Wow....it's been awhile since I've posted...Thanks to Instagram.  I post like crazy there, so at least I'm keeping a little history still.

For some reason, Blogger isn't letting me upload any pictures...so I'll have to come back later.

So, Kaysen started Kindergarten and already has 17 AR points and just loves school.  He's a reading machine (like his mom). He also just turned 6 years old today!!! He still loves guns and anything cowboy or super hero related and is a complete boy and an amazing helper and big brother.  It amazes me how responsible that kid is.  Much older than his years I tell ya.

Gage started 4 year old preschool and turned 4 on August 30.  He's doing amazing and loves to spell and try to sound out anything he sees.  He is still a crazy, bubbly kid.  He's absolutely full of it and keeps our house fun.  He knows how to make anyone smile and has such a tender heart. 

Kynlee and Teagen will be one on Monday. CRAZY!!! 

Kynlee started walking a few days before she was 10 months old. Teagen started walking a few days before he was 11 months old. So now they are EVERYWHERE and inot everything.  But the are amazing babies.  Really. I don't know how I'd survive without having such good kids. 

Kynlee loves her Daddy.  She'll come to me and let me love on her and play with her, but as soon as her Dad walks in the door she's wanting him like crazy.  I love it.  She is a little cuddler and loves to hold stuffed animals or dolls. She loves pat a cake and peek a boo and to be chased around the house.  Her little personality has really come out lately and she is so much fun. 

Teagen is a momma's boy and loves for me to hold him any chance I can.  But he is NOT a cuddler. He simply wants to sit on your lap. He is loud.  He laughs loud, screams loud, eats loud. Everything. He loves peek a boo and to be chased around the house. He is always smiling and everyone comments on how happy of a baby he is. 

Jerry has been making handmade knives.  So we decided to start a business. So far he's been really busy with it, everyone wants them for Christmas gifts, so he has quite a few orders to fill until Christmas, then maybe it will slow down. But that's what we wanted when we started the business...for it to be successful. It's just a side business. He is still in an Electrician Appreticeship at the power plant. He just likes to do knives as a hobby and something to pass time and make extra money with when he retires (in a LONG time).

I've just been holding down the fort.  I'm working for my sister's HVAC company doing their books and am really enjoying it.  Between that work, our new business and 4 kids I'm contantly going but enjoying this stage of life right now. 

Sorry there's no pics.  At least there are some new ones on my side bar so you can see how much the kids have grown...hopefully I'll figure out why blogger won't let me upload any pics and next time I'll do a better update.  Until then, I'll be updating regularly on Instagram...its so much quicker/easier!

8 Months...

We are 8 Months Old!!!

We can both crawl and have already mastered the art of getting into everything.  Our favorite place to play is under the end table.  Unfortunately, Mom took away all of the magazines so we have nothing to tear up anymore.  Instead we just play under it and have have fun.  We also know how to follow Mom around the house like little ducklings.  Sometimes crying as we follow, but mostly we are just excited because we can finally go where she goes now.  Our other favorite places are the bathroom and Kaysen and Gage's room.  There are so many little and fun toys that we don't usually get to play with in there!!

We are also getting really good at making growling noises and sounds like "mama, dada and baba." Our older brothers think that we are really talking now.  In the past couple days we have learned how to stand up on some furniture. Our favorite things to hold onto are the kitchen chairs, laundry baskets and carseats.  The couches are just a bit to high for us still, but we're sure to be standing up on those in the next couple weeks....or days. 

Teagen started crawling forward with his belly off of the floor really good on June 5th.  It took him a couple weeks to catch up to his sister but now that he can crawl too he has wasted no time getting in to things.  He started trying to stand up, using items to hold on to, the very next day.  He has also cut his two bottom teeth finally.  Man it seemed like that boy has been teethign forever.  This guy has quite the appetite too.  He is the bigger eater of the two and it shows in their size.  He is getting longer and longer while his sister is still this petite little thing.  Teagen is a FUN baby.  He laughs so easily and loudly.  He has this smile that takes up his whole face and the laugh that just starts down deep and bursts out. His older brothers love to play with him everyday because he will just randomly laugh at something they do, so they continue to do it (for qutie some time, until he stops laughing or they are tired.) He is a very "chill" baby too.  He wasn't always this way but as he gets older (so far) he gets better. He is the one that will just sit on your lap and be still as long as he has a binki, or a toy to hold on to.  The only time he really "flips" out is at bedtime. As soon as that lotion is rubbed on his body and that onsie slips over his head this trigger clicks and he starts screaming.  He knows it's about time for food, and he wants it now.  As soon as that bottle is held in front of his face, he opens his mouth big, and just grabs and attacks that thing.  He downs it in record time, nurses also, then gives a big burp and is down for the night. He is my early riser though and is the first one awake 6 out of 7 days. But boy is he a happy baby when he wakes up.  He is not a cuddly baby.  When he's tired, don't you dare try to rock him.  Just lay him down and he'll be happy. Which is wonderful, when we are at home.  Church is another story though seeing as how there is no where to lay him down.  He's is one cute, fun and happy baby.

Kynlee has been crawling for few weeks now and is the one who will venture into any room she can.  She loves to hold onto the kitchen chairs or the boys stool.  She loves exploring all of the new places in the house.  Of course, her and Teagen go in opposite directions though. I'm pretty sure they'll be a gate placed in their bedroom since it's right off the living room so that they can play safely in there when I can't watch them every second.  Kynlee is still this petite little girl.  She has a birthmark tha that started to bleed so I had to take her into the doctor to get it checked out.  When they weighed her she was 15lbs 7oz.  (Kaysen was that at 4 months & Gage was bigger than that at 2 months) But at least it's my girl that's the tiny one right?? She loves food, but not quite as much as her brother.  When she wants it, she wants it. When she doesn't, don't even try.  She also prefers to be nursed verses bottle fed.  She is a constant mover.  When she is held she is constantly trying to stand, face forward, face backward, just move, move, move all the time.  She also tends to "flip out" a bit before bed like her brother.  However, as soon as that bottle is gone, she is either wide awake and wants to play more or passed out and won't nurse also.  She almost always sleeps in about 30-60 minutes longer than her brother each morning.  So, if I can nurse Teagen a bit and he goes back to sleep I'm lucky and will have all kids asleep until around 6:30.  She tend to be a bit more dramatic.  If someone walks away from her, the tears instantly build up and start flowing.  She is so soft and cuddly.  She likes to just be laid down also but is a bit more willing to be held sometimes.  I love it.  She's tiny, cuddly and just so sweet.

Bath times have also become a favorite for them now that they are sitting up by themselves.  They'll splash, kick and suck on those toys for as long as we'll let them.  (excuse the blurry picture. They were moving too much.)

These 8 months have gone by at lightning speed.  Seriously, I was pregnant with them for almost as long as they are old. I'll tell you this has gone by much, much faster than the pregnancy did.  And I am enjoying every chaotic minute with these two.

Preschool Grad

Last Wednesday, before we left for Oregon, Kaysen graduated from preschool. Grandma Duncan and Aunt Lacye and Grandma & Grandpa Miller came to see it even. They put on a cute little program then handed out awards.

He got the Hershey Kisses award for class flirt. Ugh oh. I better watch out.

We sure are proud of this guy. He has learned so much from these teachers but he is so excited to go to kindergarten. He know how to count to 100 by 1's, 5's and 10's. He is reading books all by himself and loves writing any word he is trying to sound out. He's one smart little guy that we absolutely love!!!

Oregon..

Last week we flew to Oregon. We saw family that u hadn't seen in 8 years. Kerry and my kids finally met all if my dads family. While we were there we went to a drive thru safari that was the coolest thing. I've never seen animal so contained, yet free if that makes sense? I've never been so close to them either...without a cage in between us. It was a fun quick trip. We can't wait to go back and do more fun things when the twins are s little bigger. Here are a few pics to show what we did. All of the cool pics are in my camera and I am posting this through my phone for now. I'll have cooler pics to show later.

We need grass...

We are planning on finally getting grass in our backyard. Until then though, this is how we have fun in the water and sun...

Sleeping Babies...

I love sneaking a peak at them while they sleep...

Art by Kaysen

Jerry is taking Kaysen and Gage to Father and Sons this weekend.

Based on Kaysen's current artwork I'd have to say he's excited.

This is the forrest. Including a guy with an axe, campfire, ashes, stream and tent.

He remembers last year all too well and can't wait to go again.