The Bates Family

Sunday, November 16, 2008

Bowling fun with old roomies~

My old roommate Brittni (left) was in town and so all the old roomies got together and celebrated her birthday which was Thurs. and had some fun bowling.

Here is all the girls! Our guys were all there too, they just weren't as excited to see each other as much as we were :)

It was so much fun. Even though I am 8 1/2 months preggo, I still wanted to bowl. I haven't for sooo long and I really like it. I didn't do too bad considering I am a little off balance. Even threw it through my legs and knocked down 8 pins.

The system wasn't recording our scores correctly ... at ALL... and the pins kept knocking down before we would even throw the ball... which, is helpful but a little frustrating after awhile. They gave us refunds since it was such a mess. Which was super sweet of them because there were twelve of us.

Thursday, November 6, 2008

36 Weeks down... Temple at night... and First SNOW!

Me and Alma striking a pose... in the kitchen... again.

Me at 36 weeks and 1 day! We are plugging along... choo choo (train)

It is so nice to have the Temple up the street from our apartment. It looks so beautiful at night!

Tues night it snowed a lot... this is the view behind our house. Some snow actually stuck to the ground. It really looked beautiful. You can kind of see the Temple in the middle of the picture towards the top.

View of the snow in the front- not too much~

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Am I showing yet?

So here is an update of my growing baby- around 35 weeks pregnant! I am definitely feeling pregnant and getting excited and anxious. For the first 6 months of pregnancy, I would always ask Alma if I was showing yet, it is fun to ask him now- ( cuz I am ) My oldest sister asked for the newest photo, so here you go Kenna!

Sorry the only thing on our blog is pictures of me getting bigger. Soon we will have pictures of Kaitlyn to show off (that is the name we have decided on)

Saturday, October 25, 2008

Carving Pumpkins! & trip to see Kacey and her family~

So last night Alma and I carved pumpkins. It was so much fun- We both hadn't done it in a long time. Mine was the haunted house and his was the Coyotes. He did such a better job than me. It was so much fun!

Haunted House

Coyotes

Eating the goop from the pumpkin! yummmm... jk

Kacey's newest addition, Zach!

Mom with her boys~

Striking a pose!

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Another week...

I know, I know. My blog has just become the progress of my growing baby. Here is me at 33 weeks! We are plugging along.

Barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen

Me and Alma being silly!

Then a more serious shot...

Sunday, October 12, 2008

Our new, yet old, apartment!

So we finally spent our Stimulus and bought a new recliner chair- It is just so hard to find something comfortable to sit in when you are 32 weeks pregnant. I love it!! It is so comfy and we got rid of a DI couch that Anna had given us. (Sorry Anna) After we got the recliner we decided to get a corner lamp that lights up the room awesome and some curtains to match our room- I love this color burgundy (thanks mom, i stole it from you) I have been wanting to get curtains forever so finally we just did it! And it wasn't as much as I thought it would be! It really makes the room feel more like a home.

This is a project that I worked on this last week. It is above our new curtains. It says,
"Grow old along with me, the best is yet to be..."

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

HOMEMADE BREAD!

So when I went and saw my sister last week, my mom taught her to make bread. Honestly, I wanted to learn but I didn't pay any attention to her lesson. When I got home, I really wanted to try it on my own, So I did! and it worked out beautifully! I was so excited to make bread from scratch! Just had to take some photos and post them too of my bread! I love the cooling rack, it is the top shelf of my fridge! Thanks mom!