Little Miss Tucket

There is a darling nursery rhyme called "Little Miss Tucket"... we've all heard of little Miss Muffet.. but Little Miss Tucket is even better. 

Little Miss Tucket

Sat on her bucket

Eating her peaches and cream

There came a grass hopper

That tried hard to stop her

and she said, "Go away or I'll scream".

Cute.

Chandler blows bubbles

Trever set up his phone to video himself playing peek-a-boo with Chandler while I was away. Now we know what Trever does while he babysits :)

This girl has a lot of drool....

Jungle boogie!.. she's starting to scooch off the play mat!

Diaper free time! I love that nakey bum.

Ready for church!

Trever was in charge of a combined mutual activity a few weeks ago. We did water balloon volleyball, it was a hit, the kids loved it, and the weather was beautiful.

Cute supermodel baby.

That little face is so precious! Trever got her all ready for church, thank goodness Chandler doesn't have hair yet... Trever hasn't been trained in braiding and piggy tails!

Trever and I were really impressed with Elder Bednar's address about flooding the internet with goodness using the hashtag #ShareGoodness. Here is one of the pictures we shared during a family home evening.

Thanks for the diva baby bib grandma!

Reaching for toys. As dad says, "She's advanced" :)

Me and my sisters play "Where you at"... so you have to take a picture where ever you are and send it. Here is a real classy one as we were snuggling on the couch. 

We are buying a house! Maple Valley here we come. 

I was really touched by the woman who made this beanie for Chandler. She has had a really rough life and made some bad choices, including harming herself. She bore her testimony about how her trials have brought her closer to the Lord and have helped her to assist others with the same struggles. This woman crochets as a nervous habit, she saw Chandler prior to sacrament meeting, and before 3rd hour began she gave me this cute beanie. I was amazed. This woman has been through a lot, yet she took the time to notice me, a little new mom, and she acted, she gave a sweet gift and shared her talent. Thank you to Nancy McLean Farmer.

For Family Home Evening we took a picture together and shared a spiritual message on social media, I want the whole world to belong to an active family!

Trever came home one day and said, "Ken, what do we have to eat. Our fridge is empty" I kindly told him that we have a mortgage so now we get to have a "home-owners-fridge" lol.

Driving to the temple, we really enjoyed doing sealings together. 

Snoqualmie Adventures

Today we went to Snoqualmie Railroad Days, it made me feel more American and sparked a bit of love for the state of Washington. Up until today I haven't really cared for WA, but when you get out of the city it makes you realize there are good people and good neighborhoods, you just have to find them. 

Snoqualmie Railroad is now a cute passenger train for tourists :)

We then ventured over to the "Lumberjack Games" where they had an Ax Throw, the Two Man Bucksaw Race, and other Washington RedNeck games... the truth is I loved it! I was quite entertained and it reminded me of the Tractor Pull that we have back home!

I love the green trees, I am beginning to see why people like it here!

Snoqualmie Falls is beautiful... the picture isn't that great... but that is what you get when you have nice strangers take your photo. Trever doesn't really like to ask other people to take our picture, he doesn't like to inconvenience them so it would be super embarrassing if I were to ask the stranger to re-take a photo... thus we just roll on with the photos we are blessed with! 

Plus, it's not like I am some amazing photographer!

We hiked down to the bottom of the falls, and then hiked back up to the top, it was nice and scenic... I took this picture while walking... I now feel bad about complaining about other people's photography! Mine is horrible, but mom would be proud of me for taking pictures!!!

The river at the bottom of the falls was BEAUTIFUL. We sat there for a while with our feet in the water. Cute Miss Chandler was alseep so Trever and I just chatted and cooled our toesies off.

Pine trees always remind me of my dad.

Chandler is quite the hiker!

This boardwalk was PACKED with people... so we got an OK glance at the falls... we took a quick family selfie and headed out. There was no way Trever was asking someone to take our picture in that mob!

Chandler loves her daddy! She also loves her pink track suit even though it is too big for her... we are raising an athlete, so she's gotta look the part. 

After the hike I was SO hungry and thirsty! On the 30 minute drive home I told Trever, "I'm so hungry I might die, I'm pretty sure. Pull over here. This is a beautiful area, you can bury me. I don't think I'll make it to Red Robin" But I was really craving a good burger, so I decided to stick it out. Dinner was awesome and it was so lovely to have a family outing!

Chandler is FOUR Months Old!

It is hard to believe that Chandler is already FOUR months old, elderly ladies always say "ohhh time flies, it was just yesterday that I was nursing my baby, he's 45 now"... I kind see how that happens, it just goes by fast. Here are a few pictures of Chandler's latest milestones:

SITTING: She can kind sit up on her own, I'm just holding her hand, not really holding her up... but as you can see she starts to slump. But hey, it's progress! Also, note that Chandler is in jeans, socks, and a hoodie #seattlesummer

She can also sit in the bumbo seat for a brief moment, again she starts to slump, but it is SO exciting!

She loves her hands :)

AIRPLANE: She just giggles the whole time we play airplane!

KICKING: Chandler will kick so fast that she will move the blankie and scooch her way across the floor. This picture kind shows her little fast legs.

ROLLING: She can roll from her tummy to her back... sometimes she gets stuck half way in between. But she's always happy when she can find her hands :)

SUCKING: She found her tumb!

Her leg looks chubby from this angle!

MARINERS: We got a bundle of Mariners tickets so we get to go more often now.. they aren't season tickets, but I guess they can be season tickets for poor kids :)

It was a chilly day at Safeco Field, Chandler was wearing two pairs of pants, a onesie, a jacket, her beanie, then her Minnie Mouse hoodie!

I love those chubby cheeks!!!

.... when we went to take professional pictures, Chandler kept giving the photographer this face.

PROFESSIONAL PICTURES: It took two trips to the photographer to get her to have ONE picture where she is smiling. Silly girl :)

Let Freedom Ring

I love how fast time flies when you are an adult... it feels like we moved to Seattle 3 days ago, but it has been 7 months! Wow. When I was a kid waiting for Christmas nearly killed me every year, I always wondered how my mom never seemed  "ready" for Christmas, now I get it!

4th of July

We 'surprised' mom with a visit for the 4th of July, it was SO wonderful to spend time with family. We sometimes get a bit lonely up here in Seattle, we have friends and all, but nothing beats family. 

Chandler's Fourth of July dress originally was a little tank top, and not that it is a big deal if babies wear tank tops, but I just felt the need to put sleeves on it... so I did. And I made a little headband while I was at it :)

She loves swimming... who wouldn't love swimming in a polka-dot swimsuit with a little tu tu?!

Fourth of July parade in Caldwell

One proud Grandma!

Please everyone notice Ashton's 1990 fruit shorts that Mom  used to wear when I was a baby!! Style! That is what we call freedom. 

Cute grandpa!

We went swimming at the Blaisdell's pool and had a great time, I think Trever looks especially handsome in pink!

This is what we call the "swarm"... all the Wise Women swarm toward the baby :)

We went and visited Grandpa Wise and Chandler snuggled down for a little nap with her daddy!

She has started smiling and laughing and being such a joy!

Shes a cute skinny baby :)

Babysitting Adventures;

My good friend Stacie got accepted into the Seattle Craft show... she is seriously talented! So I got to babysit Lenna & Bev all day. We did a lot of playing, we colored missionary pictures for Sydney and Brandon, we made brownies, played at the park, I especially loved it when Bev climbed the slide because her hair got SO staticy!

Staice quilts pixeled world maps, USA maps etc, she makes pillows and quilt tops and has all sorts of colors. She gifted me this quilt for watching Lenna and Bev, I  love this quit and am SO excited to add some color to my living room .

Organizing project:

My mom had a perfect organizing system while we were growing up... Each girl had a box, so anything labeled 'Kennedy' went in my box. Well now that I'm out of the house I get to sort through my box and decide what to keep and what to get rid of. One thing that I found in my box was a birthday card from my GrandmaGreat (I never knew her name til I was older... We only called her GrandmaGreat) 

$2 so I will never be broke! (Gifted 1992)

My cousin Ashley always wanted me to go on the tube with her... In first grade I drew this picture showing that I did not want to go "inrtoeing"!

This picture was also in my box :)

I love mother daughter church activities :) circa 2001