Huge Update!

Hello friends and Family!

So sorry for the delay in posts a lot has been going on in the Harkness house hold!
Will has been going to school to finish his bachelor's degree. He only has 3 semesters left!! Hooray!! It has been a hard adjustment having him in school. Me and the kids both miss him very much but he is very hard worker and has been doing great! He just finished his finals this week so we get to have him for the next 3 weeks!

In the last few months I have switched jobs and now I get to stay home with my kids. I love it! I watch 2 boys Max who is 3 and Ace who is 3 months. Yes I know what you are thinking....I am crazy because during the day, with my kids I have a 3 month, 1, 2 and 3 year old children!! Crazy but is very fun to be at home. Kaydence and max get a long great and she loves having a friend over everyday. I also starting teaching piano. I only have one student at the moment but I love it!

Kaydence is still her same self- bubbly, always on the move! Her vocabulary has grown to about 100 words per minute! lol! She tells me stuff and sometimes I have no idea where she heard it! But I love her!

Brennan is so dear. His big brown eyes just melt my heart. He turned one in august and is walking all over the place. He has really slimed down because he has to keep up with his sister. But oh I love him!!

Other then that we are just doing the same old stuff just a different day! We are so excited for Christmas and for santa to come this year. Will and I had a BLAST shopping for them. They aren't getting a whole lot because of course they have a ton of aunts, uncles, and grandmas and grandpas who are going to be spoiling them rotten but oh we can't wait for Christmas morning!!

More pictures to come!!

5 years!

Well we just celebrated our 5 year anniversary last thursday! I can't believe it has already been that long. What can we say over the last 5 years we have had 2 wonderful kids, bought a house, I graduated from college, we became and aunt and an uncle, and lots of other things that I don't have all day to sit and write! We've had our ups and downs and have learned a lot and have grown closer together. We are still learning a lot especially when it comes to being parents! Everyday brings something more and more exciting! I can't wait to see what the next 5 years will bring! Love you Will.

Kristin's Birthday

Happy Birthday Kristin. I love you, you are a wonderful mother and wife and I could not make it without you. You do so much for our family and everyone around you. You are what keeps us going. Hope you had and will have a wonderful birthday since we celebrate for like a week. love you, Will

Summer!!

Finally the weather has decided it wants to be summer! Summer is my favorite time of year and not just for the good weather but the activites, food, fun days at the park, camping, hiking, swimming and of course my birthday (which is only in 3 weeks!!!!) So a couple of weekends ago we went to see my dad for father's day and he has a pool. Kaydence has loved swimming last year we took her a few times to the free days and she loved it. Well as you may know she has absolutely no fear whatsoever and of course she proved it yet again at my dad's house. She watched me jump of the diving board and she wanted to do it. I couldn't ump of fast enough to keep up with her she was right behid me. I would run and jump and pop up out of the water just in time to turn around and catch her and she jumped off. I was so much fun! We did have a little accident while we were there. She slipped on my feet and banged her eye into the table and cut her eye pretty good. If she would've hit a little harder she would have had to have stiches. But do you think that stopped her. NOPE not even ten minutes later she was saying "Come on mom, I go swimming". I just love her!
Brennan had a blast as well he loved sitting in the water and playing with the diving toys. He would sit and chew on them and then through them in for me or Will to go get. We had a great time and the best part was the next day they both took like 3 hour naps!
We also went to Bear Lake this last weekend and Kaydence was at it again. She is such a water bug. We had a hard time getting her out of the water to eat and drink. The water was freezing but that didn't seem to bother her at all!

The countdown is on......

I 'm so excited my little brother Miles will be coming home in 2 1/2 weeks from the New Zealand Wellington Mission. He left when Kaydence was 2 weeks old and now she just turned 2 last Friday! I can hardly believe that it has gone this fast!!! Will is very excited as well, him and Miles are quite good buddies. I can't wait for Miles to see how Kaydence has grown and meet Brennan. I've been working really hard with Kaydence so she will say his name and now everyday she asks me "Where uncle Miles?" So I have tto tell her we get to go pick him up in just a few weeks and she replies "oh ok".



We also jut had Kaydence's b-day. She got spoiled ROTTEN! She is so excited that she is finally 2. The last few days she has said "Mom, I two." and I say yep you are! I am not sure how I like having a 2 year old. It seems like just yesterday I brought her home and our whole world changed. She has brought a lot o joy and happiness to our family and she continues to brighten everyday!

Here is a picture of her when she was just a few months old. My how she has changed!

CRAZY KAYDENCE!

So I decided to write a little bit about my crazy daughter! As you can see from the pictures this is what living with Kaydence is like. She is so cute and fun but boy can she find herself into trouble. She lvoes getting into my makeup! As you can see from the pictures she has makeup all over her eyes. she thinks that the applicators are q-tips but for some reason she decided to stick it up her nose. She also knows exactly where to find my makeup. In the bottom far corner. She will put on all her bows and then go get my makeup. Can you tell by the look on her face that she knows what she is doing? We are also int he potty training stage that is why she is in her diaper. On quick piece of advice. She got to where she would take her diaper off while she was taking a nap and so I put it on backwards adn she can't figure it out. I was so sick of cleaning up pee on the floor!

She also loves to play with Will's hats and not just the clean ones! She will put on his hat after he comes home from work and walk around. YUCK!!! For awhile she hated the bath tub but I would try to make it fun for her and so one night i was washing her hair and I got it to stick straight up. It was so funny. So now she always asks me to stick her hair up.

Overall she is a very good girl jsut very entertaining and so busy!

Another BIG Harkness update...

Just a warning this entry is quite long and random but should bring us up to date!

March- Happy Easter! This was her dress. We went to the dance at my grandma's. she looked jut like a little princess. Work has picked up for Will, so that has been a huge blessing. I have worked really hard with my Mary Kay business and I finished first month of Car qualifications. I am so excited. I am hoping to finish it up in the month of April and i will have earned a free car with Mary Kay!
On a sad note my grandpa passed away this month. It was one of the hardest things I have ever had to do. He was my only grandpa and he was an amazing man. He woud always make me feel important and like i was the favorite grandkid. He will be missed a lot. My love and prayers are with my lonely grandma.



I just love this picture. Also lately they have started to play with each other. Kaydence just loves him and always wants to hug him. Every morning when we are getting ready I lay them on the bed and change them both. Kaydence will roll over and say "good morning Bre". It is so cute.

February- Work was slow for Will but we managed. Kaydence did love it when Will would be home for lunch. (and i loved it when she wanted him to put her down for a nap!) Brennan came down with RSV. My life revovled around feeding, changing diapers, and giving him 3 to 4 treatments a day. We also gave Kaydence a treatment a few times. She HATED it. So now the joke is whenever she is introuble we ask her "Do you want a treatmnet?" of Course she usually she "No". We also are now feeding Brennan solids and he has been in Kaydence's high chair. One night after dinner i guess he was just way to tired he couldn't wait for me to put him to bed.

Harkness Update

Sorry for the delay in posts. We have no internet at the moment. Just trying to save a little money. But i thought i better write a little and update everyone.

Will- is trying to stay busy with work. They haven't officially layed him off but we are just on a day to day basis with work. He is a very hard worker and is trying so hard to provide for out family. He also just got into a little accident about a week ago but he is ok. He was running an errand and hit some black ice and ran into a ditch and tipped the truck on its side. Luckily he walked away with only a few bruises.

Me- working a little part time to help out the family finacially and working really hard with my Mary Kay business. I am working on earning my first free car. I really enjoy running my own little business and meeting new people and helping them increase their self-esteem. Plus it gives me a chance to talk to people my age for a couple hours a day. I can only talk 2 year old jibberish for so long!

Kaydence- Oh boy what do i say about kaydence. That girl has more spunk then she knows what to do with. Everyday is a new adventure with her. One night I was trying to make a good dinner for Will and Brennan was crying, the oven was beeping and then there was Kaydence dancing on the top on my kitchen table! Sometimes i don't no where she comes up with the things she does but i can't get mad at her because it is so funny. She is really into coloring latley and sometimes it doesn't always end up on the paper. She is also talking up a storm. If you ask her how old she is going to be she will say "five". So i guess i am going to have a 5 year old in a few months.

Brennan- Oh my sweet little boy who doesn't sleep at night! He is so sweet and just goes with the flow which is good because his sister wants to take him everywhere! The older he gets the more and more he looks just like Will. His eyes have stayed really dark and he is just so cute! He just turned 5 months. I can hardly believe that he is already that old.

Well i know this is getting to be a long post but i haven't written anything in a long time!

Life as we now know it.....Busy!

Sorry for the delay in posts its been pretty crazy at our house. As you can see from my last post we lost one of our cars. In the month of september is was like our lives had been turned upside down. The only blessing in that month was that we had a beautiful baby boy who is our little piece of heaven in a rough month. Within the same week as our car breaking down I cam down with Mastitus for a few days. I had a fever and really didn't feel good but I had to feel good no matter what because Will had to work and I had to small kids who both needed me and sometimes at the sametime. Without me working we had to really cut back on expenses and boy have we learned how to live on our food storage and really budget. At least we have each other and we have come a lot closer as a family. Plus we still have a beautiful baby boy.... who of course looks exactly like Will!

Good Bye Honda!

On monday Will went to work and broke down in the Honda on the freeway. He had it towed to our mechanic. We later found out that we will be burying this car! It was going to cost more then the car is worth to fix it. It has been a good little run around car that my parents gave to us when we got married. We are thankful that it has lasted us this long but it could've at least happened later when we were a little more stable financially, But I guess things happen for a reason and I am sure we will find out what that reason is later on!

Welcome Baby Boy!

Sorry its been crazy at our house. Trying to keep up with a 15 month old and now a new baby that i haven't even had a chance to sit and upload some pictures of Brennan. Plus it was a complete surprise he came three weeks early and I went into labor all by myself. We went up to the hospital on Sunday Aug 30 just to see if anything was going on because i felt horrible and like i had ran a marathon. Sure enough in one hour i went from a 4 to a 6 and they kept me there. 3 hours later we had a new arrival. Brennan William Harkness was born at 10:43pm he weighed 6lbs and was 18 1/2 inches long. He is such a sweet heart and very patient (especially with his bigger sister). We are glad he is here safe and sound.

We have however spent the last two weeks every other day at the doctor. He lost a lot of weight and his juandice went way high so he had to spend a few nights under the lights. But he has gained all of his weight ut and more and is doing great!

24th of July

Better late then never! At my mom's home town of Bear River city, every year they have a huge 24th celebration. Thay have a program, races, a parade, an auctin, baby contest, fish pond and tons of other things. Well we entered Kaydence into the baby contest for her age group and she won! 2 years in a row she has won for the cutest baby! (Not to brag or anything!) I myself think she is the cutest! I am excited for next year because she gets to be entered in and if she wins she will be the queen and get to ride in the rodeo!

Cutest little girl

Sporting a new bathrobe for Will's work barbque.

New Hair styles!

Kaydence also finally has enough hair that i can play with it. It has been a lot of fun trying different hairstyles on her. I decided to try something that i wouldn't have to do for a couple days because we were camping so here is what i came up with.

Ouchie!

Well we had what is probably the first of many to come. A big black eye! We went to our ward campout this weekend and Kaydence has just become pretty good at walking. She is still a little unstable ad tries to run and falls a lot but she just picks herself up and says "ouchie" and then is usually on her way. This time we weren't so lucky. A group of kids were walking by and didn't see her and she lost her balance and fell right into the picnic table and she a pretty good black eye. We were lucky that it didn't split open or anything else but she looks pretty bruised! Poor thing!

Happy Anniversary!

So it's just a few days late but better late then never! On wednesday we celebrated our 4 year anniversary! Crazy how time has just flown by! It seems like only a short time ago we were dating and what seemed like FOREVER! We decided to celebrate on Friday but then Kaydence came home with a little bit of a cold, (which i though were just her teeth coming in again), sure enough we both got it and have been in bed for the last two days! What a celebration!

I was also reflecting on our ceremony when the sealer talked alot about family and that it was never to early to start on creating one. It has been a lot of fun to be parents but i guess when the sealer said that was never to early to start he also meant that we shouldn't wait to have more as well! :) We are excited though to have another little bundle of joy and excitement in our home!

Although we have been sick and haven't been able to celebrate on a positive note Will decided that he wanted to get me something that will last a lot longer then flowers because they just die, he got me a really nice house plant so that it will last a lot longer and it can be a reminder of the years to come.

Hollywood!

Kaydence is obsessed with Will's glasses. She thinks it is so cool to put them on and take them off. However Will's glasses are way to expensive for her to be playing with them so one day at Walmart we found her some glasses of her own and she looks just like a movie star!! She had to wear them all through the store and so many people were commenting on how she looked like she belonged in Hollywood.

Cabin Fever!

This weekend we went up to malad to work on the family cabin. We took up our buggy and Will drove his cousins around for at least two hours. It was a lot of fun.