Friday, May 28, 2010

Love him!







Here is our only nephew! We love him so much and love everytime we get to see him! He is now 9 months old. I got the chance to take his pictures! Taking pictures is one of my favorite hobbies. If you ever want me to take some for you I'd love to!

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

April Showers bring May Flowers

It actually seems like it's changing into May Showers bring June Flowers doesn't it?

Kayli is showing off her 'ouchies'. Now that she has been wearing shorts, she keeps getting scrapes. She tripped on the cement 4 times last saturday. Poor thing!


We went to the nursery down the road from us just to take a look. $60 later we came home with 5 different kinds of flowers and some compost. We planted them in the flower beds that look so plain and boring in front of the house. Kayli didn't really help like it looks like in the pictures. She didn't like touching the dirt. She thought the flowers were pretty though.



This picture was taken on Mother's day. Kayli opened all of Grandma's presents for her and loved looking at this picture book that she got from Lauren and Haley.


Don't mind the no pants. Kayli is in the process of potty training and is pantless quite a bit. She loves having all her uncles tease her. Here is her uncle Trevor giving her a good laugh.


This last pic is hilarious. Kayli wanted to pose for a picture with her baby and POSE she did. Look at her big eyes, cheesy smile and head tilt. :) I love my baby girl!

Bates came for a visit from Wisconsin

We got to play with Shandee and Shay all last week. Will came on the weekend. Here are some of the fun things we did together.




Went to the Treehouse Museum.


Went to Surf 'n Swim. Kayli LOVED the waves and would just dive into them. Shay was a little terrified of them when they come.

We made sugar cookies! Grandma isn't in the picture cuz she is busy cutting out all the shapes. We all got bored of making the shapes after the first couple batches.


We fed the horses.

We went to the pond.


Of course we played dolls ALOT.

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

What we've been up to!

We moved into our new place a few weeks ago. We are renting a house in
Perry. We love the neighbors already! They've all gone out of their way to meet us and make us feel welcome. We hated unpacking everything knowing that this is only a temporary spot to live. Every other place has been temporary and we've basically only lived at each location for 1 year or less, but this one is hard since we know for a fact we're moving again soon. We are sick of moving and everyone is sick of moving us. We hope we only have to move 1 more time ever! (Wishful thinking) Anyway, here's a few things we've been doing besides unpacking and cleaning the house nonstop...

Brandon had some meetings for work in salt lake so me and kayli went and spent the day at the temple and the gateway. Kayli loved the christ statue in the visitors center.





Kayli is such a cute mommy! She rocks her baby, sings to her, kisses her, and even puts her in time-out.



Last weekend we were in Tremonton for Brandon's work yard sale so we visited Shanna and spent the evening with her family. Here is some pics of Kayli and Kinlee playing together. They got along great most of the time.



Brandon is liking his new job in Tremonton. He has alot less stress and yes I do get to see him more. He's not on the phone all the time when he is home and he isn't always worried about work. He thinks he wants to start up a new hobby of golf. Hmm...could it be because of his career choice?

I am finally getting IV certified this week! I am taking the classes for it at Mckay and then I'll have to pass off my hours. Anyone let me practice on them? :) Then I'll be taking 2 classes at Weber State starting next week. I am so excited I finally get to move on with my schooling! I keep having to take unexpected breaks and it is definitely slowing me down, but maybe it's a blessing in disguise. I will be trying to get a job here as well. Not much out there right now but if anyone hears of any LPN jobs please let me know.

Kayli is her busy self! I already told you about her love for babies. She is building a huge vocabulary. She talks in sentences and tries to act like adults. Her favorites are her purse, her phone, her baby, chapstick and her blanky (still).

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Easter!!

Easter was really fun this year. Kayli knew a little bit more of what was going on. She made a super cute bunny too, check out the video at the end. She'll do whatever her aunts tell her to do.

Dyeing eggs at the Sturdevants.


Kayli and 'Aunt Leesha'


Cox Easter Egg hunt... Ready, set GO!!!


Kayli and her baby cousin Treyden.


Kayli and her Easter goodies.


Easter egg hunt at my mom's. (This is our home right now.)


Dyeing easter eggs with mommy!!



So exciting!!


Here is Kayli as a bunny. This video doesn't really do it justice.

St George

We got to spend a few days in St George last week. The weather was perfect the whole time until the drive home. Brandon was in meetings and golfing all day for the health convention, while me and Kayli went swimming, went for bike rides, and played with my cousin Brittney and her baby. It was a fun little trip for us.

This is at Brittney's house. Brittney made us lunch and entertained us the first day! We were grateful for her!




A visit to the temple! Kayli thought it was awesome.



I took Kayli on a bike ride. This was our destination.




I loved the scenery!



This is the ride home. She was exhausted from swimming everyday, playing in the sun and having no naps!

Friday, March 26, 2010

A busy month!

The month of March has been a busy one!
The first 2 weeks of March Brandon was working at his new job in Tremonton while me and Kayli stayed in Idaho Falls to try to find someone to move into our house. We luckily found an awesome family, or I should say they found us. They wanted to move in as soon as possible. We are a little nervous about renting our home but maybe in a year or two we'll try to sell it, hoping the market goes back up.

This is our 6th time moving in our whole 4 years of marriage! We have been blessed with supportive family and friends that help us move every time! All our stuff is currently in storage and we're living with my parents until we find a good house to move into.

Life is going to pick up fast here in the next month. I will be getting ready for my IV certification class and will be taking a few classes at WSU in the summer and will apply to the RN program in the fall. Brandon wants to go back to school as well. He will most likely be going to UofU to get is MHA/MBA. I am also looking to get a job here as soon as one comes up. Anyway this is our life for now. We're excited to head to St. George on Sunday for Brandon's Work Convention. Then hopefully we'll have a house to move into by next weekend!

At the Park
Kayli is going to be a soccer playa!!



Kayli and Issac coming down the slide!!

We spent Wednesday at the park with my friend Joslyn and her son.

Happy Birthday to Brandon!!
Brandon and his cake, RED RED CAKE.


Yay! A blu ray DVD player!! He got a ton of new blu ray dvds from me and family! He as super excited about it!


Kayli loved helping open the presents of course!

72 balloons! Me and Kayli pumped these up the night before. It was something for us to do during the whole week he was gone! We did buy a balloon pump, but even that was a good work out for my arm!


Notice our empty walls. This was the night before we moved out of our beloved home!! :(

Brandon turned 28 on the 12th of March. I was super glad his birthday was on a Friday so we could spend it with him.