Shower for Bree

Olive Garden was a nice place to gather for Bree's familee shower. We enjoyed each other's company and missed those who were unable to be there. It was nice to have Megan here. Bree went to the doctor earlier that day and he said she will probably only go about three more weeks. Since she is little, he doesn't want her having a big baby.

Tabby Miller is a good friend of the familee. She married Tyson Miller and her daughter was born the day after Bennett. We say they are going to get married. Don't they look like they could be happy together!

Dessert by Cupcake Lane Bakery! Yummy!
Sesily made a darling diaper cake for Bree.

Great Grandma Kennedy quilts a blanket for every grandchild and now for all the great grand children

All the pregnant girls! Heather and Sesily are due in late Spring

Second surgery for Bennett

Bennett's second surgery was a success! The cyst by his left eye was removed very easily with no complications. It was out patient surgery and he was put under anesthesia. He does have a few bruises in both hands and one foot where they tried to find a vein but no luck. All stitches are on the inside. Isn't that amazing!

Papa and Bennett were so tired from their ordeal!

Megan make Bennett's food - this is dinner (avacado and banana). She said her mother fed this to her and her siblings when they were babies. We hope Bennett eats like the White's and not the Lee's!

And he loves it!

Lana's new room

I just love black and white! We didn't waste any time after Lana moved out into her apartment with Tyson that we redecorated her bedroom. Brett painted while I shopped for material, funiture and accents. It will be a guest room but will always still be Lana's room. The wall of pictures are from her wedding and also of her when she was younger. It was hard to paint over the purple polkadots but when we finally finished with the room, I just loved it!

And since we were in the painting mood, Brett repainted Kenny's room. I will post pictures of that when I have the pictures hung on the wall. His room will have pictures of him, Megan and Bennett.

That was my summer project!

Law School

Only BYU…Megan was so sick the first day of law school class. Kenny left class to get Bennett. After explaining to the professor his situation, they told him the school has a room for families for situations just like this. If you need to bring your kids to school, the lecture is recorded and you can watch in the ‘family room’ with your kids!

Only BYU…theme for law school spouses is ‘Every spouse a law partner.’

Only BYU…tells the students that your family comes first, not school.

I am a bit partial to BYU. And really, I don’t know if it is ‘only BYU’ who has these things available for their law students. We are just grateful Kenny is where he wants to be. Besides, I do love BYU – go cougars!

Kenny had three days of orientation before class started on August 25. They had a bar-b-que for the families, a luncheon for the wives, mentors assigned to the students, dessert at the professors homes & several different type of groups for the wives to get involved in. They attended an alumni dinner at Little America hotel where the President of BYUI spoke. Kenny has been called on two different times in class to stand up and report on reading assignments in the first three days of school.

Poor Bennett – he was being fussy so Kenny put him in his stroller to go for a walk. Trying to get his assignments finished, he took his book and was reading while he was strolling Bennett. The book dropped off the stroller and right on Bennett’s head!

Look how cubby her is getting!

Bennett is scheduled for surgery on Sept 16. You can see where the cyst is, just underneath the eyebrow.


They have redecorated the condo. It is beautiful. So neat and clean and such a nice feeling inside.

I love giving the babies their baths.
Tech Mobile

Brett is hoping to open his store in just a few weeks. He has been so excited at every detail being complete with the construction. I don’t have any pictures but he may on his blog. Bree has 8 more weeks of pregnancy. She is darling pregnant!

Ella turned 2
Fancy Nancy is her favorite. So she had a Fancy Nancy party. And Fancy Nancy acts like a princess. Sesily made Ella a princess cake. She loves dress up clothes and shoes. We have taught her how to give princess kisses, just like Lana use to do. We all treat her like she is a princess, just like every girl should be treated.






News for Sesily

She is pregnant! Trent says they are done, she says they're not. She will be due in April. That means that the last three will all be 6 months apart. If she has a boy, they could be on missions at the same time.

Beach vacation

Our Familee had a delightful week at the beach in CA. Here were some of the highlights:

...just being together

...playing at the beach

...bowling

...eating out
...Chad & Cohen's train rides

...highlighting an ancestor - Mary Stewart Lee

...familee pictures (of course!)

...watching the Olympics

...foil dinners on the beach

...boys golfing / girls attending Bree's family shower in Yucaipa

...shopping at the farmers market

...the MONEY game

A great little traveler - Bennett

Happy to be get out of the car:

This baby grows weekly!

Ella loves her boots:

Beach fun:

She has had all the fun she wants. Besides, she is almost 2!

Foil dinners on the beach

Favorite breakfast - scones

As usual, Chad and Trent are working

Cohen took this picture!

We played the money game according to our scores from bowling.

Trent was high scorer and Lana had the most gutter balls.

It was a nice relaxing week before the busyness begins...Kenny's starting law school, Brett's store opening, Tyson starting school and baseball, and all of lifes events. We were happy that Trent did not have to leave and go home for his school final. He was able to take it there. We were happy that Tyson was able to be there before he left for his long awaited dear hunt. Life is good at the beach!

Oceanside, CA .... August 2008