The Kupfer Side

Kevin's SISTER came home for two weeks, so while she was here we had his side of the family pictures done. We are glad we got a chance to do them, Brea lives back east and does not come to UTAH much. This was the first time in 3 years we have been able to get a good picture of everyone. We had lots of fun taking them. It was fun to see everyone look there very best. It was a good day for Larry and Judy to have the kids home for this wonderful family PICTURE.
KANYON was not good at all, but we made it though ok. She started to smile more for the last few. I think it was just cold for her. All the kids did good. I am sure it was hard to have everyone smile at the same time, but somehow we got some good ones. I am glad we got it done. I am very lucky to be apart of the KUPFER family. I love them all very much.

Kevins Birthday

Kevin is now 26. His birthday was on Friday. We had a good time. Kevin and I both worked that night then went to dinner at this place in Ogden called Bistro. It was so good. I really liked it. Then Sunday we went to both families house's and opened gifts with his family. Then off to my family for dinner. Over all it was a good birthday weekend. Kevin got some good gifts and things we both can use, which is nice for me.

Our Christmas Tree

We Got our tree, it was so easy, we pulled in, walked over saw the tree and said that is the tree, Kevin and I said it about the same time, I was hoping for more of a hunt, but we both loved the tree right when we saw it. I told Kev we should go walk around a bit to see if we are sure. We saw a few more but the first one was still the best one. Kanyon liked the snow falling down in her face and she even sat down to see touch it. She didn't cry at all, I thought she would because it was cold, but no she liked it. While Kev was putting the tree on the car, we sat on the front seat, Kanyon took over the steering wheel and just was smiling from head to toe, it's like she already new what to do. I had a flash forward of her life, and I saw her getting into her own car in 15 years from now. Man it was kinda sad to think she wont be my little girl forever. She is growing up so fast it's crazy.

So anyways we came home and got the tree all done, I am not to sure I like it the way it is now, I think I need to do some more things to it. Kevin likes it, I think it's to plain. I hope to get some more things this week and add to the tree. You may see a new pic when it's the way I want it. I want to have a perfect tree and I wont stop till it's there.

I do however like how we decorated our house, we don't have much decoration but I can always fix that when I go to Kohls this week, I may end up buying more things for our home. I love that the season is here and everywhere you look the houses are getting lit up.

My Boots

So I have always wanted a cute pair of boots, I have looked everywhere, and I found some that I like and look good in, I am very happy with them. I got a whole new outfit for the winter season. New pants, shirt and a belt. I got them at my favorite store, KOHL'S. I love KOHL'S, I always find good deals there, and they have way cute baby clothes for cheap. I go there like once a week, I need to stop. Kevin says I have a problem, I say I am saving us money on the things we need. Anyway I do love that store and I will continue to shop there.

Kanyon is 15 months

Kanyon Is 15 months, and the time has flown by. Kanyon is a great girl who can do lots of things, she is so smart for her age, she knows how to listen and she can tell us what she wants, like if she wants food, water, sleep, Binky, and even Boone. She can even eat with a fork and spoon now. I look back and I think of the time when she was just a little baby and needed me all the time, now she can do lots of things by her self, she is getting so big. Kevin and I are so blessed to have a great joy in our lives. We would not change a think about our little Kanyon Matti.

Scentsy Party Turn out!

I want to say thanks for everyone who came to the party last night, we had a good turn out. If you were not able to come or want to order on line, you can. The website is www.scentsy.com/medwards. I will be closing my party on Saturday December 6th. You still have time to save 10% on your order, they make great gifts for CHRISTMAS and all year round. Go and check it out, you will be glad you did.

Merry Christmas!!

Christmas time! I can't wait. Kevin and I are not doing much for CHRISTMAS this year, which I am happy about. I love the holidays so much. I am happy that Kevin and I have a nice home and a daughter which we love so much. Kanyon is getting so big and I am so excited to see her face when we set up the tree and lights and all the fun stuff. I am not so excited to have her getting into the tree all day long, that part might not be so fun. I guess we will have to just wait and see what happens. CHRISTMAS has always been my favorite day. I am still like a kid, I can't sleep all night and I get up so early on CHRISTMAS day and I just love that day so much. This year will be even better because of Kanyon and it's her first real CHRISTMAS. I can't wait to enjoy all the Holiday parties and great food. I hope to gain lots of weight this season.

CHRISTMAS is not only the time for gifts it's more then that, it's about thinking of Christ. I know I think more about the savior this time of year then any other time, I think of all the great gifts the savior gave us, and the great things he has done. I am so grateful for this wonderful church I go to and the wonderful things we believe. I know I will keep Christ in my heart this season and all year too. I hope everyone can just remember Christ this year and the great things he has done for us.

In N Out

We went to the new In N Out in Orem.

We were thinking the line the was going to be so long, but it was not so bad.

Larissa, Mylee and Gabe just waiting. Larissa got us a table, getting a table was the hardest thing. Larissa saw someone get up and ran over to take it.. GO LARISSA

I was so happy Megan lived close, Megan and I had been planning this day for like over 2 months. So when the day came we were both so excited.

This is our food! Trust me not all was for me, I had to take some back to Ogden for Kevin and his friends. It was still good when I got back.

Kanyon enjoying her first time at In N Out

Oh Meg is just so cute, she loved her Milk Shake, I do have to say they are so good.

Kanyon always wanted to eat Megs food. She didn't want mine, but she would have Megs over anyone else.

SO GOOD

To end our trip down to In N Out, we took pic of the lines, The line was so long in the drive through

Scentsy Party invite

I am having a SCENTSY PARTY. I want all to come, if you can't come because you don't live in Utah, you should order online. It will be at:
6:00pm at my home
3535 Qunicy ave. Ogden Utah
on November 30th.
Tons of great deals for Christmas gifts and new smells that will make your home smell so good for the season's.
Hope you can come!

Give Thanks

I woke up this MORNING and I saw my awesome hubby and was very THANKFUL, for Kevin, for loving me even when I am down on my worse day. Kevin is my BEST FRIEND and I am so BLESSED to have him in my life.

My Little Tinker Bell

Kanyon's First real Halloween, She was Tinker Bell, She loved going to the doors, she would even ring the doorbell when the older kids would let her. She so loved it. She loved to see the other kids in their outfits. I had wings for her and she wore them when we were outside Trick or Treating.
I made her outfit. It was fun learning how to make it. I think this year I loved Halloween more then any other year. Kanyon made my Halloween so much fun.

Happy Halloween

Today is not my favorite day, But having Kanyon I am trying to make the best of it. She is going to look so cute in her Tinker Bell outfit that I made for her. I could not find any green leggings or a green shirt, so she will wear purple. I am very excited to see her dressed up. I guess my day wont be so bad after all. I wish Kevin didn't have to work so we could see her excitement together.

The Sunshine State

So Thursday Oct 15th, we got on a plane and flew to Florida, We were on the plane for about an hour when a lady went in to Labor. The guy sitting next to me just happens to in the Medical field. He came back and told us that the lady was going into labor, they are giving her some oxygen so that should help. I am thinking great we are going to have to stop the plane so this lady can have her baby. Kevin then turns to me and Say's if she has her baby on the plane what state do they say it's born in. I thought that little joke was funny. She didn't have the baby on the plane, she started to feel better. We made it to Orlando just fine. The prego lady got off first though, so we still had to wait like 15 min. Oh well not a big deal. Kanyon was so good on the flight there. She loved looking out the window, it was so cute to see her smile so big when she looked down.
So I am not a fan of the heat right, so we get off and go outside and I am like "really, it's hot here" Kevin just starts to laugh because he likes the hot humidity weather he said it feels like his mission to him. I do have to say Florida is a very pretty place to live. It is so green and no leaves where on the ground. So we get to our Condo, It was really nice we were on the 4th floor with no view at all, but that's ok. Kanyon had her own room so that was nice we could put her to bed and not worry about watching tv and making to much noise. We get unpacked and go to dinner, we went to the Sizzler and oh my gosh was it just gross, they had no food, and very over priced. Cost us 30 for no food. Not very happy with that place, we came back just in time to watch the Office. Kevin and I love to watch the office, it is one of my most favorite times with him.
Friday came and we slept in till like 10, it was so nice. We went to breakfast at this buffe place and it was pretty good. Much better then the night before. We enjoyed our breakfast and then wanted to go shopping, so we looked at the places we could go, and we went to the outlets, it was like 150 store's. So many to choose from. We didn't buy much there, lots of things were way to much for us. Oh my gosh in this one store I went into, Carters this lady was spending over 1200.00 on clothes. I was like Oh my I want your money, and it was all cash. She was lucky and the kid was going to be lucky also.
One nice thing about the trip was the naps we were able to take, we loved not having a list of things to do. We could just go when we wanted and not have to worry about anything or anyone. When we woke up we wanted to go to more outlets, this time on the other side of town, so we went there and we went to a few stores trying to find Kevin some shoes. We never did find the shoes he wanted, we did buy some clothes for us though. It was getting late, so we got a pizza from the place they made it in the fire pit type looking thing, kinda cool. It was good also.
Saturday we went to the BEACH. I love the beach so much, We went to this beach called Coco beach it was about 45 min drive, not to bad, and it was kinda pretty. So we find the beach and the sand is so nice and cool, then I wanted to rent a body bored, so I go do that and we have a blast on it in the waves, it was so nice, the water was great. Kanyon didn't like the waves at all. She doesn't even like water, but she liked the sand. She was eating it, and then feeding the birds her food. She likes the birds till they started coming after her, then not so much anymore. Over all we had a blast at the beach. It was so fun and a really nice day.
We went back and got ready for the night, we were going to go to this nice dinner, it was Brazilian food, but it was like 40 a plate, so we didn't eat there, Kevin was sad, me I didn't care either way. We then just ate at this buffe place, still good but much cheaper then 40 bucks. We still had a good time. I was starting to get sad knowing I was going home in less then 24 hours.
Sunday came, we packed up and got ready to leave, we didn't have to be at the airport till 330, so we had time to kill. We went back down International drive, which is 30 miles of everything you need, stores, food, shopping, mini golf, everything was on this main road. We saw the coolest thing. This building that was upside down, it was build that way. The trees were upside down, I am talking everything. It was so cool. It was called wonder works. It was the coolest thing of art I have ever seen. We walked around that tiny little mall for a bit then we went to get some lunch before the plane ride home. We went to a pizza joint called CICI's pizza, it was pretty good. Kanyon sure did love it. She ate alot, she ate alot the whole time but she really likes her pizza. We then left and we drove by the Largest McDee's in the world. He has two stories high and a gift shop right in side, it was way better then the ones we have in Utah.
So here we are on the plane ride home, not wanting to leave, or wishing I could have the beach at my home. We had a good flight for the most part. Lady in front of me was mad that Kanyon touched her seat just one time. She was a beast anyways so whatever with her.
Larry picked us up and we were headed home. It was a short weekend, but we made tons of good memories and had a blast.
It does feel good to be home again...

Hay Ride and Pumpkin Patch!

There is this place called J & J nursery. They have tons of trees, plants home decor stuff, everything is just so cute. I loved going there. So this year they had free HAY RIDES and free PUMPKINS for the kids. So we took KANYON on Saturday. She had a good time. We got to see tons of pumpkins from all sizes. She picked hers out. ( With the help from her dad.) We walked around till we got the right size for her. At first she didn't know what to do with it, she started to kiss it. It was so CUTE. We told our FRIENDS about it also, so they came along for the fun. It was SO cute to see the BOYS with there PUMPKINS. They were so proud of them. Little Braxton (Kyle and Brooke's Little 2 year Old) was so cute with his little pumpkin, He didn't want the big one, JUST the little one, It was the perfect size.
By the time we got done going though all the PUMPKINS it was getting cold and KANYON had a very RED NOSE. We were on the hay ride coming back and KANYON sat there so good. She had her own little seat. She sat there with her arms folded and was happy to be there. It was a GOOD DAY to be with FAMILY and great FRIENDS. I can't WAIT till next year when KANYON will be 2 and will know a little more about what is going on. She will be running all over the place, I Can just see it now, Me running after HER and falling over the PUMPKINS.. Not a fun time that will be.... So maybe we WON'T be going next year..

My Awesome Hubby

So as some of you know, I have been very SICK with the SWINE FLU this past couple of days. (don't worry I have not gone anywhere so everyone should be in the safe zone.) I don't know how I got it. I started getting sick Monday morning and by TUESDAY morning I had the SWINE FLU. I am on very heavy medication that seems to be helping more today then any other day. It takes five days to get out of your system.
Well when we found out I was SICK, Kevin he dropped work on Tuesday, all of his classes on WEDNESDAY. He has been such as GREAT help with me, Kanyon and everything. He has made all the meals, cleaned up the house taken Kanyon to the store with him, just everywhere he has needed to go, so has she. It's really good to see them TWO BOND. Kanyon gives him kisses and hugs all day. She comes up to me sometimes and will give me a love, but is doing a good job at staying with daddy. I think she is starting to be a DADDY'S GIRL now.
I am so thankful for KEVIN and love he has shown me this past week. I know it's been hard on him with having to take care of two people. I know I could never do this by my self. He was my LIFE saver this week. I just hope and pray he doesn't get it, as well as Kanyon.
I just want him to know how much I LOVE HIM.

Zoo Day

Trip To Idaho

So Larissa asked me about a month ago and said " Lets go see Rashelle in Idaho."
I said "sure, when?"
She said "September 12Th to the 17Th. We can leave on Saturday and drive half way and stay the night, and drive the rest of the way on Sunday."
I said " sure lets do it and not tell her. It will be so great."

So we started to plan this trip. I talked with Danny and told him the plan. His only job was to make sure Rashelle didn't have to work. So he told her lots of things, like they were going on a trip to Chicago, or staying in a hotel somewhere close, or she was getting a gift from a guy Danny works with. So she really had no idea we were coming. She would ask me all week if new what was going on, if I was coming and I would always say I have lots to do that week. I can't get work off. So I know for sure it's not me coming. She gave up and said OK.

So Saturday came and Larissa and the two babies and I were on the road going North on 1-15. We were very excited about going. We got to Dillon which is half way, we got there in 4 hours and got a nice hotel and we got a chance to take a break. The girls were very good. They just played and slept. We got a good nights rest and were back on the road by 9 am. We drove good with no tickets and got there just about 1 pm.

Finding the house was the hardest part of the whole drive, the one street sign we needed was covered with trees, so we just kept driving right past it. We had to call Danny and he came to get us. We got there before Rashelle got off work, check out the house and then waited for her to come. We parked in the Garage and waited. Danny opened the garage and we were standing there waiting for her. She started to cry the min she saw us. It was very fun to see the look on her face.

We only had a short time there with her and the kids, we went to the beach there, it's not the real beach but to us it was a beach. We went swimming in the lake by there house, Abby and I had a blast on the raft the I had found. The boats and jet skies would drive by and make big waves for us. We liked that. We took the two older kids out of school for the day to go to Spokane, we played at the park and saw lots of ducks and birds. The babies were really good most of the time, Kanyon started to get sick on Tuesday night at my aunt Kelly's house. So with her being sick we didn't want to do alot. Mylee had a ear infection, so she was not happy either. The lake there is the most gorgeous lake I have ever seen. we loved driving around it. It was called Couer d Alene. We left on Thursday and drove the whole day, we left at 5 and got back at 4. it was a long day. Larissa was a life saver, I needed her to drive alot more on the way back then I did with her on the way there. I was just so worn out. So I am glad I had her with me.

Over all we are very glad we went to see Rashelle and her family. She moved in July to Post Falls Idaho. She is now moving into there own home this coming Friday. We are very happy about that. We do miss her so much and hope her the best of luck to her and her family.

Boone's Birthday

Boone is our dog, he turned 2 September 10. We have had him for 6 months now. He is a great dog. He does make me crazy sometimes but he is still tons of fun.
For his birthday we got him a new bed. It's starting to get cold out side at night so he can now sleep in the house. He seems to like his bed, which is nice for us. Kanyon and Boone get along so good. We are lucky to have a great dog who is so good with kids.

Kanyon Matti

We are so happy that we have Kanyon in our life. She is such a great blessing and joy to have around.
It feels like just yesterday My Dr. was telling me I have a baby girl. I started to cry I was so happy to have a daughter. Then when he put her on my lap and I saw her for the first time, I knew I would love her more then anything in the world. Kevin and I are so blessed to have her.
We didn't have a name picked out, we talked about lots of names for her. Kevin and I have liked Kanyon way before we were pregnant. Then when we got pregnant Kanyon was back in my mind. We both loved that name. We didn't have a middle name either. So when Dale put her on my stomach and said it's a girl. I could not think of any other name then Kanyon. We had two days to make it final. We had lots of people give us other names but we both felt like it should be Kanyon.
Kevin's first name is Mathew and my middle name is Kae, and I didn't want that for her. So our good friend Kyle gave us the name Matti kinda after Kevin. Kanyon looked just like her dad when she was born, so it was nice to name her Matti after him.
Kanyon was 6.1 LBS and 21 Inch long. She was a small baby but had no problems. Kanyon is very easy going and fun to play with. She gets along well with the kids that we see often.
Once again we are so happy to have her in our life and happy to watch her grow up in a family that loves her so much.
We love you Kanyon Matti

Kanyon's Birthday Party

Kanyon and her pig. It makes sounds when you touch her nose.

She got a walking toy from Aunt Angie

Kanyon and her walker. She loves to walk with it.

I made the pictures of Kanyon growing up, I put them all in a frame.

Kanyon trying to open some gifts

More gifts

Kanyon didn't know what to do with her birthday cake, she was kinda boring with it.

This is Kanyon's cake. Her room is done in Tinker Bell so we wanted to have a tinker Bell cake. My Friend Jacqui made her cake.

From 8-31-08 To 08-31-09, Our Little Kanyon!