Kimber

I know a very lovely photographer. She works magic. Her name is Kimberly. While we were out in Utah, we wanted to capture our cute little ones, now 4, 2, and 6 months old--Kim did a great job!! Here are a few of our favorites:

www.photobykimber.com


Thank you, Kim!

That's disgusting!

That's what my sweet Mr. Kal tells me every time I change a messy diaper. Well, don't read the following while eating:

During Sacrament meeting last week, we sat in the overflow. Kal was super grumpy and when spinning in circles made him happy, we decided it was less disruptive than grumping at us. Well, he got dizzy and fell over, so I pulled him up on my lap. He puked. All over me, IN the diaper bag, and all over the floor. Luckily, we were by a garbage can and the door, so I pick it up and held it under him as I took him out to the bathroom. Unfortunately, it happened as the closing speaker was finishing and I was supposed to say the benediction. So, I stripped Kal, put his jacket on him and gave him to Brandon and ran back to the bathroom to wipe myself off and made it back just in time to say the prayer.

This morning:
Jos was up in the night with a tummy ache. I gave her tums and put her back to bed. She got up with a tummy ache. I got her breakfast, but she didn't eat it. She just drank water. I felt so sad for her, so I pulled her onto my lap while I ate. Two bites in, she puked. Right into my bowl. I ran her to the bathroom, leaving a trail of vomit behind. Poor girl. As I was holding her hair back for her, I saw River rolling towards the mess. Luckily, Jos finished in time for me to grab Riv before she entered the puke zone.

A shower later, I found River pooped up her tummy and down both legs. Awesome. I pulled a "Grandma Flammer" and had to wash her off under the faucet (at least it was the bathtub and not the kitchen!!).

At least everything was cleaned up by 9 am. We are having a jammy day today (at least Jos and Kal). Though I feel sad for Jos and her fever, I am really enjoying the snuggles. I was holding Riv at one point and Jos needed to snuggle, so I put Rivi in her exersaucer. She was happy until she saw me snuggle Jos. Jocelyn just laughed and said, in a baby talk voice, "Oh, Little River. She's my mommy, too!" Then Jos chuckled and River calmed down. It was a cute moment. River just adores Jocelyn.

Jocelyn is tough about being sick. She will be back to normal by tomorrow, so I am enjoying my snuggles today. I love my kids!

SNOW!!

It snowed!

We had a lot of fun playing in Grandma & Grandpa's yard.
Enjoy the photos!

Jocelyn is quite the make-up artist
(To Kal's defense, she told him she was making him look like a super hero)

Too Cute!!

6 Years ago today . . .

We were sealed in the Bountiful Utah Temple for time and all eternity.

Since Brandon is back in Ohio, I celebrated with our little sweeties.
We went to the Bountiful Temple.
It was fun to talk to them about the temple on the drive over.

Here are some photos:

There was another couple there getting their post ceremony photos taken. A lady gave Jocelyn the bouquet to hold for a minute and after chatting, pointed at us and told the couple, "Ok--6 years from now, guys!"

Afterwords, we went to IHOP for lunch.

Bugga met us there and gave River a fancy hat
She thought sitting in the high chair was the coolest thing ever.
River just wants to be where the big kids are and she loves it when she can do anything they are doing!

Jocelyn and Kal had choc chip pancakes with funny faces.
In talking about her pancake (above), Jocelyn said, "My pancake's eye is kind of lazy."

River and Candice and their afternoon nap

Watching "Tinkerbell" with Grannie Tannie

After kiddos went to bed, my parents toasted to us with sparkling grape juice.

I love being married to my best friend. I cannot believe it has already been 6 years and that we have experienced so much in this short time. We have added 3 kids to our family, graduated from BYU, lived in 6 places in 3 states, made several wonderful friends, had at least 10 jobs between us, almost finished med school (Brandon graduates in May!!), started massage therapy school (I graduate in August), flown over 15,000 miles each in trips to Utah and Texas, driven 6,600 miles in trips from Utah to Missouri/Ohio, have seen several Church history sites in Missouri, Nauvoo/Carthage, and Kirtland, and have had many ups and a few downs. We are really enjoying our life together. Marrying Brandon is the best decision I have ever made. I am filled with joy every time I experience the consequences of that decision--the best of those are Jocelyn, Kal, and River and being with my best friend forever.

I love you, Brandon! Happy Anniversary!

More Utah Fun!

We celebrated some birthdays while we were in Utah!

Grandma, Lindsay (sorry--I didn't get a photo of you!), Brandon, Jocelyn, Ian, and Kal!

29 and holding

Happy Birthday Grandma!

(Beautiful and delicious cake made by Britany)

Here are the birthday kiddos: Jocelyn, Kal, and Ian

(Mae is there to make the photo more aesthetically pleasing)

Jocelyn loved all her presents!

Kal loved his cars, trucks, books, dinosaurs and treats!

And Will loved Jocelyn's babies!

(shhh! Don't let his dad know!)

Uncle Buck.

I think Buck spent a lot of time enjoying all the children.

Here he is with Jaden and Kari

Jocelyn and Kari putting candles on the cake

Helping Dad blow out the candles!

Some other moments . . .

Brandon was very pleased with Kal's sticker jewelery (thank you, Grannie Tannie). Hey, he likes to do whatever Jos does!

After I took this photo, he looked at it on the camera and realized there was a triangle on his forehead and immediately took it off. I think he looks more like a bouncer than a girlie-boy!

Sleepy girls.

Thanks for the late night chats, Mom.

Kal was one sick kiddo for a couple days.

Here he is at 103.5! Poor guy!

Sure! We can get a great photo of 10 kids 6 years old and under!

An hour past their bed time made the photo even more precious!

We missed you Ashlie and Tessa!

We went up to the condo by Pineview.

River was very excited and let us know it!

Trevor took his first trip down "The Falls"

(aka an hour long walk/swim down the stream and small to medium waterfalls in glacier water wearing crazy clothes)

We don't know how he married into the family without doing this first! We must really love him!

Brick, Brandon, Cass, Nancy, Tannie, Mark, Burgundy, Trevor

Jocelyn's birthday and River's blessing will have their own post.