Our Preschool Crafty Kid

So we had these ideas to do some Summer Boredom Busters, one is Preschool Crafty Kids (preschoolers come with a parent and do crafts and some songs and games), Movie Day, and Crafty Kids (crafts for older kids). Sheri has been helping me do the Preschool Crafty Kids and it is so cute. Last week was Old McDonald and this week was Bugs Everywhere. Here is a picture of Logan in his "Bumble Bee Hat" (that is what he is calling it and he runs all over with his finger pointed out in front of him saying BUZZZZZZZZ), and some bug magnets that he made. Thankfully we came up with this silly had at Logan's birthday, it came in handy today and oh so cute!

Kyson is growing like crazy

We've been slackers and haven't really posted anything. Kyson is a very happy baby and smiles all the time! He is a joy to have in our home (all 18 lbs of him)! Here's a video of his smiles:

Logan Loves the Prophets

We read "scriptures" every night (we tell him the stories as we look at pictures). Well Logan's new thing to everything is to ask "what's that?" Sheri was doing scriptures with him and past the prophets and he asked "what's that?" So she started to tell him the names, he repeated them and the next time I was shocked, he remembered almost every one. We just have taught him from President McKay to President Monson because the other President Smiths confuse and frustrate him...i.e. "thats not President Smith". Here's a little video to show you his prophets! Enjoy!

Logan found his daddy's hat, 

and wanted to be just like him. 

Isn't he adorable!

Week 1

We have had a great week here! We love having Kyson in our home, what a sweet little angel. He's sleeping better at night, which is great for mom and dad. Logan is still very sweet with him. He says "Don't cry baby" and gives him sweet kisses at night before bed. He likes to "share" his mom and it's a good thing that you can fit two on one lap!

This weekend we got some help from Sheri's family. Logan loved getting all of the extra attention. He played (term used usely, some might describe his playing as destruction) puzzle with Grandpa. He also played Mr. Fix-it with Grandpa. He kept Grandma hopping with all of his energy. He even got to play with his Uncles. The best part was Mom and Dad got some much needed rest and a long nap!






I love learning with Grandma!














Checking out the puzzle with Grandpa. When Logan woke up from his nap, he saw his own puzzle. He said "Share puzzle Grandpa"










Kyson taking a nap. What a sweet boy!



















Playing with my Horsie from Aunt Karen. Thanks so much

Introducing Kyson Lee Schmidt!
Introducing Kyson Lee Schmidt! We are thrilled to announce the arrival of our beautiful son. Born 2/9/2009 at 12:52p.m. Weighing in at 8 lbs 7 oz and 21 inches, yes that is a big boy. Sheri was induced and did an amazing job! I am so amazed by her strength! We spent 2 nights in the hospital and were so blessed to have Sheri's mom Camille and sister Shelly and her husband David to be willing to come spend the days and nights with Logan. We came home today 2/11/09 at around 3 pm. It feels great to be home with our family of four. What a privilege to be parents and to be the parents of these wonderful little boys. We are so blessed!

Sugar Bowl Victory !!!
Most of you know that Sheri is an avid football fan and cheers the loudest for her Runnin' Utes!! They have had an amazing season (of which she enjoyed a game from her parent's season tickets ... a tradition that dates back to her high school days when she pleaded with her parents to get season tickets). They went 12-0 and beat some amazing teams like Michigan, Oregon and the arch rival BYU!! They were invited to the Sugar Bowl to play Alabama and everyone thought they would lose, but those Utes, proved them wrong. Their first 3 possessions resulted in 3 touchdowns and it just got better and better! While watching Sheri was cheering, yelling, closing her eyes and had to take a few breaks to bring her blood pressure back to normal! With their victory, the Utes got a bit of respect (they are now ranked #2 in the nation by the AP) and they are the only football to have a perfect unbeaten season in the whole country! I love my Runnin' Utes!!!

Christmas 2008

We had a great Christmas this year. On Christmas Eve we went to Grandma's house for some cookie decorating. Logan was more excited about eating a cookie than decorating, but he did manage to get a few cookies decorated. We then went to GG's (great grandma & grandpas) house for our traditional Christmas party. We ate, played the traditional Christmas bingo, acted out the nativity, sang songs and a special visitor left presents outside for the kids. Logan loved opening the presents and was a big helper to others who needed their presents opened.

Christmas morning brought lots of presents and snow. Logan was excited to see that Santa left him a new train set. He LOVES Thomas the train! As a parent, it was fun to watch him get excited about Christmas! He even helped Grandpa pass out the presents!

There was also plenty of snow left for us on Christmas Day. My brother dug out the old snowmobiles and we each got a tour around the neighborhood. It was Kevin's first experience on a snowmobile and he came back smiling. I'm not sure if it was the fun of it or the fact that it was freezing and the grin was frozen to his face! The snowmobiles were put away and tracks were all covered up just in time to see the police officer driving around the neighborhood looking for us. It sure was fun!!