Well life is sure exciting here in Kansas City. Zach is spending his first night working late. They told us when we moved in that there would be lots of over time but when Zach was just training we didn't get stuck with any of that. Now that he has a project he is working on a clients he is in charge of I guess we are seeing a change.

In honor of his late night tonight we caught him a present!!
Mouse #8!!! YUCK!!!

We caught mouse #7 when mom and dad were here with the girls, Here are pictures of that wonderful event!! Kayla was scared to go to sleep down stairs because shortly after catching the first mouse I could have sworn that I saw another one, when we didn't find the 2nd one I thought maybe I was just seeing things. I guess I just had to be patient. It has just taken a week.




Mouse #7

Lucky for Zach the mice have gotten wise to the "killer" mouse traps and I have had to resort to using glue strips that don't kill them, they just get stuck. Zach then gets the "dirty" dead of killing them!! GROSS!!!

Anyways just thought I would share our excitement with you

with love

Kansas City Visit

We had so much fun with Grandma and Grandpa and the girls when they came to Kansas City, Here are a few pictures of what we did while they were here



Carter and Dylan's soccer game, Zach coached Dylan's team and they are still undefeated!! (although we aren't supposed to keep score at their age. U5) Carter played awsome also, his team

Monday we went to Kaleidoscope. It is put on by Hallmark cards and you can go in and be creative and do artsy things with scrap pieces of paper and other supplies. We all had lots of fun making cards and puzzles and such.







Wednesday we went to the park Carter's teacher had us pick him up from school early and we went to this park we had lots of fun.






playing at the park. the kids really liked the merry go round

I think I am at my picture limit for this post, we did lots of other fun things too maybe mom will post some more pictures or I will do another post later, We also went to Liberty Jail on Tuesday, that was lots of fun too and today we ate lunch with Carter at his school. He really enjoyed having his cousins and grandma and grandpa eat lunch with him.

Shaun and Christina Eaton's July wedding

Shaun and Christina were married on 7-7-07
Here are a few pictures Mom took at their wedding.



Cory and Trina and their two kids, Natalie and Cole? we think.

Soccer Season

Well Soccer Season is on us again, and this year both Carter and Dylan are playing, and Zach is coaching, (Dylan's Team) This seems to make life much busier. 3 Days a week we are now spending over at the soccer field. Kendall is loving the time outside and does really well at practices and the games. Dylan just loves soccer. If he isn't running its because he has fallen down from running too fast. I couldn't stop laughing at his first game on Saturday. He was so cute! Carter is getting better. He is not as enthusiastic about soccer as Dylan, but does well, Zach played with him last night in the back yard and I think he is just timid about the other kids pushing to get the ball.

Things are settling down here, Zach is in his permanent position at work, I am working on settling into my new calling as Stake YW Secretary. I didn't realize how much work it was going to be, But it is also going to be so much fun. I got to go to my first youth dance last Saturday night and had a blast. Towards the end we were all (the stake yw presidency) out there dancing. It was a lot of fun to start getting to know the people I will be working with.

Our most exciting news is that we are coming to Tucson in November for the Tour de Tucson and Thanksgiving. We are so excited to come back and see all of our friends again. I am being forced to focus on my riding as I sprained my hip running 2 weeks ago. We (my running partner and I) got chased by a pack (2) of dogs, and I finally went to the Dr. and got x-rays done. No running for 4 weeks maybe more, but he did say that I could ride my bike and keep my endurance up so El Tour here I come!!

Kendall is growing up so fast. She will be 1 in 3 weeks. I can hardly believe it! Anyways that's life here in KC. Love and Miss you all
Carter and Dylan posing for pictures, before their first game.
Kendall is almost always smiling. We just love her!




Lynette

Takoda Shea Justesen

Introducing Takoda Shea Justesen
born September 4, 2007 at 12:08 am at St. Joseph's hospital.
weighing in at 6 pounds 11.3 ounces and
length of 18 1/2 inches.


Shelby was very interested and really loves her sister. She somehow always knows where she is to go and give her kisses. Shelby also always wants to hold her baby and love on her.
Brody definately loves his roll as the big brother and also wants to take care of his new baby sister and is very protective of both sisters. He loves holding his sister and when mommy had Takoda and they came to visit Brody got very upset that Takoda wasn't going home with him that day and she had to stay at the hospital one more night.
Right after Takoda was born with mommy. Sorry we look scary it was late. Here Takoda is with her daddy and he really is happy she is here just a little tired from a long night before.

Hello Again!

While I check the the blog almost everyday, it seems like it has been a while since I've had the chance to actually post. It has been really great to hear all the things that everyone has been doing.

So what is up with me? My back continues to get better and stronger. I have been going to the gym at least 3 days a week for some low impact stuff on the elliptical or the bike. I tried running one week but I was feeling the effects a little more than I was comfortable with, so its back to low impact stuff until I loose more weight, which is finally starting to happen after 6 weeks of going to the gym.

Yesterday I started my next little project of coaching Dylan's soccer team. it should be fun and Dylan is SOOOOO anxious to play. Carter starts school next week and is doing well. Kendall is acting like a little premadonna and almost always gets what she wants. She seems to overpower you with her cuteness. What is a Dad to do.

We did have a little scare though. We got a call from the stake presidents office for and appointment. We really got nervous when Lynette was at a friends house and found out that her and her husband had an appointment the night before ours. What could it be? We heard rumors of the Bishop being released, maybe the elders quorum pres. It was a sigh of relief when Lynette was called to the Stake YW Presidency as the secretary. (the sigh was from me). She should do great.

Another announcement from me is that I finally got my permanent assignment at Cerner. I will be done "training" after next week and am looking forward to staying in one place for more than a few weeks. I got assigned to the "Global Production Management" team. They manage remote hosted clients from the UK (Britain), Australia, Cayman Islands, and United Arab Emirates(Dubai). It should be really interesting even though I don't "know" much still and hopefully have a chance to travel every once and a while. There is so much to this job sometimes that it is easy to feel overwhelmed. You could actually be a really smart, savy, almost expert IT person and really look and feel stupid when it come to knowing anything about a lot of these solutions that we deal with. They are just very complicated. I guess when you put health care and IT together it is just going to be that way. I am really enjoying the challenge of this job and it is never boring even if I feel stupid all the time. I just have to keep telling myself that I am still new at this and it will take 2 years before I am really any kind of efficient at this.

Other than that I am ready for the heat and humidity to go away and hopefully we will get to come back to Tucson over Thanksgiving for the Tour de Tucson. Glad to hear things are going well. Curt, I heard you got you private pilots license. Congrats! Congrats also on the new home and the engagement to Jen. Ben haven't heard for you in a while. What's going on? Hope things are going well with the child rearing and the new job. Desi good to hear form you. Keep it up a little more often and I will try to do the same. Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad!

Love and miss you all!

And Curt, You ugly too :-)

Zach

Finally warm in Kansas City

Well it has finally gotten to feel like summer here in Kansas City, Our temps have actually reached the high 90's or low 100's for the last week and they are telling us it should continue for the next few weeks too. It wouldn't be so bad except for the humidity which really seems to kill me and the kids. Zach says it won't last but maybe a few more weeks 6 at the most. We haven't been spending as much time outside as we had been.

I have however taken apart the kids power wheels motercycle and replaced a rear wheel driver so that it now goes in reverse again. We have had fun playing on it and Kendall has gotten to go on her first ride on it. After Carter told her her ride was over she went crawling down the driveway after him. "yelling" at him to come back.


We went down the the mall in Independence the other day to find something to do inside out of the heat. I let the kids have a ride on the carousel and they picked the one seat that was sure to make them dizzy although they did have a great time.


The kids also had fun playing in the play area nearby inside the mall
Yesterday we even finally made it to the lake. Although I have no pictures as I forgot my camera at home because I had been thinking of downloading these other pictures. A few families from the ward were headed up to the lake to play at the beach so we took along the jet skis, it was fun and everyone got to ride although the yellow one wouldn't start, (that will be Zach's little project for the next little while) We had a good time anyways. We are seriously considering selling them next summer in turn for a boat as our whole family no longer fits on just the two jet skis. I guess time will tell on if our plan works out. Hope you all are doing well. It was good to read your posts Summer and Desi. It is so fun to see pictures and how everyone is growing up.

Zach should have his perment assignment this week or next Carter starts school on the 20th a week from tomarrow. 1st grade if any of you can believe that. Time goes by so fast! Dylan and Tatum (the little girl next door) will be doing preschool together alternating weeks at my house and hers. The kids are very excited about this. Kendall is growing up way to fast and is starting to stand on her own. I am not quite ready for her to be walking but I don't think it will be very long now till that happens. She loves her brothers and mostly loves to be the center of attention. I am still riding my bike and actually had a great ride this last weekend with a pretty fast group that rides pretty fast. we held a 19.1 mph for 40 miles Saturday, (FYI the pellaton in the Tour de France averaged 19.5 this last year, although they did it for 100 miles for almost 30 days in a row) I'm not that good, but at least I am getting better. Last year I was lucky to reach 17 for an average. Anyways we love you all and are thinking of you too.

Love Lynette