Cousins

Erin sent me these pictures that she took of the kids at Camp Williams. We don't get to be together as a whole family very often so its always fun when the kids get to play. Our little family is growing. When I married Matt, Cathrine was only 3 and David and Livi were babies. Now the boys have almost caught up to the girls and come December there will be 9... 5 girls and 4 boys! I love that they are all so close in age and play so well together... I hope it stays that way as they get older. Brookelyn-Age 2, Macie-Age 3, Ryan-10 months, Cathrine-Age 6, Olivia-Age 4, Cole-9 months, David-Age 4, Rylin-2 months

Summer Time

It has been forever since I last posted, not because we've been doing nothing, but because we've been so busy! Unfortunately, my camera broke and I'm still waiting for it to get fixed so I don't have many pictures to share :(, but here are a few highlights from our summer.

• We've spent LOTS of time at the new house... painting, tiling, and next week... laying carpet! We should be able to move in the 1st of August, YEA!!! (By the way, if any one knows of a good babysitter in or around Syracuse/Clearfield/Layton/Ogden PLEASE let me know, I am still looking!!)
• Matt finished his internship and was offered a job starting as soon as he completes his master's degree. We're VERY glad to have him home more!!
• Brooke is taking swimming lessons and loves every minute of it. She thinks she is so big and loves to show off to everyone who comes to watch.

• Cole is growing like a weed. He is almost 10 months and SOOO busy. He has a vocabulary of about 10 words and loves to tease and play with his sister.
• Matt and I spent 5 days in Washinton DC and left the kids with my parents. We toured all the sights, went to THREE baseball games (WAY too many for me, but Matt loved it) and we had such a nice break. Thanks mom, dad, Brody, and Blair!!
• Carrie, Phillip, and their girls came to visit so we had a week full of family activities... boating, Lagoon, a night at the General's house in Salt Lake, Rylin's baby blessing, and lots of hanging out!! It was great to see them and Brooke couldn't get enough of Cathrine and Livi. (I had a TON of cute pictures from boating and Lagoon, but thats when the camera broke so I lost all of them... grrrrrrr!)
• Brooke got her ears pierced. It was pretty cute, we brought her home some stick on earrings from our trip and when we went to put them on her she told me that she wanted to get holes in her ears and wear real earrings like Bentlee. So... I took her to the mall and showed her what they do and she still said she wanted to do it so I let her. They look pretty cute.CHEESE!
• Lots of time playing outside and at the pool.
  I love this picture, it is SO Cole. Just hangin', saying hi.
• This weekend is my family reunion at Bear Lake and then hopefully we'll be moving soon, I can't believe how fast summer has gone by!
  Mommy and Brooke
  Watching Barney in Mom's bed... her favorite.
  
  

Showing off his new Jordan shoes.

We're moving... AGAIN!

Yes I said it, we're moving... yet again. I can't even count the times we've moved since we've been married anymore, it is pathetic! The good news is this will be the LAST time for a LONG time. We just bought a house in Syracuse! It is in a cute, brand new neighborhood (with a swimming pool :))out by Antelope Island. It's not quite finished and we won't close until we know for sure Matt has a job offer (which should be sometime in the next week and a half), but if everything goes as planned we should be able to move in around the 10th of July! I got to go down yesterday and pick out all my countertops, cabinets, siding and trim, lighting, etc. We're going to do our own flooring so I still have to go pick that out this week so Matt's uncle can get it ordered for us. FYI... Matt is in Florida and hasn't even been able to see it yet, he is just trusting that I have good judgement haha. It is going to be a BIG change, but we're super excited! These aren't the best pictures, but they're all I have for now. I'll take some more once it is closer to finished and there is more to see.


This is part of the family room, from the hall going down to the bedrooms, the rest is blocked by that door

Master Bedroom (which has a HUGE walk in closet by the way!)

Tub in the master bath

Our yard is 1/3 of an acre, so from here you can only see about 1/4 of it. We're going to have lots of yardwork to do!!

Cute Kids!

These are Brooke's 2 year pictures and Cole's 6 month pictures.... a couple months late :) My cute friend took them at Kiddie Kandids and she did such a good job! Thanks Bri!

4-Wheeling

Our kids LOVE to ride the four-wheelers. Anytime they see one they get so excited. If you put Cole on, he will make noises like the four-wheeler. It's pretty cute. These pictures were taken last Sunday at Mike and Karen's.

Graduation

Matt graduated from Utah State on Saturday. We are so proud of him! He left last night to start his job at KPMG in Salt Lake... which leaves me as a single mom for the next 2 months. Good luck Matt, we love you!

Baby Rylin

We had a suprise in the middle of the night. Dustin came down to our room around 4:30 and said Cammie's water had just broken and they were headed up to the hospital.

Rylin Anderson was born 3 weeks early at 11:43 a.m. She weighs 6 lbs. 8 oz. and is 18 1/2 inches long. She has just a tiny bit of DARK hair.

Mom and baby are both healthy and doing GREAT!

Easter Weekend

Since Matt had work and school and I was off for Spring Break, the kids, my mom, and I went down to St. George for the weekend. The weather wasn't the best, but it was warmer than here and SO wonderful to run in the sun. We also spent day in Vegas shopping with Blair and her friends and visiting M&M world and Coke world. Brooke LOVED the swimming pool and all she wanted to do was "play in the water"!

This was Cole... after the trip. He slept until 11:00 Monday morning and then crashed in his high chair at lunch around 1:00.

6 Months

Wow! Where does time go? I have a 2 year old and a SIX month old, how did that happen??

Facts about Cole at 6 months:

• He waves bye-bye and hello
• He just got his first tooth (on the bottom right)
• He likes to eat anything and everything (except his bottle, he thinks he's a big boy :)) -- some of his favorites are pancakes, suckers, and bananas
• He rolls over both ways and uses this to get anything he wants
• He sleeps through the night (most of the time)
• He prefers males to females
• He ADORES Brooke and will watch whatever she is doing
• He is starting to sit on his own
• He will say mama if he is really sad or wants to be picked up
• He is a VERY happy and good baby!
• He weighs 14 lbs. (3rd percentile) and is 27 inches (70th percentile)
  

2 Years Old

Brooke turned 2 on March 18th.

I can't believe I have a 2 year old! She still seems like she should be a baby. We sure love her though. She LOVED her birthday and all the attention she got this year.

They had a party for her on Tuesday at Paula's and then Wednesday after the airport, we had all our family over for cake and ice cream.

FACTS ABOUT BROOKE:

• She's very tall for her age... she always has been (in the 90th percentile)
• She is very friendly, she will talk to anyone and everyone that looks at her
• She loves to read books
• She sleeps in a big girl bed and has to have her baby and blankie
• She talks ALL the time
• She is a great big sister
• She is potty trained
• She wears size 7 shoes and 3T clothes
• She likes to go to nursery and Paula's and play with her friends
• Her best friends are Bentlee and Macie
• She loves her Grandmas and Grandpas
• She loves animals (especially Hallie and Mac)

Mommy and her baby girl

I'm not so much a cook... or a cake decorator. This is as good as it gets :)

Blowing out the candles

Best buddies

Opening one of many many presents

Bentlee gave her this doll stroller and her favorite thing to push around is Cole

Grandma Beck and Grandpa Brad gave her a little table and chairs that she can draw on with dry erase markers. She loves it!