the maui's

i have much that needs to be posted... like riley getting her ears pierced, bear lake reunion, and roxy's first day of school. all need time and attention, but first i wanted to post about our new little bundle of joy- Kamryn Mauerman August 26, 2010 I was lucky enough to be induced about 5 days early. Being induced is so different from going into labor naturally, its so much..... better! This labor was so similar to roxy's where i was also induced. I was able to get an epidural before my contractions got bad, my pain scale topping at like a 5. Once i was actually induced at about 10am we welcomed our baby about 4 hours later. the good doctor B did come and pop my water, and after that everything started progressing much quicker, that was about noon, and she was delivered at 1:44 pm. Just a quick recap for ya, Hopefully that wasn't TMI for you. She was 7 pound 6 ounces, and 19.5 inches long. my smallest baby yet! riley and her look a...

Nixon has turned 2! It was definitely a 3rd child event. We sort of kept forgetting about the birthday. However we did have mini birthday celebration with one of my YW friends Jackie. And then after she left, Nixon's little buddy Luke was playing outside with his dad, so they came over and had cup cakes with us. So 2 friends, and his sisters, what else could a 2 year old ask for? Nixon did get this awesome tool set; hard hat, drill, chain saw, skill saw, tool belt. Yes, very manly, he loved it. At 2 years: Nixon loves Barbie, Dora, and now Diego (thank goodness). He is kind over Yo Gaba Gaba. Nixon loves to play with his buddies in nursery, but is awful through sacrament meeting. He finally likes the pool, and will float around with just his arm floaties, he likes the deep end of the pool, and doesn't like us trying to help him get around. Nixon is a good little talker, with more words, and small sentences coming together everyday. Nixon loves sports balls. Basketball,...

I have been eating, drinking, and dreaming girls camp for the past few weeks. And out of our whole girls camp board (8 of us) I am doing the least... but my mind has definitely been taken over by girls camp. We started out with a modest 18-22 campers, and now just 8 days before we are up to 28. AHHH. That is alot to work with, and to accommodate for. I still can't believe it. But the cool thing is I have seen first hand the Lord softening the Young Women's hearts, and providing ways for them to come. Girls we thought for sure would not come are coming! So even if it is 10 more girls then we thought, we are happy to have them! So I get to go to Bear Lake and stay at this awesome play house. Pickleville play house to be exact. Our first counselor's family owns this cabin and the play house, and we get to use it for the week. So fun. Our theme is BOOT camp. B- building O- on O- our T- testimonies. Its going to be a good mix of boot camp style activities and then ...

Part of our San Diego trip. At Seaworld, the dolphins were swimming in circles, at a pretty fast pace (in front of that glass window) this freaked Nixon out, he didn't like it. He called them sharks. It was super funny, he kept yelling SHARK! What kid doesn't love the water fountain? Nixon loves it too! It gives him somthing to look forward to during church. Don't overlook that mischeivouse face. He can be such a stinker, and I think this photo speaks 1000 words. Here we find Nixon deomonstrating his brute strength, by pulling this weighted handle. This was taken at the Thanksgiving point farm, and he loves all the farm animals, especially the little ponies they get to ride. Riley celebrated her 4th Birthday!! She had a dress up birthday party with a few friends. Nixon sported a tutu, and Roxy wore a witches hat, other than that most everyone looked all fancy nancy. This was so long ago, I can't remember much- sad. But she had a fun time, enjoyed being the ...

My tooth is loose, it won't come out. My tooth is all I think about. The night before our duct tape party Roxy lost her first tooth! You might assume it fell out on its own, but no. In an effort to continuously traumatize Roxy, Brian popped the tooth out with dental floss (literally it flew about 2 feet)! In his defense the tooth desperately needed to come out, since the permanent tooth broke through a week ago. Since she had not lost any teeth, the permanent tooth came up behind the baby teeth. This might be normal, I'm not sure, but it sure looked messed up! So now Roxy has entered into the goofy looking phase (don't tell her). We are anticipating large crooked teeth and other odd features, that all add up to one goofy looking kid. This phase for some (myself included) can last until the late teen years. For others (fingers crossed for Roxy) it might only last until age 12 or so. ...

Its been awhile since I last posted... Roxy did help fill in the gap with her awesome paint project! I don't know why I have been feeling especially busy ( too busy reading) these last couple of months, but I have, so blogging has naturally fallen by the wayside. Nixon- Has just turned 18 months, and our little big boy can now officially be in nursery (we however had been serving in nursery since he turned 1, so he has been in for 6 months now). Still the same, when your baby hits nursery age, he is not such a baby anymore, and the church block goes by a bit easier. Hooray for that. He loves to babble, he is will be a talker, like his mom, like his sisters. He has a few words, and more coming every couple of days. He can say: ball, cat, dog, mom, dad, nose, hug, two, juice, milk, and i am sure there are some more out there. He loves to dance, and can find a beat to shake to just about anywhere. He loves to give hugs, and will hug any kid who looks willing. He loves to turn ...

it was really fun making this, it was probably the best i could do. but i'm not sure if it's the best i can do. i bet i could do better but here's the picture thank you love Roxy