Green Party with the Green's

FEB

This month I have done a bad job of keeping my picts caught up, so they are going to go together in one big post. :) 

Carter had swim lessons again this month, and he learned to float on his back and swim with his face in the water for a couple of seconds. Good job Carter! 

Carter was born with sabacious nevus, which is a form of melanoma that would change and possibly harm him once he grows up and his hormones go crazy. When he was born we were told to wait until he was 5 and have it removed then. Since Carter is starting kindergarten in the fall, and we have a move going on in the middle of that, we decided to get it done while we are in Utah. We met with a plastic surgeon at Primary's Children hospital and scheduled the surgery. The surgery went well, although we learned that Carter is super grumpy when he wakes up from meds. lol

Carter getting his hospital jammies on.    

His face before surgery. . 

Puppy got a bracelet just like mommy and daddy so he could come and see Carter too. 

Carter recovering afterwards. 

Getting wheeled out to the car.

His face afterwards. 

All he wanted on the way home was pancakes, so we randomly chose a diner and they had puppy pancakes. It helped make a drugged 5 year old feel much better :) 

A couple of days after the surgery I went to Colorado to help with the valentines day flower rush. The kids were suppose to come with me and stay with grandma, but Kynlie had bronchitis and my mother-in-law had strep. Ugh. So Brandin was the lucky one that got to keep the kids all by himself! (snicker snicker) Thankfully he did an amazing job and the kids didn't even miss me. 

Teddy and Jimmie

Teddy, Jimmie, and me :) 

Shawn, Me, kris, and Shauna

Jess, Shawn, me, Kris, and Shauna. 

My lil sis (she is 15) drew this pict on a 20x30 canvas for Kenna's room. So beautiful!!! 

Kenna thinks it is so much fun to climb behind the sofa. And get stuck. and scream. 

Brandin is so sweet and every year he makes me a delicious valentines dinner. This year it was steak and lobster tail! I am one spoiled girl!!! 

Carter has had a rough month. We went to the dentist and Carter had some cavities, so they wanted to try and give him some meds that calm most kids down. Lets just say Carter did not react the way they were hoping. He went from chipper and happy, to ballistic and all out freak out mode in the office. There was no way his teeth were getting drilled, so we rescheduled for 2 weeks later and decided that the only option was to completely sedate him with an IV. Once given the original shot Carter was OUT! They said that he still moved a little bit, but overall things went smoothly. When I was able to go back to him he looked like this. .  .

Druggie! lol. It took him a little while to wake up, and when he did he was one mad mad little boy! 

Kenna trying out her new giraffe earrings. :) 

And for the last week of FEB Brandin and I are going to Houston!!! We are going to pick out colors for our house and enjoy some time free of kids! Thank you to my sis and Laura for taking care of my kiddos while we are gone. Can't wait!!

Kenna all grown up :)

I saved the tutu I had used for Kenna's first month picts and use it again when she turned one. It is crazy how much she has changed and how much bigger she is! So crazy. 

Kenna's 1st Birthday Party

My baby is one! How did that happen? So crazy. Since Kenna's birthday was on a Monday, we invited the singles ward to come celebrate with us for their FHE. We invited some of our Wymount friends (Greens, Fishers, Cox, Hernandez family, Prices) and put together a party! We decided to do dinner since we did that for Carter's 1st party as well. We bought 80 hamburgers, and brought home 5, There were so many people from the singles ward that came! More than is typically at church I am pretty sure. lol. It was a ton of fun. We also served french fries and chicken nuggets. 

I made 50 cupcakes and made cute little butterfly toppers. In case you can't tell, the theme was butterflies! :) 

Kenna's birthday banner! 

The centerpieces

The view when you first walk into the room

The adorable plates and napkins! 

Kenna's smash cake

I have never used fondant, so please don't look too closely. lol. I had a lot of fun making this cake, and I might even be brave enough to use fondant again :) 

Of course the water bottles had to be themed up again :) Brandin helped me make different wrappers for the drinks :) 

The peeps. I am sad that I missed picts of most people, the whole night was just so busy I didn't think to take many picts. 

We didn't set up enough tables, so some of the singles make their own sitting area :) 

Kenna starting on her smash cake

Getting more into it. . 

and it is destroyed!! lol. She didn't even want to eat it, just feel it and destroy it. Right after this pict she started throwing it all over the ground, so we took it away. lol

Opening her presents! All of the kids surrounded her to help open presents, so this is the closest I got to getting a pict of her. :) 

More picts of the cake. . 

Family pict (sadly not taken until everything was cleaned up and we were walking out to door. Oh well, what can you do?)

Her party invite.