Playing Catch Up

Okay it's been a while but things seem to keep coming up and we are all very busy. Brad, Brent and Teegan are all back in school and excelling. Church also has us all busy. Brad and I had a great experience helping with a Hangi where we heard Elder Groberg speak, as well as our first camping trip. And I'm still trying to find my groove as the Relief Society chorister. The boys have even been preparing for the Primary program next week. After that I have the Trunk or Treat to prepare for. Thankfully there is no ward activity in November so I'll get a little break before Thanksgiving. We love the holidays and look forward to the spirit of the holidays. Kayla is now 9 months old and ahead of the curve. You can tell she is going to be a smart girl. She's always observing things around her. She loves to play peek a boo. Last week she figured out how to stand up and three days later started to try walking. She's ready to keep up with those brothers of hers. It won't be long until she's chatting up a storm as well. I've included some video for you to enjoy.

Vacation-finally

We have had a busy summer or atleast I have. Just keeping everyone happy is a full time job. We finally took a much needed break and headed to Utah for some family time. We started with a visit from Grams, she came down from Idaho to spend a day with us and meet her newest great-grandbaby (Kayla). I think we may have gotten her hooked on Jenga. The next day we took the kids to the Dinosaur Museum at Thanksgiving Point after we finished there Gma and Gpa took the kids back to Ogden for a movie night. Brad and I got some alone time and went to one of our favorite restaurants (Tuscanos) where I tried Buffalo steak (yummy), then we enjoyed a movie (GI Joe)as well. On Saturday Gma and I had a little girl time and found a store full of girlie dresses and hair bows, it was fun to indulge in a little froo-froo for a few minutes. In the evening Kabi and Dave arrived from their vacation in the Northwest and we had a BBQ to celebrate Brad's bday. Sunday we went to church and enjoyed the rest of the day visiting with Kabi and Dave, and Gma and Gpa. We also enjoyed the fighter jets flying over the house everyday, playing games, and the much cooler weather.

Kayla Crawls

Hello, all! Just a short post to announce that Kayla is officially crawling. She usually only does it when she's in a hurry to get somewhere, but I imagine it won't take long for it to become her preffered mode of travel. I've posted a video to share, it's a little dark, but I hope you enjoy it.

Too Fast....

My little baby is getting big, too fast. She's now 6 months old, already. There are time when I feel like I just brought her home form the hospital and at the time I'm amazed at the personality that is now shining through. I love the way she scrunches up her nose when she smiles really big, I love how I'm, at times, the only one who can make her laugh. Anyway, you can probably tell, I love my girl.
So here are the stats: Weight= 14lbs, Height= 28inches. Her height is considered long and is causing her belly to hang out of many of her shirts. It's kind of funny. She's scooting, sitting up, and pulling herself up on things. She's only crawled 2 little crawls so far and part of me thinks she may skip crawling and go straight to walking. She doesn't babble, she squeals. She loves, peas, carrots, applesauce, squash, playing peak-a-boo, playing in the water, and her jumper. She has also become attached to the flannel blanket that Grandma made her. Her eyes are more green lately but seem to change with whatever she's wearing, and she has two bottom teeth. She likes bread and already has taken a liking to french fries. We'll be trying a sippy cup soon, can you believe it? It's amazing.
What can I say, this girl already shows signs of being a firecracker. I can't wait to see what's to come. Enjoy the pictures.

Moving Forward

I'm not sure I'm ready for Kayla to be mobile yet, but she's well on her way. She's getting so big, so fast. Her brothers have no idea what is coming their way.