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!

My chatterbox

My little girl is one chatterbox. She just follows me around and tells me things. She is telling me stories and asking me questions... I am sure of it. It is so cute. And I love how she has so many different sounds when she talks. Anyway, This is a video of her chatting back and forth with her Dad. Isn't quite like the chatting she does with me, but it is pretty fun. Enjoy!

I know, I know, but....

I know... I know. My blog is always about my daughter Kaitlyn. Our lives just aren't changing that much... Alma is in school, and I am at home with Kate. I did get a new calling in the ward which is keeping me busy. I am in the Relief Society Presidency, 2nd counselor over Homemaking. Alma has been SO great with helping with Kaitlyn so I can attend all the meetings that I need to.

Alma just starting school last week! This is the 2nd to last semester and then we will be all done. So we are planning on finishing this Dec. 2010. A little sad, I will admit. I am really loving our life right now. It is perfect. We live in a little apartment, we get to spend a lot of time together, we are young and not too stressed out, we are enjoying our daughter and the light that she is, we dont have a ton of bills, thanks to where we live, where most all Utilities are included. We are really trying to enjoy every moment of this time we have together. We know this stage is short, and it is so much fun! So we are doing our best to make the most of each day. We couldn't be happier.

All of Almas teachers had a conference to go to this week so he has no school. So leave me some ideas of things we can do this week!(preferably in Utah Valley and doesn't cost a bundle) I would love to hear them!

So most all of my posts are about how Kaitlyn is growing and learning and the silly things she does. Probably gets old, but that is ok. It is more for my records to post all of this, I love being able to look back, so if you are still reading my blog... Thanks for still coming!!! I will try to post more things about me and Alma. Until then, here are some cute things "we" have been up to:

We gave her a good bath and then she came out with her diaper on and went right to the kitchen and got out the chocolate chips. After she figured I probably wasnt going to open it for her to eat, she brought me out the peanut butter, and me being a PB fan.... I decided to let her go at it. Yes, after a bath. It did get messy all over her, AND all over me, but it was so much fun! She is only a kid once right?!?!

Getting her hands all in it... YUM~ Brand new PB. that is the best!

Here she is just chillin' watching me make homemade bread. I love how her feet are up on the table just taking it easy while I do all the work. I felt like the little red hen, :) she got to reap the rewards from my hard work. That is ok with me though! She was a great company!

Tonight we had some friends over from our ward and had a lot of fun. They have a little girl close to Kaitlyns age and she kept hugging Kaitlyn. It was too cute to not take pictures of.

This last week, I watched my sisters boys so she could go help her husband on a house they are building... sounds cold to me to go out there in January! These boys were tons of fun! It weird being around boys since I have a girl, but they are great kids. Who love to laugh. They just keep playing off of each other. So cute!

I am loving this stage that Kaitlyn is at! It seems like she is understanding more and more with each day. Even though she can't say a ton of words, she communicates so well with me. She does well with ALWAYS letting me know what she wants. :)

Some of her words are:

Hi

Hot

No

Mama

Da (Dad)

Ow!

Fish or 'ish

Nose (which she will happily point out on anyones face)

Some things she says we can't tell if she is really meaning to say it, like:

I like it

Horsey

Baby

She knows and understands and acts upon these words:

Eat

More

Chair

Dance

Baby

Banana

Drink

Kiss

Hug

Down

Bye-bye (waves)

Night-Night (Waves)

Tickle

There are probably some other words that I can't think of, but it is good to write them all down.

Today before church, when we would do something to her baby she would copy us. So cute, here is a video of it.

And here is another video of it:

Well, that is it for now! Hope all finds you well with your family~

Random happenings....

Well Today was Almas first day back at school. Had to take a picture of it!



Family Shot!



Alma and Kaitlyn eating Popcorn!



Kaitlyn playing the Piano with her cousins!



Helping mom dry off the counters

Disneyland Trip Slideshow!

Make a Smilebox slideshow

SiLLy PiCtUrEs!

So, Kaitlyn has been so much fun. And over the last couple days we have taken some silly pictures of her.

Here we go:

She is getting some hair! More in the back then what you can see here.

Drying herself off after a bath.

(Do you like her new little chair? She loves sitting in it!)

After bathtime!

She loves things on her head...



Her new Bath Numbers! She loves playing with them. They stick to the tub and walls, so we decided to stick them to her. She thought it was funny.

Like I said, she loves things on her head. Here she is modeling one of her shirts... on her head.

Being silly and eating Goldfish Crackers...

Just playing in the Pantry with a shirt on her head. Normal day for Kaitlyn.

She is so silly... she will just leave it on her head forever!

So, nothing too new... Just some photos from the life of a 1 year old!

Pictures of our apartment

Well we have been living at our apartment for almost 3 months and I havent posted pictures yet... so here we go.

Here is the Balcony which is actually included in the 550 sq feet!!!

...and here is our amazing Pantry! It is huge! lots of space.

It keeps going to the left.

Then we have the kitchen

Gas Oven/Stove!

Then this is looking at our Living Room... from the Kitchen

That is our front door to the left.

Picture of the other side of our living room and Kitchen and table.

Pantry is to the right of the kitchen.

There is our front window and the door to our balcony.

This is our hallway...

Bathroom door on the right. Storage closet on the right and then Kaitlyns room straight ahead.

Our bedroom to the left and a coat closet right on the left.

Bathroom... with two fancy mirrors.

Kaitlyns room....

One more shot of bathroom..

Back to Kates room...

Kates room... (with her belly hanging out. Sorry. She is in that inbetween stage where 6-9 months is too small and 12 months is too big) That shirt is pushed up a little bit though, so it is not as small as it seems.

Our bedroom

Our storage closet is the brown church curtain one, and then our clothes closet is the white one on the left.

Our storage closet opened. I love it!!!

The Cinder block walls arent as bad as I thought they would be and we really feel like this place is home! We are loving it and hope you enjoyed the tour.. all 550 sq feet of it!