Hey Ladies :)

I hope everyone has had a chance to check the dates and put in their ideas. I will list what has been decided so far, at least what I can tell from reading comments :) Please correct me if I'm wrong on something!

Head count

Katie-yes

Jill-yes

Amy-yes

Jenny M.-yes

Rachel-yes

and some Maybes from what I can tell....

Karie

Kami

Jenny Coates

Is there anyone I missed? Or that hasn't had a chance to respond and let us know they are planning to come? So 5 for sure and 3 maybes.

As for what to do :) Its is true that no matter what we do it's always fun! So some ideas that were posted were...

Massage or pampering of the like (pedi/mani etc)

Temple session

movie

cultured event

I think all of those sound great!

A movie and temple session requires minimal planning, at least at this point. So I will ask about the pampering and culture :)

I did find a cultured event the Saturday we are together. I just cut and pasted the info.

Idina Menzel and the Utah Symphony

Presented by Deer Valley Music Festival at Deer Valley Outdoor Amphitheatre

July 30, 2011

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So let me know your vote on this event. I think it looks like fun, I am open to new things! I have never been to a symphony so I am in if it's what everyone wants to do. Looks like she was in Wicked and I know that's a fav :) Also relatively inexpensive too!

As far as the pampering....Would you like to go back to the same location? They did offer a wide variety of services and reasonable prices. If you guys want to try somewhere new, let me know and I can do some research.

Finally, Jenny do you think we can plan on staying at your Dad's again? I think everyone mentioned that they would love to stay there again if possible. I just want to make sure it's a 100% thing. Either way let me know, and I can look in to alternatives.

So excited! Please comment and let me know! Can't wait to hear from all of you!

Girls Weekend 2011!!!

Ok. Looks like Utah won by a landslide. Thanks to everyone who voted!

Since I live in Utah now, I told Jenny I would love to head up this weekend....

but I need lots of input from all of you!

After looking at what everyone commented and voted on for dates I think the last weekend in July looks like the best possibility. It was a tie between mid and late July. My sister will be in town the weekend of the 22nd, and I didn't vote before the poll closed.

So lets say, July 29th as the weekend to go with?

As usual let's plan to arrive late Thursday or early Friday, leaving Monday morning or Sunday night?

Maybe by moving forward with July the 29th as the date as many people as possible can make it happen.

I would love to have everyone there!! :)

Jenny offered her dad's home as a possibility again. What do you all think about where we should stay?

Also what activities do you want to plan for?

Shopping? Spa? Movies? Plays? etc. etc.

Any and all ideas are welcome!

It's our weekend to do whatever we please :)

I hope this date works and we can move forward to plan a great weekend.

I can't wait to hear from all of you!

We just signed our lives away.

So, this is going to sound crazy to everyone, but we just signed a contract and are moving this summer to Kingman, AZ! Steve's twin sister lives there where her husband is doing radiology, and the hospital gave us an offer we couldn't refuse. We went out this week and signed with the hospital, looked for houses and ended up signing with a contractor to build a house that will be done by the time we move down. We are so excited, and was surprised by how much we liked it there. It's pretty small, and doesn't have a ton of shopping, but makes up for it in charm and amazing outdoor activities. Rachel J just told me that's where she's from. What a small world! We're really excited and can't wait to start this new phase of life!

PS I'm planning on coming to Girl's Weekend this year, but need to figure out all the logistics before I can fully commit. We can do it in Kingman and then go to Vegas for a day trip and see Phantom. I even think Wicked is coming there in Aug (didn't you see that last year though?) Just letting you know we're willing. Utah would work best for us out of UT and ID.

Hello ladies - wow I have seriously been MIA, haven't I? What a loser. I am so sorry and I hope we can get this blog going strong again!

First of all, I wanted to take a second to tell Megan how sorry I was to hear of your brother passing and that you’ve been in our prayers. We love you and hope you are doing ok. Sending our love---à

I think its time we begin firming up our plans for girls weekend this year, so I would LOVE all of your input. If you know you can't come, let us know. If you think you might or definitely want to try to come, PLEASE respond to this post - or preferably just post a separate post with your thoughts.

Here's what we need to decide:

Who is "heading it up" and who can come?

Where will it be?

When - what weekend?

As for me, I'm really hoping to make it! If all goes well, I'll have a new baby (end of June) so I'm hoping for an August girls weekend. My two cents about location is that when we did it in UT more people were able to come, so I vote for that. Am I the only one who will be bringing a baby? I don't know if Amy is planning on bringing Alexis.... forgot to ask you that Amy!?! I did mention it to my dad and he said we are welcome to use his house again, so that is one option. If we did decide to do that, It would be awesome if someone else could take on planning the activities etc.

Alright, well that’s it for me. So excited to hear from all of you J Big ((HUGS))

~Jenny

Caywood Update

I finally have something to update on. We are moving to Newport News, Virginia this summer. It is near the coast so hopefully there won't be too much snow. We are excited to move on in life. I have really liked living in Georgia so it will be sad to move. I hope that Virginia is just as great. It is a bigger area so I will get to live by a Costco again. There is only a Sam's Club here and to me it doesn't compare with Costco. I will even be by a Trader Joe's. The possibilities are endless.
Everything else is the same. The girls are growing. Jade is 5 and in Kindergarten. and Elise will turn 4 in a couple months. I was released from Young Women after serving in it for over three years. I am now the gospel doctrine teacher. We had a raccoon kill one of our chickens so Jason trapped it in a live animal trap and then he skinned it and even ate some of it. I didn't eat it but the girls tried it with him and they really liked it. So now we are as redneck as can be. We did get a new chicken to replace the lost one. That is probably the most excited thing that has happened to us for a couple years. I hope you all had a great Christmas.

Jensen Update

Hi! I have loved hearing everyone's updates I sure miss everyone and am so thankful to have such a great network of friends!

We are doing well. Adam likes his practice and work schedule. He gets bored in clinic when his days are slow, but I think overall he is happy with work. I am sure someday he will wish he wasn't so busy. I really love having him home more often. He is only on call around 4 times a month, 2 are on weekdays and the other two are weekends. The ER is really busy, but it's still better than residency! He has every Thursday off and Tuesday is a half day. It is great having a more predictable schedule. He is getting procedures scheduled quite frequently, but I think he would like some more OB. We are so proud of him! It is fun to go see his name all over the clinic, makes it seem real :)

As some of you know, I had been REALLY unsure about moving to Utah. But we have been welcomed so warmly and everyone has been great! We are in a great ward, with wonderful giving people. After being in a branch (which was amazing in it's own way) It is fun to enjoy a fully functioning ward ;) Can you believe we received 12 dinners after I had Annalee!? So spoiled!

And adding a 3rd child has been quite an adjustment. I just feel like my days are sooo hectic! I also have a lot of guilt trying to meet everyone's needs... but it is getting better. We were unsure how wise it would be to have another baby when Hayden isn't walking. But it has already been so good for him, since I can't baby him :) he has started crawling and pulling up to standing! We really had to trust the Lord having another baby that everything would be alright, and it is :)

Hayden is really doing great and saying a lot of words! He is such a happy easy going boy. In so many ways he is my easiest child! We are so lucky to have him in our family

Kyler is loving preschool. I got him into a preschool taught by a lady in our ward. Her preschool is "famous" around here for being really good and he is loving it. He goes M-Th 10-12. He is already sounding out words and I imagine he will be reading by kindergarten! She is such a sweet lady too. We were so lucky to get in.

I am having some problems with attitude with him and being respectful... any advice would be great! He is so.... um particular :) and he thinks he knows EVERYTHING! I feel like I have a teenager. I feel like I am so hard on him cause he is my first and acts so much older than he is. I expect a lot out of him, maybe too much. Anyway, I just hope I don't traumatize him with my lack of parenting experience.

Annalee is our sweet little girl! She really is such a pretty baby and I love watching people ooo and aaah over her :) I really love having a girl more than I ever thought I would. She is a sweet baby and also very sleepy. Which has been good and bad :) She was sleepy and had jaundice in beginning. She lost over 10% of her body weight and I guess I had low milk supply. So just like with Hayden I had to supplement and begin pumping AGAIN.... Ugh. But at 4 weeks she is eating and gaining on her own. Woohoo! She is still a sleepy eater, but at least she is gaining. I am not a patient nurser i guess either :) I just want to do get it done and move on. But her sleepiness helps at night. Most nights she will go 5 and then 4 hours between feedings.

Kyler adores his sister and is very patient. He is very sweet with her. Hayden has taken some time warming up to her, but he will love her I am sure when she is more interactive. Right now he at least acknowledges her ;) The other day he put his hand on hers and looked at her face and said , "hi." Maybe you had to be there, but it was so sweet! A few weeks before he would try to get away from her as soon as she was with in a foot of him :)

I feel like I am adjusting pretty well here. Everyone has been so nice and welcoming. Inviting me to activities etc. I really can't complain. It's also beautiful here I think. After being out on the flat plains, I love the view of the gorgeous mountains just outside our backyard! Well Annalee starting crying, oops missed my opportunity to shower before lunch! ;)

Hope all is well with each of you! Keep in touch!

and hopefully I will update my blog soon so you can see some pictures!