Be Prepared!

When Karden Turned 8 the thing he was most excited for was to be able to go to scouts!
Last week he went to scouts for the first time and the moment he got home he was telling me that he needs a shirt and a book and a neckerchieft, etc etc. So we took a little trip to the scout store and 60 bucks later, we were out the door. We took the shirt to Grandma Molly to sew on the patches and got it back just in time for our first pack night.
He got to wear his scout uniform and looked so handsome and grown up! I kept finding him looking at himself in the mirror and checking out all his cool patches. It was funny!

So glad Ryan Loves scouting- Im pretty sure its not my thing! But Scouting is in Kardens blood!! Karden Thinks Being 8 is Pretty Great!!

Powdered Sucker Perfection!!

Berkley has a new favorite treat-Ryan Brought the kids home a treat the other day and brought Berkley a powdered sucker.
She thought it was the best thing ever!! I on the other hand was a nervous wreck watching her eat it!
She sat in her highchair for at least a half hour guming that sucker! She thought she was big stuff!! When I thought she had enough and tried to take it from her grubby little hands she would put her head down and try to hide it from me-
She is a little stinker but we love her!

If you give Megan Some money....

... She is going to start looking around the house, that yesterday was just fine, and realize that the walls are looking mighty dinged and dirty and they need a fresh coat of paint...
When the painters come and paint the basement, up the stairs aand hall then she will go in to the kids bathroom and convince herself that they almost connect so not to look weird the kids bathroom needs to be painted too!
When the bathroom is painted she will them remember that she has always wanted a dark maroon wall in her bedroom, so 6 coats of paint later and after the painter has officially crossed her off the client list for picking such a crazy shade of paint that never looks quite right,
the painting is complete.

But with the new paint she notices how really digusting and nasty the 13 year old carpet is,
so she decided on a quick trip to pick up a light fixture she starts looking at the carpet samples and decides that she likes one, decides to get a quote, and within a week the whole house has new carpet!!
and just in case you were wondering how this whole process turned out to be so easy. It was fine if you didnt need to feed anyone breakfast, lunch or dinner,
or have to use the bathroom,
or need a place for the kids to sleep (yes, there are bunk beds in there somewere)
and heaven forbid anyone comes to visit.
But after night upon night of going to bed at awful hours and making a whole house full of furniture fit into two bedrooms we survived....barely!

Two weeks later we are finally, almost back in order. And of course as we start to put decorations back on the wall, Megan decides she needs a few new pictures to go with the new paint and carpet. So Ryan, being the good guy he is, surprises her with this for there 13th anniversary that they didnt celebrate because they were caught up in moving furniture.

The house looks great and it is now worth it!

BLING!!!!

We finally got Berkley some bling!!




We may have pierced her ears in the backseat of my brotherin laws truck, in a parking lot of planet pizza, during a snowstorm. But it got done, and she looks too cute!!

Every girl needs a little bling!!

A First Time For Everything!!

We have Had a few "first" moments around here lately.


Karden learned how to tie his own shoes. Yes I know he is almost 8, but there is one thing that has kept me from teaching him....velcro! Yup that little sticky pad that hold his shoes together have been WAY easier to buy and so no good reason to learn to tie shoes. But he worked on it for a day and is now a "Master Shoe Tying Ninja!" Yup just ask him he'll tell ya. He's pretty humble. :)

By the look of his punch mustache, we havent quite mastered drinking punch!

Whitley also had her first attempt at doing her own hair. She thought it was the prettiest thing ever!! She was 100% certain she was wearing her hair like that to the grocery store. After I told her no- she cant go out of the house like that she said , " But mom I have bows!" Yeah I may have said that to her a few times.




Berkley is also big enough for her first time in her exersaucer!! She loves it for about 15 minutes or until she realizes that you have walked out of the room band she is not the center of attention, than all hell breaks loose!! She still lives by the motto of "If I'm awake you WILL adore me!" and we all do!!

Top 11 in '11

2011 has been a pretty good year around the Devenish House. So to remember a year that is past I thought it would only be fitting to do the top 11 in '11.

11- Telling our family and friends that we would be adding baby #3 to the Devenish Family!!




10- Hosting Halloween Costume Bunko- I love that I have made some great friends and that they all are crazy enough to dress up for Halloween!!

9- Getting to eat breakfast with 2 of our Favorite people... Santa and the Easter Bunny! I love that the kids still think its magical!!




8- Our little "mini-vacations". Salt lake, Logan, Vernal and the one and only time we went camping! It really is amazing the amount of fun you can have within a few hours of your house!! We love our little getaways!






7- Swimming, Swimming and more swimming!!! We seemed to do alot of it this summer because it was easy for big pregnant mom to just sit and watch!!



6- Karden turning 7!! Whitley turning 5!! Holy crap my kids are getting so big!! Ryan and I also had birthdays but when your are age there not quite as fun!!





5- Decorating Ryan's dad headstone for every holiday. Even though we would MUCH rather visit him anywere else but here, it is good to go and remember all the good memories and how much we loved him. It is also fun to see the kids get excited to take stuff to Grandpa. It helps to keep the memories alive!!

4- Ryan Getting to do the light parade again this year- Last year he had just had his ankle fused and was unable to do a float!! Boy did he miss it!! But this year he was back and better than ever. (Ryan also said this should rank higher on the list - Yeah thats how much he LOVES the light parade!!)


3- Speaking of Ryans Ankle surgery- number 3 on our list is Ryan FINALLY being able to Walk in March!! 5 months after surgery!!! It was a long and brutal 5 months!~ So when he could walk again it was AMAZING!!!! oh the things we take for granted!!




2- Weeklong California Trip!! It was soo much fun!! Trying to describe it does not do justice- To be able to play all day,see fun things, go to fun places, with some of our favorite people!! We got to have a magical experience. It was awesome!!!



and the number one thing in 2011 was.............

Drum roll please!!




1- Berkley Ryann- Born 8-18-2011!! We love her to pieces!! It is a great feeling to know your family is complete!!






We hope that 2012 is as good to us as 2011 was!! Happy new year!

Christmas Chaos!!

Christmas Morning at our house this year was FUN!! Karden woke up at About 6:45 and quickly woke up Whitley before they came running into Me and Ryans Room. Kardens first words were "MOM- Last Night I Heard Jingle Bells, Santa Clause was here!!" I told them they had to wait to go downstairs until Berkley was fed and changed. I went downstairs to make a bottle and noticed the first clue that Santa had made it.
I snapped a quick picture and showed it to the kids upstairs. That's when the waiting was becoming too much. They started to coax Berkley to eat faster!! It was so funny listening to them tell her just to swallow faster!! We finally got to go downstairs were mean mom made them take a picture in front of the tree.
Then the present extravaganza began. The kids all got what they wanted. Karden got the Black pearl, and alien Lego sets, star wars books and lots of little guys.
Whitley got a beauty salon, hair doing stuff, pet shops and a jasmine dress!,
Berkley got lots of rattles and fun noisy toys!! You would think that Santa would remember not to buy the 3rd baby noisy toys!! Berkley didn't quite understand Christmas but she sure like eating the wrapping paper and toys.



We got to spend lots of time playing with our new toys and visiting with our families. It was a great Christmas season.