Instagram

I just signed up from an Instagram account the other day, and I love it!  For the three of you that actually read this blog (lol)...if you have an Instagram account and aren't following me already, please do! @kenziew84

Also leave me a comment with your username so I can follow you!

So if you're not on Instagram, here's some pics I've taken lately :)

First snow cones of the season #memorialday2013

Hilarious pictures of Malea we have found on the tablet, lol!
(there's probably 100 more like this on there!)

Yay for summer!

Isaac getting a little carried away with the shaving cream

This picture is crazy....I was hanging out outside with the kids and went inside for all of 2 minutes and Malea came running in saying "Isaac is on top of the car!"  Don't judge me for taking a picture first, I had to document it or no one would believe me!

Isaac playing with sissy's My Little Pony's

Painting our nails :)

Took this picture on the day I was done with Spring semester (which was pretty much the semester from hell)....no make up on and catching up on episodes of "Modern Family".  Then I got all of a week off and now we're back in to the grind for Summer semester!  Ugh

Took this pictures after I had sent the kids downstairs to play so that I could clean the upstairs....yeah, I wanted to cry!

Poor girl fell asleep like this, she was a sickie that day

Friends! :)

This past week my BFF Jill and her cute family came in to town to visit from Baltimore!  It has been about 2 years since we last saw each other, which was way too long!  We had a little get-together/reunion and had so much fun catching up, laughing, and letting our kiddos play.  I am grateful to have so many wonderful friends in my life!  

The amazing thing is that no matter how long its been since we last saw each other or talked, when we get together it's like nothing has changed!  

Pigging out on food and catching up while the kids play in the water

Malea and Jill's daughter Belle....it's crazy how much the kids have grown!  Jill used to babysit Malea when she was a newborn baby and Belle wasn't even 2 years-old.  Time sure flies!   

Love this shot of Malea with Belle and Maddie

Jill's cute little girl Evee zonked out

Jill's husband Will playing with Isaac

Of course Isaac got in the pool with his clothes on :)

Jill's darling little boy Liam, this was the first time I got to meet him!  

My kids on the way home, lol

Love Isaac's dirty face!

Jill and her husband Will stopped by to say goodbye before they headed home to Baltimore, so here's some fun pics of the kiddos playing dress-up together :)  (even Isaac dressed up, haha).  I've decided to make it a priority to go out and see them in Maryland sometime!  I just miss them too much!

SUMMER!!!

I can't begin to tell you how excited I have been for summer!  We had such a LONG, cold, horrible winter this year, it felt like it was never going to end!  (I will neither confirm nor deny whether I lived in an oversized hoodie and did nothing but watch Netflix for all of January ;))  I am looking forward to lots of swimming, playing outside,  going on walks, BBQ's, getting the yard fixed up, etc!

Another thing that I've been looking forward to for months is the new splash pad that just opened in downtown Springville.  We'll be spending lots of our summer days there, I'm sure!

This was the day of Grand Opening.  It was only 70-ish degrees that day, but that didn't stop us!  Poor Isaac was so cold but he kept going in for more!

 My mom and step-dad met us down there (Rick works for Springville City and helped get the grounds looking nice for the opening!)

This picture of Malea makes me laugh, she was waiting for the water to spray up and make the ball float up (she was getting frustrated, lol)

She got it finally!

Another trip to the splash pad on a different day.....Malea taking a break to eat some yummy Costa Vida (LOVE that they just opened one in Spanish Fork) 

Isaac & me (it was hard to get a good picture with him actually looking, this was the best I could get!)

Such cuties!

Isaac taking Iron Man for a dip

This is the first summer we have had our own house with a yard, so I'm pretty excited to plant some flowers!  We have SO much work to do in both the front and backyard. Sometimes it is overwhelming, but I know it will be worth it in the long run. I guess that's what we get for buying a fixer-upper!  I've been amazed at how much better the front yard looks compared to when we first moved in last fall. The grass was yellow and looked dead but with some watering and fertilizing it has come back nicely!  Now we just have to tackle the backyard :P  

Here's some pictures of the kiddos helping me plant flowers in our pots :)

Isaac helping me weed :)

Keith mowing the lawn

We are loving our new deck!

Kiddos having a little picnic lunch on a nice day

This is pretty much what Isaac will be living in this summer, I'm sure!  Our neighbors probably think we're white trash, lol!

Blowing bubbles (love that Malea was randomly wearing a helmet)

Getting ready to go on a walk :)

We'll also be heading out to Colorado again in a couple of weeks for my second summer of Intensives for my graduate program (see THIS post from last summer).  Keith and the kids are coming with me again, which should be fun!  I start summer semester today, which I'm not excited about because we only got about a week off after spring semester ended and I'm SO burned out, but I just have to keep reminding myself that I'm almost there!  Just three more semesters and I'll be DONE!!! 

Mother's Day

I am so grateful for my amazing Mom!  She is always there for me and is one of my best friends.  She is so supportive, loving, genuine, and shows me unconditional love.  She sacrifices so much of herself to be there for everyone else.  I don't think I have truly come to appreciate all that my Mom did for me (and continues to do for me) until I became a mother myself.  Because let's face it, being a mommy is freakin' HARD sometimes!!!  I don't know what I would do without her!!

(Mom with the kiddos - Halloween 2012)

I am also grateful for the opportunity I have to be a mother.  I have never had so much love in my heart than when I became a mother.  I remember being worried when I was pregnant with Isaac that I wouldn't be able to love another child as much as I loved Malea....and then I realized that your love just multiplies with each child!  It really is amazing.

Mother's Day 2013

Pictures with my little sweeties (wearing the new dress I picked out for my gift from Keith :))

Here are some of the fun little trinkets I got for Mother's Day this year :)

(Sorry it's sideways!  Blogger is so annoying sometimes, grrr)

The day I became a Mommy!

Malea Mary Walker

February 12, 2008

The day my heart doubled in size!

(And my face apparently, LOL!)

Isaac Asay Walker

September 7, 2010

(Can't believe how much water I retained with Isaac! Wow, ugh lol!)

I love my kiddos so much and can't imagine life without them!  Even though being a mom is one of the most difficult, frustrating, exhausting things I've ever done, it is also the most rewarding experience I have ever had and I would never trade it for anything in the world!

Happy Mother's Day!!!