September 28 - Upper Provo

Holly, Kamri and I went up and had a picnic and hike with Holly's family. Lots of fun.

Here is Kamri. Not sure if she was mumbling her little secret language or whatever, but her hair was doing cool things.

Kamri turned 1 years old on September 21st!

Kamri got a cute new princess ride-on toy from her Grandma and Grandpa Thacker. She loves it. It makes all kind of noises and lights up. She thought it was so neat.
We tried to get her interested in opening the presents but she could have cared less. She just wanted to go run around...nothing could get her attention to just sit there and open things. So I let her siblings and cousins open them for her.
Here's her little cake that we made just for her to dig into. She had a hard time at first...Anycia had to stick her finger into it to show her it was yummy. But after that she had a blast. I thought for sure she was going to get sick from all the sugar.
Here she is shoving a huge piece of cake in her mouth. Then after that she was done. She said "out, out". She is s funny. So knows a few words, besides mama and dada, she will say "out" to get out of her high chair and "out" to go outside. She will say "up" when she wants you to pick her up. She will say "uh-oh" when she drops something. She is very smart. She knows what she wants and will pull your hand in the direction of what she wants you to do or get. She even knows how to throw herself down on the ground for a temper tantrum. She will sit down hard on her bum and throw her head back...she has learned to not do it as hard on the wood floors but sometimes she does it right by a wall and I feel bad that she just bonked her head, but I also want to laugh and say see you shouldn't do that. I finally got tough enough (two weeks ago) to let her cry it out in the middle of the night. I used to get up with her 3 or 4 times a night...now I get a full nights sleep, it is great! She is our precious little girl who brings laughter and joy to our family. We all love her dearly and are happy she joined our family.

Happy Birthday sweet little Doodle Bug! We love you so much!

Homecoming

Homecoming 2008 (Junior Year) Anycia and her date Thomas Sprouse
SO CUTE!
What a beautiful young woman!
Our little Anycia growing up so fast. This is her Junior Year Homecoming. She has become such a beautiful young woman. We are so proud of her.

She went to Homecoming with this boy named Thomas who lives near us. I was told by her friend that he has a huge crush on her. Anyways, they went to breakfast, then to boondocks for the day date, came home got ready for dinner and the dance. She said he didn't talk much. I think it's because he likes her and didn't want to mess things up...plus he was a shy boy. All in all she had a good time.

Catching up...

Andy and the new carrier...thanks to Chris and Val. He will carry Kamri all over...but she is getting a little big, she love to just run around.
Another cute photo of the two. Kamri has her Mermaid Cowgirl hat on.
Kamri is scared of the vacuum but she will hold your hand to help.
Jadyn is being a good big sister to help with Kamri.

Life at the Yergensen household has been bit crazy. Always does when school starts.

Anycia is playing soccer on the Wasatch Girls Varsity Soccer and is doing really well. She can fill in where ever and when ever her coach needs her to be. She was a good soccer player last year but this year she has improved so much and plays to well. We are so proud of her and her progress. She loves this game! Keep up the good work Anycia!

Soccer for the little kids has also started. We have games on Tuesdays and Saturdays. I am coaching Jadyn's team this year. U8 girls. They play 7v7 with no goalie. It is super hard because they just bunch up the whole time. I have a few girls that are clueless and just run with the crowd and when the ball comes near them they run away. Oh well they might learn some day. It is fun to coach Jadyn. McKade is playing on his dad's team. He likes to play goalie...not sure why but he does. Just glad they like to get out and play. (I will post pictures when I have chance to take them).

My sister Mari is student teaching up here and we get to see her and her cute little family a lot more and that is real nice.

Andy is still training for his 3rd St. George Marathon. He ran 20 miles yesterday. I am so proud of him and jealous that he has the ambition to keep up the good work. He is such a good example to his family for trying to keep in shape and stay healthy. I know the dedication it takes to run such a long race because I have to let him go run for 3 hours...it is hard! Harder for him because he has to actually run it. One day I will run a marathon with him in Hawaii...there is one every second weekend in December in Honolulu. That is my one and only marathon I will do...eventually! Hopefully some of you will join us! Anyways, I love you babe and keep up the good hard work...only 3 weeks away!

AJ doesn't live here but from what I have been hearing he has a girlfriend...he is only 14! NAUGHTY BOY! Stay away from girls they are just trouble! I have also heard that he is playing awesome soccer lately. GOOD JOB AJ! We can't wait to see you in a few weeks.

My parents just got back from an Alaskan Cruise for 2 weeks. They had a blast but were very worn out. Glad your home safely and thanks for the souvenirs.

Well now that I have rambled on and on I will go. Hopefully it won't take me so long next to post. But here is my problem...I used to post at work and now they have blocked Blogger from our computers because too many people were on it. They actually think we should work at work...what are they thinking? So I will try harder to get things posted sooner. See ya!

Free Concert at the Homestead

This is my niece Alyia she is in her aerobic workout leg warmers!
Mari Say CHEESE!!
Tyler laying on the blanket!
My sister Mari called and asked us to go to the concert with them. Since I had nothing else to do I decided it might be fun! Just kidding Mari, I am happy you called. I don't even remember the name of the band but they were good. I was running around following Kamri everywhere. She is not scared of anyone. She will just walk up and stare...and stare...and stare. She is so funny. She picked some flowers and had fun.

Thanks Mari and Ty for inviting us!

1st Day of School

I know I am a little late at posting this but here are the cute photos of the kids on their first day of school. McKade and Jadyn were so excited to go they had to leave right at 8:10, even though school doesn't start until 8:45. They ride their bikes everyday and just love to go...the only complaints are homework but they are slowly getting better.
Anycia had a soccer game the first day of school so she wasn't dressed much because they wore a team outfit. But she still looked cute!

Mowing the front lawn

I know she is in her diaper...but hey you gotta be white trash sometimes to make the neighbors feel better! Just kidding!

Kamri loves to help daddy mow the lawn. OK so she just loves to be outside with her Dad doing anything...even eating rocks or running across the road to visit the neighbor dog Daisy. She is on the go ALL the time! Can't wait for our backyard to be done so she can just run wild!

Andy visits Tahoe Yergensens

Last week I flew into Sacramento to spend a few days with Chris, Val, Lief and Liv. They picked me up at the airport and took me back to their home in Eldorado Hills. This was my first visit since they moved up to NorCal 5 years ago. I know, I am a bad brother.

I was only with them for 3 and a half days, but we crammed lots of fun into that short amount of time, and saw lots of cool things.

I think they had a fun time showing me around their community, where Chris teaches school, their house they are renting, the park, the library they go to, and tumble time.

My favorite time was seeing and playing the Empire Ranch Golf Course and Lake Tahoe, but I had lots of fun walking to the park with all of them and kicking the soccer ball around with Leafy and Chris, and swimming at Mont Bleu in Tahoe too.

Both Lief (Age 3) and Liv (Age 15 months) travel real well. The first day we were in the van for about an hour or two, but the next day we drove for about 4 -5 hours. I was also impressed by how well they listen and behave. Obviously Chris and Val are doing a great job.

On our trip to Tahoe...they took me by their house they rent out in Pollock Pines, and they showed me the golf course near their. It was Applesomething or other. What a beautiful course. I will definitely have to play there next time. After a stop for a subway we were off to Tahoe.

Chris took the long way, and although I was anxious to get to Tahoe for the gambling and swimming pool, I was glad they took me to the Rainbow Trail and to see the Emerald Bay part of Tahoe.

Here is Chris and Val at the start of the Hike.

Here is the view from the stream profile chamber

On the last day I was there before they took me to th airport, we went to Empire Ranch Golf Course Driving Range. I wanted to see Lief hit the golf ball.

Here is a video I took.

Anyway, it was a fun trip and really cool to see Lief and meet Liv for the first time.
Oh, I almost forgot... I bought Holly two pairs of shoes from the Pearl Izumi Outlet in Tahoe, that was a little bonus!

PROVO RIVER HALF MARATHON

So today was the big day...We got up at 4am met my brother and his wife to ride down to Provo. We checked in then hopped on a bus and away we went. We stood in line for the yucky port-a- potties and went to the starting line. It was crazy...not sure how many people, my sister-in-laws bib number was in the 2200's. Anyways, the race started late and it was down hill for the first 5 miles. I was starting to get blisters so I stopped to put some stuff on my feet. Andy had to go potty so he told me he would catch up...and he did. He was ever so kind to run with me. I had not been training very well and the farthest I had run was 6 miles so my feet were not at all prepared. I was so disappointed in myself. About mile 11 I came to a brick wall with my feet and had to walk most of way to the finish line. My brother and his wife were waiting to cheer me on and walked with us for a little bit. They suggested I take my shoes off, so I did and I wish I would have done that a long time ago. It felt so much better. So I ran the rest of the way in socks!
Right now I am lying in bed and I am really sore and I did something to my left ankle, but overall it was a great experience and a very needed learning experience! Things I learned: I need to train better (duh!), I need to wear better running socks, and I need to lube up my feet so I won't get blisters. I will do another one but I will take into consideration my learning experience and not have problems! My goal was to finish in 2 hrs 30 minutes, but since I ended up walking a lot I finished in 2 hours 42 minutes. So if I would have ran the last 2.1 miles I could have made my goal and maybe even beat it. Oh Well, it was my first one and I am just happy I finished!

Thanks Andrew for running me and encouraging me! You are such a trooper!

Emergency Room Scare

Kamri had a fever for a day but it hadn't gotten too high. So we figured it was from teething. but in the night she sky rocketed. I took her to Andrew to hold while I went to get her medicine. He said she is way too hot we have got to take her to the emergency room. So we got our shoes on and away we went. We arrived at the emergency room and it was so quiet. They took her temperature the most accurate way...in the bum...poor girl. Anyways, she was 104.2! To my surprise I hadn't been giving her enough medicine. So they woke the doctor up and he took a look at her said she just had virus, but they want to take blood and a urine test just in case. So we stuck a pee bag on her and sucked blood. Her white blood cell count was low but she just would not pee. (we sat there for an hour waiting) So we took her home and after a few miserable days and nights she got better. She is now back to her happy little self...running into things, getting bruises and being the happy smiley Kamri we had missed! So happy you are feeling better, my little doodle bug!

THE BIG FAMILY CAMPOUT!

We went up to my sisters and brother-in-laws family cabin for the weekend for a family camp out and family photo.
We arrived Friday night around 9. My brother set up one of our tents and we bought another one…our family is just too big for one! After that we sat by the fire and tried to do the one word story around the circle…it was pretty fun with ages 5-57 playing makes it real interesting.
We woke up the next morning made breakfast and the kids played in the river and floated down it. Some jumped into the “hole”. It took their breath away but they did again…
After lunch around 3 it was time to start getting ready for the BIG family picture. Yes everyone in my family, my parents, and siblings and their families! It was quite interesting trying to get about 35 people ready in a one bathroom cabin. But we did it!
After the family photo we ate Dutch oven dinner! Chicken, Potatoes, and Cobbler! How come when you camp all you feel like you do is eat n eat n eat! I made a butt load of muddy buddies and they were all gone in about 5 hours of everyone munching on them. My sister made a really big 7 layer dip and it was gone in about 15 minutes…we must have been hungry! It was all really good yummy food!
Sunday, we all started packing up…kids played in the river again. We had a bunch of fun being together as a family and just hanging out! Can’t wait to do it again next year!

THANKS AMY AND STEVE!

All the Grandkids together!

All 5 baby girls born within 10 months of each other

Anycia and AJ, say CHEESE!

Our little family waiting to get a big group shot!

Jadyn floating the river!
McKade surfing the river!
Anycia and Kamri just chillin'!
Jake and Jadyn floating together!

Grandma Jacquie even floated the river!
Andrew jumping in the "hole"!
AJ jumping in too!
Then Anycia did it!


After a morning run I got a cheeser!
Kamri and Daddy floating together!
Anycia and Kamri playing in the river!
Zak and Cooper trying to fish...



McKade, Jadyn, Maddie, and Seder wanting to go floating.
The breakfast cooks.
The boys floating the river, McKade fell off his tube!

All in all it was a blast! A few little cousin fights that got solved right away. Nobody got hurt and we all had fun!
Our first camping experience together as a family was an over all successful event!

LOVER BOY!

Here is the sweeetest thing my husband has said to me within the last 5 minutes...
He probably hates it when I put things like this on here but I just want the world to know how good he is to me!

Andrew email:
"There is this poem I have for you.
I’ve been thinking about it and working on it.
Every time I see your smile, my heart adds another line to the poem

I don’t have much of it put to words, but… it is there and my heart weaves the poem and changes the words day to day.

Most of the time I struggle with what I am more in love with, or what my heart sighs over most, and then I see a different smile from you that I haven’t seen in awhile and the poem changes again,
Or I see how cute you are with Kamri, or I see you snuggling in the morning, trying to get a few last wink or two in before you wake up. Sometimes your hair is all a mess and you just look so cute and cuddly, it is hard to get out of bed when I just want to hold you and stare at you, wondering if I am just having a really good dream.

Anyway, just thought you should know that I am so in love with you.
You are my everything."

How do you compete with something so perfect? You can't. No words can say what I feel for him! He just needs to know it is me so much more! I love you so very much!

WALKING AT 9 MONTHS OLD!!!

So our little fairy princess cannot only stand on her own she is now walking...she can walk about 10 ft or so and everyday she keeps getting better. She will walk and then get so excited she will stop and clap for herself at that point she usually falls down but she is so happy. It is quite funny. She loves for me to hold her and point her in the direction of her favorite person...her Daddy! She loves to walk to her Daddy! Yep that is right people she is still a daddy's girl...nothing has changed. She would rather have her Dad than anyone else! She also has started the jibber jabber. She will just go on and on about jibberish! Anycia has taught her that when we hand her a cell phone to say hi and the jibberish starts. But if someone talks on the other side of the phone she stops to look at it and doesn't know what is going on. She is a funny girl. She will laugh just because you are laughing. She will eat pretty much anything.

So I had typed this and forgot to finish it. So today is July 18, 2008 and Kamri is walking EVERYWHERE! She is all over the place. She will even climb stairs. She is fearless, she just wants to be with the big kids. When we are outside she tries to walk across the road to our neighbors to see their dog, Daisy. She is a animal lover...especially dogs. She even tries to say "roof, roof!" Its is awfully cute. When people see her walking they ask if she is 12 months old...I tell them "nope only 9 1/2 months!" and they gasp and say "no way that is amazing!" Andy has called her SUPER BABY since she was born and she sure is our little super baby and we all love her so very much! She brings so much joy and happiness to our family. She ties us all together!

Kamri's 9 month photos!

Oh So Cute! She sat and posed! She was so good!
She stood and posed too!
Pretty Flower!
My little Fairy Princess!
Precious!
Cheese!
Adorable Fairy!
I had the fairy costume and hadn't gotten her photos taken yet. I would have taken them myself but I don't have lighting or back drops yet and if I tried outside she would just play with all the grass and not look at me to smile. So anyways, I had the fairy costume and had not used it yet so I decided to take it too! I think they turned out cute.
I think she looks like me, but has Andy's nose. It was lots of fun and she was super super good for me! So glad we went!