SpRiNg TiMe ViDeOs!

Alma is amazing help when it comes to Laundry. We live on the 3rd floor in our apartment and to walk all the way to the other side of our quad and carry all the Laundry would take me a couple trips, plus I have Kaitlyn all day long and to take her with me would be more work. He can carry it all at once (strong man, I know!) and get it all done and back up in the apartment in less than 2 hours. Plus, to get the discount for being a student, we have to use his Student ID. Which I dont have. So he does it for me and I am so grateful for his help in that!

Yesterday he headed down to go get the Laundry, and Kaitlyn was really sad when he left. She went out on the balcony and just cried. It breaks my heart that she doesn't quite understand that he will be back. I am sure it makes him feel good to know she missed him. The whole Quad could hear her missing him. It was too cute to not take a picture of.

So sad

Missing her Daddy


Kaitlyn loves the playground outside of our apartment. Here she is going down the slide. She does so well and has no fear!

Here is a view from the top! I love how she just dives!

Here, she and Dad are kicking a soccer ball around

Here is Kate getting pushed around the playground by Alma. I love it too cuz she says, "Beep, Beep!" I love where we live!

Our Easter Weekend...

We had a great Easter. I should have taken more pictures but I guess we were having too much fun. Since we have been married, we have spent all but 1 Conference out of 6 somewhere else, other than home. Always visiting family. The last 3 have been somewhere else, so we were actually really excited to enjoy Conference at home.

I made Biscuits and Gravy and Orange Julius' and our friends came over for breakfast on Saturday morning. Then we watched Conference. In between Sessions on Saturday, our ward had a Primary Easter Egg hunt for all the kids in the Ward, outside in our quad. It was so fun. Kaitlyn had a blast.

Then she was tuckered out and spent all of the Afternoon session snoozing, which was great for mom and dad to spend listening to conference without any cute distractions.

Then, Alma went to Priesthood Session and I went out on the town with Kaitlyn and my friend and her daughter. After the Priesthood session ended, the guys met up with us for Panda Express. YumMy!!

Sunday, Kaitlyn had a blast after waking up looking for eggs in our house, and then I made a yummy Breakfast bake with Egg, ham, cheese and biscuits. It was soooooo DEEELISH! (before Alma looked for his candy I turned on the oven to preheat and I kept smelling burnt Chocolate. I forgot I hid a Reeses Egg in the OVEN!) oops!

...then we enjoyed listening to Conference. Which was awesome!

While we watched the Afternoon session, I put a lasanga in the oven and when it was over we ate! It turned out perfect!

After Kaitlyn went to bed last night, we dyed Easter eggs.

It was such a fun weekend, playing Farkle together (dice game) watching Kaitlyn be amazing at finding eggs, spending time as a family, thinking of Christ and watching Conference. I was sad to see it end.

Needless to say, we ate a lot. But it was the holidays! Right?

Ps. Sweet-tart Jelly beans are sooo good!

Here is a video of Kaitlyn on Sunday morning looking for easter eggs. I will admit we had a hard time at first not showing her where they were! Just to get her going, but once she got going she didnt slow down!

Sunday afternoon, Alma and Kate played Hide and seek. One of Kaitlyns favorite games to play. They have such a blast!

Hope your Easter/Conference Weekend was great also!

ReXbUrG tRiP~

So we decided last min. to go to Rexburg to visit some old friends~ It was so much fun. We had a blast and it was just like old times. We miss it there, but we do love our life here in Provo too. It is always good to come home.

On the way home we stopped by Almas brothers house for a family gathering. It was so fun to see everyone. It was a great weekend!

Here is Kaitlyn wearing her cousins sunglasses:

Bates Family!



Would you try it in a Crate, with a Kate?


1st time eating at Five Guys! SOOOOO YuMmY!
(us with the Wilsons)

Our friends Tom and Jessie Roberts and Nick and Brandon!

Awesome friends!

Kaitlyn and Dulany

(Tom and Jessies cutie pie!)

Dulany and Everett~

(Nicki and Todds handsome boy!)

Lots of driving! She did pretty well~

It was such a great weekend! Thank you so much Todd and Nicki for letting us crash on you and stay with you! it was so awesome!

What does a ____ say?

**Video At the Bottom**

Here is Kaitlyn, all ready for bed! Almost 16 months old! She is growing up so fast.

You know you have a big girl when she sucks her own nose.

"Let me show you how this really feels Mom! Revenge time!"

(I love her face in the picture above)

I love how much she knows. She is so cute and keeps us laughing!

Here she is showing off her knowledge of what animals she knows... She was kind of shy on camera, usually she does Puppy really well!

Dr. Suess Party

Our ward had a Dr. Suess party and we had so much fun dressing up. Alma had a Wocket in his pocket, I had a Noothgrush on my toothbrush and Kaitlyn was the Zlock behind the Clock. It was so much fun to dress up and get ready for our party. Here are a couple pictures of us being silly.

(I put a cup in my hair and made it really tall. I am not sure that Kaitlyn liked it, she wasn't very fond of me the whole evening. I guess it was a little scary for her)

We made shirts and the clock around her clock and my Noothgrush on my toothbrush. Alma made a Wocket that looked pretty cool.

Daddys crazy hair

Family Shot!


You can kind of see in this picture that we put gel in Kates hair. Kind of fun!

My buddy, my buddy, Where ever I go, she goes with me!

Well, I am the kind of mom who doesn't let any toys in Kaitlyns bed. I just never thought she needed it, the crib is a place for sleeping not playing... is what I thought.

I have seen a few pictures on friends blogs or on facebook where their kid has toys in their crib and I have always wanted to do it, I was always just too afraid that she wouldnt fall asleep.

You see, if you know my daughter, she is the kind of kid who can't sleep in public, if there are people or toys around she can't fall asleep cuz she might miss something. I was always too afraid to try putting something in her crib. I thought she would just play and miss that window when she would fall asleep.

She is great about nap time. When she is tired, I can tell by her manners, (rubbing eyes) and I ask her, "Do you wanna go to Nigh' Night?" and then I would say pretty much everytime, she runs to her crib and points to it, I lay her down, cover her with a blanket and she falls asleep. I don't hear one peep from her again. It works great!

So I have wanted to add toys to her crib, to cuddle with. I actually tried putting her baby in there once and she threw a fit. I think she was jealous or something. So, I just never had the insentive to try to put anything in there with her. What we were doing, was working GREAT. I was too comfortable with the way things worked to try something else.

Then today, she was acting tired, ready for her nap, and I asked her if she wanted to go Nigh' Night? She picked up her baby and ran to her crib. So I thought, "hmmm... maybe I would give it a try." I tucked her in her blanket along with her baby next to her. Then I left.

I heard her talking and giggling, like they were having girl chat, maybe talking and laughing about "how funny mom is to actually think that they were ever going to go to sleep."

I kept thinking, "She is never going to sleep with that baby in there. She probably thinks it is a party! But I held myself back from going in and taking it away. I heard her every now and again, laughing and things, which usually doesnt happen but occasionally, and then it was quiet.

Later, when I knew she was asleep I peeked in at her and found her cuddling so softly and sweetly with her baby, who, to me looks like her twin. Both Bald with beautiful eyes. It was such a cute, yet different sight to see her sleeping.

The simple things....

It is amazing to me how the most simple things in life can make you happy. I am so grateful for my husband and my daughter. I love this little family that I have, and nothing makes my heart melt more then seeing us spend time together.

It truly is the simple things in life that make you happy...

Craft and cooking

My ward is so much fun! We do play groups and crafts, and since the weather has been nicer... just playing outside and enjoying the playground! I am really enjoying this area. I am excited to go to the next stage of life, but I am really enjoying this time here in Provo. Yesterday, a girl in our ward taught us how to make crayon holders. I had seen one once before that my sister, Kenna made, and I have been wanting to make one. Super cute and easy.My stiching didn't turn out the best, but I really liked the colors that I used!

Here it is all rolled up!

Opened up (sorry I turned it the right way but for some reason when i put it on here it posted sideways...) But each pocket is for a crayon.

All laid out flat

Kaitlyn loves my clothes. She is always playing in our closet, pulling everything out. Alma helped her put this on. She kind of looked like a little Yoda, or like she was wearing a graduation gown.

Too cute

And, I made a dinner with all the stuff in my fridge. Saucy chicken and broccoli casserole and Zest sauce Asparagus with tukey bacon wrapped water chesnuts in BBQ sauce and tomatos for my casserole. Wasn't sure if Alma wanted them in it so that is why they are on the side. Cooking is fun!

Billy Joel Rocks my socks off~

So on Saturday Night we had the oppurtunity to go and see Billy Joel and Elton John. I listened to Billy Joel a lot as a kid (because of my dad) I know almost all the words to all his songs and there is something about listening to him that takes me back. My brother put together an evening so we could all go together and watch Bro. Joel (as my Dad calls him). It was so much fun. It was Jared, his friend, Kacey, Alma and I. Lets just say Billy Joel ROCKS! even at his age now! Seriously, such a good performer! Anyhoo, I like a lot of Elton Johns songs, but I didn't feel like he really was enjoying himself as much as Billy Joel. It was so much fun! I loved our seats cuz we had a good view of Billy Joel. Here is a pic of where we sat, Billy Joel is in the bottom right closest to us, and Elton is sitting across from him on his piano. So awesome! Thanks Jared for the evening and Thanks Shannon and Owen for watching Kaitlyn! I meant soooooooo much!

(there is a video of Billy Joel singing at the bottom of this post)

So many fans!

Here is Kate after eating some yummy pudding!

In her new hat and sweater from Grandma Chamberlain. Cute in purple!

Big eyes like her Daddy!



We made these pizza rolls, made with pizza crust dough, cheese and pepperoni's and baked them in the oven! Sooooo yummy!



Kate and Alma watching Tv. I love how she just sits with him, mostly if he has food. Her shirt fits perfect for this picture.... "Daddys girl"

Piano Man himself!

Picking Door Berries/Funny Daddy

Kaitlyn is always so entertaining. I love her imagination. She has just been so much fun to have around. Sometimes I wonder where she comes up with some of the things she does, but I love it and don't want her to ever stop.

Here she is "Picking Berries from the tree of Entrance" (our front door) and feeding them to Alma. Too cute.

And of course, Daddy reading Dr. Seuss is hilarious. At least Kaitlyn thinks so. Whenever he reads to her, she just cracks up the whole time. Not when I read to her though. Too funny!