Our new puppy

We got a new puppy on Monday! We let Cadence name her, and she came up with Abby. We are so excited to have her. She is such a good dog! She is so full of energy but so much fun!

We had another dog named Nook, for about 6 years and he got a tumor in his nasal area and could not breath very well, so we had to put him to sleep just a few weeks ago. Our family misses him very much!


I know that I have more recent pictures of our other dog, but this was the only one I could find. Cadence use to try to ride him, and he would just let her.

Random Pictures

These are some random pictures that I had on my phone. Cadence is such a goofball. She is always making me laugh. I love that girl!!! Oh and I forgot to post but Cody and I had our 8th anniversary on April 6th. We stayed in Vegas and left the kids with Cody's parents. It was so nice to get away. I can't believe that we have been married for 8 years.


This is Cody eradicating weed in Cedar. I believe this was taken last fall. I can't remember how much they actually got out of there but it was a lot.


I just love that smile. She just brightens my day.


There's that smile again. The pajamas she has on in the picture are her favorite pj's. I will throw them in the dirty clothes piles to wash and she'll take it out and tell me smell Mom it's clean. So I'll tell her no we need to wash them. And she'll say to me "Ahhh Mom come on". That girl cracks me up.

Easter

Here are some pictures of the Easter hunt at the park. Of course, I forgot my camera so I took these with the camera on my phone. It's does not take very good pictures, but oh well it's better than nothing. We had heard that they were doing a duck drop at the Washington Rec. center so we decided to go. When we got there we were so bummed because you had to buy a ticket to get in and of course the tickets were sold out. So we ended up going to the Sand Hallow pool with my sister and nieces to go swimming. We couldn't believe how many people were there. After going swimming we went and got Cafe Rio! Wow, we love that place!

On Sunday we went to church, then had a family get together with the Wood side of the family. We had another Easter egg hunt for the kids and they loved it. The cousins always have so much fun playing together. We had a fun Easter and hope everyone else did too.

Happy Birthday Kyndee!!!

I can't believe that our baby is turning 2 years old today. Can you believe that she only weighed 4 lbs. 10 oz. when she was born. When she was born, none of her clothes fit because she was so tiny. Even the preemie clothes were to big. I did have some complications with her, she stopped growing when I was pregnant with her so I had to be induced with her 3 weeks early. We were so relieved after she was born and she was perfect and healthy. We had been warned that she may have to stay in the hospital for a while because they knew she would be tiny and did not know if her lungs were developed, or if there would be other problems. We got to go home from the hospital after 2 days. Here are some pictures of her from birth till now.

The blessing dress, It was Cadence's also.




3 weeks old




1 day old





The day Kyndee was blessed. What a good big sister.


1st birthday

I love Photoshop

Don't worry everyone I didn't die, although I wanted to over the weekend because I had the flu. Thank goodness I am feeling better. But of course Cadence is coming down with a fever now. It never fails one person gets sick and everyone gets sick. Anyways I have been playing with photoshop again. I took these pictures today before Cadence started feeling sick. The one of Kyndee and I was taken by Cadence. I know it's blurry but I still like it. I hope you enjoy the pictures.

Finally, new pictures

I could not stand looking at the pictures of Codys hand anymore, so I finally went out and took some pictures of the kids and decided to play around with photoshop. I am loving it! I still have a lot to learn, but the program is truly amazing! I would love to hear any comments or tips you may have since I am just learning.







I could not stand looking at the pictures of Codys hand anymore, so I finally went out and took some pictures of the kids and decided to play around with photoshop. I am loving it! I still have a lot to learn, but the program is truly amazing! I would love to hear any comments or tips you may have since I am just learning.

Bad day at the office

Look what Cody did to himself today at work. Poor guy! He had to go to the E.R. and get it removed. Then they had to give him a tetnus shot and they wrapped his hand. He is learning how to use one hand now. It's pretty nasty, don't you think.

Family pictures

We did some family pictures down at Lake Havasu. They didn't turn out the best because there was a cold wind, so the kids didn't want to cooperate.

Christmas at Havasu

The kids were tired from getting up so early.


Cody trying to open the kids presents.



Mom and Kyndee. She was not to happy because her sister woke her up to early.



Cadence loves books! And anything princess.

Sitting outside the house we stayed at.

We spent Christmas this year at Lake Havasu with Cody's family. It was the first Christmas that we have spent away from home. I was sad to be away from my family, but it was fun trying something new. While we were there, we went swimming at the aquatic center, took family pictures, saw the London bridge that was moved to Lake Havasu brick by brick, and just hung out with the family. And of course opened presents on Christmas morning.

Larry and Lila have a blog!

Hey family, Melanie and I got a blog up and running for Larry and Lila. All of us kids are going to post stuff for them since Larry only gets on the internet once a month to check his email and I don't think Lila has ever even been on the internet. I'm not quite sure she even knows how to turn on the computer. LOL! Make sure to add them onto your list so you can be updated on whats going on with them. Their address is cot10clan.blogspot.com/. Go and check it out if you have not yet.