LOVE!

I have often pinched myself to make sure my life is real. Sure there are days and times that I think ahhh if I just had a break..or I feel so un-appreciated for all that I do....the list goes on and on. Some days it is so overwhelming to take care of 4 kids and still work 25 hours a week. But not just taking care of kids...this includes volunteering at the school, driving everywhere,church callings...it sometimes feels like the weight of the world is heavy on your shoulders. Well lately...maybe its the coldness outside.. :( boo..I have been feeling down. I came home from girls night. My friends and I meet every Monday night to chit chat eat snacks and when Bachelor is on we watch it. Its not the show we meet for...but the therapy of just being together as friends and laughing so hard we have tears falling across our cheeks. Talking with one another about our burdens and helping lift each other up to find the positive and help one another!! I couldn't last without it!!

I got home late last night and I had been telling Cash the other night "I wish you had a FB account so you could send me messages of love on my wall" He chuckled but said nothing more. It is not often as many people know, that Cash "expresses" his feelings in words; but rather in actions. He will help me with the dishes and getting the kids ready for bed .He is there if I ask. But sometimes I feel concerned and begin to think does he really love me...(DORK) I know. I know he loves me!
SO this note was posted for me on our kids art easel when I walked in the door last night. I don't know if he will ever truly understand just how much the words he posted meant to me. I feel so blessed to have married such a thoughtful guy. My heart is so full and I feel so blessed. I married into a wonderful family as well. I love each person so very much~
I LOVE YOU CASH..Please don't be mad at me for posting this. I am a sentimental person and now I will save this in a book to remember for years and years to come!!

A Kener Christmas Story

Christmas again came and went....so sad. I love Christmas time! This year it fell on a Sunday so we got to go to Church Christmas morning.After we saw what Santa brought and opened presents. We got ready for church in our new Christmas outfits. We went to our old ward in Copper Creek with our good friends Jen and Kelly and their family! We went there because church was at 9am. Afterwards we went to Grandma and Grandpa Rappleye's house...the kids were so spoiled as well as Cash and I. We got to eat the traditional yummy breakfast and filled our tummies. Then we opened presents!!
After that, we went to Grandpa Kener's house. We were greeted with yummy sandwiches and treats and we had fun laughing and visiting. Then we headed over to Grammies to visit and open more gifts. It was such a fun day! I love spending the whole day with family! There is nothing better!!
Here are some great pics I got. I forgot the camera the rest of the day Doh! So I will have to steal pictures later...
Santa Came!

Cody was not ready to wake up at 6am!!




Opening presents!!





The Traditional Picture showing off all the presents!

Cody loves all his presents!! Especially his Mickey Mouse

Kylee finally got the American Girl doll she has been asking for!! She LOVES it! She named it Ashley

Cambree had a Princess Christmas!

Carter with his shiny electronics and new braces!
I feel so blessed to have all that we have. I was actually grateful to go to church Christmas morning to remind myself and the kids what Christmas is really all about!

Cambree's dance

Gymnastics!

Kylee had her semi-annual gymnastics performance. It was a crazy night and it was late at 8pm. We forgot the camera!! AGh she did amazing though. She did 5 backhandsprings in a row!!! We are so dang proud of her!!
Cambree had her very first performance in the studio! She is growing and getting stronger by leaps and bounds! She is the tiniest of the bunch and so cute!

The first Dance Recital

The girls just started dancing at Maximum Dance!! I am so excited! I have to admit it is so much fun to watch their confidence soar as they dance on stage!! They are both so dang beautiful I have to pinch myself! I feel so blessed to call them my daughters!! I am so proud of them I have to mention that when Cambree got all dressed up in her outfit she looked at Kylee and said " I look prettier then you" I have to humble that girl!! But then again it probably is tough to be the younger sister and always feel like you are in a shadow..I hope she never feels like that!! Cambree's dance was 2nd and it was "up on the housetop" I was so proud of her. She didn't even get scared!! Kylee did two dances. One was a jazzy number...in which she got to do a round off back handspring in...Go Kylee she did awesome! The next was a hip hop dance...she did awesome...best time I had seen her do it!! It was a hard dance.

Thanksgiving

so no pics!! My bad, but Thanksgiving this year we ate at Grandma and Grandpa's house around noon and then rested. Then we had a second dinner at Aunt Jani's house with Grammy!! It was such a fun day to spend with family!! I love this time of year spending time with those we love so much! I feel so blessed to have them in my life!!
Turkey Lurkey!

Halloween 2011

This year I had some fun and dressed up as Snow White...loved being a princess!!(Thanks Jani) My sis in law made this costume and let me borrow it. She is amazingly talented at making costumes!
Cody was the hand me down pumpkin costume. Cambree dressed as Tiana from "princess and the frog" (thanks Grandma) Kylee was Rapunzel and Carter was an Army dude!!
Cash was himself! :)
This year Cash took all the kids trick or treating. After about 30 min he came home and said the kids were saying Cody was slowing them down. Hahah so Cody and I stayed and passed out candy. He got a kick out of seeing all the visitors come to the door.
The kids and Cash all returned home after about an hour.
Fun fun times!!


Cody couldn't wait to get that candy out of his pumpkin!