Playing catch up one post at a time: Camping

Our laptop is forever gone and until we can buy a new computer we are using my dad's computer (Thanks dad!). I try to get on while Katie is sleeping but usually by the time I check my e-mail and surf the web for a bit I'm ready to nap with her for a little while. I plan to be better an get caught up on all that we've been doing this summer the first post of which is our overnight camping trip.



The first weekend in June we drove up Little Cottonwood canyon and stayed at the Tanners Flat camp ground. While John was setting up the tent Katie had a little fall and hurt her wrist which is why she has her arm in a sling the whole time. She didn't want to use her arm the entire time we were camping but as soon as we got home and gave her a bath it was like nothing happened. Katie was unsure of the fire, it didn't bother her until it popped a couple times and then she was done with it so we put it out and turned in early.

The river was just down from our tent site. It was beautiful.
Katie wore Daddy's beanie to stay warm, and kept her Binky in nearly the whole trip. It made her feel better about her arm.

Daddy had to climb on all the big rocks.

More of the beautiful river.

There were two does close to our campsite, here's one of them.

Katie liked the tent and wanted to play with all the pockets.

Making a silly face.

Our new family tent. We have two other tents both are for back packing, a one person and a two person. Now that we will have a family of four we decided to get a big car camping family tent.

What a cute little girl in pink.

Katie likes big rocks like her daddy.

We had a good time and are sad that this is likely the only camping we will do this year.

Spring time

We have been enjoying spring. It's so nice to be able to go outside and play and not be stuck inside all day long. Katie loves the flowers, she'll smell them and then try and then rip them apart.

Our Easter was a good one. Katie was cute as can be.

Katie enjoyed picking up Easter eggs although she didn't know why they were all over the place.

I can't believe it but Katie has turned 18 months old. On her half birthday we went for our first hike of the year. She enjoys her carrier and dad likes to pack her around.

She loved being outside and seeing the mountains. Her shirt says My Dad Fights Bears, her honorary Aunt Kris made it for her, thanks Kris. Katie was a good little hiker.

Katie's going to have a little sister!

We are very excited that Katie will get to have a sister to play with and talk to as she grows up. The day before the ultra sound I was thinking about all of the cute dresses and clothes that Kate has worn and how fun it would be to pull them out again, and now we get to! A sister really is a special kind of friend, I love my sister very much and am so glad to know that Katie will get to experience that kind of relationship too.

Here's a picture of her cute little foot getting ready to give me a kick!

What we've been doing...

I know it's been a very long time since our last blog entry but our laptop isn't working and so we've been using my dad's computer. This is not easy since Katie usually comes into his office with me and gets into all sorts of things. No, this is not a picture of our laptop. Our laptop likely has a virus or something and it won't even boot up. We are hoping to have it fixed soon which will make blogging easier.

In other news we are expecting our second child 9/9/09. Too bad it probably won't come on the due date. I think that would be a cool birthday to have. We are very excited to have another little one join our family. It has been fun for the most part to be pregnant again. I haven't been as sick as I was with Katie but I have been much more tired (I guess running after a toddler would do that to you, pregnant or not). Tomorrow we will be finding out the baby's gender. I don't plan on updating the blog until at least early next week so if you haven't voted on what you think our baby will be please do.

The last of our big news is that John has gotten a job. Yea! He quit working for the Church in July. We are so glad that we had our savings to live off of along with support from our parents. John is now working as the Executive Housekeeper at the Chase Suite Hotel. He is enjoying his job and responsibilities which include scheduling, assigning rooms to the house keepers, hiring, and inventory, among other things. Hospitality is something both John and I enjoy and it is fun for me to be involved with it through him.

Silly Faces

Katie likes to make faces. She'll try to copy our silly faces or when she looks at her self in the mirror she'll make faces at her self. Here are some of her silly faces.

What a cute tongue!

Weeeee!

What's that?


Trying to make a fishy face.

Still trying that fishy face.

What a cute little girl we have. It has been so fun watching her learn so much. She has only a couple spoken words but many many signs. We love her so much!

New Callings

It was just about a year ago John and I moved back into the ward I grew up in and we were called to be nursery leaders. We have enjoyed spending time with the little kidos from the ward and getting to know them. It will be really nice that when Katie is 18 months old we won't be her teachers. We have been called to team teach Gospel Doctrine, I'm so glad we are teaching together I think I'd be too nervous to teach alone. I never have taught adults, I've taught primary, young womens, and nursery but never adults. I'll have to learn how to fill time without snaks or a coloring page. John also recieved a second calling as the coach for the young men, I think he will really enjoy it although he's never been involved in sports much himself. Katie and I will enjoy cheering the team on. We are excited for our new callings and look forward to the many things we'll learn.

Sniffling and Sneezing in the New Year.

So after the Christmas festivities were ended we all got sick. John and I first with colds (oh how I hate being stuffed up), then poor little Katie with a tummy bug plus some teething. She is finely feeling a little better. With all our illness we stayed home for New Years and went to bed early. John and I aren't ones to set resolutions we just plan to keep doing our best in all aspects of our lives.
Here's few pictures of Katie on New Years day.

Father time brought her some crayons to go with the coloring book Santa gave her.

She has yet to get the hang of coloring.

Katie actually gave me a smile and looked at the camera. Isn't she cute!