My Life as a Closet Genius: Teenager in the House!

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Teenager in the House!

How is it that I am the mother of a teenager? Most of the time I don't feel (or act) much older than one myself. But here we are, we have a 13 year old amongst us. Guess what? I really like her. She's kind, respectful, loves Jesus, loves her family, and is pretty funny. I've always said, I don't care if my kids are the smartest in class, I just want them to be kind and love Jesus. I think we're good.

We celebrated Friday night with her 3 closest friends. And guess what? I really like them too.

Bree, Reagan, Mykaila and Rylie at Spooners, their first stop after school.

Then off to get their nails painted!

The Birthday Girl

Home for dinner, 7 layer dip and Qdoba tacos. I also made her

favorite drink which she calls the Skittles Drink.

A bunch of wingnuts! They were singing happy birthday in French. We went to my parent's house for a slumber party, just us girls. Whitney and I slept sound while these yahoos didn't go to sleep until 2 a.m.

The party girls eating maple pecan scones for breakfast, yum!

Great friends ~ a great celebration!!

We celebrated on her birthday with presents, dinner out

at HuHot and strawberry shortcake!

This one loves whip cream!

Reagan Grace with the Pretty Face,

I'm so proud to be your mom!

I love you so much!!

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KendraApril 5, 2011 at 11:25 AM
Sooo adorable!!! What sweet girls! I like your teenager, too. :)
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AnonymousApril 6, 2011 at 5:19 AM
This post made me cry a little. Reagan is so beautiful. I love hearing moms say they love their teenagers. You've done good Kris!!
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40 New Experiences by My 40th... July 30, 2011

40. Mother Son Amazing Race - July 17, 2011. I did it! I completed my final experience with my favorite little boy in the world! Ten and I had a blast!
39. Family Camp - July 1-3, 2011. What an experience for all of us! A 2 hour horse ride, archery, fishing, Theocaching, the mountain air!
38. Baby #2 - June 10, 2011. We met the birth parents this time, that was a new & unique experience. Now we have baby #2, a little girl again, for a week!
37. Thrown in the slammer - June 3, 2011. You do the crime, you serve the time. See my June 16th post!!
36. Bolder Boulder - May 30, 2011. Took our family to see the race and then the finish line at Folsom Field, CU.
35. Completed an entire cookbook - May 25, 2011. See blog for details.
34. Feather in my hair - May 19, 2011. I thought I could do one "cool" thing before I turn 40... at least it wasn't a tattoo. That was my pre-30 or never deal - turned out to be never.
33. Hungarian Dinner - May 1, 2011. Homemade authentic Hungarian food, amazing!
32. Threw a Royal Wedding Party - April 29, 2011. Watching history in the making and wishing happiness to Will & Kate.
31. Tennison was baptized - April 17, 2011. Tennison asked Scott to baptize him and for me to go in the tank with him. I was honored!
30. Mom to a teenager - April 3, 2011. Reagan Grace with the Pretty Face is officially a teenager.
29. Attacked by a cat - March 23, 2011. Oh how I wish this wasn't part of my list.
28. Picking oranges in AZ - March 17, 2011.
27. Blogging under a palm tree - March 15, 2011. This is how I will be blogging when I'm 80... if we're still blogging!
26. Eagles Game - March 5, 2011. First time as a family and first time on the Flight Deck.
25. Oscar Winner - February 27, 2011. So fun to have him back in our house for the year!
24. Gourmet Dinner - February 26, 2011. Being served amazing food with good friends was a night to remember.
23. Ate Buffalo Jerky - February 19, 2011. We stopped at The Dam Store on your way into the Big Thompson for some buffalo jerky.
22. Snowshoeing at Bear Lake - February 19, 2011. The kids and I went last Christmas, Scott was still on crutches. This time we went as a family!
21. Placement of Baby-Joy - February 6, 2011. To witness the start of a family through adoption will go down as a highlight in my life.
20. Baby in the House! - January 2nd. What a JOY to have her here! Honored to be Cradle Care for her.
19. Photo with My Mom and Birth Mom - December 31st.
18. Met my half-brothers - December 28th. They drove out from Iowa to meet us.
17. Back on a horse - December 27th. I plan on getting back in the saddle, sore buns and all. I might even have to buy me some boots!
16. Celebrated my Adoption Finalization Day - December 19th. This was the first time to celebrate this momentous occasion. Now that I know the date, I'll be celebrating again.
15. Watched White Christmas on the big screen - December 19th. Oh the details we were able to see.
14. Took a CPR class with Scott - December 13th. In-home private lesson, fun!
13. Paid for someone's groceries - December 10th. I've always thought of doing something like this, now I have. It felt so good!
12. Yoga - December 6th. I downward facing dogged my way through. Namaste!
11. Black Friday - November 26th. We came, we shopped, we conquered!!
10. Started my blog - November 9th. I decided there is no time like the present!!
9. Hit & Run Car Accident - October 20th. This was not a bucket list item... never been in an accident, ever. This was not fun and not sure what even happened. Again, a short 2 days after Moka came home. Nobody in the car, just me. Good times, good times.
8. Getting the Puppy - October 18th. If you noticed, that is 2 short days after CA. We LOVE our Miss Moka Flo Kazoo. She is a Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier. What a joy to have a dog again! She was worth the wait.
7. California Family Vacation - October 9-16th. I decided Disney was the happiest place on earth after all. We had a blast!! Tennison had never been to CA or the ocean, so it was magical for him. The ocean, the Hollywood sign, Disney, staying in downtown L.A... what memories!
6. Essay Contest for Real Simple Magazine - September 24th. Submitted my first ever essay for a contest. The topic: I never thought I'd... find my birth mom. Still don't know who won!
5. Disney Screening of Secretariat - September 23rd. Our church was invited to attend the screening for this amazing movie! It got me in the horse mood... old habits are hard to break.
4. Faith Day at the Rockies Game - August 15th. This was our last hoorah before school started - a charter bus to the Rockies game, a victory, and the Jeremy Camp concert. I'll just say it, he's AWESOME! We had a blast seeing him in concert at Coors Field.
3. MOOSE!!! - August 9th. On our way home from Steamboat we drove through Walden, the Moose Capitol of Colorado. If ever an animal I love, its the moose. Scott spotted the baby and turned around... her mommy showed up fast. I jumped in the car fast! It was such a thrill to see a moose in the wild.
2. Tubed the Yampa River in Steamboat - August 8th. We were on a family vacation, what a blast.
1. Biked the Boulder Creek Path - July 30th for my birthday. I lived in Boulder for 11 years and never did that.

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