new pictures!

While we were in Az we had the opportunity to meet our nephew Jaxson! And she got to meet her Aunt Steph and Uncle Daniel for the first time too!

She loves her great grampa Judd!

In memory of Eldon J Barney

JT's grandfather Eldon Barney passed away on March 31, 2008, one day after his 81st birthday. He did not die of old age as most would think, he died due to an accident on his farm. He worked on his farm almost every day of his life. On saturday March 29th he was out branding cattle and one of the cows got loose and charged grandpa. He was knocked to the ground and hit his head on a concrete block. Due to this blow to the head his brain started bleeding in 4 different areas. They took him by helicopter to a hospital in Tucson, AZ and tried their best to save him. They put him into a drug-induced coma and tried to drain the bleeding off of his brain the best they could. They couldn't stop the bleeding and they were sure that if they were to take him out of the coma he would be brain dead and become a vegetable. JT and I flew out on Sunday afternoon and said goodbye to him that night. It was the first time that his whole family was together in over a year. On monday afternoon they decided that it was time to take him off the life support and let him go. He passed at 9pm that night and his funeral was this past Monday. We are sad that we couldn't make it down again for the funeral.
Eldon Barney was a HUGE part of his family! JT talked about him all the time and is a better husband because of the things his grandfather taught him. I'm so grateful for that wonderful man! I know he is with his father in heaven now and recieving all of the blessings that he deserves!!

While dancing on our wedding day, JT told me that his grandpa always promised that he would dance on his wedding day. It had always been a joke between them. I walked over to grandpa and said,"My husband tells me that you promised you would dance with him on his wedding day!!" He laughed and got up... went over to JT and started dancing with him... ha ha not exactly what we had in mind but it's one memory that we will never forget!!

One of JT's favorite stories about him was when he was younger and one of the cows on the farm was delivering a calf. The calf got stuck on the way out and so they were doing everything to get the calf out and save the mother. Grandpa said after trying and trying, "It got screwed in there screw it out!!" ha ha ha JT thinks that is sooo funny!!

Adjusting...

So JT started the BLEA... Basic Law Enforcement Academy this week! It has been exciting and scary! It's definately taking some adjusting for us. We used to be able to spend so much time together but now we only get to see eachother for a couple hours in the evening and he's working on homework or ironing his clothes! He loves it though and they are definatley whipping him into shape!! ha ha

Kenzie has learned how to throw temper tantrums already.... I thought that came around the terrible two's but I was wrong! She hits and pulls hair and has no clue what the word "no" means but I love her all the same! She also learned how to give really good hugs and that makes up for all the hitting and scratching! She loves her new babysitter and gets so excited when she goes over there! She is now walking more than crawling but is VERY wobbly! She is getting into more and more around the house and it's hard to keep up with her! Well now I know what being a mother is all about!!

Happy Birthday Landon... Happy Birthday Kenzie!!

It's Kenzie's Birthday today! And her little cousin Landon was born yesterday afternoon! They are exactly 1 year and half a day apart in age! Kandis had a wonderful delivery and sounds like she is doing wonderful! Landon is such a cutie in these pictures and I can't wait to see him in real life! Kenzie took her first steps yesterday! She sure does grow up fast! She can't wait to see her cousins too!

I'M ALMOST 1!

We took Kenzie's one year pics at JCPenny's and they just sent me the pictures... they are so cute! They are low resolution though becuase I didn't buy a CD or anything but I wanted to share them!!

Pigtails!!

So it's been a fun week, JT's getting ready for the Academy and Kenzie is learning to walk! She has been so much fun lately. She has been letting me do her hair and I love the pigtails! She looks so girly! She got a new purple and brown dress for her birthday and she looks so pretty in it.... even with spaghetti stains on her cheeks!! ha ha I can't believe our little girl will be 1!! We are looking forward to next week... it's going to be a busy one for sure! JT starts his new job on the 12th, kenzie's b-day is the 13th and we are celebrating valentines that day too because I have school till 930 pm on the 14th and then the 15th we are leaving JT behind to go with Oma and Poppi to go see Aunt Kandis and my new nephew! we are way excited but we have alot to do before we leave!! We are soooo super-duper excited to see Aunt Stephanie and Uncle Daniel... Kenzie has never met her aunt and uncle before so we can't wait to see them while we are in Idaho!

Busy Busy

I haven't taken the time to write in a while, but life is good! Kenzie is growing fast as always! We had a blast this past christmas! Kenzie had so much fun with her grandparents that came up from AZ for new years!! Now she is just weeks away from turning 1! She has such a personality now that just cracks us all up! She is a real ham! When she knows shes being funny she waves her hand at you to get your attention and then giggles! She loves to hold her spoon in her mouth while waving and giggling! She LOVES to play peek-a-boo right now. She will take a shirt or blanket or whatever she can find and put it over her head until you ask, "Kenzie where are you?" then she pulls it down and waits till you say"THere you are!!" She laughs and laughs. She has even started slapping her knee when she laughs... it's halarious! Well JT finds out this week if he got the job with the King County Sheriffs department, we are hoping and praying that they hire him! If they do then he will start the police training academy on Feb, 11th! We are really hopeful! I am currently halfway through with my program the the Gene Juarez academy and just got an award for Featured student artist. My picture will be on the wall for the next two months! I feel pretty special! We are all getting ready to take a trip over to Idaho to see my sister and her family! I can't believe I'm going to be an aunt again! I can't wait!