New Website

Just wanted to let everyone know that we have a new family website created by Hyrum!  We will now be using the new website as our blog and have photo galleries and other fun things on it.  The new site is www.denneyfamilyfun.com  Make sure you put our new website into your readers so you can keep receiving updates on us because we definitely don't want to lose you as faithful blog readers!  So go on over and check out the new site and let us know what you think!

Look At This...

It's ours!!

After months of looking and saving money, weeks of deciding and budgeting and hours of praying, pondering, and researching, we decided to get this 2003 family Dodge caravan!  We got such an amazing deal on it and couldn't let it go by. I know we're probably considered pretty young to get a mini van, and possibly be considered a little "nerdy" (especially since SUVs are more stylish and roomy..but also more expensive) but it is what our family has been needing.  We hardly have any space in our current car now and it's not as safe.  Plus we've had to repair our car so many times that it was beginning to be a pain.  Our car is only worth about $700 so any repairs made on it over that will be more than the car itself!  Sad I know!  Not only will we have 2 cars now which in and of itself will be such a luxury and blessing but we'll have room to grow!  

We'll actually be able to fit our double stroller in the trunk as well as grocery's, etc.  This isn't the main reason why we wanted/needed a new car, but it's definitely a plus.  Mainly, we just felt it was time, more safe and better for our growing family overall to purchase this vehicle.  It definitely has made me nervous, scared, excited and a whole bunch of emotions overall while making the decision since this has been our biggest purchase ever but I know and have felt comforted that this was the right decision.  What  a great thing we have in the Gospel to know that we can receive answers to our prayers and feel comforted in our decisions.  I am truely grateful and feel so blessed!  

Now don't make fun of us when watching us drive a minivan around..instead just remember that if you ever need a ride anywhere, we'll now have plenty of room! :)

2 Months Old

Tayven is 2 months old today!  Can you believe it?  Seriously...where does the time go?  I feel like all I do these days is feed him, feed Kyla, clean up after the messes, put them both to sleep, change diapers 20 times a day and try to get in some fresh air outside but that doesn't seem to always happen.  I wouldn't want it any other way and I love being a busy mom taking care of the cutest kids in the world!

Here is Tayven's stats from his 2 month checkup yesterday.

Weight: 11lbs 1 oz--30th Percentile

Height: 23 inches--50th Percentile

Head Circumference: 15 in--10th Percentile

As far as a Kyla update goes here is her most recent saying quoted from Aladdin:

At the very end of the movie Jasmine says, "I choose you Aladdin."  She quotes this quite frequently but the other day she said, "I choose you A-Daddy".  It was so cute!  She is quite the little jokester around here. She makes us laugh every day! :)

Tayven's Blessing

We have had quite the busy weekend!  Since it was Tayven's baby blessing on Sunday we had lots of family and friends come up to visit.  Friday evening my high school best friends (minus one who had to work) came up from Utah and stayed with us.  My brother, Brian also came in that night.  We watched a movie, played games, played at the splash park, rode the carousel, played at the park, Karianne got a really cute haircut while Bonnie and Makella took a nap and Hyrum, Brian and I (and the kids) went to part of a family reunion, and just had lots of exciting fun!  My Dad and grandparents came in Saturday night and it was the first time my dad was able to see Brian since he's returned from his mission so it was quite the exciting reunion for them especially.  Our friends the Smithson's were also able to come up from Utah so we were so excited to see them for a little bit.

 

Aren't they so photogenic?!

  

Kyla and Makella play so well together.  They are definitely best friends! :)

  

Sunday was Tayven's very special day....his blessing.  We had about 25 or so people in attendance at church and then they all came over afterwards for an informal dinner we had outside of our apartment.  It was so nice and Tayven was given such a beautiful blessing by Hyrum.

 

 

 This picture just makes me laugh because Kyla is soooo tired and Tayven's just had enough pictures.  I think this is how family pictures from now on will end up being....sorry, no smiles from the kiddos anymore! :)

 

Speaking of "family pictures", this is about the best shot we got of all the grandkids with grandma and grandpa.  I love the facial expressions!  Kyla is copying Grandpa and Kyler couldn't sit still for a second! haha.

Our family with Karianne, Bonnie and Makella

Our family with the Smithson Family

I just love this picture!  This is my Grandpa with Tayven.

One reason why we chose Boyd for Tayven's middle name is because it's Hyrum's side of the family tradition.  It's been a 6 generation middle name with all the first born boys.  Here is the 4 living generations with the middle name of Boyd! It's pretty neat.

Tayven is so easy to make smile.  He's such a smiley, happy baby!  These are my 2 favorite boys!

My friends left Sunday night, my grandparents left Monday morning, and Brian and my Dad left today.  As much as we enjoy having family and friends around all the time, we are glad to try to get back to normal schedules again (Kyla's been cranky from lack of sleep and Tayven's been pretty fussy from all the excitement going on so needless to say I'm happy they're almost back to normal today!)  My dad will be returning next week for a couple more days so are excited to be able to spend a little bit more time with him before he heads back to his home in Nebraska.

All in all, it was a wonderful weekend filled with friends and family and food.  It can't get too much better than that! :)

 

   

  

 

  

**Sorry for the HUGE amount of pictures...there was just too many good ones not to post!**

The Want-O-Meter

I love reading Amiee's posts and I like writing. Since this is a family blog I'll try to post more frequently. You'll have to put up with my weird posts though.

I thought this graph described most kids I know:

4th of July

Our 4th of July this year was filled with all sorts of fun!  It included:


A Parade


Cute outfits

 

 

Family


Swimming

 

Fireworks

and Kyla singing "You're a Grand Old Flag" about a hundred times!

We also wrote with chalk on the sidewalk, played with bubbles and Kyla rode her trike.  The day before Tayven and I went to Wyoming (Kyla and Hyrum stayed home because Kyla wasn't feeling very well) with Hyrums family and shot off some "illegal" fireworks (By illegal I mean they're illegal in Idaho but legal in Wyoming so we didn't break any laws...don't worry!)  We had quite the adventure getting stuck in the mud, dealing with having our picnic in the rain, and almost having the canoe fly off their van!  It was so much fun though.  I didn't take any pictures there unfortunately so you'll just have to use your imagination.

Happy 4th of July!

*more pictures to come*

Happy 1/2 Birthday!

Today, July 1st marks Kyla's 1/2 birthday and since she was born on January 1st, only a week after Christmas, things can get kind of complicated for a 2 year old who can have no new toys for a whole year!  So we kind of have started a little tradition (which I'm sure will change as more kids come into the picture so they're not feeling left out) where we will give her her main birthday present on her 1/2 birthday!

As soon as she woke up we gave her her gift (thus the hair fro). This time we got her a red tricycle!!  Hyrum and I were quite excited about this gift and she absolutely loves it.  She's already pretty much got it down and is learning how to ride it so quickly.  It's amazing how she already is old enough to ride a bike.  She is getting so grown up!