Can You Feel The Magic!

We took a well deserved break from reality and went to Disneyland the first week of April! We also went to the beach, Makenzie says she liked the beach more than Disneyland, but that Dizzysland is fun too. Kaleb didn't like the beach very much, he thought the sand was good to eat, but didn't think the water was very fun. We ate some of the best fillet Mignon steaks that we have ever had, they were so good we ate at the Blue Bayou 3 nights! Makenzie loved the Minnie Mouse and friends character breakfast. She was able to meet some her of favorite Disney characters, and eat some waffles (her favorite breakfast food), so also loved going to meet the Princesses. The ride home from California was not so much fun. Kaleb decided he was done being in the car and screamed most of the way home. Easter came and went. Makenzie enjoyed her Easter morning plastic candy-filled egg hunt. Kaleb even got in on the action and found a few eggs for his basket. We are looking forward to summer time so we can go do some camping and Megan and I are hopefully going to Durango,CO next month to use her weekend trip package that she won last fall from KSL.

The Carpenter's Irish Jig!

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The Catch Up!

Well to catch everyone up too what's been going on, here's the latest excitement in the Carpenter's lives!
Megan is running each day. She goes a little more than 3 miles. She wants to do 2 5k races this summer. I finally talked her into getting an IPOD. I got tired of burning CD's for her, and after all CD's are soooo last year! The kids keep her busy, and after a full day at home with them, I don't know how she doesn't harm them!
Makenzie is getting excited for her birthday, even though it isn't for 3 1/2 months! Everyday she tells me about how she wants balloons, and a cake and all her friends will be there. Even though we don't know if we are going to have a birthday party for her with her friends. She still enjoys school, and always talks about it. She especially likes her boyfriend Davey. They even had a play date with each other, and Megan said they had a lot of fun playing together. I'm worried when she is a teenager, because if she has a boyfriend now when she is 3, I can only imagine what she'll be like at 13!!! The weather has been so nice lately that she has been able to go play on the playground, and loves being outside again!
Kaleb is getting big and his little personality is coming out! He thinks he is so big, he tries to stand up and grab things. He loves music and always dances and claps his hands when he hears any sort of music. He laughs all of the time, and for some odd reason he thinks his sister is the funniest person alive! Megan remains his favorite person, and he still doesn't know what to think of dad!
Kevin is just working! I've started doing all the maintenance for the condo's now. So now I clean all the breezeways, change all the lights, pick up the trash, and all the other random tasks that need to be done around here. It's extra money and nice to have! Real Estate is still there and I'm still working on a couple of transactions. I am also starting up an online business selling 72 hours kits, they are reasonably priced and a really great quality! If you are interested let me know and I can get you all the details for ordering until I get my website up and going!
We had the opportunity to go tour the new Draper Temple on Wednesday. It is a beautiful Temple. Makenzie loved it and she actually was very well behaved. She always says that we are going to the Temple today, I think should would like to go again!

The Hair Cut!

Megan decided that it was time to give Makenzie a change in her hair style. Now for those that know me well, know what I think of girls with OVERLY short hair cuts.....yup not a fan! So I told Megan make sure your sister doesn't cut it too short! As you can see from the pictures nobody listened to me! After we washed it the back was waaay to short.Thankfully it's just hair and has already started growing back out. Makenzie is still a hand full. She says the funniest things, the other day we went to the church so I could make the sacrament meeting programs, and she said we were going to the church to make "coffees" instead of copies! Christmas came and went (thankfully), Makenzie still insists that we should put out cookies every night for Santa so he will bring her big presents! Kaleb is growing fast. He has started to crawl.....sort of. He does this one-armed drag and pull routine. (The army crawl) It looks like he was wounded in battle and he's trying to make it to the medic by pulling himself across the floor. He still is refusing to eat anything real. He went to the doctor and is only in the 4% category for his weight. He now weighs 16 lbs. 12 oz., instead of 18 or 19 lbs. So the doctor said feed him whatever he'll eat, so Megan found he likes her cinnamon roll Quaker oatmeal. Kaleb finally got his first tooth today! So now we start the whole teething process for the next year or so. Not fun! Kaleb still likes to spend a lot of time in the Johnny Jumper, which Megan thinks is where he is burning all of the calories that he eats! Megan continues to do her scrapbooking and tries to work out every morning, running 3 miles every day, and of course those 2 kids keep her very, very, very busy! As for myself, it's the same thing as always, 12-13 hours a day at Jiffy Lube, and then when I'm not there I'm doing Real Estate or Home Owners Association stuff! Starting in February I am taking over the maintenance/cleaning position for the HOA also. The highlight of the month is that I bought a new assault riffle and have been stocking up on ammo like crazy! That way when uncle Obama adds his outrageous tax on ammo, I'll have plenty (or for when world war 3 happens!)

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Christmas Fun at the Carpenter's!

We can't believe that Christmas is almost here! Where did 2008 go? Well, this year we went to the Festival of Lights in Spanish Fork instead of going to Thanksgiving Point to see the same lights we have seen for the last few years. So we decided to mix things up a bit and go to the lights in Spanish Fork. But first we had to stop at Maverik and get some Hot Cocoa! (You can't see the lights without hot cocoa!) :o)

The kids are keeping us busy. Makenzie loves to go to preschool. Her Christmas program is next week, and she has a speaking part. We are a little worried that she will get stage fright and not say anything at all. Wish us luck, and we will let you know how it goes. Makenzie's new thing is to make Kaleb laugh. She says the funniest stuff, and I even have to laugh at what is coming out of her mouth. She has some great sound effects! Also her newest thing is to have her cousin, McCoy go to school with her. (She is just pretending though, because McCoy is 14 years old and goes to high school.) Anyways, Coy is always breaking his "leg" while ice skating in the kitchen with Makenzie. Or he is off on some "adventure" like going to China, or work with her. If only she would really bring home a pay check to help pay the bills! I hope that McCoy reads this. She loves her cousin, the real one! Every time we are in Provo she thinks we need to go see Coy, and Marlo, and Kayla, and Mitch, and Jaelynn, and Jason. I think that is everyone!

Kaleb is getting so big. He is starting to scoot on his tummy, and trying to crawl. But he is not successful at that yet. I'm glad, because the Christmas tree is un-guarded by the gate. We thought that this year we won't need it since Makenzie is old enough to leave the ornaments alone, and Kaleb is not big enough yet to get to them. But next year we will need the gate.

Kevin is still trying to sell the condo that he has listed. He has been getting a lot of traffic through it, but still no offers. We are praying one will come along soon. Also work is keeping him very busy. We wish that he only worked 40 hours a week and not 55. One day......we hope.

I'm blogging for the first time, ever! This is pretty easy. As long as I have the computer whiz by my side to walk we through this! :o) I have been working out 5-6 days a week now for a couple of months. It is finally starting to pay off. I have only 3 pounds to go before I am at the weight before I got pregnant with Kaleb, and only 13 pounds before I'm at the weight I was at when I got pregnant with Makenzie. So I'm really excited! Plus I'm hoping to do a 5K in the spring, and not finish last. I've been running 3 miles everyday! I hate the first 5 minutes, but once I get going I can't stop until my legs want to turn into Jell-O. That's how I now it's time to stop.

Enjoy the slide show! Especially the pictures of Kaleb getting the Christmas tree are my favorite!

Another month?

Well another month has come and is almost gone....AGAIN! Makenzie continues to say the funniest things. She tells Megan to "chill out" every morning and has some rather interesting phone conversations on her pretend cell phone. She still loves school and wants to go every day. Kaleb is now sitting up on his own and can scoot on his bum. He has recently decided that he doesn't need to sleep anymore. The other day Megan tried getting him to take a nap, she started at around 4:00 pm, and we finally got him to actually go to sleep at around 12:15 am!! He doesn't know what to think about solid food yet, he likes oatmeal best out of the things he has tried so far. Megan survived 5 days without me this month! She decided that being a single mom and having to deal with the 2 beasts 24 hours a day by herself was not fun! I went to Florida for a Real Estate convention, and discovered that being by myself was not much fun either. Eating and sitting in a hotel room alone....not much fun! The convention was good, and I learned some really great and motivating stuff. I particularly enjoyed a class given by the former Clinton administration speech writer, Daniel Pink. Lance Armstrong came and spoke, Lionel Richie came and sang and we had a night out at Universal Studios (cool and the gang sang there)and a bunch of people from Disney gave some really good classes as well. So all in all it was productive, but it was nice to get home to the family. I have a new Real Estate website, so check it out and let me know what you think, it is: www.KevinPCarpenter.com The best news of all is that I finally have a Real Estate Listing, and I also have another transaction on a house on Orem that I helped them get under contract. Now we just need to get their condo sold so that we can close on the new house in Orem! So anyone know anybody that wants a great condo in Springvile...let me know! Well that's the update for know, have a Happy thanksgiving!