January

I realize I could go into a lot more detail if I would only keep up on my blog. If only I would take the time to blog once a week, I could cover all my bases. However, I am a slacker and will hopefully slowly slack less.

So here is my update on January with the pictures to go with it.

Kiley loves to help Chad wash the car. Looking at how Chad is dressed you would never guess that it is the first week of January. We have had a lot of really nice weather this year. I have been grateful for it because it gives Kiley a chance to play outside during the day. 

These are pictures of Kiley's tantrum. She decided she wasn't done helping Chad with the car, but he was done with her help. I got to be the bad guy and make her go inside. Luckily I also had the camera!

Kiley loves to "do the dishes." She uses the dish wand to scrub the same section of sink and countertop until there are giant puddles of water on the floor and soap bubbles all the way down the cupboards. She is a big helper. We just need to work on our patience with her help.

Kiley loves to eat. We had muffins for breakfast this day. Well, Kiley later decided she was in need of a snack and all she wanted was a muffin. She's pretty funny!

 So Kiley has been getting into trouble a lot lately! She decided it would be a good idea to draw all over my bedroom door as well as the surrounding walls. Now this usually wouldn't be a big deal. Crayola has posted on their website how to remove marker and crayon from all types of surfaces. I looked up how to remove crayon and proceeded to work on getting it off. However, the problem came when I realized that the crayon easily came off the wall but not our door. I then realized that when the people built our house, they did not paint this particular door. Yes, the other doors are all painted, and the back side of this door is painted, just not the side Kiley colored on. So, the "primer" or whatever has made the door white, has been removed to a degree and there are still wonderful crayon drawings on our door. She has continued to draw on walls and doors when we are not looking and I have given up the fight. I will wash all of the walls and paint my door one day. But until then, you can find Kiley's artwork all throughout the house.

Kiley also thinks its funny to sneak into our room and pull the gum out of our dresser. She then runs away with it behind her back and hides from us. Chad caught her in the act this time. Most of the pieces had been bitten in half. She doesn't know what exactly to do with gum, so she just bites it up and spits it out. Luckily, it hasn't gotten stuck to anything yet! And the gum is now completely out of reach...for the next few months until she grows a few more inches. Then we'll have to find another new safe spot.

I turned 25 in January. It was the first year since getting married that I haven't gotten to spend my birthday with my sister-in-law Emily. She was born the day after me so we always celebrate together. We also used to go sledding on one of our birthdays and that didn't happen this year either. It snowed on my birthday but not enough to go sledding. There also are not too many spots we could think of to go sledding this year since the canyon is closed. Oh well, it probably wouldn't have been the smartest thing to do while pregnant, right?

Chad found some stick on tattoos in our cupboard. We've tried putting them on Kiley but she is scared of them. Chad thought it would be funny to stick them to me, but I wasn't a fan of that idea so he came up with a better idea to stick them on Daisy. As you can see from this picture, she's not the happiest dog I've ever seen! She has a cat on her nose just below the peachy spot. She also has a dog on her ear. It is out of focus but you can tell its there. Chad also put one on her hind leg. The funny thing was that they stuck forever. It took a really good bath, or two before they finally came off.

 

These are pictures from our family cookout. It was such a beautiful day that we had to get out and enjoy it. Kiley loved walking around and playing in the dirt. She is now a little weary of the fire...which is good for us! I don't know what Daisy is doing in this picture. Chad took it and I just saw it and thought it was hilarious! Notice the tattoo still on her ear!!

This is me at 33 1/2 weeks for those who were wondering.

Dan Camp

Taylor Blanco

Chad

So Chad has been ice fishing quite a few times this winter. I think he has only been skunked once or twice and both times were with his cousin Jason who lives here in Cedar now. These pictures are from a trip to Yankee Meadow(I think). Yankee is usually inaccessible in the winter, but this year we haven't had enough snow to stop everyone. Chad and Taylor are good fishing buddies and we're going to be sad when Taylor and Michelle and Davin head west for Optometry school in August. Dan is in our ward and is also Taylor's boss which makes for funny stories. I'd tell you the stats for this fishing trip, but I don't know them. I want to say everyone caught 7, 8, and 9. I know Chad caught the most though.

John and Christine

Chad

Preston

Last but not least, January also brought a chance for Chad to go skiing. Preston works at Sundance and was able to get Chad, John and Christine 1/2 price tickets for the day. So off they all went. Chad only goes a few times a year and this was a great opportunity for him. He had a lot of fun, and yes, he was sore when he got home. I don't blame him, I would have been too! They looked like they had a lot of fun and I almost wished I had been up there with them. But I don't ski/snowboard(I've tried both a handful of times and it is not for me), and I'm sure my doctor would have killed me! 

Anyway! January was a fun month! We were able to spend quite a bit of time in SLC it seemed like. We also got to spend some time with my sister Lindsey who moves back to Utah TOMORROW!!! (March 10) It will be nice for Asher and Kiley to see each other more than just a few times each year!! Kiley loves Asher!!