A dAy FoR bLeSsInG

Our sweet little girl was blessed on April 24, 2011 Easter Day. Her daddy did such a great job! It was such a beautiful blessing and such a wonderful day. My little brother Adam, who just recently returned home from his mission in Mexico City gave his homecoming talk that day so we decided to have Taylee blessed that day since a lot of our family would already be here. (I promise I will post pictures of Adam and his return home on another post) We had Taylee's blessing at Logan's parents home in Hyde Park and it couldn't have been more perfect!

As you can see, Taylee looked BEAUTIFUL in her blessing dress!

You can't tell that we LOVE this little girl can you?

It was so much fun to have Taylee wear the same blessing dress that her mom wore for her blessing! I just loved it!

She was such a good girl all day and only cried for a second during the blessing (Unlike her mama, who bawled the whole time!)

Our happy little family!

Thank you SO SO much to all that could make it. For those of you that couldn't, we missed you! but we felt your love. I am so blessed to have such an amazing daughter, husband, family, and friends. Every morning I wake up and have to pinch myself to make sure this isn't a dream. I have never been more happy in my entire life and I thank my father in heaven for that everyday.

WeLcOmE bAbY TaY!

This is the story, its going to be long and some/most of you probably wont really care but I have to get it all down so that when Taylee asks me how the "big day" all happened I can tell her, every detail! I was scheduled to be induced March 28th, 2011 (3 days before my due date) because of my insurance ending. On March 27th (Sunday night) I got a call from the Hospital asking if I could call at 4am the next morning and plan on coming in at 5am. As I'm sure you all can guess, that got us a little more anxious! We were at my parents house celebrating my moms birthday and after we got that call we figured that we'd better head home to get some sleep! Before we left I asked my sweet husband to give me a blessing and my dad, brother, and brother-in-law stepped in to help. I wish I could remember all that was said in that blessing but all I remember was that I felt so calm. I knew that everything was going to be okay and that soon, very soon, we would finally be able to meet our little girl. After the blessing we headed home and needless to say, we did not get ANY sleep that night! Woke up and called at 4am and ended up going to the hospital around 5:30am. When we got there my blood pressure was high and there was some protein in my urine. They told me that I had preclampsia and that is was a good thing that I was there to get induced. They started me on PIT right away. The hours passed and the contractions kept coming stronger and stronger. When I got there they said I was dilated to a 3+ and 80%. A little better then the 2+ and 45% I had been the previous Thursday! Every hour passed by pretty quickly and I dilated about 1 every hour. That is until I was a 9. Then everything slowed down and the nurse wondered if our little girl was coming posterior. My Doc came in to check me and sure enough, she wasn't quite posterior but turned just enough that she wasn't coming so easily. So she had me push through a few contractions and turned the babies head so that we were good to go. And finally after almost 3 1/2 years of trying to get pregnant, 2 miscarriages, many prayers, lots of tears, 9 LONG months of pregnancy, 12 hours of labor and 90 minutes of pushing, we got to meet our sweet little girl: Taylee Kae Schenk 7lbs 9oz, 19" long and we could not be happier!

Our first family photo!

Taylee's BEAMING daddy

Sweet little Taylee

When Taylee was born she and I both had a high fever. The doc decided that we should run some labs on her to be sure that everything was okay and that we needed to bring her to the NICU right away. I was SO sad. I didn't want to leave my little girl! Her first set of labs came back and showed that everything was fine but to be sure, the doctor said we should check them again in a few hours. The second set of tests didn't come back so perfect and the doctor decided that it would be best to send Taylee down to the NICU to get some antibiotics. He suspected that she had some infection and to just be safe that this would be the best plan. Logan and I spent every minute we could in the NICU with Taylee and she was such a good girl! It was so sad to see her all hooked up to machines but I just had to remind myself that everything was okay and that we just wanted to make sure to get rid of that infection. The doctor ran labs two more times on her and pumped her full of antibiotics and she was good to go! Taylee had to spend two days in the NICU away from us but she was such a champ about it! We just love her so so much and are so grateful that everything went so well!

Tay in the NICU with that darn IV in her little head. It really was the saddest looking thing ever!

Gotta love those chubber cheeks and rolls!

Isn't she SO beautiful! We just Love her so much!

**Thank you to everyone for everything! All the showers, gifts, dinners, and prayers. We feel so blessed! Love you all!

OuR nEw AdDiTiOn!!!

Logan and I are excited (to say the least) that this little girl will be joining our family next month!!! We could not be happier! Just wanted to show her off a little and share this ulta sound picture that we got of her a few weeks ago. She is doing great and looks perfect! We just love her already!

WoRsT bLoGgEr EvEr, I kNoW!

Okay so I may be the worst blogger in the world but what can I say!? This is going to be a very quick update of whats been going on- And I don't want to hear any complaints about forgetting something! :) I'm going to do the best I can! So Here it goes!

Cruisin' With The Schenks!

We had SO much fun with all the boys and Momma K! Thank you all so much for making the trip so great and for taking us with you! We sure love you!!

Jackson Weston Got Baptized!

Okay so I don't have any pictures of Jack's big day but I am SO proud of him! He felt bad that I didn't put anything on my blog about him getting baptized- So this is for you Jacko! We sure love you and are SO glad that you made that great decision!

Mel and Kev's Wedding!

My cute big sister got married and we are SO excited for both of them! We love having Kevin as a part of our family and are so glad that they found one another! We sure love you guys!

MoRe CaTcHiNg Up... IsLaNd PaRk WiTh ThE WeStOnS!

We were SO excited for this summer to start because we LOVE going on trips with our families! This year our first trip was to Island Park with my family! We had SO much fun with everyone and are so grateful to my parents for making it possible for all of us to get together every year!

Cute little Carter and good lookin' Logan!

All us girls took the kids on a four wheeler ride while the boys were out fishing one day! We even talked my mom into driving one! We had a blast! (I cant flip this pic on here and I'm too lazy to download it again... sorry!) :)

Marcus, Tyson, and Cruz hitching a ride from Kevin, Logan, and Drew at Yellowstone Park. They were such good sports and posed for this picture forever! Joni, Jill, and my mom got a little carried away with the pictures that day! haha But we love 'em!

Logan and Ty! I love this picture! Can you tell Tyson is saying "cheese"?!

Man I love this guy!

Tyson, Logan, me, Mel, and Kevin hangin' out!

We really had a great time on this trip! We love spending time with family every chance we get. We sure missed everyone that couldn't come and hope that they can all come next year!

CaTcH uP!...HaPpY BiRtHdAy To LoGaN AnD mE!

So It has been FOREVER since I last blogged and for that I appologize! We have had such a fun and busy summer! So I'll just do a quick catch up on a few of the things that we have been doing lately!

HaPpY BiRtHdAy To mE!

On June 7th we celebrated my birthday! We had dinner with my family and played games! It was a lot of fun and I am so grateful to have been born into such a great family!

Me and My hubby! Thanks for the great day Logan!

This was pretty much my favorite present! (sorry but its true)
My lil bro Jake has been serving a mission in Chicago. I dont know what got him started but one of his companions taught him how to knit! The last I heard from him I told him to knit me some slippers and a beeny for my birthday and he said he'd see what he could do! To be honest I really didnt think that he would but as you can see he did! I was SO excited and I just love em! He thought that the pom poms were a nice touch. I have to say I agree! Thank you Jake! I love em!

And what is a birthday without cake and candles! Thanks mom! And thank you to all who came and celebrated with me!

HaPpY BiRtHdAy To LoGaN!

On June 13 we celebrated Logan's 25th birthday! We went bowling and out to eat with Logan's family and then had everyone over for cake. It was a lot of fun! I am SO SO SO greatful that Logan was born and that he married me! He is such a wonderful husband and my very best friend. I sure love you Logan!

Jaxon, the birthday boy, and Canon

Man that sure is a lot of candles!
(I only got a few pictures of our fun night, sorry!)

tUrNiNg 8, A bApTiSiM, aNd A gRaDuAtIoN!

Jaxon Val turned 8!

I'm a little slow these past few weeks but on the 20th of April, Jaxon Val turned 8 years old! We went over for a good ol' party at the Schenks! We ate some dinner, played some games, and of course had cake and icecream! We had a blast! Jaxon has such a fun personality and is always making us laugh! We are so glad that we have him in our family!

The Goofey boys at the party...You gotta love 'em!

I got Baptized!

This last Saturday was chuck full of family and we loved it! Logan's little brother Jaxon was baptized and confirmed a member of the church! We got to spend some time with Logan's family and eat some yummy lunch! We are so proud of him and so excited that he made that great decision! Good job Jaxon! We love you!


Logan and I with the new member of the day, Jaxon!

Silly Boys!

The whole Schenk family!

This is Canon trying to prove that he is now taller then me... As you can CLEARLY see, I still have him beat! ha ha! Dream on Canon! You'll NEVER be taller then me! ;)

I Graduated!

Also on saturday my brother Christopher Graduated from Utah State in Psychology with a minor in business! We are so proud of him as well! Chris and his cute wife Haylie flew in from Oregon so that he could walk with his class for graduation. We are so glad that we got to spend some time with them and my family this weekend. Thanks for making the trip! Good job Chris! We love you!

Some of the Weston family with the man of the hour at the graduation!