Dean Family

My Big Girl

2011-09-28T17:12:00.001-07:00

This girl brings so much joy into our lives. Love you all the manys Peyton!

Harper Nicole Arrives

2011-08-28T22:12:00.000-07:00

After about 12 hours of labor pains I decided that we should go to the hospital and see if we could meet Harper. I called Kris and he met me at my dad's house. My dad took this picture of us. This picture was the last time we were a family of three.

We were at the hospital for about three hours when my doctor decided that it was time to get ready for my c-section. I'm happy that my parents brought Peyton in right before we left for the OR.

Here's Kris getting ready!

Harper Nicole is born! Kris said it only took seven minutes for her to get here, much faster than Peyton. She was born August 18th at 6:26pm. She was seven pounds, 10 ounces and 20 inches long.

Peyton loves her baby sister.

Grandpa Philpot holding Harper. Peyton doesn't want us to forget she's the big sister.

Grandma Philpot

Proud Dad

Proud Mom

What a cute baby!

After three days we got to take Harper home!

Who is this girl?

2011-07-28T22:00:00.001-07:00

I can't believe how old Peyton looks in this picture. She is so cute and getting so big.

Peyton Turns TWO!

2011-05-21T20:47:00.000-07:00

We had a little party with our family to celebrate Peyton's birthday. It's hard to believe that she is two already. Time really does fly by. Earlier in the week we took her to her first movie. Although she didn't make it all the way through, it was a lot of fun. Her favorite part was the popcorn and trying to play with some little girls that were also watching the movie.

Peyton has been such a blessing in our lives. I can't imagine life without her. We love you so much Petyon!

Snow Day!

2011-01-03T16:42:00.000-08:00

It was so fun waking up to all the snow, even more exciting when school was canceled. We decided to go to breakfast at Mountain Falls, and then we played in the snow. Peyton loved it. We had a great day and were happy to spend the day together.

Winter Break Fun

2010-12-27T21:27:00.000-08:00

I love Winter break! It is so nice to have so much time to spend with Peyton. In fact I barely let her out of my sight. On one of the days off we all headed into Vegas.

First we went to Red Robin because I was starving. Peyton loved the ice cream as you can see.

After that we did some shopping, then we took her to the Las Vegas Outlet mall to ride the carousel. She just learned how to do a "cheesy smile". So cute. It was a great day.

Sneaky, Sneaky

2010-10-26T19:59:00.000-07:00

This is how I found Peyton the other day. Man, she gets into EVERYTHING now!

Minnie Mouse

2010-10-20T22:13:00.001-07:00

Here is Peyton trying on her costume for Halloween. She is just so cute!

Bonnie Springs

2010-09-10T19:54:00.000-07:00

We went to Bonnie Springs on Labor Day. Peyton had such a great time. She loved the train ride, seeing all the cowboys, and the animals at the petting zoo. It was a great family day! We will have to go again sometime.

Welcome Kelsey Jo Anderson

2010-09-07T22:14:00.000-07:00

I just became an aunt for the 13th time.
My niece Kelsey was born yesterday, weighing in at 7lbs, 12oz. Congratulations Mel, Robert, and Kaden. I love you all!

Summer Get Away

2010-08-13T21:49:00.000-07:00

Kris and I went on our first vacation since we had the baby. We wanted to stay close to home so we decided to go to an Angel's game in Anaheim. We had a lot of fun cheering for the Angels even though they didn't win. After that we took a short detour to the beach.
The next day we went to Six Flags Magic Mountain. The rides seemed scarier then I remembered. I was scared to go on some, but I did it anyways. I have never screamed so hard. I even think Kris was scared on a couple of them.
The next morning Kris and I got up earily and rushed home to see Peyton. Thanks grandparents for taking such good care of her while we were gone!

Got Milk?

2010-08-10T22:18:00.000-07:00

Grandpa Philpot decided that Peyton needed to learn a very important life skill: How to eat an Oreo. She learned how to dunk her cookie in the milk, eat it, and even finger paint with it. Thanks Grandpa!

Summer Fun

2010-07-17T15:01:00.000-07:00

Peyton loves smimming and popsicles!

In Loving Memory

2010-07-17T14:40:00.000-07:00

Donald Camden Morrison
Grandpa Moose
1913-2010

Grandpa Moose was a wonderful man. I feel very blessed to have had him in my life. I want to thank you grandpa for everything you taught me. You were a great example of being honest and working hard. I know you are in a better place now, and I'm glad you get to be with your family. I'll see you in heaven someday. I love you.

How She's Grown

2010-07-04T17:29:00.000-07:00

one month

three months

eight months

12 months

Peyton Delaine - one year old

2010-05-23T17:18:00.000-07:00

I honestly can't believe that it's been a year since Peyton has been born. I've loved every minute of being her mother. I couldn't have asked for anything better. I know that Kris and I have been blessed. Our live is an adventure, and we love having her with us.

Birthday Time

2010-05-22T22:49:00.000-07:00

We celebrated Peyton's first birthday on May 15th. We were lucky to have my sister Melanie and her family here from Alabama. Her son Kaden's birthday is on the 31st, so we celebrated his birthday too. We had a lot of fun celebrating with our family. The cousins had a great time with eachother. They loved the pinata. A big thanks to all our family. We love and appreciate you.

Peyton Loving Life

2010-05-22T22:15:00.000-07:00

UNLV Graduation

2010-05-22T19:07:00.001-07:00

Kris Graduated from UNLV on May 8th. It was a very exciting day for our family. We were happy to share the excitment and fun with family. Thanks to his parents and my parents for coming. Thanks to Kenzie and Carter too! In fact I wouldn't have made it through the commencement ceremony without them. Although it was fun watching Kris walk across the stage, it wasn't as fun watching the other 2,900 people do it too. So Kenzie, Carter and I alternated phones and played games for about 3 hours while we waited for Kris' turn.
After that we all went to Olive Garden to celebrate. All in all it was a great day, and I am so happy for Kris!

Who's that hiding under the bib?

2010-04-13T22:48:00.000-07:00

Can she get any cuter?

2010-02-23T17:02:00.001-08:00

Last Sunday Peyton got her first pony tail. She wouldn't sit still (of course), so Kris had to hold her head with his hands. This made her very mad. Good thing she is so cute!

Peyton Update

2010-02-19T19:25:00.000-08:00

Life has been going by so fast. Peyton is nine months old now. I keep asking myself how that happened. She is now an expert crawler, and goes anywhere she likes. She is very interested in everything and has to check it out. She is pulling herself up and walking around things. Her favorite is to walk around our coffee table. Every time she makes it around she looks at me with a big grin on her face. I think she wants to say, "Look at me mommy, I am so big."

Kris and I took Peyton to the park a few days ago. I'm not sure who had more fun, but we all had a great time being a family.

Breakfast

2010-02-13T13:27:00.000-08:00

December Craziness

2010-01-13T19:24:00.000-08:00

I love December. It is definitely one of my favorite times of the year. This December was especially great because we have Peyton to share everything with. Kris and I tried not to go crazy and buy her everything, but it was hard. I have to be careful when I go into Carters, Baby Gap, The Children’s Place, etc. because it’s very easy to spend money in those stores. Everything is just so cute!

We had a nice Christmas. Of course Peyton would have been happy with just playing with the wrapping paper, but it was fun watching her play with her presents too. It was nice visiting with family.

Another reason why I love December so much is because it is my birthday month. This year we went all out and celebrated my birthday by getting a suite at The Hotel by Mandalay Bay and tickets to The Lion King. The show was amazing. I would recommend it to everyone.
December 2009 was great, hello 2010!

My Growing Girl

2009-12-07T20:55:00.000-08:00

She just keeps getting bigger and bigger! I wish it wouldn't go so fast.

Thanksgiving Madness

2009-12-07T20:27:00.000-08:00

Thanksgiving was a blast this year. Everyone was able to come home! All five sisters, Florence, Kathy, Amy, Melanie, and me, and my brother Jonathan. All our spouses were here, and all our kids. For a grand total of 27 people all at Mom and Dad's house.
The sister's had their traditional Sister's Challenge. Melaine was the big winner this year. Some of us got to go and see New Moon. It was really good! We rode quads and the Rino. Over all we had lots and lots of food and fun!!

Trick or Treating...

2009-11-06T21:21:00.000-08:00

Peyton had lots of fun going trick or treating with her mommy and grandmothers. She got a lot of candy which I was very happy about. She looked so adorable in her cat costume (thanks grandma Carle). Lots of fun, what will I get to do with her next? I really love this whole mom thing.

2009-10-23T19:06:00.000-07:00

So cute!

Sleeping Beauty

2009-10-23T17:51:00.001-07:00

This is how we have been finding Peyton in her crib. Can it be comfortable?

First Cereal

2009-10-03T15:52:00.000-07:00

Peyton is having lots of fun trying out new foods. This week she is trying pears. It's so fun to watch her change and grow. She can roll over all the way now, and is picking up her toys. Lots of fun. Here are a couple more pictures of the baby.

Crazy Life

2009-09-06T21:29:00.000-07:00

Life sure has been crazy these last few months. My twin, Melanie and her little boy Kaden came to visit in August. We had a blast spending time together. We were able to get the kids pictures taken. Kadan was a real trooper, but Peyton cried almost the whole time we were there. It was a little discouraging but they turned out pretty good.

We had a birthday party for my mom while Melanie was here. It was a lot of fun for all of us to be together. We played lots of games, including my favorite Ticket to Ride. In fact I got my highest score ever and totally demolished everyone.

I am back at school teaching second grade this year. Its been sad losing my partner in crime Charese (she is the only Kinder teacher at our school now) but its been nice getting to know the other second grade teachers. They have been extremely helpful which is much appreciated!! I have been losing my mind a bit, but I am getting though it.

It has been really hard leaving Peyton to go back to work. I feel very blessed to have my dad watching her. I'm glad that she will have close bond with him. I'm sure they will have some great adventures together. Peyton amazes me daily, and I love being her mother.

SMILE

2009-07-22T14:03:00.000-07:00

Peyton has been smiling up a storm. It's just really hard to catch it on camera, but I was lucky this time.

Our sweet baby

2009-07-17T08:09:00.001-07:00

Bath time

2009-07-01T16:31:00.000-07:00

Taking a bath is one of Peyton's favorite things to do. She is so adorable!

Blessing Peyton

2009-06-17T11:02:00.000-07:00

Peyton was blessed June 7th. She looked so beautiful in her blessing dress. My niece Arya and nephew Caleb told me how beautiful Peyton's WEDDING dress looked. We were really happy that a lot of our family could be there. Lots of anuts, uncles, cousins, grandparents, and great grandma Draper. It was a wonderful day!

Peyton's first Restaurant

2009-05-25T08:37:00.000-07:00

After an appointment for Peyton last Friday we all went to Red Robin for dinner. It was really fun! Peyton got her first balloon, which she never saw because she sleept the whole time. It was so loud there but she never flinched.

Visiting Peyton....

2009-05-25T08:32:00.000-07:00

Peyton has had lots of family and friends over to visit with her. She seems to love all the attention.

Our baby girl is born!

2009-05-24T19:01:00.000-07:00

From Movies

Here is a video of pictures that were taken at the hospital. These are a small portion of all the photo's that we have taken since she was born so there will surely be many more posts to come in the near future. She was born at 8:05pm on Sunday, May 17th. She weighed 7 pounds and measured 18 and 3/4 inches. As many of you may know we took a poll of different family and friends while we were at the hospital in regards to her length and weight. JoAnn guessed the weight exactly and was the closest to the correct length with a few other people. I guess its true that mother knows best, although I would have to say she did have an unfair advantage. Anyway mother and daughter are home now and recovering quite nicely. Peyton is already back to birth weight and gaining more and more every day. It's been a pretty crazy week but one I wouldn't change for the world. Our lives are officially changed forever and what a surreal experience it is.

April Showers....

2009-04-28T22:43:00.000-07:00

Wow, was I spoiled this month. I had three baby showers. The first one was in Salt Lake given by my mother in law Debbie, her sister Michelle, and mother Margo. I had one at school given by my friends Charese and Lori, and the last one was at my mother's house given by my mom and Debbie. Little Peyton is set for a very long time. All I can say is that we have great family and friends. A big thanks to everyone! Now we are just waiting for Peyton to come.

Tiny Baby Bump

2009-04-07T19:35:00.000-07:00

This is me at the end of January. It's funny how I thought I was so big there. I am much bigger now. Kris and I have worked very hard to get Peyton's room put together. We are almost done, so I will have to post some pictures soon. Little Peyton is already getting spoiled. I'm sure she is loving it!

It's a Girl

2009-01-25T12:44:00.000-08:00

Here are some pictures and a video of our little girl. In the video you will notice that she seems to have found her thumb, is flexible, and towards the end grabs her foot which is adorable! We are really happy and excited for our little miracle to arrive.

A Great Day!!!

2009-01-25T12:33:00.000-08:00

Saturday was a great day for us. JoAnn found out that she has a new doctor which is such a relief (you will see why when you see his picture posted below). We also found out that we are having a baby girl. The place we went for the ultrasound was awesome and we are so happy that we found it. JoAnn defenitely thinks it was the best 40 dollars she had spent in her entire life.

My previous doctor was like Dr. House except we don't think he was as smart! Just as mean!

Meet me in St. Louis

2008-12-03T17:21:00.001-08:00

These pictures were taken at Forest Park in the summer of 07, when we were living in St. Louis. This park is where the World's Fair was held in 1904. The building pictured is one of two buildings still existing from the World's Fair. I really loved going here because one of my favorite movies is Meet me in St. Louis starring Judy Garland. I used to stay up all night with my grandpa Peterson and watch it. Most of the movie is about how excited everyone is about the world fair being held in their town of St. Louis.

Here is a clip from the movie. ENJOY!

Baby News!!!

2008-11-05T20:25:00.000-08:00

Kris and I are very excited, happy, and nervous about our first baby. I am a little over 11 weeks pregnant! The cravings have already started and Kris has been wonderful about getting me anything I have wanted. I have not had any morning sickness as of yet. I keep knocking on wood. Kris is hoping for a boy, I am just hoping it's not TWINS. I don't think it is, but my mom likes to tease me. We will keep you posted!

Our Oregon Vacation

2008-08-17T17:56:00.000-07:00

"Portland and the Willamette"

"some fiery volcano's unfortunately the spewing lava was unable to be captured on camera"

"JoAnn and Godzilla"

"Tillamook Cheese factory. The best smelling place on earth."

"Kris and his Grandma and Uncle eating ice cream.

grandma's was actually a 5 scooper man she sure can

scarf some of that good ole' Tillamook ice cream."

"They have Tsunami zones all up and down

the coast, this is when the Tsunami hit."

"The harrowing cliffs of death."

"Absolutely gorgeous Temple in Portland, very similar to Vegas"

"Lighthouse at Cape Meares"

Okay, Okay so maybe we exagerated a little bit on the pictures, except the temple of course, but we wanted you all to know that it was an awesome experience and that we had a wonderful time. There are many more pics than this so if you would like to see more just ask.

-Kris

New House

2008-07-26T17:31:00.000-07:00

This is our new house. We love it. We have lived here for about four months. It has been a lot of work, but so worth it!