Miss B

Our baby is not a baby anymore. I can't believe how big she is now. She is learning new things everyday. She understands so much and knows how to get what she wants. She can say da da, ma ma, banana(nana), dog(og), Jesus, shoes, boots, night night, baby, ball, outside, owie, papa, nanny, yum yum(when she is hungry or wants a bite). She says quite a few other words, but that is all I can think of right now. Brea knows lots of animal sounds and is very good at giving hugs and kisses. She is starting to try to copy what we say and copies what we do. She will be 17 months old on the 16th of March! One more month until nursery! Maybe I will be able to stay the full three hours of church and listen to at least one talk or lesson. Here are some pictures of our Brea girl. She is getting so big!

 Watching cartoons, reading books, and eating snacks!

 dress up!

 Brea's sweet tat!

Cutie pie!

Swimming in the bath and drinking the water!

Valentines

 My Valentines Day was great! I got to spend ALL day with Brea and then when Pete got home we had this yummy dinner!

 Here is Pete enjoying his pina colada.

 This is what I got for Valentines day! I was sooooo excited. I actually got it a little early but I love being able to run at home and not have to go out in the negative degree weather.

 And here is Brea, my cute little Valentine. This is the best picture she would give me.

Our Valentines Day was great! I hope everyone's love day was just as great as ours. Love you all!

bored.

Brea and I are sitting here playing on the computer waiting for Pete to come home and I realized I haven't blogged for a long time. Probably because I haven't taken any pictures lately and January is just kind of a boring and long month. I've been staying busy with school, work, chasing Brea around, and doing house work. Pete has been busy working and school work. He's been in Salt Lake a lot for work and we are ready for him to be finished with his training so he can come home every night. Brea is growing fast and learning new things all the time. Just a little update I guess, nothing too exciting. Hopefully February will be a more exciting month and I'll have more to blog about!

Christmas

 I'm finally getting around to posting about Christmas. We've been busy partying these past couple weeks. Early in the week before Christmas Vernal got dumped on with snow. Brea hasn't ever really played in it because last winter she was way to little. I dressed her up in this snow suit that was a hand me down from my cousin. I could not stop laughing because she reminded me of ralphie's little brother on the movie A Christmas Story. She couldn't put her arms down and the snow suit was so big, she looked so chubby!

 Here is Pete the first day that it snowed. This was the first time he plowed. I think he plowed 5 more times that day since it snowed ALL day long plus All day long for two more days. So Pete did alot of plowing!

 This is how much snow there was just the first time we plowed.

 Remi and I on Christmas Eve getting ready to eat our yummy dinner.

 Brea and Grandpa on Christmas morning reading some new books!

 Both Remi and Brea got kitchens for Christmas. We left Brea's at home and I didn't get a picture of her with it, just some video.

 This Christmas Brea was more interested in ripping the paper off and playing with all the boxes. I think next year she'll understand more of what is going on.

 The two chickadees all ready to go to our family Christmas party!

 Remi and Brea loved the pinata. Each person is supposed to get one turn but these girls got about four, and each time they had to stop and let someone else go Brea threw a royal fit! I wish I would have gotten more pictures from our Christmas but I was caught up in all the excitement and forgot.

I had to get a picture of this because I wanted a new one so bad and I love this one. It makes doing dishes so much easier. My old faucet was one that is really low and you could hardly get anything underneath it. I'm very happy with my new faucet. 

We had a great Christmas. We are so spoiled and blessed to have all the things we do.

Santa

We went to our ward Christmas party on Tuesday and Santa was there. We were nervous that Brea would be scared and cry but she walked right up to him. We were some of the last people to leave because I took pictures of all the kids on Santa's lap and when Santa stood up to leave Brea started blowing him kisses! I'm glad she wasn't scared. I wished I could have gotten a picture of her smiling.

 I just threw this picture in because Pete made this really yummy pizza on the BBQ last night. The crust was crispy and tasted perfect. We'll be making it again.

We hope everyone is as excited and ready for Christmas as we are!

Christmas Tree

 We went to cut down our Christmas tree a couple weeks ago so I'm a little late on this post, but better late than never.

 searching for the perfect tree

 playing in the snow!

 we found our tree so dad is cutting it down

here it is! (hard part, getting it up the hill and on top of the car)

Christmas card time!

 So I'm sure many of you have already sent out your Christmas cards. I know, I'm a little behind, but we didn't have a family picture that we liked so we had to round up the family and get some pictures taken. I've never ordered christmas cards from Shutterfly but I've seen cards that other people have ordered and they are so cute. I've picked out some cards that I need to choose from. There are so many that I like that it makes it so hard to choose just one. Maybe I should choose a few so that I don't have to narrow it down to just one. Anyway here are some of the cards that I chose. Let me know which one you like the best.

If you want to create and order your own card go here: http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/christmas-photo-cards 

You won't be dissapointed

If you haven't ever been to Shutterfly's website you really should check it out. There are so many cute things that you can do. They have calendars that you can make personal by putting your own photos on the calendar. My family made a photo calendar for my grandma once and she loved it. After I've seen shutterfly's calendars I wish I would have known about them before so I could make one for my mom's birthday. To look at the calendars go here: http://www.shutterfly.com/calendars 

Another really cute thing are the thank you cards. I sometimes get sick of the plain cards that I always buy. There are some really cute cards, to see go here: http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/thank-you-cards  

Shutterfly is also offering 50 free holiday cards. To find out how to get your free cards go here:  http://bit.ly/sfly2010 

I've got to get going on my cards and get them sent out!

Thanksgiving

 This year we spent Thanksgiving in California. It was such a fun vacation.

 The grandkids found out where the candy drawer was and they kept getting into it. Here are Brea and Grace munching on some chocolate.

 The girls reading some books

 We went to a dutch oven get together and it was cold, so here we are sitting in the back of Jen's sweet new van. The seats turn around so you can have a tail gate party!

 Mimi and Brea waiting to eat some dutch oven cookin

Waiting for some grub again. 

 kisses from Boppa

 We had some girls craft nights and one of the nights we made these fun Christmas banners.

 Brea and dad on Thanksgiving

 Brea LoVeS her aunt CiCi and......

 ....her Aunt MiMi

The girls, oh and Mike the magician in the back swallowing a knife. (Jen is missing)

This trip was much needed and we had so much fun! Thanks to everyone for making it so enjoyable!

New look

Our laundry room has a new look, a more organized, clean, hide the clutter look. Pete used his new saw I got him for his birthday to make me some awesome doors to cover my shelves. I LOVE how it turned out...

Before......

After!

My most recent project was these blocks for Christmas!

Oh Braiden turned 16! WaHoo for him he can drive!

And I just had to throw this picture in because Brea is on this kick where if you ask her to show you her teeth she will cheese it so you can see her teeth! I think it is pretty dang cute! Love these two!

New Blog/mini business

So I've finally decided to try and advertise. I LOVE to make and decorate cakes and cupcakes. I've wanted to start a cake business for a long time now but I just couldn't decide how and when to do. Well, I'm starting with small steps at a time. So if you need a cake for any occasion or know of someone who does, PleAsE get a hold of me or mention me to your friends and family.
Go to my blog to check out a few cakes, get details, and how to contact me!
www.katiscakes.blogspot.com