Newport continued.........

Here we are watching the clock waiting for Grandma to come and take us to the airport. Backpack full of snacks? check. Nails painted? check. Jacket on? check. Sucker in hand? check. We were so excited to head to the beach the time couldn't come soon enough!

Then on the plane Kate touched the lens of my camera so my first about twenty pictures were blurry.

Every morning these two couldn't believe they had another day all day together! They are a dynamic duo!

We even got lucky and had the Barrus family come visit one day! It is always fun to have Johnny around!

One night Kate woke up late from her nap so our little family decided to walk down to Newport pier to get a chocolate frozen banana.

We of course took many trips down to balboa pier to get shakes, breakfast, and bleu cheese sliderz!

P.F. Chang's celebrating Tyson's birthday!






We rode the ferry over to Balboa Island

best buds at the Balboa Market

dancing to the tunes

playing at the balboa arcade

what would a beach trip be like without the morning walk to seaside donuts?

and the best part of all was being so worn out at night her eyes would close before her head could hit the pillow!

Quarter of a Century? Yikes!

Yep. It's true. I am officially 25 years old. I had a fabulous birthday! I felt like it just kept going and going. It all started out with the Chapman family tradition: girls breakfast at original house of pancakes- amazing! Then Ty and I went to dinner with my mom and dad and Brecken at the most amazing restaurant. Then the best part.... the Tim McGraw concert. We had SO much fun! Tim McGraw is my favorite singer of all time and it was perfect that he came in concert on my very birthday!

My second MASSIVE meal of the day!

the cute parentals waiting for the concert to start

then we ran into this cute couple

and this cute couple

and I got to have this cute guy to myself the whole night!
The Perrys took us to Spaghetti Mamas where we all enjoyed the forever supply of breadsticks

(only pic I took- lame, I know)

and of course the Sunday dinner with birthday cake and homeade ice cream!


Thank you to everyone for making my day so special. I am so grateful for the most amazing life I get to live each day! I hope I get a hundred more years!

Swimming, swimming and more swimming...

There is nothing better than swimming on a hot summer day. And the best part is the long nap that follows after wearing ourselves out! We spent so many days either at Willow Creek or the Ivory's backyard. Kate loves her water wings and could float around all day!

Please bear with me- I couldn't decide which pictures to use so I pretty much put all of them!

And it just wouldn't be right if I didn't include a picture of her usual partner in crime!

4th of July

This picture just says it all! Our little lady was the hit of the Cottonwood Heights 4th of July parade. We spent the night before at Ty's parent's house decorating her "chariot" (wagon) and then Ty's mom pulled her through the parade with all the primary kids. She insisted on wearing Maggie's glasses for the whole thing. So typical!It was quite the event... Even the fire truck was there with the local firemen passing out stickers and pencils.Kate's cute cousins that she adores who treat her like a queen.
After naps we headed up to Mimi and Poppy's cabin in Midway to watch fireworks and sleep over. We of course always stop at our favorite pizza place first.

Silverfork...

Well now that summer is pretty much gone I guess I better start updating about all the fun things we've been up to. It really has been the BEST summer. Kate is at such a fun age and there has been so much to do we really haven't stopped! I am dreading the day the snow falls and we can't be outside all day. One morning we all decided to head up to my Grandpa's cabin at Silverfork and have breakfast. Kate is obsessed with her cousins so of course she had a blast!

Plus, who wouldn't want to go eat pancakes and bacon up in the canyons? It is so beautiful up there!

Who needs toenails anyway?

In June Kate lost three of her toenails out of the blue and a few of her fingertails got dents in them and almost fell off. So of coures with her being on close watch we had to head up to the oncologists at PMC and get some tests done to make sure everything was okay. Sure enough she passed with flying colors and all the oncologists could say is "wow... that is really interesting." Leave it to my little Kate to stump the docs!

WHERE HAS MY BABY GONE???

In the last few months I cannot believe how much Kate has grown up! She is no longer our baby....

She loves to be included with the "older kids"

She loves to DIP anything into Ketchup "all by herself"

Her hair fits in pig tails....barely

She goes to Nursery! This is before church when she is getting her "purse" ready full of toys so that she can be quiet in Sacrament meeting.

This is after church is over and she has survived her first day. She took a four hour nap after such a stressful few hours.

She is so good at helping her mom scrub the floor

But don't worry she still hasn't gotten rid or her favorite cocktail.... I think we are all a little scared for when that day comes. :)

and of course she still loves her DAD more than words can say!

Lake Powell

Over Memorial day weekend we went to Lake Powell with the Perrys. We had a terrible time..... We usually go over the 24th and stay on the house boat but this time we decided to go and stay in a hotel and just take the boats out. Our first problem was the hotel we were staying in was a hole in the wall and it had this tiny little cooler that did not keep the room cool at all. But the much much bigger problem was Kate was SO sick. She had the flu and then woke up with her eyes sealed shut (pink eye). In the middle of the night we couldn't get her to stop crying and our room was so hot we decided we should just leave. We packed up our stuff around 2 am and we were on our way until about twenty minutes into the drive Kate started throwing up everywhere. So we pulled over to get her out and five minutes later three cops were with us insisting that we take her back to Page. So we were practically escorted back to the "hole in the wall" where we finally did fall asleep and then woke up and drove home. The Saturday of Memorial weekend last year was the day Kate woke up with a LARGE lump in her neck so I am sort of beginning to hate this weekend!arent those the saddest eyes you've ever seen?

Maybe next year things will go a little smoother..............

Out with the Old, In with the New

Kate is so over Barney and totally onto her new best friend..... ELMO!
Kate stole these jammies out of her cousin Mark's DI pile and is OBSESSED! They have caused quite a drama at our house. It is practically impossible to get them off of her and once you do they have to be hidden..... We can't even spell elmo without her knowing what we are talking about!

Spring?

Well it sure has been a long rainy spring but it didn't hold us back! Kate gets out of her crib in the morning and immediately becomes a broken record.... "bye bye?" She will even go to the door and cry to go bye bye. Thank heaven the Hogle Zoo is literally five minutes from home cause we have already been about ten times. We are always looking for people to go with........ any takers?Typical picture with these two toddlers.

We even got Dad to go with us one time!

I think Kate and Tessa chased some turkey around for about an hour.

We also spent many hours in the Ivorys circle on "bikes".

Thank heaven it is June and I think I might be able to move the winter coats to the basement. Knock on wood!