Sunday, March 21, 2010

Kadence's Birthday Project!

This year for Kadence's birthday we decided we wanted to do something a little more meaningful! We came up with the idea of making little keepsake boxes for all the parents of babies in the Newborn Intensive Care Unit down at Utah Valley Hospital where she spent 6 weeks of her life! We had so much help! And it was so fun and rewarding to do something in her memory!
Our great friend Chelsi
Grandma Nay & Aunt Kylee
My mom was absolutely amazing! She spend 2 entire days with me helping me prep everything and she put out an amazing spread for all our helpers! I don't know what I'd do without her! I seriously think she has some sort of superwoman gene that I certainly didn't get!
My aunt Kim and sweet cousin Jer! We have always been super close! But what 21 year old guy do you know that would come scrapbook for his cousin?! He is such a sweetheart!
Mae also enjoyed getting in on the action!


Cody and his Cousin Cassie, who is amazing by the way! Another thing I wanted to accomplish before her birthday this year was her scrapbook. Amazingly it is finished! It turned out more incredible than I could have imagined! And I could not have done it without this lady right here! She pretty much held my hand and told me I could do it, even when it was incredibly hard she was there to help me along! I can't tell you thanks enough Cassie!

Angee & Ashley, and they were acting bad and wouldn't look at the camera!

My cute Grandma Kleah, Aunt Joni and Cousin Jer! I think they put together more boxes than anyone! They were on a roll!And my sweet husband! I can't tell you all how amazing this man is! I don't know what I'd do without him!
So thanks for listening to this long overdue post! And we think we'll make this a tradition so look forward to next years project all our little helpers! We can't tell you how much we appreciate all of your help! We couldn't have done it without you!
We ended up making 40 keepsake boxes that we delivered to Utah Valley Hospital's NICU on January 30. It was a really incredible experience and I hope Kadence knows how much we love and adore her!

3 comments:

C*K*J said...

What an amazing tribute! Thanks for letting me be a part of it! I'm so proud of you guys!

thetoddfamily said...

What an awesome idea!! I would love to help anytime you have somethin like this goin on!!

Sharon said...

It was a wonderful way to honor Kadence and I loved being able to help. I know the parents in the NICU were so grateful.