Memorial Day

We are so grateful to live in this free land and are grateful to the men and women who serve and have served to preserve our freedoms. We are grateful to those who have gome before us and helped us become who and what we are today. Kyle and I are both very proud of our heritage and hope to instill love of God, love of family, and love of counrty in our children.

Here are a few pics of our Memorial Weekend. We went up to the cabin to target shoot and fish. Spencer wanted to try out his new rifle (a present for getting his Eagle rank in the Boy Scouts - Congrats Spence!). The girls had a lot of fun too! We had cousin Aubrey with us and had a blast.

Aubrey, Scarlett, and Avanlee

Kyle and Asher

Spencer with his gun

Dad throwing clay pigeons for me

Dad, Kyle, and Spencer

Cute hat on Avanlee...

And one for Mom!

Avanlee, Scarlett, and Aubrey each wanted a turn.

Top to Bottom: Aubrey, Avanlee, Spencer, and Scarlett -- fishing

Grandpa Helping Scarlett fish

Aubrey catching her first fish

Avanlee with her first fish (Kyle missed the fish - hehe)

There's her fish!

Spencer and Dad

A few random pics of our super cute kids. they really are a joy and a blessing. We 're grateful everyday for the opportunity to be parents and thank God for the gift of our precious children.

Sundays with Daddy

So last Sunday we were outside enjoying the sunshine with a few of the neighbor kids and Kyle fell asleep. We decided to have a little fun with it. We covered him with all the junk we happened to have lying around. Yes, that is a pacifier in his mouth (and baby shoes on his toes). Then one of the kids decided to try and put toothpaste on his face... Needless to say, he's a sound sleeper.

Tag-Random 5's

So I didn't know if Janessa tagged me or another Katie so I decided to do this anyway.

Tag-Random 5's

5 things on my "to do" list this week
1. Exercise
2. Laundry!!!!!
3. Email my brother L.P. and congratulate him on graduating from Cal Arts (congratulations!)
4. Find a good used cell phone (ours is about to konk and I'm too cheap to buy a new one!)
5. Wash the car

5 snacks I enjoy
1. Fruit Leathers
2. "Indulgent" trail mix (Walmart)
3. Costco granola
4. Yogurt (blue yoplait)
5. Chocolate covered raisins

5 things I would do if I suddenly became a billionaire
1. Pay tithing
2. Pay off and finish the house
3. Buy two new cars
4. Get all my food storage/emergency preparedness stuff
5. Donate some and save the rest (okay...so I know that was more than 5... I've thought this out. Hehe)

5 places I've lived
1. Garland, TX (Dallas)
2. Canyon Country, CA (Santa Clarita, by Six Flags)
3. Provo, UT
4. South Ogden, UT
5. (yeah, that's all)

5 jobs I've had
1. Target (the regular one, not Super)
2. Lerner New York
3. Subway cart in the food center of our dorms
4. Cutco (ohhh the shame)
5. The Standard Examiner (papergirl)

5 things people may not know about me
1. I've had LASIK
2. I have my BA in Economics
3. I weighed more than Kyle when we got married (shoot...I may weigh more than him right now!)
4. During card/board games I strighten pieces and cards and put everything in it's place often without thinking about it or realizing it. I also color organize candy (Skittles, M&Ms, smarties, etc.) before/while I eat it.
5. Kyle and I met and were married 12 weeks later.

5 favorite musicians / bands
1. Dixie Chicks
2. Lauren Hill
3. The Hippos
4. Dave Matthews Band
5. Rascal Flats

5 tagged friends
1. (yeah I'm no good at tagging so just do it if you want to)
2.
3.
4.
5.

She did it!!

Yep...this little one is potty trained. Halleluiah! Good job baby girl!

My Arch Nemesis

The laundry. Who knew that doing the laundry for 5 people (regardless of size) would be so consuming. I wonder why I can't start and finish a day's worth of laundry in one day. I wonder why there is suddenly twice as many loads with the addition of just one tiny person. I wonder whether there really is so much extra laundry to do, or if it's just that I have so much less time, now, to do it in. Either way I'm afraid it's taking over. (A further complication: Who has time to do/finish laundry when attempting to potty train #2?) P.S. I'm very thankful for all our clothes.

A Very Nice Day!!!

I love it when the weather turns nice! We practically live outside in the spring and here's some proof.

My amazing family

A rare occurrance: everyone's looking at the camera and no one's crying!

Tee Hee Hee...

I can't believe our handsome baby is 4 months old already!

This weekend continued...

I had to post the pics my husband got of our cute girls this weekend. For more info. see the previous post.

At the LDS temple in Salt Lake City



At the Joseph Smith Memorial Building (formerly Hotel Utah)

On the roof of the Conference Center

Over the weekend my sister and her friend flew in from out of state with their babies. We were so glad to have them. We went to Salt Lake City to take in the sites and see a little history. We visited Jeff's family to see the gang with their new little one.

Stace and I at Jeff and Heaather's house.

These baby boy cousins were born within 4 months of each other.


Aren't we cute!


This was taken at the LDS temple visitor's center in Salt Lake City.


Me and my babies.

A Beginning

We've finally done it. Now that things are settling down with the new baby, we thought we'd give blogging a try. Enjoy!