September 20th is My Favorite Day!

Happy 26Th Birthday to Chris!

I will be the first to admit I am a little late on birthdays. Chris' was on September 20Th. He turned 26. I feel like I am married to an old man now. Nothing against the age I just still feel like he should still be 22 like when we first met.

We went mini golfing for his b-day. It was really fun. We had the course all to ourselves.

Here is our biggest cheerleader!

Kate was such a good girl. She loved holding the golf balls. (And eating them)

Not to steal Chris' thunder, but I hit the sweetest hole-in-one. It had to jump over the bridge and then it bounced off the back wall and went right in. I was totally shocked. Of course Chris was my biggest fan. He was impressed with my skills.

This is our random pic of Kate in a Chili's to-go bag. We went to our friends new apartment to visit and we order Chili's for dinner. When the food came all Kate wanted to do was play in the bag, so we stuck her in it. It only lasted about a minute but it was really cute how much she liked it. Thanks Silas and A.J.!

Annapolis

This pic some sweet, random lady took of us. We thought she was taking it of the Capitol, too, but this will do.


Last week for Chis' day off we took a trip to Annapolis. It was so good to be by the ocean. It wasn't really the ocean but to us it looked like it to us anyway. It was really a bay area. Annapolis had that small town feeling even though it is really large. It reminded me a lot of St. George when we were walking around the historic district. It was incredibly humid the day we went though. The only draw back to being by the ocean/bay.




This is a look down Main Street. If you look in the middle you can see some spire looking things, those are boats. Yup! Main Street runs right to the bay. Chris is standing to the left in the cross walk.



This is another pic of all the cute shops that line Main Street. There are a ton of good stores to shop in.

This the Maryland state Capitol. It was surprising that this was it. I was expecting the huge white building similar to Utah's. It took Chris and I a minute to realize this was now our State Capitol now-weird.

Kate and Dad! It looked like rain so we all put on pants. It wasn't the smartest idea. With the humidity it was so HOT!

This is just a random picture of Kate is her swing. Yes that is my almost one year old who is enjoying her swing. Too bad she didn't when she was a baby. She looks gigantic to me in it. She likes to sit in it and play with all the little baby toys on it. That's my big girl!

On a Picnic with Grandma & Grandpa

Kate got a fauxhawk. I was so proud to see how much her hair has grown. Even more surprising than the length is the new curls that she is sporting. Yup! That is right. She is getting curly hair. I didn't see that coming. She looks so cute when we do it curly now. I'll post a pic of it soon.

Kate and Grandma!

On a picnic with Grandma and Grandpa. This is the park that Chris and I used to live right next to in St. George. When we were there we had many regrets that we didn't go there more.

Kate lovin' on her Grandpa West!

This is Kate's "pirate face" as it has been called. I don't know why but she just started doing it. She got this from her friend Savannah.

Swimming & Walking

Swimming with Megan.


Heidi and Megan. They were so fun to swim with. They have so much energy. I am not sure how Kami keeps up.


Kate loves swimming. She floated all around the pool in this floaty all by herself. We were close by but she was pretty independent.

This is James. AHHH! He is so cute. He is two months younger than Kate.

Kate with Grandma's magnets. Everything right now belongs in her mouth.

I have had these pictures for awhile. Okay I have had them forever and just haven't posted them. She has been working on walking for awhile and it is so fun to watch her move. Before she would push her walker from wall-to-wall and then just wait for us to turn her around and then keep going. Back and forth, Back and forth. Now she has learned to to turn it all by herself. I don't know how she figured it out she just got up and started doing it one day. It is so neat. I can see her mind working and she is trying to figure how to get around things and get unstuck from things around her. It is really neat to witness. My girl is getting big!