Bowling

Tyler is leaving us for 4 months...ya, I'm not too excited for that one. Anyway, we took advantage of these last days we have with him to have fun! So we went bowling.

My little girl

My little Andee isn't so little anymore. She's getting so big, talking so well, and growing up so fast. I had to dedicate this post to her to remind me of the sweet little girl she is.

My Birthday

Well, my birthday was last week (and I didn't really take any pictures), but Tyler got home from clinicals about 7, we got the kids to bed by 8 and then Tyler pulled out the big guns. He ordered out from the Olive Garden, had previously bought place mats and candles and had the whole thing set up by the time I had come downstairs from getting kids to bed. He's such a romantic guy....love him! So we had a delicious, quiet dinner and then watched a movie afterward. Tyler also bought me curtains for my birthday which I have wanted since the day we moved into this house. my family room is now complete! BTW, I'M 27....YIKES!

1 month

Time flies when you're having fun, right? I guess so, because I can't believe it's been a month. We celebrated Katelynn's 1 month at my little brother's wedding. He got home from his mission in June, and his girlfriend (who they dated for two years in high school) waited for him. And 4 months later....BAM, married. How awesome is that? Anyways, I love the girl he married. They are so sweet together. At the end of their reception, they had a little dance and my little bro was crying and she was wiping his tears. So cute! You can tell he absolutely loves her and her him. Ahh, doesn't it remind you of your newlywed days? Here are some pics of our weekend....we forgot our camera 90% of the time, so actually just pictures of the wedding breakfast.

There's the bride and groom.


Chowin down!


There's me!


There's my dad!



My brother Shawn and Andee (who of course had chocolate on her face)


My red headed brother JC, and our family friend Devon Merritt


Tyler and my brother Judd


Katelynn at 1 month, she spent the weekend in that pose...sleeping. What a good little girl.


My mom and lil sis


It was such a fun weekend! Spending time with family, laughing most the time. My parents have a trampoline that Damon, JC, Kinny and I jumped on for about 2 hours. We played all the fun childhood games (crack the egg, dead man, dodge ball and duck-duck-goose) and just practicing old tricks. We talked my mom into getting on and playing with us. That was the highlight of it all. Watching her scream every time she jumped. Hilarious! She is a hoot. Damon loved the trampoline and I taught him how to do a few tricks. hmmmmm...what else....ya, pretty much just hanging out laughing and talking with everyone. Loved it! Glad we live closer and were able to attend their wedding.

Happy Birthday Tyler!

Friday was Ty's b-day. What can I say? I love Tyler and our family would be so empty without him. As soon as he walks through the door everyday, a smile lights up on everyone's face. It's the highlight of our day when daddy comes home. I decided to go all out for Ty's birthday and got ambitious. I got online on KSL and found him a weight set and over 200 lbs of weights for $120!!! Talk about a great deal. So I Ioaded all the kids up, drove to pick up the weights, got home unloaded each weight, the bench and accessories down to our extra bedroom, cleaned it up and then set it up. It took a good couple of hours (which wasn't easy with three kids), but I know how bad he wants to work out (has wanted to for the past 3 years). But, Tyler is worth it! We sure do love him. I even tried making a giraffe cake (Damon's idea), but it was really, really ugly....so I tried not to get it in any pictures.

We had to light the candles with a blow torch because we didn't have matches.


Nothing too special, just hung out and enjoyed each other's company all night.






And of course, Katelynn slept through the whole ordeal!

2 weeks

Here is Katelynn's first two weeks of life! She is the sleepiest baby I've had. It's awesome! She sleeps all day and all night, too. Not literally, I do have to wake her up to feed her, otherwise she would never eat. Damon and Andee love her! They are always wanting to hold her and always crowding her (as you can see when she is in the swing). She gets way more kisses than she probably wants. Katelynn has the sweetest disposition, she is very patient and honestly never cries. I am so thankful that she was sent to our family. She is very special. We love her very much.




She even sleeps on the hard floor!





Damon is my little helper. All day long he is asking me, "Mommy, would you like me to hold Katelynn for you?", and whenever I have to put Andee down for naps and bedtime, I have Damon hold Katelynn in our rocking chair and he rocks her and sings to her until I'm finished with Andee. It's so cute to see him be such a good big brother.

Our family....

The kids came to see me bright and early the next morning. They were way more excited to see Katelynn than they were me. Kind of hurt my feelings:) I wish we could have gotten it on video, it was priceless.






And then they got bored and interested in much more important things.....like whatever they could get their hands on

Welcome!

Katelynn Joyce May has arrived! She came to us August 13 at 8:30, she weighed 7 lbs. 9 oz, 20 1/2 in. long. We are all so excited to have her with us.