Katelyn Riley

These are just some of my favorite photos of Katelyn. We were in the middle of moving when her birthday happened and I didn't really get to do a post for her. I just want her to know how much we love and adore her and how we are so grateful she is in our family. She absolutely loves kindergarten and is getting smarter every day. She is a sassy frass which we are trying to cure with spankings, time out, and love. Happy 5th birthday (in August) Katelyn! We love you!

We've Moved!

A pantry. Yes I am taking a picture because this is the first pantry I've had in my 7 years of marriage.

Preston's huge closet. Katelyn, Preston, and the office have huge walk in closets, so nice!

Master Closet

Babies room, yet to be decorated, yet to be named. Oh by the way blogging world, we are having another boy!

Preston's room. It's huge.

Katelyn's room, there is a window seat but I couldn't get a good view.

Stephen's office that I get to occasionally use. :)

Kitchen

Dining Room

Master Bedroom, our bed and night stand used to be a light wood color but we recently painted them black and I LOVE them!

Master Bath

Living Room

Back Yard

Front of house

We've been wanting to move for a while but were set on the fact that it was never going to happen, so we bought bunk beds for the kids and were content in our little home. Then we found out we could rent out our home and qualify to buy another one! So at the beginning of July we started really looking and getting all of our "affairs" in order. We found the home we liked mid July, made an offer, had it accepted....yada yada yada... we moved! We are living in Meridian now and we absolutely love it. It's still close to Stephen's work and close to family. Oh and now I don't have to drive an hour to go grocery shopping! We had some stressful times because the lender told us at anytime it could fall through so not to pack and not to tell anyone. Our closing was delayed, we got to go to LA and came back and closed that day on our new house. Katelyn's birthday and party shortly followed, and then Katelyn started kindergarten. We are all moved in and loving life. It's very nice to have things slow down and get back to normal. And we had our 7 year anniversary thrown in there too!

We're pretty much famous now...ha.

Stephen has had the opportunity to work closely with Mitt Romney on his campaign to become President. About 6 months ago he got to go have dinner at one of Mitt's homes in California. Then he went to Vegas for the National Call day where you call people to donate for the cause. The most recent event I got the pleasure to tag along, a breakfast with Mitt. In order to get one of these pictures you had to donate way too much money, which we did not. But because Stephen got others to donate, we got to go. It was good times. Mitt sure is handsome, for his age. :)

New Shirts...

We're PREGNANT!!!!

Katelyn has been saying she wants a ton of brothers and sisters. I have warned her that this one may be our last. The other day she said, "If it's a boy, I am going to be really mad."

Things

My life seems kind of boring but I guess we do have some fun stuff going on over here. Stephen has been busy with work, it seems like he leaves earlier and comes home later. We are thankful for his job and that stability that it brings.

Katelyn is 4 1/2 now and goes to preschool 3 days a week now. She is doing really well and cannot wait for Kindergarten.

Preston is almost 2 1/2 and he is my little lover. He still likes to snuggle and hug and kiss but he is getting to be a feisty little 2 year old. I think if he were a first child he'd really be playing us but we got smart after Katelyn and we've got him under control. They play really well together which makes my heart happy.

I am still growing out my hair and I love it. I got a gym membership and I am IN LOVE with ZUMBA! I go every time Katelyn is at preschool so I only have to pay for Preston to go to the daycare. I have also been tanning in preparation for our cruise to Mexico! We are leaving the kids with my favorite cousins Krista and Cathy. They are graciously coming out to my home to take care of my kids. How cool is that?

We've been off of birth control since November and nothing is happening. I am starting to get discouraged and feeling like something must be wrong with me, I heard it's harder to get pregnant when you have thyroid issues, maybe that's the problem? I don't know.

We recently switched wards and I am loving our new one. We feel very welcomed there. I was really struggling with my testimony and then I had a bunch of crap happen to me and I just quit going to church for a while. My first Sunday in our new ward I felt the spirit so strong that I just bawled my eyes out. I couldn't believe that I ever doubted, it's like the cloud has been lifted and I am back to believing, it feels good. I've been put in as a Laurel Advisor and I really enjoy it. I love my girls and all the activities and I swear any type of spiritual meeting I've bawled my eyes out at. I wish I would have been able to love myself back then, I think it would have saved me a lot of heart ache. I never completed the Young Women's program, although it won't count, I think I am going to complete it as an adult. That will also help with my testimony I am sure. I have great friends and family and life is really good, I am really grateful for that. Well that about sums it up.

I'm all blogged out.

Oh how I love this boy

One morning at 4 am this little boy woke me up by yelling "Mom", over and over. I go into his room and he says, "I scared." So I pick him up to comfort him. Then he says, "I hungy, I'na Faffle with Keme (whip cream)." So we go into the kitchen to get a snack and he says, "I'na watcha show." At this point in my sleepy state I realize I've been played big time so I take him back to bed. I climb back into my bed and I hear Preston yell, "Daddy." Freaking hilarious. BTW Stephen was out of town and did not get him out of bed but it was so funny that he knew all the things to say to get him where he wanted to go. Preston has been counting without me explicitly helping him. I count all the time through out the day with the kids over various things but I haven't sat down with him like I did Katelyn so it really surprises me. The other day he pointed to his shirt and said, "orange," and it was orange. He does this with several colors which also surprises me. He is the cutest little puppy and will get on all fours and fetch whatever his sister throws. He still loves to hug and kiss and cuddle which I am loving. He has truly been a blessing in our home and I am so grateful that he is my son. And he is so handsome! Oh those eyes melt my heart!