.the westensee family.

.recent happenings.

.well we are here in rexburg.

.we are in a house, rather than an apartment. okay, main floor of a house. its nice, and GREAT location for andrew. takes him 5 minutes max to be IN CLASS.

.however i am missing my hyde park apartment complex where you walk outside and are FORCED to say hello to people and interact. it was REALLY good for me.

.but i know this is only for a little bit. brooklynn has alot of room to run around, andrew has his own office...its only until december.

.anyways. since i am done with typing....here is pictures of what we have been up to...

.when we first got here, we all got sick. here are my babies sleeping .... sick.

.b and i made cookies together.. she LOVED it.

.we were watching a movie when all of the sudden we see that b had got the capri sun out of the diaper bag, opened the straw from the plastic and stuck it in the capri sun and was drinking it...how did she learn that/.!?>!

.me getting a little better at doing b's hair.

.if i am lucky she will hold still for me to get 12 hair things in... its been fun with her hair longer.

.b's cousin liy learned how to say hello when she picked up the phone...they posted a video of it on facebook and we watched it... ever since than, b now picks up the phone and says hello too. thanks lily.

.parker has gotten cuter and grown out of his newborn clothes.

.my typical day... both kids falling asleep on me.

.parker sitting in b's highchair while mom cooks in the kitchen.

.parker has started coo'in and talking and smilin'.

.parker and b take baths together every night.

.brooklynn LOVES when parker is in he bath with her, and she helps too

.b got her first fat lip.

.she decided to head butt lehi in the face for no reason.

.well here is what she gets for doing that.

.more pics of b helping with cookies.,,,she would sneek out the chocolate chips.

.this recipe i tried made 6 dozen....needless to say i am NOT at my goal weight and 3 dozen is in the freezer.

.well parker is tired, and so am i.... so off to bed we go. enough blogging for tonight. thanks for keeping track of our family.

.gma & gpa's cabin.

.i figured i should write a quick post to let people know we are still alive, just busy-busy-busy with family/friends in washington. we head back in 2 days... so i am hoping i catch up with our washington trip post soon....until than....

.our trip to gma/gpa westensee's cabin. it was SO MUCH FUN. i was a little afraid of taking my newborn and 15 month old up to the cabin (because its a work in progress...so it's not TOTALLY kid friendly)...but it was so much fun. we left around noon and headed up for the day....the boys (gpa and andrew) told us it would be until 7 AT THE LATEST...least to say we were out of there around 10:30pm....lairs!

.but it was so much fun. i just let brooklynn get down and dirty, and she LOVED it. i would feed parker and rock him inside, help the boys a bit build the pump house, and take B girl for a ride on the four wheelers...can i say...she LOVES four wheelers?? no crying, just sat there and point, and would go "whoooo"...adorable.

.gma debbie made delicious dinner (as always) and we just chilled with the boys, got them what they needed and loved on the babies. it was SO relaxing and truly enjoyable. we cannot wait to go up to the cabin again...next time we go up may be in the snow with the snowmobiles...! until than.....

.pictures from our cabin trip.

.parker boy slept almost the entire time.

.b girl.

.this is just coming UP to the cabin...it was raining coming into the cabin.

.b girl ready for a ride.

.come on mom.

.look at that dirty little face.

.love this face.

.grandma holding parker boy watching the boys work.

.we would put her in here to keep her contained for a while.

.she was SO happy in there...silly girl.

.we had SO much fun at grandma and grandpa's cabin!

.washington trip.

.i L.O.V.E.D. being home.

.loved, loved, loved it.

.did not want to leave.

.we flew for the first time with both kids. and i have to say it was a total success. both kids slept the ENTIRE time on the way there. we looked like a circus act walking in the airport with 3 suitcases (small, medium and large) a duffel bag, 2 car seats and 2 kids. thank goodness for debbie...we wouldnt have been able to do it without her. so the flight was great. we got there at 10:30am and spent the rest of the day running errands for bre's wedding.

.wednesday we cleaned house, made a riduclous amount of brownies for the wedding, drove to and from the airport and went and got bre's wedding dress fixed. it was a busy day, but enjoyable. mom and i went to get the church keys, and lucky us we drove past this farm that had old farm/country items. mom jumped out and asked the guy if he rented them out, and he informed us we could use whatever we wanted for FREE. love that...free!

.thursday we did more for the wedding stuff in the morning. than my sister and i left to meet bre and the rest of the family at the temple, as she went through for the first time. funny thing is, no matter how many times we have been there... we got lost...twice. it took us 1.5 hours to get there, when it should of took us 40 minutes. awesome (not!). however, we got there in time, and we have a good laugh about it. it was really fun to spend time with kristina...i remember going to the store with her at 4am and standing on a milk crate and sharing a little debbie snack. delicious.

.friday was a day full of flower arrangements, setting up the reception, setting up for the reception, and setting up for the reception. it was crazy. thankfully we got it done and it looked country. pictures dont do justice, but it turned out really cute.

.saturday we got bre ready and my mom and sent them off...than we got ready and met them over at the temple. watched bre and lehi get sealed, took a few pictures, and headed over to the church to get everything ready. thank goodness for cathy peterson watching my kids, and allowing me to attend the sealing. and thank goodness for BURGERVILLE shakes filling out tummies before heading over to set up for the reception. it was beautiful. and fun to see so many faces i hadn't seen in a while.

.sunday we barely made it to church. we were all so tired. but just relaxed before and after church.

.monday we made a bunch of returns and did a little shopping before my sisters (ronnie and kris) fly home. it was fun to spend time with them. andrew's first day of work was this day, so he stayed home and worked, while i had fun with my sisters.

.tuesday & wednesday mom had class for school, we we visited friends in the evening, and just hung out at home. thursday my mom threw me a baby shower and it was alot of fun and so enjoyable to see the kirby family. it was so much fun to see this family. kian and holly have gotten so big, and are still so much fun. i also went to lunch with my good friend and "mom" tammy schwanz. i LOVE how much we still laugh and are able to talk. she is so good to me and my family.

.thursday my mom threw an amazing baby shower for me. we cleaned all day long for it, but it was so worth it. we played alot of fun games, and parker was spoiled with so many clothes....he is going to be such a well dressed stud. it was so much fun to talk and catch up with friends too.

.friday and saturday we worked and worked and worked in my mom's classroom. i am not kidding about working...we seriously worked until midnight on friday night and one in the morning on saturday night. i also got the chance to attend a baby shower for my good good friend megan schultz. it was so much fun to watch her daughter and brooklynn play.

.sunday we went to church again, and also saw ashley bigler and her boyfriend and her doggie. it was SO GOOD to catch up.

.monday we worked again in the classroom until open house. thank goodness when that was over because my mom was so tired, and we were too. dad went fishing that day and brought home salmon....i passed on that dinner (cant stand seafood)....so he grilled up some beef for teriyaki rice bowl instead. it was delicious.

.tuesday we packed a bit, did laundry, went out to dinner with my parents, and than went and visited the oneal family. brooklynn was in lala land running around after their dog. it was so much fun to catch up with them too. we went back home, and packed until early in the morning.

.wednesday we got up early and said goodbye to my mom, and dad took us to the airport. we looked like a circus act coming through the airport with 4 bags, 2 carry ons, 2 carseats and 2 kids. we get there and are 4 pounds over on one bag and 10 pouonds over on another...ARE YOU KIDDING ME>!?! so we shuffle things around to the other bags and finally got the weight even. thank goodness. off we flew to utah. parker slept the entire way....as well as his dad, and brooklynn and i stayed up and played with her dolls, and read books. it was still a great flight even with brooklynn awake the entire time.

.it was a great trip....i loved being home. i miss it so much. i LOVED being around my sisters again, and i LOVED spending time with my mom...as always. overall i great trip....hopefully i go back again this summer with my sister and all our kids.....me, my sister and 6 kids....should be fun!

.pictures from our trip.