Masie's blessing

We went against the grain and blessed Masie on a Tuesday instead of a Sunday because James's farewell and MTC date didn't make it conducive for a Sunday blessing and I really wanted him to be there because he'd been with us pretty much through everything.  Anyway, Tuesday it was and luckily a lot of Randy's family were able to make it as well.  Here are the Grandpas.

 And the star of the show, Miss Masie!!!

 Our bishop/neighbor/friend.  Thanx so much for accommodating us.

 Aunt Deanna.

 The Youells.

 Julie and Michelle taking over in the kitchen.

Mom and Matney.  Funny story, so in the kitchen Matney's helping and my mom is behind her saying "KT, KT, KT" and Mat's not responding.  Then my mom realizes it wasn't me.  Matney's my twin I never had.  Our mom's are personality twins as well.  Every time her mom comes and visit it makes me miss my mom more and vice verse.  It's pretty uncanny.

 Mak and Wall-E

 The whole family, Schmidt's and Tuckers.

 Tucker clan.

 Schmidt brood (well a portion of us at least).

 We haven't had a family shot in a while.

 And this is probably why.

 Grandparents and Great Grandparents.

 Had to get one last shot with James and the Babe.

 And of course Zoolander.

 He was getting a little hungry.

 Our friends who could make it.  Youell's left too fast for us to get them in there.

 Thought this was cute shot of the 3 of us.

 We really like "baby smell," and apparently she's already had enough of us doing that.

 It was a long day for this little girl.  So glad she's part of our family.

Going to Grandma's

Since Randy didn't have to take time off after Masie was born because of the awesome help we got from his mom, and my brother, we decided to take a quick vacation up to my mom and dad's to see their new house before school started and take a much needed break from reality.  I didn't do a good job documenting everything we did with my camera because I wanted to be lazy but here are some of the things we had fun doing.  

My little sister, Bacon and her new husband came over from Spokane to go camping and ended up hanging out with us most of the time, cuz I'm cool like that, well sort of since I forgot to pull my camera out and show that we actually saw them.  The day they had to head back, we went down to the river near my parents house and played around for a few hours.  There were tons of little minnows in the water and Mak caught a few.

 It's hard to see but that little tadpole looking thing kinda in the center is her catch.

 Morg having fun

 And Eah

 Even Maser couldn't contain her enthusiasm.  This is pretty much what she always does in her car seat.

 Randy got in on the action, even though the water was freezing.

 Mak couldn't help herself, what a loving sister.

 We also went to the fair with my mom.  There was a free bus that took you from the mall to the fair so you didn't have to fight traffic or pay $6 to park.  The kids were really excited to ride the bus, we should've just done that all day and bagged the fair, lol.

 Malia riding the cars at the carnival.

 The kids getting ready for a fast spinny ride which unfortunately made Mak sick so she was out for the rest of the fun and Morgan saw a kid puke so she backed out before even going on.

 Mak and Mic before the ride.

 Morg opted for the swings.

 Later in our vaca. my oldest sister Shauna came with her kids since we haven't seen them in a couple of years.  Ella and Malia haven't really ever seen each other (well enough to remember and actually play)  We went to a splash pad right down the street from my mom's with them.  It was fun.

 These two are hysterical, they fight like sisters but want to play together.  It will be interesting to see them as they grow up.  Oh and Malia is 4 months YOUNGER than Ella, but that didn't stop her from growing taller than her, lol.

 The day we were leaving to go home was my baby brother's farewell at church.  That was the other reason for Shauna coming.  After church he was set apart as a missionary to serve in the Portland Oregon Mission.  He is soo excited.  Here's Shauna's fam with him.

 And my parents

 And us, notice Masie sleeping, again.

 And the nieces and nephews

 doing the Bolt.

 The morning we left we took some shots of the kids. . .

 jumping on the trampoline.

 Malia and Ella

 Micah and Preston

 Morg, Kyra and Mak.

It was really nice to get away for a bit and see some fam we haven't in a while since I was pregnant and sick every time we got together in the last 9 months.

Family Reunion-through the eyes of an almost 12 year old

-K- so this first shot is not of the reunion, but this is what I found on Mak's camera when I downloaded pictures for her.  Apparently, she was doing a photo shoot with Masie.  Oh boy, here we go.

 Onto the reunion.  McKenzie and Morgan had the opportunity to go with my brother and their family up to my family's reunion in Idaho.  I knew we weren't going to be able to go due to my "condition" so I eagerly said yes. They were gone for 10 days and loved every minute of it.  The following pictures of what McKenzie deemed worthy photo journaling.  They're pretty great.  Here's Morg apparently in the car.

 And Wall-E hiding in the stairwell of the big red van.

 And Kyra and part of Morgan's head after their 80's makeover.

 And every one's backsides in the kitchen of the lake house they were staying at.

 My fav. shot, the lake that I couldn't go to and water ski on.

 And the sink. . . that's all I can say about this one.  Oh and there were plenty more shots of the house itself that I chose not to bore your with.

 And the Chaser, after a fun-filled moment of art time.

 I'm assuming this is the deck, but I'm not sure if she was trying to get the deck or of people on the deck.

 And Ki-Ki in the van.

 And McKenzie's 80's makeover.

 And last but not least, the awesome aunt who was kind enough to invite the girls to go with them.

It looks like it was a lot of fun, wish we could've gone, but I'm glad the girls got to experience this.  It will be something they talk about for years.

4th of July

I know this happened a few weeks ago and I've posted since then, but I figured Masie being born wasn't the only thing that happened on the 4th so I should document at least a little bit of it.  When Gma and Gpa came down, we told them of our plans for the next day and said that if I go into labor they can do as little or as much as they would like to with the kids.  They got through some of it before the big announcement came and decided seeing a brand new baby was much more fun than 4th of July festivities.  So they woke up bright and early for the balloon festival.

Balloons even came over to the kid's school where our ward was having a breakfast.  The kids got to go inside one of them and get lifted up in the air a little and then come back down. 

 It looks like it's landing on the school, doesn't it?

 After the breakfast they went to the parade. . .

 Where they were rudely interrupted by us.

These are out of order but here's some more shots of the balloon.

 

 And of Grandpa

 And the breakfast.

After they were done at the hospital with me and Masie, they went out to eat and my neighbors let them come and hang with them to watch the fireworks, Thanx Trisha.  It was a very eventful day for everyone.