Grandpa Had A Birthday!

We love it when we have a reason to party. We had the family over on Sat. to celebrate Grandpas birthday. We ate good food and played one serious game of Uno Attack. MaKaya helped Grandpa play the right card which then led them to win the game. We all love Grandpa so much and can never get enough of him.

10 Things about Grandpa

1. He is the smartest man I know

2. He is just as excited as we are when we learn to water ski

3. He was born in Holland

4. His mom died when he was 4 and he never met his father
5. He knows more about the gospel than any other human being I know

6. He loves to ride his motorcycle

7. He loves Bear Lake as much as we do

8. He has a personal relationship with each of my daughters

9. He is one of my Best Friends

10. He is very giving and extremely selfless.

This last year my dad has taught me more about his love for our Savior and trusting in the Lord than I ever thought possible. When life throws him a curve ball instead of dodging it, he embraces it, and in the process learns and teaches as much from the experience as he can. I am one very lucky girl to have him as my dad.

New Hair

MaKaya has been asking me to get her hair cut for months.I like my girls to have long hair because when you are in a hurry pulling it into a piggy is so fast and easy. I finally gave in. While we were watching MaK, Boo said she wanted hers cut just like Ma Ma's. So we did. I'm glad it happened just like that, because if I would have had time to think about it, I never could have parted with Boo's curls. Boo walks around telling everyone she got a Bob. The two of them look so adorable, but when you have faces as cute as theirs its pretty hard to do anything else.

Do you like Savanna grape mustache

Poor Little Boo

Last Saturday night Boo got a fever of 103 and it never went away. On Monday I took her the Dr. and the only thing they could find was dehydration. The Dr. said that if she still had her fever on Thursday to bring her back in. She was so sick, she looked like a vampire. She was white as a ghost and had dark circles under her eyes. She was so miseralbe that she didn't want to eat or drink a thing. As I sat down with her late Wednesday night I was replaying my day, and realized that she had not gone to the bathroom one time. I was sick with worry. It is such a helpless feeling having your child get sicker and sicker and not to be able to do a thing for them. It made my heart ache for mothers that have terminally ill children.

First thing Thursday we went to the Doctors. He sent us to the Hospital to get labs drawn and to get a chest X-Ray. Before I even got home my Dr called to tell me that she has pneumonia. WHAT! She didn't have a cold and never really even coughed. He said that we would treat her with a strong antibiotic and if she wasn't improving by Saturday he would have to admittit her to the hospital. I am happy to report that she isn't 100% better but that she is definately on her way. As nice as it was to have her sassiness gone while she was sick, I sure have missed it!!!

December fast and furious

I really enjoy being busy. I love cramming my day with as much stuff as possible. Some of it is necessary, most of not, but needless to say, I am happy when I am on the go. Because I love to spend my days running from here to there consequently I run out of time for other things, like BLOGGING. So if you have time to spare glance back and see what the Kearns did in December. If not I will never know :)

This is our Christmas Tree. I caved and bought a fake one. I really did miss the fun of going out and getting the tree, and I really missed the smell, but hands down a fake tree is so much easier to take care of. The biggest plus of all, my kids did not step on one pine needle. Decorating is something that does not come naturally to me. So with much help from Destiny and my mom I managed to put my tree together. We are still enjoying its beauty.

Opa

Every year we have my Opa down a few days before Christmas. My dad was born in Holland and because of that we have some really fun traditions. One of them being chocolate letters. Each Christmas we each get a big chocolate letter representing the first letter in our name. I remember as a child savoring this chocolate only having a bite at a time. I really love good chocolate and it probably started as a young girl eating my chocolate letter.

Savanna fell in love with my Opa. I was very surprised by this. She doesn't really snuggle up to anyone, and especially someone she doesn't know that well. But more than once I found her sitting on his lap, just staring up at him. I'm sure it just warmed his heart. I'm grateful for family and for traditions. It is really fun passing them onto my children.

The girls and their chocolate letters. Notice how Savannas all ready has bites out of it
Boo, Opa, and chocolate. What more could a little girl want

Stephanie told Adam and me that our outfits really bugged her. If you wear a black and white shirt than you should wear black pants. Same goes for Adam.

A Snowy Hayride

If you want to live in a neighborhood where fun is constantly happening then come and join mine. We went on a hayride to see Spanish Fork Lights. Who cares if it a blizzard outside. We bundled up and had us a great time. Afterwards we ended up at Jim and Destinys for some hot chocolate and donuts. I love the SNOW!!! Only until Christmas and then I wish it would go away!

Dancing Away

I'm not sure if I have mentioned that I put Savanna in dance this year. I have never started dancing at 2 before and now I know why. Every week I was never sure what I was going to get. She really enjoyed doing all the fun stuff, but when it came down to learning her dance she would sit on the floor and watch. When we would get in the car she would say, "Me no like my Ho Ho dance. Me no like to pat my belly." And that is what I got to deal with week after week. As the recital was nearing I was really starting to get worried. I imagined her being the one to run off stage, or worse stand there and cry her eyes out. The only way I could ever get her to cooperate just a bit was to tell her that Bub wanted to come and see her dance.
So dance night came and to my surprise she pulled it off, and as I promised, her Bubby was sitting on the front row watching her. My favorite part was watching her trying to find the sticker she was supposed to stand on.
MaKaya has been dancing this year and she was much easier to deal with than Boo. She loves dancing. She never complains and always pays attention. I know I am her mother, but I have to say that she was the best dancer in her class. She new every move to both dances. I was beaming with joy watching her dance.