Kaden's House!

Our little family went for a fun road trip to Utah to visit Spencer and Andrea. We were able to stay for almost two weeks! We had a lot of fun letting the cousins play and play! Kaden and Katie played super well together and had a blast with one another. We played in the snow, made cookies, went to some fascinating museums (hehehe), looked at Christmas lights, played games (for the adults), and basically had fun! Here are the pictures from our wonderful Utah trip! Katie misses Kaden and asks for us to go back and play again. I wish we all lived closer to one another but I guess I should be thankful for the time we do get to see each other.

Spencer and Andrea got new furniture and so Stephen and Spencer were moving the old furniture and the kids decided to take a ride!

All three Kiddos in the bath.


Out in the snow brrrrr! Katie loved playing in the snow especially when she could ride on the sled.








The daddies were great at chasing, throwing, catching, and rough housing with the kids.


Katie and Kaden playing at the indoor play ground in the mall












At the Christmas lights!




Katie being Katie!



Making cookies!


Just hanging out!





Bed time stories!

Katie's hair cut

I realize my blogging has been slacking lately and truthfully I have no idea why. I can only chalk it up to laziness and being busy with the holidays! Anyway I have a ton of things to recap before I can move on to the present but I accidentally uploaded these pictures of Katie's hair cut which actually took place after a lot of other things but oh well here they are anyway! Katie (as most of you know) has a mullet! I have taken her to get her hair cut before at Super Cuts and was told there was nothing they could do . I then waited it out for awhile and then I couldn't take it another day so I looked up a hair cutting place that specializes in kid hair cuts and took her there. Now they didn't do a whole lot and most people probably won't even be able to tell but they cut off two inches from the back of her hair which took away the mullet look considerably. This was a long explanation but to say the least I was happy with the results and the place was super cute and completely designed for kids. They had fun chairs that look like rocket ships or fire trucks and they even let the kids pick out a movie or show to watch while they are getting their hair cut.

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So this was probably like a month ago that I took her and she already needs it cut again (sigh)! But really look at the first picture of the back of her hair and compare it to the back of her hair after the cut, huge difference!

Katie-isms #3

So Katie is constantly saying funny things so here are some of the new ones!

We are cleaning up the dinner plates when Katie says, "Mommy my tummy thanks you for dinner!"

Grandma has two pilgrims Mr. and Mrs. Pilgrim who are supposed to be on the holiday shelf but in actuality have spent very little time on it. Katie carries the pilgrims everywhere and takes care of them just like babies. These pilgrims have been everywhere that katie goes and Grandma has finally given up and given them to Katie. I don't know why these two stuffed pilgrims have gotten more love and attention than ANY other toy Katie has ever had, but it is sure cute! Anyway the other day I asked Katie if she loved her pilgrims and she said, "Mommy I do I love my pilgrims because they are the best pilgrims I have ever seen in all my whole life!" Well I don't know how many more pilgrims my two year old has seen but what an honor for those pilgrims! Super cute!

While katie was sitting down to lunch she asked me if she had to eat all of it and I told her yes that would make mommy so happy and she responded by saying, "If I eat my whole lunch I will be soo proud of myself!"

I don't know where she comes up with these things but it sure makes me laugh! I love this little girl with all my heart!

2009 Halloween Extravaganza!

We did a lot for Halloween. We had a carnival that we went to, a costume dress up story time, ward Halloween party, and of course trick or treating! All in all I was happy for November to come and to say good bye to halloween. We did have fun though and Katie got to wear her costume a lot more than I had thought which is always good. So I know it is super late for halloween pictures but due to baby number two I haven't felt that great and therefore my blogging has fallen behind! So here it is Halloween 2009!

Make a Smilebox slideshow

BIG news...

Well if you couldn't quite read the words on her shirt it says, "I have a secret...I'm going to be a big sister!" Thats right we are pregnant with baby number two. We are very excited to have a new addition to our family and Katie is very excited to be a big sister. My due date is June 6th. We of course don't know the sex of the baby yet but I am officially guessing that it is a boy. I am sick, sick, sick but it is all part of the fun. We have ultra sound pictures of the new little (very little) one but our scanner is currently broken so once we can scan them in I will post them.

Make a Smilebox slideshow

We had a lot of fun at the pumpkin patch. Katie loved riding the pony and picking out her pumpkin. We also went into a hay maze.

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?