Thoughts

We have ear infections. There are 8 ears in our house. Three are infected. Not good...not good at all.

Lots of holding and cuddling. Lots of calm words. Lots of pudding. When your ear is sick your tummy feels bad, too. So, you can eat as much chocolate pudding as you want. My 1 year old will take 2 please. She'd like them at breakfast, lunch and dinner. But we have standards. You can only have so much pudding before someone shows up at your front door and screams in "feed the kid a vegetable, will 'ya!"

It's warming up in Central Texas. Welcome Spring! We missed you. Don't stay away so long next time.

Sam's worms are still living, but I know they are suffering. Should I care about suffering worms? I don't. Should I feel bad about that? I don't.

I'm feeling creative. Planting the spring garden this weekend. That should help. I like writing fragments of sentences but putting a capital letter at the beginning and a period at the end. We should love fragments, too.

I hate rules. I have to work on that. My kids hate rules, too. I need them to like rules.

5 years of wedded bliss. Why do people say 'wedded bliss'? Truth is it's been wedded exciting, boring, wonderful, trying, empowering, fearful, 'hang on for dear life', 'can you believe we did that' and 'lets do it all over again!" Bliss is too simple and overly wonderful. Sometimes the most wonderful part of it all is hidden in the most awful part of it all. That's weird, isn't it? And this paragraph is weird and tragic with all the grammatical errors. Should I care about that? I don't.

Family Camping Trip

One of our family goals this year is to spend some time vacationing as a family of four. I have lots of great memories vacationing with my family growing up and it's weird and fun to think about making some of those kinds of memories with Sam and Reagan.

Our first adventure was camping. We went to Huntsville State Park and it was a great location. The kids, especially, had fun. Scott and I learned that camping with two preschoolers is anything but relaxing! That being said we can't wait to plan our next trip.

One of my favorite memories was the first night. Reagan woke up at 4 a.m. ready to play. Since we were all basically sleeping in the same room - everyone woke up. You can't do much at 4 .am., so finally we put on the Cars movie. Reagan fell alseep and the rest of us quickly followed her lead. It was the first time we've all slept together and it was a sweet memory.

I've posted some pictures to capture the good times.

The kids got to make a special bed out of the kitchen table in the camper. They love to play together. I hope this stage lasts for awhile!


Reagan munched on some diced ham while brother and Dad went fishing.


Sam learned a lot about fire safety. He loved roasting his hot dog for lunch.

We went swinging....

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...and found this cute little thing wandering around the park.

We listened to a Park Ranger speak about alligators and Sam took a turn touching the baby alligator on display.

We went fishing again! This kid loves to fish. Mostly, he loves to pick out the fattest, juiciest worm to have Dad put on the hook and then cast his rod a million times until the worm falls off from dizziness. We'll never catch an actual fish with Sam's current fishing method, but he has a lot of fun. I asked him if I could have his worms for my garden. He said "no." He's currently keeping them in our refridgerator. He asks to see them every day. I wonder how long worms can live in the fridge?

We even tried out the timer on our camera. Reagan thought it was loads of fun watching Daddy running back and forth from the picnic table to the camper!

...and that's the first official Kenley Family Camping Trip!

Election Night

Waiting on the results....

Go Aggies!

Today my husband got tickets to the Aggie basketball game. Let me clarify...the Aggie game of the season and did I mention that the tickets were for absolutely amazing seats. You know the kind of seats where you see the actual sweat beads on the players faces? Oh, and they were free.

When Scott called me this afternoon he asked if I wanted to go. But, he wasn't really asking me. I knew that deep down Scott has been dreaming of the day when he could take his son to events like this. Sam has been watching football and basketball with Scott at home for awhile, but they haven't been to a college game together. Besides the logistics of finding a sitter at the last minute, I really wanted Sam to go. Ok, maybe a small piece of me wanted to go. :)

I think one of the best parts of parenting is watching your spouses relationship with the kids. I really enjoy watching the pleasure that Scott gets from spending time with Sam. They watch sports or practice duck calls together. It's sweet and it's special.

So, here I am. Watching the game on television not because I'm interested in who wins, but trying to catch a glimpse of my boys cheering for the Ags together.

Birthday Fun

Never a dull moment...

From the bathroom....

Sam: Mom! Come look at my poop.

Me: Samuel, please just flush the toilet. I don't need to see it.

Sam: But Mom, it's A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!! (Emphasis on the amazing part)

Hmmm....

I need to do an update. I have lots to write about and nothing to write about at the same time.

It's cold in Texas. We're all freezing, but it could be worse. My parents just went almost a week without electricty.

I'm listening to my washing machine die. Literally die right now as I type this. I don't think it is suppose to sound like a 747 taking off in our house. We need to buy a new one. But we are in super saver mode...that's code for "we ain't spending no money right now." We may have to break down and buy one. Confession...I want a red one and, if possible, I'm going to get one.

Sam turns 3 this week. I don't want him to turn 3. That means he's not a baby. Time goes too fast. Tonight at dinner he said "so Dad, how was your day?" He's getting so big.

Reagan has started climbing. CLIMBING!!!! Sam told me the other day that I need to come to the kitchen. So...I went. Reagan was on top of the table. Dear God...I died for a second with fear. She lived though and now has become my constant shadow. I can't let her out of my sight for a second.

Scott is busy. He's got the annual DU banquet this week and huge project for the city starting. The Lord's favor has been on our business. We have work which is such a good, good thing.

I am offcially in private practice. Whew...that's a big thought. My colleague and I are offering several groups. One is going to be an infertility support group. I can't believe that this dream is actually becoming a reality. And I'm writing a book. A book about the church. Unbelievably fun and frustrating at the same time.

Until next time blog world....