Fall is Here!

Fall is such a beautiful time of year, I must admit that I have noticed it more this year than other years because in our apartment complex there are a ton of trees with beautiful leaves changing and falling.

Everyone has been taking pictures outside with all the leaves and I guess I am just joining the crowd but I love how these pictures turned out! There is a reason everyone take pictures in the Fall! We took them just right outside our apartment today. We are enjoying this time of year! Going for walks as much as we can and playing outside. Sorry so many pictures, I couldn't chose just a few to share.

TRIP TO TeXaS!

So Kaitlyn and I went to Texas to visit my parents. We were there for 10 days and it was so much fun!! Grandma and Grandpa Chamberlain were so fun and did a good job of giving Kaitlyn the attention she needs.

Here are some pics of the things we did!

Mom and Kate

Out to Lunch at the RED ROBIN... YUM!

Showing love to her dolly

(she kept patting the dolls back and hugging it

So cute!)

Doing a great job of getting into all of Grandmas Cupboards!

Eating Dinner!

(this is when she would show off the most!)

Licking the spoon clean after we made rice crispy treats!

Grandma Chamberlain loves to let her run in just a diaper! So FREE!

Bought her a Halloween Costume of an Angel

Went to Old Town Springs for lunch!

She found a roll out of my Diaper bag and the paper it was wrapped in was stuck to her feet. So cute! It was stuck to her foot FOREVER!

Of course, you have to play in the hose in Texas!

It was so hott while we were there!

Mom and Kate after Lunch!

Grandpa and Kaitlyn

Grandma and Kaitlyn

Washing up after she ate

(for some reason she would always squak after dinner for the washcloth! She just wanted to clean her self off I guess)

And then we headed back home!

It is great to be back in the swing of these in Provo and we missed Alma very very much!

Here was Kate this morning.

She always wants to play deep under the table~

"Daddy can I have a Pony?"

I bought this Pony for Kaitlyn when she was about 5 months old. I had no idea how much she would love it. She carries it everywhere she goes and I personally think it is adorable (watching her carry it around everywhere) So I guess she can never say we never bought her a pony... we have this picture to prove it.

Sunday Afternoon

Yesterday, we decided to take a Sunday walk in our New Complex

It was such a beautiful night, Kaitlyn loves to be outside!

Here is Kaitlyn Chewing on a stick

Our Apartment Quad. SO BEAUTIFUL!


The Playground just outside our Apartment Door!

Our Apartment is the one on the far right... 3rd floor. Lots of privacy with all the trees!

Kaitlyn playing in the grass

Bates Family!

Moved again... Wait?! What?!

Well, we did it again. We moved.
Only living in Orem for 1 month and 2 weeks.


Long story short, I have been thinking a lot about how I wanted to move to Provo for a couple reasons:

1. I wanted to be able to have the car more often while Alma was at work. Trying to take him from Orem to Provo and then back to go get him is almost 2 hours of driving... you wouldn't think so, but with the traffic it is 20-25 mins each way. and that is 4Xs each day. That is a lot of driving!! Not worth it with a baby~
2. We wanted to be closer to the mountains, Not the freeway
3. We wanted a place to live where we could go outside with Kaitlyn that had a lot of Grass and Play Areas (not have to worry about streets and the freeway)
   
4. We wanted to save money on rent
5. We wanted to experience BYU, by living in Provo, not UVU by living in Orem. Alma said sometimes he felt like he went to UVU bc we were always getting flyers and invited to their activities (which was really nice of them!)
   

So Finally one day, last week on Saturday Afternoon, after much discussing, we decided to just Post our Apartment on Craigslist, Just to see if anyone wanted it.

That night a girl called. Her and her friend came the next day, Sunday, to look at it, and told us that they wanted it!!

*their names were Katelyn and Jessica
CRAZY!

We hurried and got the last apartment at Wymount and started to pack
So in less than one week we decided to move, sold our contract, packed, got a Uhaul, moved, and unpacked again.
(we were on the 3rd Floor and we moved to the 3rd Floor! NO FUN!)
Thank you to all who helped:

Jessicas Mom and Dad: for helping me and giving me much needed advice!
Kacey who watched Kaitlyn, Pat who let us borrow his truck, Jared Jeremy Jamie Lindsay Tim John Daniel for moving!
We could not have done it with out your help!!!

Lots of work but it was totally worth it!

It is so peaceful here and we are super excited!

Don't get me wrong, Wymount (our new apartment) is a lot less space than our old apartment in Orem, but it doesn't even really feel like it bc it has great storage and cubboards and a huge Pantry! and we are enjoying all the perks of living in the On-campus married housing at BYU!

Here are some pics comparing our last place to the new one:


View from our Bedroom window in Orem

View from our Bedroom Window in Provo
(we have a great View of the Y on the mount)

This is the View out the Front Window in Orem

View from the Porch in Orem~
Good view of the Freeway!

View of our front Window in Provo

View from our porch!
There is a playground at tons of Grass just below us!



I will post more pictures of our place soon!
Thanks again for all who helped!