Salt Lake Trip

Katie and I went on a trip up to Salt Lake for my cousin Lyndsi's wedding. It was so fun... and tiring. I realize now that I only got ONE clear picture of me and Katie. I had to put this one in though and I think you can see why.

I was so excited to use my camera a little and stayed behind it most of the time. I love learning more and more about it and think I grabbed some good shots. It sure helps that Lyndsi and Jon are such a cute couple too.
Grandpa Prows and LyndsiKatie LOVED dancing to the live music at the reception.

She was SO tired but still so cute. I woke her up at 5:30 when she normally sleeps till 9. She only had an hour and a half nap when she normally takes a 3 or 4 hour nap, and she didn't go to bed till 10:30 when she usually goes to bed at 7:30. She was still so happy though. Mommy and Daddy

Terrible 2's??

Katie... oh what do we say about our little Katie bug??? She makes us laugh and she also makes us worry a bit... she has a lot of spunk and personality and she kind of gets away with it because she is so freakin' cute.
Here is her latest little antic.


These are the couches we have had for 5 years... we got them for $100 about 3 weeks after living couch less in our apartment when we got married. They have served us well, although they are not very comfortable, they work for now.


This is how they look now after a brief encounter with Katie and an orange Sharpie. Silly Mommy leaving the marker out!! Kevin never did stuff like this so I forget to be be more cautious. We could just flip the cushion over but this is just the reason Adam was looking for to replace these things.

I told her to come show me what she did for the camera and this is what she gave me... attitude!!
Apparently she is proud of her artwork.

Our Health Woes

I have an amazing husband. He is sweet and caring and such a great Daddy. He works hard for us and loves to be with our family. Most of you know this already, but he has had some health issues since he was admitted to the hospital because he had Pancreatitis. He has been battling pain since then so they did an endoscopy to see what was going on. Apparently his gallbladder was full of stones and needed to come out. So... here we are at the Hospital again just before surgery. It has been 3 weeks since the surgery and everything is healing nicely. He still has an inflamed pancreas but things should start turning up for him now that there are no possibilities of stones getting lodged in the duct to the Pancreas.
Even though he is sometimes a sickly, I sure do need him and love him.

4th of July

Our 4th was relaxed and FUNtastic! We woke up late, went to breakfast, relaxed while the kids napped and hung out with Tiersa's inlaws swimming and eating great food with fireworks to end the night.

Out to Breakfast

Katie REALLY doesn't like taking pictures, especially if she hasn't eaten yet.
They are so cute
Can we just focus on Katie's perfect piggy curl. I didn't curl this... it just did it on it's own. Too bad her nap ruined it.

Kevin... growing up

Kevin has been so cute and helpful lately. I can't believe how much I love each stage he goes through. Here are some pictures of what we have been up to lately.
Kevin has been so excited for Cars 2 to come out, Adam even surprised him with Cars 2 cereal. So on the morning the movie came out he requested Cars cereal in his Cars bowl with his Cars spoon which is TOTALLY a balanced breakfast!!!

Kevin usually gets up around 7 and Mommy doesn't get up until 7:30 or 8. He plays so quietly I barely hear him and usually comes in when he is ready for Breakfast (okay judge me if you want but I am NOT a morning person and it works well for us). Anyway a few mornings in a row he requested help with his Thomas puzzle and was quite frustrated that he couldn't put it together by himself. I obliged and we would work on it together. A week or two after our last puzzle completion he came in talking about it and I thought he wanted help with it, but instead I came into find that he had finished it all by himself!! I was so proud of him. He has also been coming into me fully dressed in the morning and most of the time he matches REALLY well.I ask Kevin to do some things to help out around the house to teach him to serve and do his part. A lot of those things I ask him to do have something to do with helping Katie. This is him attempting to put Katie's shoes on... he was unsuccessful but it was worth a try. One day he will get it and it will help me a lot.

Despite our 100+ degree weather Kevin was adamant about wearing these Tractor footy jammies given to us by our Gibson friends (I think). He loved them even though it probably made him sweat like a pig. I turned his fans up extra high that night and he seemed to do fine.