nine months

LOVE HER!
(She's actually closer to ten months. She is going to be one before we know it!)

HaPpY hAlLoWeEn!!!

We had such a busy Halloween this year. On Thursday we went to Crestview's parade to see Kate's cousins. She was quite skepical of all the crazy kids. We then went and visited a vampire in her classroom....

and Alice in her classroom.... We tried to see the 50s waitress but she had already changed.

On Friday Megan and Annie threw their annual halloween party. This is the first time Ty and I have been able to go. (yeah for not being in the news business this year and having Friday nights off!)
The two bugs: Tessa and Kate

Kate and her other BFF Taycie

The whole gang!

"The swine Flu", his nurse (he wanted me to be a "naughty nurse" but I definitely can't pull that off!) and our sweet bumble bee!

GO UTES!!!

On Saturday we thought "oh it is such a nice day we should go to the U game with Poppy, MeMe and Brecken!" Boy were we wrong! As we were walking from our car to the game we got caught in an absolute downpour!!!! So Brecken, Kate and I went to lunch at Red Rock instead. Once we finished our lunch we called Me Me and decided we would go back for the fourth quarter now that the sun had come out. It was a close game and went into overtime. We got the best of both worlds..... lunch in the warm, dry restaurant AND got to watch the intense exciting ending of the game! What a great day! Kate was actually pretty excited about the rain. She was squealing the whole time as we RAN back to the car!

If you know Kate at all you know she doesn't just fall asleep on her own. Brecken and I were laughing so hard though as we were walking back to the car after the game cause she just COULDN'T keep her eyelids open for one more second.

But don't worry she still had her churro in one hand and her lip gloss in the other. She's got her priorities straight!

Halloween Recital

On Friday I had a little Halloween recital for my young piano students. After taking the summer off with Katherine getting sick, I knew I needed to plan something that would motivate the kids again and give them something to look forward to. They all learned spooky and fun Halloween songs, perfected them, memorized them and performed them beautifully! I am so proud of them! Everyone looked so cute in their costumes! Then to add to the excitement we played some GHOST bingo, musical tombstones and had donuts and rootbeer. Now we have to get busy on our Christmas songs and Federation!

My future pianist! She loved seeing all the kids in their costumes!

St. George girls trip

So last minute us girls decided we needed to go on a much needed girls trip. Priscila, Meg, Brook and I left the men behind and headed down to Megan's mom's house in St. George. It was a little chaos at times with three babies but it must have been a success considering Priscila is still planning on having children in the future! It was so nice to just hang out at the pool in ninety degree weather and chat the day away. Of course we were there for three days and I didn't get ONE shot of the adults! The little girls just stole all of our attention! Thanks again Meg for inviting us!

GO YANKEES!!!!

Sorry Al and Jane,

but GO YANKEES!!!!

p.s. this will probably be the only time you will ever see Katherine in blue jammies..... I know she looks like a boy.

Conference Weekend

Over conference weekend Brecken was nannying the two youngest Ivorys so we decided to get the Summerhayes and head up to the cabin. It was so beautiful up there with all the colorful leaves!

Softball

There is nothing like ending the summer with SOFTBALL! Ty has been on a rec league with some of his friends and Brecken has been on a Co-ed team as well. So between the two of them Kate and I have been able to watch alot of Softball! When we went to Brecken's game one of the girls on her team got hit by the ball and had to get stitches in her ear so guess who had to fill in? Yep! me! I have probably never swung a baseball bat before! I also had flip flops on! But don't worry the Haslam mom was willing to give up her shoes.... It ended up being alot of fun though! Brecken's team has all my friends from highschool on it and it was fun to catch up with all of them! I am just glad Joey and Bryce had me covered out in the outfield!

My proud fans! I even won the game ball!!!!

State Fair

No September can go by without hitting up the state fair. It was fun having our little squirt with us this year! Ty even took her down the big yellow slide! Favorites: a cow weighing 3010 pounds, Navajo Tacos, watching Hadley, Maggie and Lilly do the bobble head video, the Big Yellow Slide, and last BUT not least dancing and singing to Boys to Men just outside the concert! Ty and I both agreed we were going home and downloading all of their old songs. It brought back so many fun memories to both of us!

IT'S ALL ABOUT......

KATE!!

Kate is 8 months old and ........

Loves to read booksDoes her "funny face" to make people laugh

Has started pulling herself up in her crib (I think it's time we lower the mattress!)




thinks she's cool when she gets to move her height chair in the living room so her mom can watch SYTYCD while feeding her


Her favorite toy is her bucket of head bands

Loves hanging out with her mom all day (HATES playing alone) Is good at helping her dad play XBOX

still has to sleep all snuggled up- but I must say the past wk she has started sleeping 6-7 hour stretches. Maybe, just maybe the black rings under my eyes will start to shrink!
and crawling??? well don't you just hate it when your arms aren't quite strong enough yet? She's close and it makes her really mad so I am guessing it won't be long!
GOTTA LOVE HER! She has such a fun personality!

Eternal Families

Tonight we went to the viewing of sweet little Lucas and as I was waiting in line to talk to his parents I noticed this picture they had displayed. Does this picture not give you the chills? I swear Lucas looks just like the little boy in this picture and to know that he is in the arms of our Savior is so comforting. I am so thankful for that knowledge and understanding. Lucas has been a brave little soul that has made me a better person and because of him I will be a little more patient, have more faith, hug my loved ones a little tighter and be changed forever.

Lucas

I wish that I knew how to write eloquently so that I could express how I really feel at this time but I don't so I will try my best. The cute family we met in the surgery waiting room at Primary Children's while Kate was having her tumor removed has just gotten bad news. Their little boy Lucas who is one month older than Kate has come to the end of the road in his battle against cancer. In an MRI they did on Wednesday they found that the tumor has spread to his brain and there is nothing else the doctors can do. They are now at home spending the last few moments of his life together as a family. Over the past few months Shannon (his mom) and I have become good friends. We have vented to each other about doctors, cancer, stress, money and have shared with each other our strength and faith to get through this time. The agony and pain she must be experiencing knowing she is losing her baby continues to haunt me all day long. I respect her for her strength and I pray that our Father in Heaven provides her with comfort and peace. I just ask that everyone have a little prayer in their heart for the Nelsons and they go through the next few hours, weeks and months. To read Lucas' story go to nelsonsforever.blogspot.com.

So BIG..........

Kate has a TOOTH!!!!!

Newport Beach

Another FABULOUS year at the beach. We REALLY missed Ty but still enjoyed our week in heaven. There is nothing like walking off the plane and smelling the salt and humidity in the air.

First airplane ride. We got in trouble for letting her sit on the tray.... woops!I am embarassed to say how many shakes I had from Ruby's not to mention the parmesan bleu cheese fries, the cinnamon swirl french toast and the bleu cheese hamburgers. Wow! it is a good thing we were only there for a week!Is she not to die for?Kate and I at the tide pools....

Kate's cute cousin Maggie

Kate's new pose with her uncle Tyson

Her hair is crazy! I love this picture cause her hair is glowing! It really will NOT lay flat....
Kate has OFFICIALLY taken over our blog. It probably gets annoying but I can't take enough pictures of that cute little face!