3/2/11 7:47 AM

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Snow Cave Campout

Beej & Chris

For those of you that don't know, BJ is the Scout Master in our ward. He really enjoys going camping and spending time with the scouts, and is really pretty good at it. BJ takes time organizing fun activities as well as making sure the boys are working on their rank advancements. I have been really impressed with the relationships he has developed with each of the scouts. They all really enjoy spending time with him and say things like "Is BJ going to be there" when asked if they are going to attend a camp out or activity. It is a lot of work but BJ has done a great job.
From what BJ reported after the camp out, the hardest part was hauling in all of their bags, food, and cooking equipment into the camping area. They had a huge sled that they put most of the equipment on.


BJ showing where he got to sleep in the snow cave


The Snow Cave BJ and a 3 other leaders made! Impressive huh!



They walked over the top to make sure the snow was packed so it wouldn't "cave" in (he he) on them while they were sleeping


The leaders made one which held 3 leaders and one of the leaders boys. Then the boys made one under a picnic table. And one of the leaders slept in the one in the picture above. When they picked this camping site they found this cave already started, it looked like someone had used it earlier but it had since caved in. So the leader fixed it up and stayed in it himself.




They ate chili hot dogs for dinner, a big breakfast with eggs & bacon, and sandwiches for lunch. After an amazing restful night sleeping in snow, the leaders took the boys sledding. Only one of the boys out of 5 ended up going home because he was too cold. But the rest of the boys had a lot of fun!







Overall I think it was a huge success! Way to go BJ

7:38 AM

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Super Bowl Party

Beej & Chris

I know this is late but I wanted to blog about our annual Super Bowl party with BJ's family. We hosted it at our house this year because BJ's parents were on a cruise. We had a lot of fun and ate a lot of yummy food!
Annual Tenney Super Bowl Party

What super bowl party is not complete with a table FULL of food! My favorite was the homemade jalapeno poppers that JC made. SOO good!

Yummy meatballs and spicy wings

Kaylee hanging out on the love seat with Uncle JC



Since the Super Bowl party was the day after my birthday, BJ bought and wrote "Happy Birthday Christie" on this cake. I was a little embarrassed blowing out the candles in front of all of his family but it was really really sweet of him to do. Thanks hubby! Your the best!


Kaylee playing with Uncle Adam and cousin Amara



2/25/11 5:50 PM

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Feeling like Eeyore....

Beej & Chris

"Nobody likes me...everybody hates me...I think I'll go eat worms"

I really hate days like this. Days where you get so down on yourself and nothing seems to help. I dont like being around negative people or seeing people sad. I have even blocked a few friends on facebook that seem to write a lot of negative statuses because I dont like it. It is so hard to hear that people are feeling down. You just want to make them feel better. You want them to be happy. That is all you want. So of course I hate it when I am like this. I feel like my emotions are all over the place with these hormones and I just wish I had more control.



I am kind of in a rut with work. Dont get me wrong I get paid awesome and it is the most flexible job ever with kids. I get to be a stay at home mom and spend my days with sweet Kaylee. I just sometimes feel like I am not working to my potential. There are now 5 nurses and one that helps out a lot but mostly does on-call in the middle of the night during the week. One of the nurses is full time who knows all, she is the case manager and almost runs the company; one nurse that works almost full time as well as hospice and has been doing it for a few years; a nurse that sees all of the hemophilia patients and is an expert in IV's; another nurse that works in a hospital as well and has a lot of experience from being a paramedic so my boss asks him a lot of questions and trusts him with almost anyone; a nurse that is an expert in wound vacs (shout out to Challae), and then there is me. My boss always brushes me off. I feel like a nobody to her. I feel like if I were to quit she wouldn't even flinch and I HATE that. I want to be valuable. I want to have an expertise. But like I said I am in a rut. The only way I can get to this point with my boss is if I were to work more. I cant work more because that would take away from me being a stay at home mom. Who would I ask to babysit? I dont want to take Kaylee to a day care and even more than that I know I would miss spending that special time I have everyday with her. Not to mention who could I get to watch 2 kids and then there is the fact that we dont have a lot of patients right now so there arent any more visits really for me to take.

I have NO energy. I feel like all I do is lay around all day. When I do get energy and motivation to clean a little bit Kaylee isn't too into the idea and makes it a little difficult to complete my tasks. I know that I am pregnant and chasing a one year old but when I dont get things done I feel even worse about myself.

**** So I wrote this blog post and forgot to post it. Well I figured out how to get out of this rut! Last saturday BJ watched Kaylee while I went and did a session at the Salt Lake Temple. WOW- have I missed going there! We all of bad days and sometimes weeks, so I wanted to share what helped me get through it! It also helps a lot that I have an amazing supportive husband! ****

2/23/11 8:12 PM

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Pregnant + a 1 year old daughter= No energy

Beej & Chris

I am just shy of 23 weeks pregnant and I am feeling it. I am sooo hungry all of the time and indulging in whatever I am craving. I am not sick or throwing up, but everything grosses me out. Smells are crazy excessive and exaggerated and my emotions all over the place. By the end of the night I am exhausted and usually end up falling asleep on BJ at around 8:30-9pm, and since I am soo tired I am usually pretty onry. Poor BJ deals with pregnancy really well. I feel like I am always apologizing in the morning to him and he just says, "I understand" and goes off on how amazing he thinks I am. How did I get soo lucky to have found such a supportive and loving husband?!

Everyone tells me that I don't look pregnant or am just barely looking pregnant. I definitely don't get as big as some people because I am tall and have a long torso. But I was looking at pictures of when I was 23 weeks pregnant and I am a little bit bigger now then I was with Kaylee at 23 weeks. I know I may not look as pregnant as others but I still feel the same way as they do at 23 weeks. I definitely love not getting huge but I think sometimes it is hard for people to remember how pregnant I am or even remember that I am pregnant. I mean I cant blame people for not remembering or pointing out how small I am because I am sure I would do the exact same thing. I just have to remind myself of that sometimes.

It is now 930pm and waaaaayyyy past my bedtime. So I better head to bead. G'night

10:47 AM

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Birthday Pictures

Beej & Chris

"im the birthday girl"


The birthday cake


Kaylee got the big birthday cake and everyone else got cupcakes



Doesn't it look delish!




This is after Kaylee got to it. ha ha She only ate the icing and didn't even make a dent



"ummm I don't mind if I do.."




"This is yummy"


"Happy birthday to you...Happy birthday to you..."

Kaylee loved to share with daddy. I kept trying to get her to share with me but she only wanted to share with daddy. Look how focused her face is trying to get the cake in his mouth



Tenney Family!














This picture is not in order. Kaylee ate her favorite food "hot dogs" before we had cake :)


Kaylee got a new car seat and the kids loved to play in the box












Opening presents one piece at a time


I love how Kaylee is sitting in this picture- so cute!





Kaylee loving uncle Spencer pushing her around in her new car. She laughed and laughed

All of Kaylee's friends and family


Grandma & Grandpa Scott spoiled Kaylee and got her a fun car to drive in. She LOVES it!



Mommy and Kaylee time before everyone showed up for the party



Thank you to everyone that came and spoiled our sweet Kaylee girl. We couldn't ask for a more supportive and loving family!

2/22/11 1:34 PM

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Kaylee is 1 years old!!

Beej & Chris

Everybody told me that kids grow up fast. You never really comprehend that statement until it is your little girl turning one.


Kaylee Joy Tenney joined our family February 20th, 2010, weighing in at 7 lbs 5 ounces.

Now at 1 years old- Kaylee is....

* walking around getting into everything

* giving kisses and loves (hugs)

* talking

* saying prayers

* dancing

* carrying her own baby around giving her kisses, brushing her teeth and feeding her baby doll

* loves to play with cars and say (vroom...vroom)

* knows and understands when I say "do you wanna go night night", because she will nod and walk over to the stairs and wait for me to take her up to bed.

* loves to read books and will go get a book when I ask her to get one.

* loves getting in the bath and will start pulling her clothes off as I turn on the water

* has graduated to only using a sippy cup

* takes two naps a day and goes to bed at 730pm ish to around 630 or 730am ish.

* knows her night time routine so well that after we brush teeth she has her arms folded and head bowed ready to say prayers.

For Kaylees party we invited aunts, uncles and grandparents. We had a BBQ with hot dogs and hamburgers because hot dogs are Kaylee's FAVORITE. Kaylee then opened presents and then ate her yummy cupcake that my mom helped me decorate (thanks mom!). Everyone else enjoyed some cupcakes that Grandma Tenney helped decorate (thanks Sherryl!). After cake Kaylee went down for a short nap.


During the party everyone was loving on Kaylee and talking about how cute and fun she is. I just smiled and thought to myself. How lucky am I? That is MY daughter. I get to play with Kaylee everyday. I get to give her as many kisses as I want. I get to be home with her everyday. BJ and I both agree in how lucky we are to have a daughter like Kaylee and love her to pieces! Happy 1st birthday Kaylee girl!