Just having Fun

Scroll Down - We Posted a Few

So, finally posting again...it's been a long time and we're sorry for that. =) We've just been lazy about it and haven't done it. SO, scroll down and you can see what we've been up to!

We Finally Posted again! The slideshows are of December and January...we've been busy yet having fun! Kelly and Hanna play together every Monday and Wednesday and have lost of fun doing that, as is seen by the costumes and hiding inside the entertainment center! Parker is developing his personality more and more every day...his faces are changing just as fast as his personality! He loves to talk, I mean, yell all day long. Pretty much everything he says is at the loudest level he can produce. By the end of the day, it can be a lot to take, but he is absolutely adorable right now. He's learning new words every single day and loves to copy Kelly in everything she does. And Kelly pretty much copies everything daddy does...so we have a nice little train going of copycats in the family right now. =)


So, beyond that, nothing really new is happening right now. We're beginning to house shop more seriously. We have to be out of here by around August or so. With that, we're trying to balance me working at the apartments, for my broker and for myself. Starting my own company is taking a lot of work (and money) but job opportunities are popping quite quickly for us...I say us because Kevin and I are working together in the company. Rachel has been very supportive because I've been working extra days and long hours to get things going. We're also waiting right now to find out if we get this government contract we applied for months ago. We're supposed to know by the end of March...BUT, it's the government, which means we may not really find out still for a while.


Oh, I did get called into my bishopric...again. We got a new bishop this past Sunday. I was recalled to finish out my year-term as second counselor Our new bishop is really neat and Kelly likes him. She refers to his wife as "Bishop's Girl." It's pretty cute!


In the meantime, we're just sitting tight and having fun! We'll continue to post and hopefully post more often than we have been!

Home After Christmas

December 2009

From Early Last Year

Can't remember if we posted this picture or not but this is one of our favorites! Kelly was inbetween changing clothes or something and decided to take a little nude ride around the house on her bike!

Just hanging out

Hello Everyone! We've had a quiet summer here and a nice one. We've just been hanging out together and spending lots of time outside. We try to go up the canyon here at least once or twice a week right now to help Kelly get nice and tired before bedtime. School is starting up here next week...but not for me!!! It sure doesn't feel like I've graduated but that feeling will become very real here on Monday when everyone else is driving to campus and I'm not. Anyway, just thought I'd post a few pictures of our days up the canyon and just playing around!

More Kelly Sayings

1. So, on our travels to visit Aunt Barb, we stopped at a truck/rest stop to take a break and get some ice cream. Kelly was wearing her "squeaky" shoes on the trip and walked in holding Rachel's hand. On our way to the bathroom, a couple of guys walked past us that seemed like bikers and, after hearing Kelly's shoes, said, "I dig her kicks." Kelly's response was priceless...she looked at Rachel and said, "Mama, he digs my kicks!" Then turning to me, she said, "Dada, he digs me!"
2. Tonight, while wrestling and playing with Aunt Lindsey, Lindsey began pretending to eat Kelly's stomach. Kelly proceeded to stop Lindsey and said, "Don't eat my tummy. There's food in there!"

New Quilt

So, we went out shopping for some new bedding for us and Rachel found this quilt (thanks to Lindsey) that she really liked. SO, last Saturday we went shopping. Upon arriving at the quilt shop where the quilt was, we took a few minutes looking at different combinations of the 2 quilts we were going to purchase. Of course, this purchase required months of saving and wasn't just a spur of the moment purchase. Kelly, of course, was quickly entertained with everything in the store and apparently intrigued the employees there, too. It was raining so there weren't very many people out shopping that day. One of the employees took Kelly around the store (after asking us) to show her different quilts for girls. Upon returning to where we were, Kelly noticed a few employees folding and putting ribbons on some place settings and other store materials. She promptly ran over and hopped up on the bed and started helping them. One employee commented that Kelly was working for our employee discount and as I went to the register to purchase the quilts, the lady checking us out said she was going to give us the employee discount! I coudln't believe it! She told me that we had a cute family and that she was giving us the discount because she could and she wanted to! So, thanks to Kelly, we saved $65 off the quilts we purchased! Isn't that great? Thanks to Kelly we saved money. She and the store employees are now best friends, too (that's what Kelly told me when it was time to leave...she ran to the one employee she had spent time walking around with and gave her a number of hugs before we left and said she was now her best friend!).

The Tulip Festival - Celebrating Graduation

Graduation - Finally!!!

Parker's Smile

Parker doesn't have a problem smiling for anyone. This is the best smile we've caught on camera yet! He and his Aunt Lindsey were having a good time together!

Easter weekend was fun and exciting! It was full of surprises and adventure! It started with a trip up to Kim and Nick's new home. We relaxed the first evening there and got up Friday morning to a fun-filled day of errands everyone wanted to run. While Dad and I were out, Rachel called me to come home immediately because she had fallen down the stairs on her back while holding Parker and felt like she was going to pass out, along with the tingling sensation through her arms and legs. Luckily, that turned out only to be deep bruising and no serious injury. On Saturday, we spent the day at the baby animal days hosted by the town and by Macey's. Kelly really liked seeing the cows and holding the baby ducks and chicks. She also held a rabbit and pet some baby cows, goats, sheep and pigs. The pigs scared her a little bit. She had the most fun holding the rabbit, I think. She also took a train ride and a pony ride, which she had to do all by herself. I wasn't allowed to help her hold on or anything.





Lindsey then called as Kelly and Parker kind of hit their wall at the animal days. She was having some car trouble and pulled off the road up the canyon. So Dad and I went to meet up with her and luckily again, there wasn't anything significant for the time. So we headed back to Kim's. Zach came in Saturday night and late that night the entire neighborhood lost power for a while. Oh, and the whole time we were there, Kelly got sick and then got worse. She had a horrible time sleeping. I slept next to her every night but one...Rachel was sleeping on a stiff cot to help her back feel better. Sunday we went to church and had Easter dinner and then came home that afternoon. It was a fun trip. Enjoy the pictures!

Only a few days away

Only 2 more days of class and I graduate!!!