The Kenner Family

Sunday, October 2, 2011

General Conference Weekend

Our family really needed conference this week, It brought so many answered prayers and good thoughts and feeling into our home. We watched all 4 sessions Saturday and Sunday, and Chris went to the Priesthood session with his Dad and brother in-law Cole Saturday night. Saturday morning we woke up early and watched the first session in our family room and then spent the day at my parents house watching the second Saturday session while my dad played on the floor with Jack and my Mom and I painted our Halloween crafts. It was soooo much fun my Mom kept commenting on how she must have "lost her touch" at crafting, but as you can see that is not the case AT ALL. Her "Boo" decoration turned out adorable! I crafted/painted the "Witch" Sign, I LOVE it. :) I want to do this every conference session! Saturday night I hung out with the Kenner ladies at our house, it was a nice low key evening and I made spaghetti for dinner and we watched "You Again" which was hilarious! Sunday morning we made sure to wake up on time and played in the family room with Jack while listening and watching conference. The second session is coming up and we plan on just staying home and being together as a family :) what a wonderful blessing General Conference is, I feel so blessed it is so accessible to our family and it is of great need to every one of us. It is so wonderful that we can hear not only from the wonderful leaders of our church, but given insight from our Heavenly father personally twice a year. I will never take it for granted again.

On a side note, here are some other crafts I've completed this month! Super Saturday in my ward was a few weeks ago and I was amazed that I actually went home with a finished product :)

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Texas: Sunday & Monday

Sunday September 18th: We all woke up sunday morning, got spruced up and headed to Ash and Phils ward. Let me just say...I you haven't seen babies until you have gone to their ward! There were tons! Jack and Wes were of coarse restless all through church, but we all made it home in one piece. Ash and Phil made stir fry for dinner :) YUM! And the rest of the night we just relaxed and enjoyed one another's company.

Monday September 19th: We all decided upon The Galleria for Monday's outing. Let me tell ya, everything really IS bigger in Texas! BIGGEST mall I have EVER been to or heard of for that matter! More than 375 restaurants, stores, and even a hotel inside! We spent over 5 hours inside and Chris and I (mostly me) did some serious vacation shopping. I think I spent all my vacation money there haha. After shopping we headed to Lupe Tortilla! Really, best mexican food EVER! I sure wish they had one in UT.

Jack SOOO excited about his new hamburger toy

Shopping is tiring stuff

at the food court with my sweet boy

Wes being a goof

Ya..these are legos...you can buy them by the pound

The damage

at Lupe Tortilla

The boys (and rosie) playing

Wes checkin out Jack's binky

Jack playing with his new toy

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Houston Texas with the Harrison's

Chris, Jack, & I took our family vacation to Houston Texas this past weekend to spend 6 days, 5 nights with my sister Ashlee and the whole Harrison family. They live in North-Western Texas in a city called Tomball. Jack got to meet his uncle Phil for the first time and play with his cousin Wesley everyday. Wes and Jack are almost exactly 6 months apart and Wes is the closest cousin to Jack's age. It was so fun watching them interact and play and my sis and I talked about how fun it will be having them grow up together and be in the same grade when they go to school. We had SO much fun and took A LOT of pictures. Because we took so many pictures I am going to blog 2 days of the trip at a time. Here is Friday and Saturday!

Friday September 16th: I was very frazzled friday morning and SOOOO worried I was going to miss packing something we needed(btw we forgot our toothbrushes and had to make a stop at Walgreens) my mom had offered to pick us up and take us to the airport and we were pleasantly surprised when my dad showed up to pick us up as well! For those of you that don't know, my dad had been in Denver CO for 6 months helping at a plant there. We got everything into the car and raced to the airport. We were sure to pack smart because with the diaper bag and 20 pound baby on my hip it was going to be a feat to make it onto the plane. Jack was and ANGEL he slept the entire flight and woke up happy and gabbing and making eyes at all the flight attendants he was pretty much the center of attention. We arrived at the Houston airport at around 6:20pm and Ash and Wes picked us up. Phil and Ash had dinner already for us when we got to their house. Yummy home made taquitos! Jack and Wes got to play for a little while before they went to bed and me and Chris stayed up for a little while and chatted with Ash and Phil.

Jack's first plain ride, couldn't have done it without Chris!

My boys asleep on the plain

This is the outfit I put him in on our way to Houston...3 outfits later we arrived!

Wes and Jack "playing" for the first time, Wes was soooo excited to play with Jack

My sweet boy

Saturday September 17th: We woke early and got ready to go to Galveston Beach. It was a B-E-A-Utiful day and I am still so happy we decided to venture out there for the day. Jack got to put his feet in the ocean (and his whole body for that matter) for the first time! Wesley enjoyed crawling all around the beach and getting completely muddy and sandy from head toe. Ash and I just chilled on the beach while Chris and Phil played in the waves. It was a beautiful day, warm with a small breeze. After the beach we headed home, showered and went to SpringCreek BBQ it was DELICIOUS! After BBQ we let the boys play for a little and Wesley opened up his b-day present from us since won't be able to make it to his 1st birthday. After they went to bed we ate Bluebell ice cream...I think I gained 3 pounds alone that was attributed to that heavenly ice cream!

The boys fell asleep on our way there

Sisters and our boys

Daddy and his boy

Spring Creek BBQ

I can only imagine Wesley on his actual birthday, paper will be flying!

Jack 5 months

Jack of course is still growing and growing, he has made a lot of "firsts" this month and is still the heart of our home and family :) Jack now weighs 19.2 pounds! He has the most delicious thighs :)

Jack ate his first bowl of rice cereal this month and his first jar of baby food. He now enjoys carrots, peas, sweet potatoes, applesauce, bananas, and pears on a weekly bases. It is soooo funny feeding him! If your not fast enough he will sure let you know with his screams and grunts of disapproval, he is quite the character and DEFINITELY has a mind of his own. Jack had his first trip to the UT aquarium this month with his aunties and grandma Kenner, he also had his first trip bowling with the Kenner fam, he was an angel on both outings and really enjoyed the lights at the bowling alley. Jack can now roll over from his belly to his back, and is SO close to rolling from his back to his belly (that arm of his just continues to get in the way, darn arm!) Jack has the most infectuous giggle he will just laugh and laugh and he is VERY ticklesh too. My favorite thing about Jack these days is his voice. He will just hang out on his play mat and talk, talk, talk, talk , talk, talk, TALK! I never knew a 5 months old could be so vocal! He keeps me busy and I am enjoying every minute I have helping him grow and learn. I love being his mommy and wish time would just stand still, Chris and I are so completely smitten with this little boy of ours :)

Jack loves:

tummy time, (finally!)
to have his blanket on his head
to take his nightly bath, it's his favorite part of the day
to eat, and eat....and eat
to cuddle, we are so lucky we have a snuggle boy
to play with his dad, it's amazing to watch him light up when Chris is around
to be outside
to be sung to, no matter how awful my voice is haha
to read books with mom and dad, he is even starting to turn the pages (in no particular order of course)

*some of the pictures wouldn't let me rotate them*