katie-isms 2

so katie and my mom and I are all sitting outside on the front porch talking about the dark rain clouds. We told Katie that it looked like it was going to rain because of the clouds and that we should probably go inside. Katie of course refused and kept chattering away about the pretty clouds. A few minutes later it started to sprinkle before we could say anything Katie said, "WE GOT TO GET INSIDE A BIG RAIN STORM IS COMING!" She ran inside covering her head with her arms and then turned to us and said, "Hurry Hurry!" Honestly it just makes me laugh because Katie speaks so well for her age and sometimes I am amazed at what she understands!

Katie's room remodel!

Here is katie's new room! It took us about a week to paint and put up the boarder and hang all of the pictures and things on the walls. It was a lot of hard work but I think it was worth it! I loved being able to organize and clean all of Katie's things. katie calls it her "pretty room" and she absolutely loves it! So anyway I was proud of all of our hard work so I thought I would share with you the finished product.

Cousin Love

Here are some cute pictures of Katie and Ellie playing and being the best of friends! I always enjoy it when Ellie comes to play because Katie is entertained by someone other than me. The two girls get along decently well but poor little Jacob always gets left out of the fun. Here are the girls decorating halloween sugar cookies and reading in Katie's bed!

Rainy day fun!

Yesterday it rained for the first time this season. The second Katie woke up she said to me, "Mommy it's RAINING! We need to get me an umbrella!" She is right about the umbrella last years didn't even make it through the entire winter. But we went outside and played anyway. she had a blast jumping in the puddles and getting soaked. Our fun ended with a change of clothing, hot coco, and snuggles on the coach. Who could ask for a better day?

Katie-isms

Stephen: "Geez I am sweating like crazy"

Katie: "Geez I am sweating like crazy"

Stephen: "Are you a little copy cat?"

Katie: "Yes I am.... MEOW MEOW MEOW!"

we both laughed out loud!'

Since Katie says some of the funniest things and I never write them down before forgetting them I thought I would share this one!

Just a thought!

This is so true. I love the gospel! This conference weekend was wonderful and left me feeling energized and ready to do and be better. Even though this wasn't from conference I really enjoy this so I thought I would share it.

Terrible...Horrible...No Good...Very GOOD Day!

Sometimes being a mom is hard! All of you moms out there I am sure can agree with that. Being a mom is hard. You have days where it seems like nothing you ever do is right, where patience is gone, where you are counting down the minutes until nap time; only to discover that today is a "no nap" day! I know that I am only the mother of one so I probably have no right to complain. But today (and yesterday) have been not my best mommy days and sometimes I feel like I am living in the book "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day"! (Which if you haven't read is a super cute children's book.) Sometimes I feel so inadequate to be my beautiful daughters mother. I get so upset with myself for not having enough patience and for not showing her enough love. I worry that she doesn't always get the best of me and I am always praying for strength and guidance to be a better mom. Well, tonight I took the welcome break and left the kiddo with Daddy and went to the Relief Society broadcast. After the broadcast my stake had a dinner for us which was yummy and also gave me the chance to talk to other adults. While talking Katie's great Sunbeam teacher told me how much she enjoys katie in Sunbeams. She then told me that every Sunday at some point during Sunbeams She and Katie have this conversation:

Katie: "Where is my mommy?"
Teacher: "She is in her class"
Katie: "I LOVE my mommy! Do you love my mommy?"
Teacher: "Yes I love your mommy"
Katie: "I LOVE my mommy too!"

Well it made my whole day to hear that! Even though I am FAR from perfect Katie must know that I love her. Regardless of anything else I want her to know how much I love her! So instead of today being a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day it turned out to be a terrible, horrible, no good, very GOOD day! "Even in Australia"

Summer 2009

Not that my life is all that exciting or entertaining but I thought I would do a quick post remembering the Summer of 2009. We went to Arizona twice, spent many days at the zoo feeding the giraffe and watching the bird show, Katie turned two, Every Wednesday was "Bounce U" day, every thursday is library day, every Friday we go to another story time at a super cute book store as well as go to our favorite park (the bear park) and get a cookie at the cutest cookie shop I have ever seen! We went to the beach twice, we went to the towns AAA baseball team many times where Katie got to sing "Take me out to the ball game" and ride the merry-go-round and where Stephen and I have both developed a love for the game! We also went to the water park many times and loved watching Katie splash and play. I think that about sums it up! We had a great summer and it zoomed by. I simply can't understand how we are nearing halloween already. I am in a really reflective mood right now and I feel a rush of sadness as I consider how quickly my daughters life has gone by... thankfully I still have more time but I wish that sometimes I could stop and smell the roses more often! Below are some pictures that sum up our summer!

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Part 1 of Arizona Trip Summer 2009

We went to Arizona to spend time with the family for over a week! We had a blast playing games and watching the cousins play! Here is the first installment of Arizona pictures! We miss you already!

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Katie Turns 2... let the good times roll!

So considering it is August and Katie's b-day was in JUNE I am behind. Better Late than never. We had Katie's party at an inflatable bounce place called Bounce U. It was really fun to have all of the family come and celebrate with us. Katie was lucky to get many fun gifts. Among her favorites were a homemade stuffed animal frog from Mandy and a kid size broom, vacuum, and dustpan from Aunt Amber. She is definitely two but in all honesty she is still a pretty amazing toddler. Katie loves to sing songs, jump, dance and play all day. She knows the words to so many songs I can't even count them. Currently she loves to sing "Take Me Out To the Ball Game" and "How Much Is That Doggy In the Window". (Please don't mind all of my rambles on here it is mainly for me because this is basically the only time I write stuff down about Katie's development.) Anyway it has been a great two years and I am blessed to be her mommy. I wouldn't trade these last two years for anything!

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