Stephanie, Kevin, Sade, and Madalyn

Family Pictures 2010

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Kevin was able to come home for two days in August before he left on his big adventure. When he was home we were able to get some family pictures done. We had a girl that I went to high school with do them. (To see her website, click here!) Not only did she get some great pictures of us, with Madalyn and Sade both tired, grumpy, and hungry; she was nine months pregnant. Thanks Amanda!!

These next four are my absolute favorite that she got:

Family Pictures 2010 (contintued)

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Alive, I think...

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We're still alive and making it by the seat of our pants. It's been a hard couple of months but we've had a lot of good times as well. I haven't worried about some things that used to be more important to me, blogging being one of them. I figured as long as the girls are fed, bathed, and dressed then it's okay to not worry about the other stuff. Here are a couple of pictures of the girls, I can't believe how big they are getting. The pictures aren't the best quality. I've come to the decision that with one of me and two of them, plus a wallet, diaper bag, and whatever else I'm carrying I just don't bring the camera with me anymore, so they're all cell phone pictures. This is Sade this morning on her way to church. She wanted me to take a picture for Daddy so he could see her in her princess dress with her new church shoes. I can't believe how big she is.

Sade is now in a twin bed!! Where did my baby go?

Despite the look on their faces, the girls love the carousels. We have a season pass to Hogle Zoo and the love to go on it every time we go to the zoo. This picture was taken up at the Zermat Resort in Midway, UT. We went up there for a weekend vacation with my Mom, Steven, Hayley, Sydney and Scott. Austin wasn't able to come because he had homecoming that weekend and Adam wasn't able to get out of work or school to come with us :( That's what all of these pictures are of.

This picture sums it up... that's Maddie for you...

One of the families that I used to babysit for has horses. While we were visiting with them they invited the girls and I to go ride and feed their horses. The girls were in HEAVEN!! Especially Sade, because she is a cowgirl princess...

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right now it is... 10/10/10 10:10

To update, or not?

2010-06-24T11:41:00.004-06:00

I have not updated in so long, so much has been happening but we've been so busy that I haven't taken the time or energy to update. I'll try to update more frequently. In recent happenings, we bought our first house!!!! (and we are totally in love!!) Kevin will be leaving tomorrow for a year long business trip... I'm just trying to not think about because I'm not ready to have him gone for that long. He's been gone most of the time since Madalyn was born but he's been able to come home and we've been able to see him almost every month. I'm not sure how we're going to handle without him here to play with us and to snuggle with us, but we'll find a way to manage. But on to brighter things, our new house. We love it- just in case I haven't mentioned that yet... Here are some pictures, and just a warning- we only moved in on Saturday and so there are boxes everywhere and we're not finished unpacking yet but that will happen. These pictures were taken spur of the moment (aka without Kevin warning us that he was taking them so we didn't even straighten up...)

The front of the house.

Kevin and Madalyn going in for the first time, after getting keys.

This is the view from the front door. The red room is our living room, and the room with the laundry all over the couch is our family room.

This picture was taken from the family room, it's the dining room and kitchen. The door on the right is the bathroom and you go that way to get to the basement or garage. On the Left of the table is the patio and the backyard- with the firepit and swing set.

This is upstairs, the open door is our room, just to the left is the loft with the office area, behind where the picture was taken are both of the girls rooms and their bathroom.

New Pictures of the girls!!

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I had new pictures of the girls taken but they're both crying right now and I"m not that patient to load all of them on to the blog but they're up on Facebook so you can just click on the links below and it will take you to the photo albums.

Pictures of my babies...

Madalyn's first Birthday pictures:

Pictures of Sade, Madalyn, and Sydney

There sure are a lot of pictures but I had a hard time picking out ones that I really liked!! All of the photos were taken by: http://www.photographybydc.com/

Totally in awe....

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Look at how neat this blog is. I can't believe how much they are helping. When things in the world are so ugly it's nice to see the happy things every once in a while.

Finally

2010-01-27T00:50:00.001-07:00

I've finally finished updating our blog- well for the most part, but I put them in order so that they don't drive me crazy!

Best Friends

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I love how much these two have become best friends. They love to play with each other.

I think we're still alive....

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Our family at Gardner Village in October.

Daddy and the girls at the Grand Canyon- the beginning of October.

The girls swinging together. Ft. Huachuca, AZ. October 1, 2009

The girls and I at the Homestead Resort, Sept. 2009

Wow, it has been forever since we've updated the blog so much has happened but we haven't taken many pictures and we didn't have the internet at Neil's house so I just didn't update. The biggest news that has happened lately is that we finally have an apartment!!!! It's so nice and just the right size for us. We love it!!! I'll post pictures a little bit later but we still have boxes all over. It's a two bedroom apartment and it's on the top so we even have vaulted ceilings. It's also right next door to Steven and Hayley which made Kevin really happy- this way I'm still really close to family when he's gone this next year so I can get help if I need it, but I still have my own space. That's the other news that has come up. Kevin will be deployed this summer for a year :( We're not to excited but we've known that it was coming. Kevin has been on and off of military orders for a while going to different trainings and courses for the military. We have been really lucky and blessed though- Neil was able to get Kevin his old job back at Insta-Chain in Springville so he hasn't been with out a job. I started working as a security officer again back in November. Kevin works M-F from 6:30- 3:00 and I work M-F 3:45- 12:00 so we see each other in passing. It's hard to not be with him but we're getting our debt paid off before he goes and this way the girls aren't with baby-sitters so it's the best situation for us right now. For the past week or two I've also got to watch my cute little niece a couple days a week while my sister-in-law has gone back to work. She's such a good baby and the girls just adore her! It's been really fun. The girls are both growing up so quick. They are so fun and always learning new things.

Madalyn Grace

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Look at this little Cutie!!! We sure can't get enough of her around here. She is such a happy baby. We truly have been blessed. Her and Sade are becoming great friends and it is so fun to watch them play together.

She loves to play and dance to music and to be around Sade wherever Sade goes.

She still is not crawling yet but she's standing by herself and is getting close to walking.

She has one tooth right now and three more in the process of cutting through.

Her favorite thing to say is "Hi Dadda." To which Sade always replies, "Silly Maddie Dadda is at work," which always gets Madalyn to laugh. We love this perfect baby so much!

Sade Marie

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Here she is saying "Cheese" on one of our many dress up parties!

It's very rare to find her with out some sort of princessey thing...

She is getting so big!

Here she is with Mr. Frog. We had this taken when we got to stay at The Homestead Resort with my mom this past summer.

Sade is getting so big now!! I can't believe all that she is learning and how smart she is. She definitely is 2 going on 16. She is working on learning her alphabet and the right order that her numbers go in. She is constantly asking us to check her e-mail, to let her use the car just for a minute, and telling us she needs to go out on another date.... We're in big trouble when she is 16.

Christmas 2009

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This year we were able to have a really fun Christmas, it really is a lot better when your kids understand what is going on and they have anticipation for Santa. The week before Christmas we were able to have a gingerbread house making competition with my family. A couple of days before Christmas, Grandma DeVocht, Grandpa DeVocht, and Aunt Megan were able to come out to Utah for Christmas. That was so fun. Sade sure loved her Aunt Megan and warmed right up to her. On Christmas Eve we were able to have our own little Christmas Eve dinner since Kevin will be gone for Christmas next year. It was really fun, after dinner we read Luke 2 and watched Mr. Kruegger's Christmas. Then we opened up our new pajamas and went for a drive to look at Christmas lights. It was really fun and made a lot of great memories. We were really spoiled when it came to Christmas this year, and it was a Christmas I'm sure that we won't forget for a long time. Thanks everyone for making it so great.

These are the girls stockings that I was able to make this year. Sade's is Santa and the reindeer and Madalyn's is the one with the snowman.

Santa really spoiled the girls this year. They got a play kitchen to share. Sade got a new car seat (that is all that she would ask Santa for.) And Madalyn got a ball popper.

There the girls are opening up their pajamas on Christmas Eve.

Halloween 2009

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I decided to late Sade draw on her pumpkin this year, rather than trying to carve one with her.

We traced the girls hands on the pumpkin.

Sade and Madalyn. Madalyn was a pink poodle this year. No matter what we offered for Sade to be for Halloween, she just wanted to be a cow. S0 she got her wish.

Daddy helped Sade get her makeups on.

Sade Turns 2!!!

2009-10-26T12:38:00.000-06:00

Sade had a great birthday this year. We went all out for two reasons this year...

Kevin had to work last year on her birthday so it was just her and I. We didn't do anything at all, I didn't even make a cake I just stopped at the store and bought a cupcake. I know, I know that's pretty pathetic.
Kevin will be gone for her birthday when she turns three.

Kevin and I decorated her hall and bedroom door the night before her birthday.

The birthday cake that Kevin and I made. It's not the best by all means but Kevin and I were proud of it.

Sade by some of her presents and her cake in the morning.

We made crowns and princess wands for all of the little girls at the party (and for Bailey and Taylor) The little boys got glow-in-the dark swords and knight armor.

We were so lucky to have so many family and friends come to help us celebrate!!

Sade was a little scared when her cake was on "fire!"

She loved eating her cake and ice cream though!

Here's our birthday princess!! We love you Sadie!

Grandma

2009-10-21T11:16:00.002-06:00

My grandma passed away this last Monday. I will surly miss her and seeing her play with the little girls. I'm glad that she got to go though and that she is no longer suffering. Her is her beautiful obituary that my uncle wrote:

MYRNA WARNICK

Myrna Loy Williams Warnick 1936 ~ 2009 Our loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister and friend, Myrna Loy Williams Warnick, was born in Emery, Utah on June 22, 1936 and died on October 19, 2009. Her beautiful 73 year life was full of contrasts. Raised a poor coal miner's daughter in Sunnyside, Utah; nevertheless she loved Black Tie Affairs, the Opera, Escargot and Filet Mignon. Myrna learned to read while playing school in the potato cellar with her sister LaRue. But still, Myrna became a brilliant scholar, a BYU Honors Graduate and Magna Cum Laude Masters of Science Graduate from the University of Utah. She was also a national leader and innovator in Nursing and Hospital Administration. A true historian and lover of the arts; nevertheless, she was blessed with an unrivaled technical and analytical mind. Mom was a faithful, tender Latter-day Saint wife and mother that loved spending time with her husband and children. However, she still shattered the gender based "glass ceiling" of the corporate world. Mom was a highly skilled and knowledgeable nurse that embodied the value of bedside manner and loving care. An austere and dynamic business leader; she would rather curl up with a grandchild reading books than sit in a board room. She was fascinated with traveling the world. She visited Egypt, Jordan, Russia, Israel, all of Europe and lived in Utah, Idaho, Los Angeles, and Chicago; however she was most at home residing quietly in the shadows of Mount Timpanogas. A fiercely independent, renaissance woman, that knew she was nothing without LaMar, her adoring, loving, and eternal husband of 53 years. Myrna was preceded in death by her parents; Ethel Evelyn Broderick and George Lambert Milton Williams of Roy, Utah, her brother Garth Williams, and her sister LaRue Oldenwalder. She is survived by her husband Jesse Lamar Warnick, six children: Chris (Andy) Caras, Mark (Kath) Warnick, Marla (Dale) Olsen, Lelen Peterson, Curtis (Becky) Warnick, and Travis (Camille) Warnick. She is also survived by 21 grandchildren and 12 great-grand-children. Additionally, she is survived by her siblings Marjorie Rosenlund, Jay Williams and Eddie Williams. Funeral will be at 11 a.m. on Fri., Oct. 23 at the LDS Chapel, 200 N. 200 E. in Orem with a viewing one hour prior. Also another viewing will be Thurs., Oct. 22, 6-8 p.m. at the same location. The family would like to thank the nurses, doctors, and other staff members that cared for mom during the past year.

Blah, Blah, Blah....

2009-09-27T16:20:00.004-06:00

I know that I haven't posted for a very long time, but I just haven't been in the mood to lately, so I haven't made time for it- I know it's a lame excuse... A lot has been happening and my baby girls keep me busy which surly helps a lot, so here's our little update...

In 3 days the girls and I get to get on an airplane and fly down to Ft. Huachuca. I'm a little nervous about flying alone with the two of them and our layover in LAX but the excitement far out weighs all the anxiety!!! I can't wait for Kevin to be home again, it has been far to long. It's hard to think that Maddie is now 6 months old and Sade will be 2 in a couple of weeks. Sade is just as excited as I am about seeing Kevin. She has been counting down the days for the past week and a half. She loves to tell people that we get to, "Go on big plane. See Daddy work, far far away." The girls are growing like weeds. I have a lot of cute pictures of them but once again I can't seem to find the cord to the camera to get the pictures off of the camera. Sade is talking all the time now. She talks from the moment she gets up until the moment she gets down, well that's an understatement, she even talks in her sleep. She's learning her ABC's right now, her favorite letters are: S, W, M, O, P, and C. She was potty trained for a while but she now has decided that it's not her thing so we're back to diapers. I'm not going to push it though, because this will make the drive home from AZ so much easier. She has also turned into quiet the girly girl lately. She always has her babies with her, her nails always need to be pretty, she loves to help me on the sewing machine. It seems like we're always making her a new skirt or purse. She's doing a lot better at Church. We haven't had to leave sacrament meeting in three weeks. (that may not be a lot but for us, this is a HUGE accomplishment!) She frequently is asking me if it is Sunday so she can, "Go to church, prayers, sing songs, play with toys, see teacher." She is in love with her nursery teacher, which is helping a lot. She is also trying to grasp the concept of prayers and says probably 15-20 a day all by herself. Last week I took Madalyn into a doctors appt. and she was weighed. She is now 18 lbs. 6 oz., 26 inches long, and her head is 46cm. Which puts her in the 90-95% for her weight. This girl is becoming a chunk!! She only weighs 6 lbs. less than Sade. She is now sitting on her own and rolling. She's happy 90% of the time which really makes my job a lot easier. For the past month and a half she has decided that she HATES being rocked to sleep, she would much rather you just put her in her crib and she'll put herself to sleep, this is the exact opposite of Sade. She loves to laugh, especially if it is at Sade.

Cousins

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Happy 4th of July

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Dear Kevin,

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Kevin, This is what I've been doing at night when I know I should be doing laundry or cleaning the bathroom, but lets face it.... laundry is boring.

More Pictures

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My friend Jessica, took some pictures of the girls yesterday. It was really fun despite the heat!! Thanks Jessica!!! www.jaophotography.blogspot.com

Maddie

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Little Miss Maddie

I can't believe it.... Madalyn is three months old today. It seems like it has been such a long time since she was born, but the time definitely hasn't gone fast. This is just a video of her that I took tonight so Daddy can see how she's growing and can hear her little voice.

Family Pictures

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Pictures taken: May 11, 2009 by: Matt Dalsing

Happy Father's Day Daddy!

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Look how we're growing!

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And last but not least this sums up our typical nights...

Where to start....

2009-06-16T12:40:00.002-06:00

So much has happened the past two and a half months that I don't even know where to start... I keep looking at blogs and thinking that I should update ours but it's hard to find time, but both the girls are taking naps and will probably both be for at least another 20 minutes so I guess it's time for a quick update. Maddie is such a good baby and Sade is such a great big sister. She loves to hold her baby! My amazing mom was able to come out to Monterey and help us out with Sade when Madalyn was born. It was so fun for Sade to be able to play with Grandma and to have a buddy when Maddie came. When mom had to leave to come back to Utah, Kevin was able to take 10 days of paternity leave. This was perfect because he didn't have to get up for early morning PT and he was still able to go into class and study. Kevin's wonderful mother was able to come out and save us for the next two weeks. Kevin had his finals on April 7, 14, and 15th... He passed and was able to graduate with honors (and if you don't know, that's really hard to do at DLI!) So he graduated from school on April 22nd and we moved back to Utah on April 23rd. It was a REALLY long drive with the two girls but we made it with a lot of help from Gramma DeVocht, the DVD player, and Circus Circus in Reno, NV. Kevin's brother, Neil, let us stay in his basement until we knew what was going on with the rest of Kevin's training. Kevin was supposed to start training at Camp Williams (20 miles away) on July 10th. We found out the first week of May that there was a mistake made and that Kevin hadn't been registered for any of the training. So we found out on May 13th that Kevin would be going down to Ft. Huachca, AZ, afterall... and so he left for Arizona on May 15th.... so Kevin is now living in Arizona until October and the girls and I are still staying in Neil's basement. It's been really diffucult but we've been extremely blessed by great family. Emily is living with Neil as well and she is great with the girls. My parents and all of my brothers are within walking distance from Neil's and Sade adores them all. I can't believe how much the girls have been growing. Sade had a check up yesterday and she weighs 25 lbs. 9 oz. and she's 32 inches long. That puts her in the 50-75% for her age group. She is so smart and talking ALL of the time. She now knows almost all of her colors. She can count to ten (well she can say all of the numbers, they're not always in the correct order!) She's also learning her ABC's. She loves animals and bugs... She has also turned into a little princess, she always need to have a dress on, sometimes three different ones a day. She loves to wear shoes and she makes sure that we all have some pretties (hear accessories, jewelry, ect...) on every day. I call her my little Tornado. Her energy is non-stop. Madalyn is such an angel. She's now holding her head up by herself. She's starting to talk and coo and this past week she has found her hands... She loves to have Sade sing to her, be outside, be held, and watch her mobile in the crib. She definitly has a witching hour from 7 until about 8:30. It definitly makes it difficult but our families have helped a whole lot. Kevin seems to be doing really well in Arizona. One of the main things that he did before he left was to make sure we both had working web cameras. He talks to me and the girls every night. It's so great to see him and Sade talk to each other, they tell eachother stories, sing songs, and just goof off. It's great! We miss him so much. I'm so proud of him for serving his country but it sure is hard most days. We're just counting down the days until July 3rd when he gets to come home to us for a few days!!!!!!!!! The house is a mess (sorry Neil) but I'm doing what I can to keep up with this little tornado. But they're both fed, clean (at least once a day) and entertained (sometimes at other's expense!) I haven't had a chance to finish unpacking yet so I don't have the cord to upload the pictures from the camera so I'll post some that the girls had professionaly done two weeks ago. But that's our update....

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Madalyn Grace DeVocht

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Madalyn Grace DeVocht March 26, 2009 3:03 P.M. 7 lbs. 3 oz. 20 inches

New Pictures

2009-02-15T11:35:00.004-07:00

Sorry this post is just pictures. We got our camera back a couple of weeks ago and I finally found the cord so that I could upload some pictures of Sadie...

Sadie was being really good at the grocery store so Daddy let her pick a treat. They choose a blue ring pop!

It of course stained her and her clothes blue, but that's okay because she loved it! Sade got a new hat from Gramma DeVocht and Aunt Emily.... she has become obsessed!!

Now she thinks everything is a hat and it's one of her favorite words to say!

Sade is learning how to play football. She's actually pretty good at catching the ball.

This is also a picture of her new shoes. For the next couple days after we got the shoes everytime we would get in the car she would say, "Daddy, shopping, new shoes?"

Her she is playing in our front yard.

This is a picture of her eating her first ice cream cone. I think she liked it.

She loves to turn on Sesame Street and dance in front of the tv with Elbow (Elmo)

Just cheesin' it!

This was taken on Thanksgiving. It's the only picture we took the whole vacation.

Our Year in Review

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I know it's late, but late is better than never, right? This is just a little year in review of our family!

January

I'm really not sure what was going on in January of last year... but here's a cute picture of Sade!!

February

In February we found out that we'd be moving to Califonia in April. We started to get ready for our move.

March Sade kept growing like crazy!! We traded in our jeep for a new car so that we could make it out to California (always a good thing.)

Sade loved to play outside- no matter the weather. Here she is swing at the park with Daddy.

April

Our biggest feat this year was moving to Monterey, California in April. Uncle Austin drove with us on the way out to California to help with Sade so one of us could drive while the other slept. We had a good time (well for the most part, I got pretty cranky when we kept getting lost!)

Here is a picture of Sade and Austin waiting to ride the trolley in SF.

Sade and I playing on the beach on our second day in Monterey.

Kevin and I both celebrated birthday's in April. I'm now 22 and Kevin's 24!

Our Year in Review (cont.)

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May

Sade and I flew back to Utah. We were able to go to my Uncle and Aunt's wedding and then drive up to Boise with my parents to see Adam. He got home from serving a mission for our church in Baltimore Maryland!!

Sadie loves to be outside!!

June Sade kept working on standing up- anyway that she could.

Sade discovered a love for swimming in her pool outside.

July

Happy 4th of July!! For the 4th of July we had a fun BBQ with our neighbors and friends.

Grandma Peterson and Unlce Austin were able to come out and visit us in July. We stayed at a hotel in San Jose when they got here and then went up and explored San Fransico the next day. We had a lot of fun with them!!

Sade finally has enough hair to put a clip in it! August

Us riding the train at the Niabi Zoo in Illinois.

Kevin had a week long break in August and we were able to go out to Iowa to visit his family. We had a lot of fun!! While there we were able to visit the zoo, play in the sprinklers, make a fun cake, have a birthday party for Grandpa DeVocht, visit with family, and just relax. It was just what we needed.

Our Year in Review (still cont.)

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September

Sade grew so much. Some of her favorite things to do are playing outside, going to the beach, going shopping, and of course... playing with Daddy.

October

Our baby girl turned 1!!

For Halloween this year, Sade was a mouse. Or Ratatouille, whichever you prefer.

November

We found out that we're expecting another girl.

We were able to go out to Utah for Thanksgiving!! Sade did awesome in the car the whole way.

December

I left the camera in Utah in December but luckily my friend took some pictures. December was great. Kevin was off of school for two weeks for the Christmas season. We stayed at home and just had a fun time as a family. This is a picture of Sade and her friend Sariah. We went over to their house the Monday before Christmas for dinner and to make gingerbread houses. Sade and Sariah really got into the sharing mood with all of the candy that they had.

I didn't plan our house too well and we ran out of room while spelling our last name, so we just spelled it phonetically. We hope that you all had a Merry Christmas just like we were able to have.

Sade's News....

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Hopefully coming to by you: April 2, 2009!

What do you do in the Autumn Time....

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...play at the beach!

Sade didn't like the wind and wanted to make sure that her hood stayed up on her ears.

Pictures for the Grandma's

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One of Sade's new "dance" moves.

Look she really is getting hair on the top!! She loves to play outside and is growing so big!

I have been a major slacker and just haven't updated in a LONG time... I finally have a little bit of time and I'm not feeling sick so I'd figure I'd just put some pictures up. I can't figure out how to get the videos to load so I'll have to have Kevin help me figure that one out still.

Eating

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Yummm.... Raviolli

Subway is a definite favorite at our house!

Sade sure does love to eat. She hasn't eaten baby food since the end of August. All she wants is whatever we're eating. Here are some pictures...

Playing with Daddy

2008-11-15T22:04:00.004-07:00

Sade's all time favorite thing to do is to play with her Dad. Here are some pictures I've taken.

Daddy is teaching Sade at an early age...

Sade kept putting her dress on Kevin's face and saying "Boo." She loves to play Peek-a-boo.

Sade loves to snuggle up with Kevin.

I guess she had a long hard day. Her toy is still in her hand.

Sade has been cutting a LOT of teeth lately. She was really having a hard day with her molars cutting through. As soon as Kevin came home she snuggled up with him and finally took a much needed nap.

Sade's Second Halloween

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We had a really fun halloween this year. Kevin made some really neat halloween decorations. We went to our ward's Trunk-or-Treat a couple of days before. It was really fun and a lot of people showed up. Sade was dressed up as a mouse this year. Everyone kept saying that she looked just like Ratatouille. On Halloween we just stayed inside and waited to see if anyone would come trick-or-treating. No one did, so I guess we'll have to find another use for all of that candy!

Our Spooky front yard. We decorated it as a family.

(AKA Kevin did most of it while Sade and I watched.)

Sade was a mouse this year. Our foggy front yard.

Kevin made us this jello brain for dinner.

Here's the finished product... GROSS!!!

Sade is ONE!!

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Sade after finishing her cupcake.

Getting ready to blow out the candles.

Opening up presents from Grandma Peterson.

Showing Daddy her new toys.

Sade on her new car.

Family Tag

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1. How many people are in your family? 4 2. When did you get married? October 20, 2006 3. Are your children boys or girls? girls 4. What do you do for fun as a family? hang out, play in the yard, go to the beach, go on walks, ect... 5. Is your family complete, or are you planning on having more children? Well one is coming hopefully by April 2 and we'll just have to wait and see after that... Let's see...I wanna tag Janessa, Amanda, Amy, and I'm not sure if anyone else really reads this blog...

Halloween

2008-10-26T17:06:00.004-06:00

So after seeing this online I decided to try my hand at making styrofoam tombstones not bad for my first time

Quick Photo Update

2008-09-12T16:01:00.003-06:00

This is just a quick photo update since it's been about two months since I've updated. (Mostly for the Grandma's) My little angel has an ear infection right now though and I don't know how long we'll be able to sit at the computer.

Sade is getting so much bigger. She's crawling and getting into everything!! Look she even has hair!!!!

We bought Sade a walker off of craigslist. She'll only walk in it if Daddy is holding her hand. Other than that she just sits in it and wants to have her snacks in it. She won't budge unless Dad is with her, so they've been taking walks together. It's cute though!

Sade is definitly a Daddy's girl!! This is her favorite past time. Just sitting with Dad.

Sade loves to drink from her sippy cup! She even holds it by herself now. I think we might have a chance of no bottles when she turns one.

She still loves taking baths.

This is Sade's new favorite activity. She loves to dump the toys out of the toy baskets and sit in them! Such a goof!!

I'll post later... hopefully!

Memories

2008-07-15T13:14:00.000-06:00

This has been on a lot of my friends' blogs and since I've commented on theirs I decided I should participate so they can comment on mine. It is fun to remember good times you've had together. 1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember! 2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you!

New Header

2008-07-02T14:20:00.000-06:00

Thanks for the new header Jessica!! I love it!

Truly Blessed

2008-06-23T09:36:00.002-06:00

It was one of those weeks last week, the kind of week where everything goes so unimaginably wrong that you’re afraid of what will come next and wondering when the week will ever end. And then yesterday, it got brighter. It is the beginning of a new week; things will get better with time. As I laid in bed last night, I couldn’t help but ask why did everything happen, but then I realized that it was better that it happened to me then to someone else, because I am so blessed with so many great people to help me get through everything. A great husband who will let me cry on his shoulder and he will just hold me and tell me that everything will start to get better soon and that tomorrow will be a new day, to remind me that bad things happen sometimes just so that we appreciate the good things that much more, who is worthy enough that he was able to give Sade a blessing that she needed. Great parents who call just to see how I am doing and just to talk with for a while when they call, Great neighbors who dropped everything to take Sade all night so that we could go to the hospital, who brought us dinner one night and cookies last night, just to let you know that they were thinking of you. Great in-laws who let you know that they are thinking of you and are praying for you. Great nurses at the hospital who not only take great care of you, but when you have to come in two days later with your sick daughter, they take excellent care of her and let you know that everything will be alright. Great brothers who call and text to check on me and then call to check and see how Sade is feeling and how she’s improving. A great relief society president who called to check on me a number of times and see what she could do to help get us through the week. A great home teacher who as soon as he heard that Sade was in the hospital, called us up immediately to see how he could help. A great Aunt and Uncle who put their vacation plans on hold to come to the hospital and just let you know that they are there for you, to give you that hug and bring that special teddy bear that Sade won’t let go of now. A great daughter to just let me cuddle with her and make the world feel great. A great Heavenly Father for giving me all of these blessings. For helping heal my heart and Sade. So this is my way of saying thank you to all of you, You all were just being your normal great selves, but because of all of you, I was able to make it though the week.

Welcome back Adam!!

2008-05-28T21:33:00.004-06:00

It's been a busy couple of weeks here. Sade and I were able to fly to Utah last Wednesday. We were able to go out and be in Utah for my Uncle Travis and Aunt Camille's wedding on Thursday. Then on Saturday we were able to drive up to Boise with my family and Sade was able to meet Adam. Adam has been gone serving a mission for our church in Baltimore, Maryland for a year now. While out on his mission he got pretty ill. He was diagnosed with MS. They decided that it would be best for him to come home for now so that he can focus on getting his health under control. It was great to see him and to hear about all of the great success he had. I was really glad that Sade was able to meet him. He was the only one that Sade would go to without crying the whole time. I can't post any pictures though; my camera broke at the airport :( Sade and I were able to fly home from Boise on Sunday and spend the last day of Kevin's vacation with him. It was really great to see him!! We went to Asilomar Beach and had a picnic. While there we were able to hike out to some tide pools. Then we just spent the rest of the day together. We've been wanting to redo our room and we finally figured out what we want to do. We're going to do a tiki/tropical room. Kevin's making a bed frame with the headboard out of bamboo with candle holders for the bedposts and things. Kohls' was having a good sale so we were able to get our end tables and our new comforter for only $50.00. I'll try to post pictures later (if I can figure out how to get them off of the camera.)

Our shopping trip

2008-05-01T21:34:00.002-06:00

We ran to the grocery store this evening to get some more groceries for tomorrow. I didn't expect to be as long as we were and so I didn't change Sade's diaper before we went. When we were standing in the check out line I was holding Sade and I felt a warm sensation. I looked down with discust right as Kevin says (in a mighty loud voice I might add) "Oh my gosh, Sade just pee'd all over you!" Why yes she did, thanks for pointing that one out honey. Could you say it any louder? So I grabbed the diaper bag and raced out to the car with Sade as quickly as possible while everyone was staring.... (it had only been two and a half hours since I changed her) Oh well, now I know that no matter what.... Change Sade before you leave home!

Recipes for Mom

2008-05-01T21:07:00.002-06:00

Since we've moved here I've had a lot more time to make real dinners every night. I am able to just go to go and cook to my little heart's content while Sade is taking her afternoon nap right before Kevin comes home from school. I told Mom that I'd put some of the recipes on here because some have really turned out quiet good. (that's even coming from me, and I never like things that I make)

Pasta Primavera

(this tastes like the pizza factory's. We had this for Kevin's birthday dinner, I think he was pleased.)

3 C. Penne Pasta, uncooked

2 TB. Reduced Fat Italian Dressing

1 1/2 lb. Boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1 inch chunks

2 Zuchinni, cut into 1 inch chunks

1 1/2 C. Fresh asparagus ... yep you guessed it cut into 1 inch chunks

1 Red bell pepper, chopped

1 C. Fat free, low sodium, chicken broth

4 oz. Neufchatel cheese (reduced fat cream cheese)

1/4 C. Grated Parmesan cheese

Cook pasta as directed on package.

Meanwhile, heat dressing in large skillet on medium (I had to use medium-low) heat. Add chicken and vegtables. Cook 10-12 minutes or until chicken in cooked through, stiring frequently. Add broth and cream cheese- cook 1 minute or until cream cheese is melted, stirring constantly. Add parmesan cheese, mix well.

Drain pasta, return to pot. Add chicken and vegtables. Toss. Heat 1 minute until everything is heated back up. Let stand 5 minutes!!!

This takes about 30 minutes from start to finish. We had it with salad and bread. And apple struddle cake for dessert. The recipe says that it makes 6 servings at 1 1/3 C/serving.

Another one that I made was:

Creamy Vegtable Bake

1 pkg. Cream cheese

1/3 C Milk

1/4 C Grated Parmesan cheese

4 large carrots, sliced

8 oz. sugar snapped peas

1 large red pepper, chopped

1 pkg. Stove top (it says chicken flavor but I used Pork flavor since we had it with pork chops.)

Mix cream cheese and milk in bowl. Microwave on high for 2 minutes (until cream cheese is melted after stirring) Add parmesan cheese. Stir. Add vegtables, toss to coat with cheese. Spoon into a greased 9x13 pan.

Prepare stove top like it says on the box. Spoon over vegtable mixture.

Bake 30 minutes at 350* or until heated through and stuffing is brown.

I need to go and finish the dishes now but I'll put the other ones up sometime this weekend (I hope)

Crazy Month

2008-04-24T11:33:00.003-06:00

I can't believe how quickly this month has gone by. We made it to California. I don't have pictures of our duplex yet (we're still working on cleaning up the mess left by the movers.) We love our place though. We're living in Seaside, it's a little town about five minutes north of Monterey. The only thing seperating us from the beach is a freeway and a couple of houses but it's still really close to us. Our house is nice and big with lots of windows. Sade is finally starting to settle in and get back on a routine which is nice for me. Kevin normally leaves for school by 4:30 in the morning, most days he's not back until 4:30. By the time that he gets home Sade normally won't let him out of her sight! She sure misses having him around a lot but she's doing really well with it all. Between unpacking, Sade and work I"m keeping pretty busy myself which really helps. Austin spent his whole spring break helping us out. He was able to help us out on the drive and helped us get everything moved into the house. He was a great help, we're only sorry that we didn't get to take him out to see more things that he wanted to see, but hopefully he'll be back out here soon so we can take him to see more things. That's all that is going on out here. Here are some pictures from the last couple of weeks: Sade loves her new highchair!! Thanks Gramma DeVocht! Sade is starting to eat so much now. She's eating two jars of baby food and 4-5 bottles a day! This is Sade on her last day with Grandma Peterson. Sade at dinner with Uncle Steven and Aunt Hayley before we left Utah. Sade saying good bye to Unlce Austin at the San Jose airport. Sade decided to take a nap while we were in San Fransico. YES!!! Sade loves the beach! (just not going into the water, Daddy) Austin and Kevin playing in the ocean. One of Sade's new interests: staring into the ocean. This is what we get to look at when we go to the beach!

Happy Easter

2008-03-23T10:28:00.002-06:00

“And now, after the many testimonies which have been given of him, this is the testimony, last of all, which we give of him: That he lives! For we saw him.” (D&C 76:22–23.)

As one of His latter-day witnesses, I testify that He lives today. He is a resurrected Being. He is our Savior, our Lord, the very Son of God. I testify that He will come again as our glorified, resurrected Lord. That day is not far distant. To all who accept Him as Savior and Lord, His literal resurrection means that life does not end at death, for He promised: “Because I live, ye shall live also.” (John 14:19.)

President Ezra Taft Benson April 1992

We hope you all have a happy easter!

More Pictures of Sade

2008-03-22T22:30:00.009-06:00

Sade and Mom going down the slide.

She's one happy baby!

Sade loves her new sunglasses!!! She is getting a lot better at sitting up by herself... she normally only lasts a couple of minutes then folds in half!

This is her new favorite face...

Just some more pictures....

Oh so long.....

2008-03-22T21:55:00.006-06:00

So I officially am bad at blogging, but what can I say? Life goes on weather I take the time to blog or not... The past couple of months have been pretty busy. Kevin has been doing a lot of active duty for the military, doing administrative tasks. Sade is growing like crazy. She's almost of the charts for her height (that must be from Kevin.) She is loving to eat baby food- especially peas. She has a new jumper/excersaucer that she absolutely loves! She talks all the time. We have to take her out of sacrament meeting because she's talking and laughing- not crying. When we talk to her she'll start to mimic us, it sounds exactly like she says "hi" and "hello." She loves being out side and playing at the park. The swings are her favorite. She still is more content to play by herself most of the time (unless she's tired, hungry, or has a dirty diaper!)

Kevin and I have been pretty busy. Kevin was accepted to the DLI so we're moving to Monterey, California in three weeks. We're really excited to go. Kevin has worked really hard for this. We're going to be driving out on April 12th. We were pretty nervous about driving out in our jeep and we've been talking about getting a new car for quiet a while now, well the jeep started to have problems again last Monday. We went looking at a dealership just to see what we could afford and if anything felt right. Well we found a car that I really liked and Kevin liked it to. They let us take it for a test drive (all the way up to Hill Air Force Base!) We really liked it and both felt good about the decision we were making so we bought the car. It's a Ford Fusion. It's a 2007, so it's not new but it's still new enough that it's under manufacture's warranty. I love it!! It's so nice to be able to drive again (yes, that's right, I still don't know how to drive a stick shift despite all of Kevin's efforts to get me to learn!) Everything feels right and we feel a lot better about driving to California now. I think that's all that is going on right now, we're just running crazy trying to get everything done before we go, but we're all doing really well!

Christmas!!

2008-01-25T22:00:00.001-07:00

Here are some scrapbook pages that I just finished from Christmas. You can click on them to make them bigger.

Our Christmas Recap...

2008-01-25T21:52:00.000-07:00

Better late than never, right?

Off to Iowa

2007-12-19T17:21:00.003-07:00

We're off to Iowa for a while now but here are some pictures from the past couple of weeks just until we get back!!

Sade all bundled coming in from running errands.

Sade's first look at snow... I'm not sure if she liked it or not.

This is what we see when we go in and peek on Sade while she's sleeping.

Sade is getting a lot better at holding her own bottle.

Sade and cousin Nixon. Nixon is just two days younger than Sade.

We love you all and hope that you all have a Merry Christmas!! Love, Kevin, Stephanie, and Sade

Peace

2007-12-14T11:24:00.000-07:00

Make a scrapbook!

Sades Baby pictures

2007-11-25T21:48:00.000-07:00

This is a link to some pictures that my visiting teacher took for us http://hcphoto.instaproofs.com/category.php?event=36417&pageSize=100&reset=1

More Pictures of Sade

2007-11-13T14:37:00.001-07:00

Sade dressed up ready to go out to Grandma Warnick's today. Don't you like the high tops?

A picture taken from Kevin's camera with Sade smiling. She normally only smiles when she sleeps.

Sade with Grandma DeVocht

Daddy, Sade, Aunt Becky, and Spencer

Grandma DeVocht, Sade, and Spencer

Sade in her Halloween Costume- she was a pink fairy

Sorry I don't have much time to write Sade is startign to get fussy but here are some pictures of Sade from the last two weeks. Wew took her to the doctor last Monday and she now weighs 8 lbs. 8 oz. and she's now 22 inches long. That puts her in the 90% for her heighth 75% for her weight and her head is the 95%. She's doing well and eating a lot. We'll post more later!

Sade Marie

2007-10-26T16:16:00.001-06:00

She's finally here!!! I'll post more about her later but here's just some quick pictures of our little girl! Sade Marie DeVocht October 21, 2007 7 lbs. 15 oz. 20 1/2 inches

2007-09-06T12:59:00.000-06:00

Our Little Girl

2007-06-07T12:05:00.000-06:00

Here she is!!

Sorry the picture isn't that great... I'll have Kevin help me figure out how to scan it so you can see them better when he gets off of work!

IT'S A....

2007-06-07T10:53:00.001-06:00

Any guesses? It's a girl!!! I'm so excited. I'm not sure why, but the blog isn't letting put any pictures on right now, I'll keep trying today though. We're both really excited, the ultrasound tech said that she looks a little small but it's nothing to worry about. Everything looks good, and there's only one! So come the second week of October I should have a little girl to hold in my arms, I can't wait. Well that's all for now I think. I'll keep trying to work on the pictures though!

Update

2007-06-06T10:59:00.000-06:00

So it's official... I'm a slacker!! I haven't updated in such a long time. But here's an update on everything, the baby is doing good... I had to get my picc line out at the end of April because my arm got to infected and it was doing more harm than good. I'm still sick but now it's only once or twice a week and it's starting to get better, thankfully! We have our ultrasound tomorrow. We're hoping to find out what the baby is, any guesses? Knowing our luck though, the baby will most likely just sit there with it's legs crossed. We also moved in April, I couldn't do anything so Kevin got stuck doing everything, we're still just unpacking slowly though. Kevin started a new job for the summer. He's now doing custom cabinet making at WindRiver Cabinet Shop and he seems to really enjoy it. He and Austin have been working on convincing me to let them buy a whole bunch of power tools and turn my mom's garage into a wood working shop. We'll see what happens there. I'm still working at Revenue Worx and I still like it a lot. Adam left for his mission last Wednesday. He's really excited to go and serve in Baltimore Maryland. He leaves from the MTC on the 19th. We were all able to go and drop him off at the MTC, it was a neat experience, very different compared to when we went and dropped Steven off at the airport to go on his mission. I think that's all that's really been going on in our lives. I'll try to post tomorrow after the ultrasound! Love you all!!

Us right before saying good bye to Adam at the MTC.

PICC Line

2007-03-23T08:33:00.000-06:00

So just my personal tip of the day: If you can avoid getting a PICC Line, do it. They aren't fun at all!! I've been so sick for the past month and I haven't been able to keep any food, drink or medication down so the doctors finally decided to give me a PICC Line. When I went in to get one they were already worried about it because my veins are so small. Well they finally started to get the picc line in and then my vein colapsed- no fun! So they tried another vein and what do you know that one colapsed too! Finally they went and got an ultrasound machine and one nurse did an ultra sound on my veins while the other nurse tried to find the largest vein that she could to get it in, well what do you know, third time was the charm!! For those of you who don't know what a picc line is, it is a semi-permenant IV that goes to the large vein right at the opening of your heart. After they put it in they had to take an X-Ray to make sure it was in the right place and then they were able to bandage me up to go home. Yesterday I was able to go with my Mom and meet the home health care nurses, they're really nice. They taught me how to everything myself so now I'm giving me my own medications and fluids through the IV twice a day (or on days like last night after the meds have knocked me out flat my mom and Kevin are nice enough to do it!!) So I get to get fluids at 4:30 every morning and 6:00 everynight. It takes about two hours each time to do it!

This is just a picture of what the IV Looks like going into your heart.

The good thing though is I haven't thrown up in almost two days now!! And I'm already starting to gain back some of the weight that I've lost. The best news though is that the baby is still looking okay and doing good! That is such a relief! Now my mom's front room just looks like a hospital room with my IV pole and all of my meds and stuff everywhere. But that's all that we've been up to this past month. It has been a pretty hard month and I don't ever want to do it or go through it again but at least everyone is doing fine now!! Kevin's doing really well in school and between school and the National Guard I don't get to see him that often but he's great. He's always right there to help me with whatever I need and make me as comfortable as possible. I love my family! I think that's all there is to post for now... So until next time!

My Month in Review

2007-02-21T11:31:00.000-07:00

So I keep getting in trouble from my aunt because I never publish anything, so here's a post. I haven't felt very well for the past couple of days. I think that I do really look like this little guy right here! I'm going to go to the doctor today to see if he can help me... But anyway last weekend My Mom, Austin, Kevin and I were able to go to Las Vegas and stay at Travis and Stacey's house. It was really fun and nice to have such a good break. Bailey was gone most of the time at a weekend long field trip (she had a lot of fun though) so we ended up doing stuff with Taylor. It was really fun to see her. We only went down to the strip once though because it was so crazy busy. When we went it took us over an hour to get from the freeway off ramp to the Vanitian!! We had a lot of fun though just hanging out, the boys did go swimming for a little bit in FREEZING cold water, we also got to go to church with them and do some shopping at the outlets down there. We also watched The Guardian with Trav and Stacey, it was really good even though it did have one major swear word in it- overall I liked it though! Well that's my monthly update- I'll update sooner next time though I promise!!

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2007-01-25T14:20:00.000-07:00

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Just for Becky

2007-01-19T10:57:00.000-07:00

So last weekend we got to go up to Idaho as a family (all except for Scott who had to work) to go and see my cousin Mike who just got home from him mission in Conception, Chile. It was really fun!! I missed him a lot, and it's amazing to hear about how well he did and how many people he was able to help out while he was down in Chile. While we were in Idaho, we had the oppertunity to spend a lot of time with my cousins. Two of them that we had a lot of fun with are Emma and Abby Warnick. (These are just pictures of them from the wedding, I have better pictures of them on my camera, but hello, me actually bring my camera to work, come on it's not happening!) In sacrament meeting they sat with us and they were soooo good, Emma (on the right) just layed on Kevin's lap and Abby just sat on my lap and played with my hair the whole time. While we were leaving Emma informed me that Kevin can't play husband and wife with me anymore because he's her boyfriend. She also told me that she's going to call my phone so that she can talk to her boyfriend. It was really cute. I think that Kevin was quiet flattered.

The reason that this post is for Becky is because while we were there Aunt Becky (the girls' mom) got after me because I never update my blog, so this one's for you Becky!! But it's really not the easiest to update blogs when you have a boring life! All I ever do is go to work, go home, make dinner, watch the kids (Wednesday nights), take a shower, sit and chat with Kevin for a bit, go to bed, then get up the next moring and start again. All Kevin really does is wake up, go to school, come home, do homework, study, do the dishes (my least favorite job- THanks buddy!!) and then shower and go to bed. And once a month he does drill at the armory. We have a pretty boring life- but it's one we're both perfectly content with!

Thought for the day

2007-01-09T11:47:00.000-07:00

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”

- Nelson Mandela

THE BEST HUSBAND EVER!!

2007-01-05T10:38:00.000-07:00

So it's official!! I really do have the best husband ever! I just feel bad for him, he's going to be so tired starting yesterday. He started UVSC yesterday and I'm so proud of him for that! He's carrying 18 credit hours (I know crazy but he wants to get done!) Along with that, he's still in the National Guard and he just got a new job. He's working for Allied Security doing a graveyard security job. So he goes to school Monday through Friday from 8-3 and then on Tuesday from 10-3 and Thursdays from 10-5 and then on top of all of that, he works Sundays though Thurdays from 10pm- 6 am!!! Wow, when's he going to sleep?!? He's really excited about school though, and he's going to majoring in Computer science with and emphasis on Software development, doesn't sound fun to me, but I guess someone's got to do it. I'm so lucky to have such a great husband!! Love you babe! The first picture is one of us on Christmas eve- we forgot to turn the flash on. The other is a picture of us with our goofy glasses on at the 3-D Movie, Santa vs. Snowman, it was a really fun movie to go to!!

Some Christmas Pics

2007-01-05T10:11:00.000-07:00

Here are some of our pictures from our first Christmas together:

Adam opening his new digital camera from Mom for his misison.

Hayley opening her bowling shoes from Austin, she loved them!

Scott opening his new cordless drill and circular saw from Mom.

Kevin opening our new monopoly game from Mom- we love it!

Mom opening her new nativity set from us, Sorry mom I know it's not the best picture but I like it!! (Like adam's victoria secret bag? It's really his camera!)

Our First Christmas tree... yah so Kevin's saw isn't wrapped- we ran out of paper!

Our Christmas Tree Angel that Austin made for us out of Kevin's wire that he was waiting to recycle- Can you tell it weighs a lot?

Adam and Kevin in their matching Christmas Eve PJ's.

Steven and Hayley, what more can I say???

Austin opening his new Smoothie maker from Hayley- one of his favorite gifts by far!!

Merry Christmas

2006-12-22T16:01:00.000-07:00

Twas the night before Christmas Eve and all through the house,

Not a creature was stiring not even that dead mouse,

The stockings were hung by our window with care,

In hope that Santa Clause would soon be there.

The Kevin and Stephanie were nestled all snug in their bed,

While visions of Christmas Eve danced in their heads;

And Stephanie in her 'kerchief, and Kevin in his cap,

Had just settled down for a long winter's nap...

So I give up on writing that it was going good for a minute but not so much anymore. I'm so excited for our first Christmas together. We have our stockings up and filled (I had to hide the candy from him somewhere, he'd never think to look there) we have the lights up in the windows at our place, Our Christmas tree up and decorated (I'll post pictures later), christmas candy done, neighbors gifts done, and family gifts sent off. In the business of everything I havent' paid as much attention as I should on the true meaning of Christmas. I guess I should start. Anyways I need to go now, I've officially been kicked out by the three year old in our office, I'll post later

Blessings

2006-12-22T15:45:00.000-07:00

I'm the luckiest girl in the world!! I've just been really greatful lately and I just wanted to tell everyone out there how lucky I really am. I have the best husband in the world!!! I was pretty sick last week and he stayed with me the whole side, now come on any guy who will carry you to the bathroom so you can throw up, rub your back while you are, and then carry you back out when you're done is pretty special- ya'll have to agree with that one. He's so great, I'm so lucky that I found him and that he can stand me!! I also have the best job in the whole entire world!! It's so nice to come to work, to love your job, and even more so to love the people that you work with. I have the best managers in the world and I know that they will do anything to help me out! My family is amazing, the other night we all got together to make gingerbread houses and it was so great. My parents have done a great job with raising us (even though we were [probably still are] more than a handful.) My brothers and Mom have turned into some of my best friends ever, and Steven couldn't have picked a better wife, she's perfect and we get a long great!! Kevin has the oppertunity to start school next week and we have the oppertunity for financial aid which helps out tremedously! I have the best primary kids in the world!! (Stephen, Preston, Autom, Travis, Zack, Charity, Samaritian, Kaliee, Skylee, Jace, Chandler, Nicole) They are so sweet, and they truly help me remeber how blessed I am to have the gospel in my life every week. Above all that is truly the greatest blessing that I have is the gospel. To have a relationship with my Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ is amazing and it gives me so much. I am truly blessed!

Elmo, Life, February??

2006-12-01T14:19:00.000-07:00

You Are Elmo

Sweet and innocent, you expect everyone to adore you. And they usually do! You are usually feeling: Talkative. You've got tons of stories to tell. And when you aren't talking, you're laughing. You are famous for: Being popular, though no one knows why. Middle aged women especially like you. How you life your life: With an open heart. "Elmo loves you!"

The Sesame Street Personality Quiz

Well I guess that's okay, Elmo's pretty cool!

You've Experienced 72% of Life

You have all of the life experience that most adults will ever get. And unless you're already in your 40s, you're probably wise beyond your years.

How Much Life Experience Do You Have?

Ya I'm not so sure about that one, wise beyond my years?!?

Your Birth Month is April

You are trustworthy and highly ethical in all facets of life. Helpful and steady, you are able to solve any problem. Your soul reflects: Bliss, playfulness, and curiosity Your gemstone: Diamond Your flower: Sweet Pea Your colors: Yellow and red

What Does Your Birth Month Mean?

Yellow and red?!?!

Your True Birth Month Is February

Sharp Ambitious Spendthrift Loves reality Loves freedom Temperamental Low self esteem Honest and loyal Abstract thoughts Daring and stubborn Changing personality Showing anger easily Intelligent and clever Loves aggressiveness Quiet, shy and humble Learns to show emotions Rebellious when restricted Determined to reach goals Superstitious and ludicrous Dislikes unnecessary things Realizing dreams and hopes Too sensitive and easily hurt Loves entertainment and leisure Romantic on the inside not outside Loves making friends but rarely shows it

What's" Your True Birth Month?

Loves Freedom!

Fortune Cookies

2006-12-01T13:56:00.000-07:00

Well everyone knows the best part of Chinese food is always the fortune cookie at the end. Well I found some online fortune cookies, I'm not sure if mine makes sence though....

Your Fortune Is

It's ok to let a fool kiss you, but don't let a kiss fool you.

Some more Wedding Pics

2006-11-02T08:55:00.000-07:00

This is a picture of Lindsey, Me and Whitney!

Us in front of the temple

2 weeks tomorrow... Time Sure Does Fly

2006-11-02T08:16:00.000-07:00

Dang he's pretty cute!

I don't really have much to write today but I finally brought some of my wedding pics into work so I thought I'd put them up. Emily and Sister DeVocht are going back to Iowa today, so last night we were able to have everyone come over for a little dinner kind of to say goodbye to her. I'm sure going to miss them, it's been really fun to get to know them better. Last night right as all of the family was leaving our house our Branch President and his first counsler stopped by (I know weird, a branch in Utah county?!?) but it was really neat just to visit them and get to know them. They asked Kevin if he would serve in the Sunday School presidency and also teach Sunday School, he was pretty excited about that. They said that they'd call me later because they have a calling in mind for me but they needed to talk to some other people first whatever that means, I guess we'll just have to wait and see. These are just some of my favorite pictures from the wedding. This one right here is of all of the kids there (except for Talmage, Atticus, and Hunter) It was fun to try to take this picture, just hard to get all of the kids there, all of them happy, and all of them looking at the camera at the same time. I like Kevin's face in this picture though because he was making faces and sounds trying to get Kennedy (the baby in the orange) not to cry. Our wedding went really well I think anyway. It was fun to see everyone. The honeymoon was cool. We stayed in the Zermatt in Midway, the only bad part is I don't think there was a day of the honeymoon where either Kevin or I weren't sick but we still had fun. We went up to Park City a couple of times and we also came down for a family pic Saturday afternoon and then went and had dinner at the pizza factory. Kevin and I were talking this morning on how we can't believe it's already been two weeks, it dosen't seem that long. It still seems like we're just dating and that he's going to have to take me home at the end of the night every night but luckily he doesn't and I'm already home. We have a little one bedroom apartment that's just big enough for us. It's actually bigger than some of the two bedroom apartments that we looked at. It's fun though and we like it a lot. I think that's about it, I guess I should get back to work now, I have a lot to do before I move my office this afternoon.

It's official, I'm the newest DeVocht

2006-10-30T15:39:00.000-07:00

I don't have a lot of time to post today, I guess that's what happens when you take eleven days off of work , you get behind and it just gives you a lot more work to do when you come back, but that's okay I had some nice time off. The wedding was great, neither of us backed out, the family got along, Steven not killing me for stuffing the cake into his face, and the temple was perfect. What else could you ask for.... Any way I have to get back to work now but I did get a link with some of my wedding pictures up. Here it is: http://www.utah-wedding-photography.com/weddings/1476W/frame.html Have a super duper day!! -Stephanie DeVocht (wow that's weird to write!!)

I did it!!

2006-10-11T07:35:00.000-06:00

I did it, I finally made it to the temple. It was so nice and peaceful there, I can't wait to go back. It was a lot different then what I expected, but I wouldn't change any of it, it all just seemed so right. I also had a lot of family there which was really nice. My Mom was able to come as well as Kevin, Phil, Becky, Daniel, Uncle Mark, Aunt Kath, Grandma Warnick, Grandpa Warnick, Grandma Webb, Aunt Arla, and Uncle John. I did really well with out crying until Uncle John came up to me and talked to me for a few minutes after we were done with everything, then I lost it. It was really nice to have everyone there. We didn't get home until like 9:15 last night. When we got home, we were all pretty tired. I just crashed as soon as I changed out of my dress. Kevin stayed up for a while and played X-Box with Austin, but I think for the most part we were all in bed by 10:30. It was a really nice day! Oh ya, I also found out yesterday that my cousins, Blake and Becca, came up from Pheonix with their new baby Hunter and they will be here for the wedding!! I'm really excited, wow, only nine days and ninty minutes left!!

Happy Birthday Austin!!

2006-10-06T08:41:00.000-06:00

Holy cow, I can't believe it- Austin in 14 today. I still remember when he was born, my aunt and Grandma came and checked me out early from school and we went to Grandma's and did puzzles while we waited for my little sister to be born! I was so excited. When we went to the hospital I thought that it was all a big mistake when they told me that I had a new baby brother, this couldn't be, I was supposed to have a sister, Mom even told me so. I remember crying for a long time and the only thing that cheered me up was going shopping with Grandma (hey somethings never change!) I remember babysitting him when he was a couple months old and putting bows in his hair and telling people he was a little sister (I know this is cruel but I REALLY wanted a sister!!!) But now that I look back on it, I wouldn't trade him for any sister in the world. We have been though so much together and he has truly become one of my best friends ever. He's great for keeping secrets and he can always make anyone laugh. Just the other night he made Kevin laugh so hard that Kevin couldn't stop crying for like ten minutes!! I love him and he's turning out to be so awesome more so every year. He's really working hard in young mens and scouts and accomplishing so much. He's been though so much in life and he keeps going and becoming stronger everyday. I love you bud! Happy Birthday! (he's probably going to kill me for posting this picture, but it's the only one that I have here on my computer at work!)

2 Weeks from today!!

2006-10-06T08:20:00.000-06:00

Wow, this week has been a whirlwind that has passed by incredibly slow. Last Wednesday I had the oppertunity to go and meet with President Jensen (my stake president) and have my interview for my first real temple recomend. I felt pretty stupid because I started to cry in my interview a little bit. I tried not to but, as I was sitting there it just hit me- this is what I've been working my whole life to get to. Starting even before Nursery I remember my Mom always telling me that if I was really good and always tried my hardest to do what Jesus asked me too, I would get to go to the temple someday and be married to my husband forever even after I die. In Primary that's what they talk about and sing about is how beautiful the temple is, in Young Womens we were taught to strive and settle for nothing less. Looking back on all of the choices I've made, I think I've come a long way. There were many times that I thought I would just take the easy way in a choice, even though it wasn't the right one, because it would be more fun or not as hard, but as I look back I'm glad that I've made the choices that I've made so that I can have the chance to go to the temple. I get to go next Tuesday to the Jordan River Temple (pictured above) and recieve my endowments. Although I'm really nervous about this, I'm also so excited to finally be able to go. I chose to go to the Jordan River temple because my Aunt Kath and my Uncle Mark are temple workers there, and they will be the ones helping Kevin and I with everything. I'm really excited for this, my Uncle Mark has been like a father to me a lot, even though I haven't talked to him as much as I know I should have, I've always known he was there, and he was the one who baptized me so it makes all the more sence to me. And then in two weeks I have the best oppertunity ever, I get to go to the Mt. Timp. Temple and be sealed for time and eternity to Kevin. I'm so excited. This temple means a lot to me. I remember being in Primary and going to the open house with my family. I rememeber that we all got to go to the ground breaking and each take a small bag of dirt from the temple grounds to keep with us forever (I'm not sure where mine went though.) And most of all I remember in high school especially my senior year, when life would get hard or when I would have a bad day, I could always go do baptisms, walk down to the temple or ride my bike there. Even if I wasn't going into the temple it would always bring a sence of peace to me and I would know that everything would be alright. I'm so excited to go there, and wow this whole blog has been just one random tangent but that's just what I've been thinking about a lot today.

Ehhh......

2006-09-25T08:17:00.000-06:00

I hate being sick!! Just my luck though. So Wednesday night I wasn't feeling very well, and Thursday morning when I woke up I thought that I was on my death bed. I came to work on Thursday morning though because I had some work to do. I'd been at work for about an hour and I didn't think that I could keep going, so I went home. On the way home I called the Doctors office and they didn't have any openings until Monday morning but then they pulled up my file on the computer and they were able to squeeze (That is the one good thing about my luck, I can always get into see the doctor when I need to.) The doctor ran a couple tests and within twenty minutes he had determined that I have a lung infection in both lungs, bronchitis, and the infection is traveling up to my sinuses. Wow to make a long story a bit shorter, He gave me TONS of medicine to take each day and then they made me even more sick and wow it's not been a fun weekend. I did get to get up for a while on Saturday and go to a bridal shower. Leah and Katie threw it for me at Leah's house on Saturday morning. It was so much fun, most of my family was there and my old young women's advisors even there. I got some really cool gifts too. Linda and Shelly made us a blanket with our names embroidered and gave us this cool hot chocolate make, Grandma gave me a whole bunch of cleaning stuff, Mom gave me some nice pans, and Leah, Katie, Katie, Kendra, Marla, and Chris gave me this beautiful table with chairs, and china, and linens and everything, it's so pretty. I'm just waiting for Kevin to go and pick it up for us so that we can put it into our apartment, I think that's about it though! What a boring week.

5 Weeks Left!

2006-09-13T07:38:00.000-06:00

Well, we'll see how good we stay with keeping this updated! I haven't tried one of these before. Kevin and I were officially engaged on July 3, 2006 and we're getting married on October 20, 2006 in the Mount Timpanogos temple. We're really excited. Everything is pretty much done with the wedding plans (thanks Mom!) so we're just playing the waiting game now. My cousin Kendra came down from Idaho and took our engagment pictures for us last month, it was fun. We just ended up goofing off in a lot of them. This one is one that we took just for Whitney's announcment, because she told us that she hated this pictures where the bride was just sitting there showing off her ring. Thanks for the idea Whit! I had my bridal pictures taken a couple weeks ago and I like most of them, in some it looks like I have monkey arms, but hey life will go on. Here's the link to see a few of them- NO PEEKING KEVIN! http://www.utah-wedding-photography.com/bridals/1476B/frame.html. Kevin's working at Carter Construction Company right now doing framing and he really seems to like it, I think that he'll like it a lot more once it starts to cool down a bit though. I'm working at a company called Revenue Worx and I love it. I'm an Analyist/Receptionist. It's great and I love the people that I work with. Kevin moved into our apartment on the first and he likes it a lot. It's nothing big or spectacular but it's perfect for what we'll need and we're really excited about that. I think that's about it!

More Engagment Pics

2006-09-04T08:18:00.000-06:00

Here are some of our engagment pictures that we chose not to use, (You can tell why)

Instead of Kendra taking these, Austin took these with my camera while Kendra took the real ones.

You can't tell but we really had these taken in the middle of the day when it was 112* outside, that wasn't the smartest idea, but they turned out.