Back on Track

Things were a little crazy there for a week or so with the car accident but our household has seemed to recover from the funk and we are in a pretty good place right now.  Here is what has been going on.

First of all, we bought a new car.  We went with a Rav 4 with pop up seats in the back in case we need to cart around extra kiddos.  We like it a lot and it is nice to have all the car stuff dealt with. Kenzie's tailbone was pretty sore after the crash and she spent a couple weeks sitting sideways on chairs (which looked like she was getting ready to bolt from wherever she sat).  The biggest inconvenience was at church where we had to sit on the hard metal chairs.  This was not our fault though.  The first Sunday, we showed up 10 minutes early and there was not space for the three of us anywhere in the chapel on the cushy seats.  We were amazed, especially because Mormons are notorious for being late.  The next Sunday we figured if we were just 15 minutes early then surely we would get a seat, but we were out of luck and it just ended up adding 15 minutes onto our 3 hour church day.  Boooo Mormons.  Somebody needs to split our ward or tell people to show up later.

 The metal chairs are good for something though.  For stake conference we chilled out in the Primary room and brought our fridge magnets.  Kenna was in heaven for a full hour.

 Texas has been heating up which means that we brought out the old blow up pool which made the journey all the way from Richmond.  We also have a water slide now too.  We put the blow up pool under the slide from the playset, put the hose on top and BOOM, instant waterpark.  Kenna is blissfully unaware of anything better so this blow up pool has worked great on hot days when the pools haven't opened yet.

Kenzie has been working like a mad woman.  She has been doing 3 or 4 days a week for work for the past few weeks and that keeps her very busy. She really likes her job a lot better than working in the schools and is learning a lot more about giving therapy in a medical context rather than helping kids say "rabbit".  Kenna has been enjoying her days with Jenna, Lixie, and Bo. 

 This weekend, I got to spend an entire day with Kenna.  It was an awesome time and I am glad that I get to do it.  We didn't do anything ground breaking, but she had lots of fun doing little dumb stuff.  We went to Walmart to do some shopping, got her a new Fancy Nancy book, finished Kenzie's mothers day present, etc.  When I asked her what she wanted to do for lunch, she told me "Let's eat at the Potle (Chipotle)".  I love that kid.

 

Mothers day was a huge hit.  Kenzie and I went out on a real date for the first time in a few months and went to dinner and a movie.  It was a ton of fun to be out and about for a night and we enjoyed ourselves immensely.  Kenna even got put to bed by the babysitter and didn't have any problems.  That is a huge chapter in Kenna's life and in Kenzie's life.  It took almost 3 years, but Kenzie has finally chilled out enough to not worry about a sitter putting our baby to bed.  Kenna decided to celebrate Mothers day with a 6am wakeup call, which I responded to so that Kenzie could sleep in.  As soon as Kenzie woke up, Kenna bolted to get the present that we made her.  She was so excited to give it to her.  It was a couple pictures of Kenzie and Kenna and a colored card from Kenna.  Kenna helped make the whole thing which really sped up the process.

 

After church was a steak dinner and some time at the park. And since Kenzie loves public sappiness so much, I will sing a few of her praises.  She is the bomb.com.  I am really lucky to be married to her.  She listens to everything Kenna says and responds to her better than I do.  Kenna is very lucky to have a mom that cares about her so much.  Sometimes I wish that Kenzie would listen to me as well as she listens to Kenna.  Kenzie works hard at keeping our house together, teaching Kenna, growing another baby, and working as a Speechie.  She has to juggle a lot of things and she does such a good job at it, all while looking fantabulous.  I love you Kenzie, and Kenna does too.  Thanks for being a great mom/wife.