Moments with Baby K

Life of a teacher's kid

K doesn't like to crawl around things, she'd rather just to right over the top.

Playing with her toy fire truck.

Enjoying her new carseat in our new ride on the way to listen to Elder Bednar speak at  a special stake conference.

Girl time!

She enjoys her bedtime story. Sometimes so much that she just has to be all over it.

8 month old baby girl

5th Anniversary

Happy 5 years to us!!

Scott got me some beautiful flowers!

We celebrated a day late due to my having to return to work and Scott having a fire shift. However, Kasila and I visited Scott at the fire station for dinner and some ice cream cake. :) 

 The next day we had went out to lunch with our little girl.

Kasila enjoying our movie choice for the evening.

New Ride

My how time flies! We have had a very busy month. Here is what has been going on in our lives...

We got a new ride! I loved my little truck. It worked quite nicely for Scott and I and Baby Sila's infant carrier carseat fit in the middle. It was snug and cozy. Now that our little girl is growing, she needed to be moved up into the bigger carseat. We went on the search. Blessings were with us as the car that we wanted and felt good about,  sold and then became available again due to complications. We love our new 2010 GMC Acadia.

Time at Home

We were gone for most of July, however, we did have some time at home. Here's the 2nd half of our July, with some pictures from our 2nd trip back to Utah.

First, we unpacked...with some help.

We took our 7 month pictures with Sparkles.

Went shopping like a big girl, with no carseat. She's gripping the sides pretty tightly. {Note: no tongue is showing, not even a smile! She wasn't too sure about this new idea.}

Played with a new toy...

Helped with dishes...

Played with Sparkles some more,

Had her mattress lowered,

Had a play date hike in Hatcher's Pass with Kepler & Ashley.

Packed to go to Utah again.

Had some fun on the plane,

Climbed the stairs at Grandma U's house...

...and slid down the railing.

Road the Frontrunner..

...and crashed when we got home to our own sweet beds & Sparkles.

Spent some time with Mommy during the day 

  and played with my sheep.

Lastly, she grew way to too tall with too long of a reach. :)

I have to go back to work in just over a week. It's been a busy, mostly fun filled summer. I'm going to be sad to leave my little girl. It's been nice to just be home with her and not have to worry about extra things. However, it'll be good for her to be around other kids while being watched by our friend. I'm very thankful that she is willing to watch Kasila. I know I needn't worry about my little girl while at work and the evenings will be filled with family time until breaks and next summer!

A Love Story

Scott and I had a nice time once we got home from our trip. The relaxing and getting back into routine didn't last long. A great love story had come to an end and we needed to go and be part of the ending.

The story began a long time ago with a blind date. That blind date led to a lifetime of love and a loving family. From what I've heard, Grandma Ezola was a scaredy cat. Numerous stories confirm that fact.  She had said multiple times, "I have to die first because I'm too scared to stay in the house along, but Dave, you know where I'll be and I don't want to be alone there very long either." She passed away
on July 7th. Well, Grandpa was a well trained husband and did as Grandma wished. 15 days later, he joined his lovely bride in Heaven.

We flew down to Utah on a Thursday, stayed for the weekend, attended Grandpa's funeral on Monday morning and then back home that night.

It was a sad, yet happy, event. Everyone still here on Earth will miss both Grandma and Grandpa. However, the Plan of Salvation helps ease us through this time. With our knowledge of the Gospel, we know that Grandma & Grandpa have had a glorious reunion! They are back with each other in their perfect bodies.

I know that this is a repeat picture, but I am so thankful that we were able to see them before they passed on. Kasila will miss out on knowing them while growing up, but she will definitely hear stories about her Great Grandma and Grandpa Ezola.