), Musical clouds (musical chairs), Pin the belly on the care bear, they go to color wind socks, and she painted their faces. It was so fun. Kennadee had a blast.

And then she made a really cute Care Bear cake and they had ice cream and Kool-Aid. And then at the end they got a goodie bag and they got to pick three prizes. It was so much fun!

Red, Red, Red

So those of you who know me know that I love to color my hair! It has been every shade from blonde to purple. But my favorite color to do it Red. It also seems that every fall I end up coloring my hair some shade of red. So here it is almost October and now my hair is red once more. I love it!! I just wish it wouldn't fade out so fast. I am going to try to keep re-coloring it but we'll have to see how dedicated I will be!!

Hurricane Ike

Hey everyone I just wanted to let you know that we were not affected one bit by Hurricane Ike. We didn't even get any rain from it which is a major bummer because we could really use the moisture!! Thanks to all of you who were praying for us and have been concerned!! 

Happy Birthday Mom!!

Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday dear Mommy, Happy Birthday to you!!!

Mom I hope you have an awesome birthday!! You are a great Mom and Nannies!! We love you very much and hope you have an awesome day!!

Love, 

  Maria, Russell,& Kennadee

Kennadee's Hand Washing Opera

So sometimes I wish that I had a built in camera in my head that I can push record when Kennadee does something cute. Today I was using the bathroom and Kennadee said "Now when you are done you turn on the water and washa washa washa hands and then you get the soap and you washa washa washa hands". I asked her to do it again so I could get on film so she did but it isn't as cute as it was the first time!!

P.S. Please excuse the messy bathroom counter LOL

Daddy's Classroom

This is what happens when you leave a 3 year old alone with a whiteboard and marker...

August Update

Well August has come and gone fairly uneventfully. Our good friend Dustin came to Houston for some work training at the beginning of the month so we went down there a couple of times to visit him. It was really good to see him. He is on his way to Iraq. We hope he will be okay and keep him in our prayers. While we were there the second time we went to the Houston Temple and walked around the grounds. It was a really beautiful day, everything was really green and gorgeous. 

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  Mid August Russell got called to be the second counselor in the Young Men's Presidency. He is really excited about that and has been enjoying it quite a bit. And then the following week I got called to be the second counselor in the Relief Society Presidency (AHHHH!!!) So far it has been crazy and overwhelming. But I know it is what I am supposed to do and I will have the support I need. 

     Toward the end of the month Kennadee finally completed her potty training. She had  regressed when we moved and it has taken awhile to get her back on track. So she got to go to Gatti-land for her reward. It is like Chuck E. Cheese's but it has way better food and lots of fun games and rides. Kennadee had a blast!!

Russell started teaching this week and has really been enjoying it. He has the Spanish I and Spanish II classes. It is really nice to see him actually be excited to go to work and it has been even better that he comes home happy!! I am so glad that he is finally doing something he enjoys and I hope he continues to love it!!  So that's all for August hopefully September will be great!!