family pictures 2010

please don't judge me for being vain. there are a lot of pictures, i know. these were done by my fabulous-o friend, mckenzie. man, i love her.

enjoy.

halloween...finally

jack was a gun-totin' cowboy this year. mmm, pretty sure i wore this exact outfit when i was like, 8 yrs old. not sure what that means. check out that sweet green dollar store gun, pretty sure john wayne didn't have one of those. we did buy a cooler one, but it was broken before halloween even arrived.

"where is your 2nd child?" you ask. ah, yes. sam didn't make into a costume at all this year. it was crappy weather, life got a little hectic that night, so he never made it into the turtle costume. remember my halloween post from last year...just more evidence...

final vegas pics

so we moved...like a month ago. these pics are some that i found on my camera that i had not posted yet, some last pics in our house in henderson. wow, do i miss that place. life is good here, but i've been surprised at how much of an adjustment it's been for me. i love my life here, and i know it will get even better as we continue to settle in, but i sure do miss my friends and life down in sin city.
this is jack's classic muscle-boy pose. it's a favorite lately. shawn also taught him the line "anyone got tickets?"..."to what?" you ask..."to the gun show!" yup, he's mastered it.


one of jack's best buddies, landon.

favorites

i started asking jack his favorites the other day. here's a snippet that i want to remember:

k: what's your favorite color?
j: black. (this was unusual, 99.9% of the time it's blue.)
k: what's your favorite time of day? (i'm thinking lunch time, when daddy comes home...)
j: ummm, eleven...firty (yes, firty. and yes, a good time of day.)
k: what's your favorite game?
j: uhhhh, checkers!
k: checkers? when did you play checkers? (he never has, in his short 3 yr. life.)
j: ummm, in eight days!

right-o.

couple o' pics

i can't believe i'm saying this, but i think this one is more precocious than jack. jack has more attitude, but sam is precocious. what a great word.

27

here's my list of 27 things that you may or may not know about me.

yes, it's a month late.

1. i am obsessive about routines. ie, when getting ready in the morning, everything goes in a very particular order. i panic a little if i realize i've forgotten to do something.

2. i'm in love with lists. to-do lists, grocery lists, packing lists, etc.

3. feet gross me out.

4. because of #3, my toenails always have to be painted.

5. i love getting pedicures, but i always apologize first to whoever is doing it because they have to touch my feet (even though they are very clean).

6. i loooove when jack puts his shoes on the wrong feet, and i don't correct him, because it is hilarious.

7. i don't like cheesecake or pie.

8. i've had glasses/contacts since i was itty-bitty - 3 yrs. old.

9. my full name is kathryn, which sounds so odd to me.

10. i hated having to tell my teachers on the first day of school that i went by katie, it was very embarrassing for some reason.

11. i am an NPR junkie. serious fan.

12. i've never been to hawaii but am willing to go if someone will sponsor me.

13. i love to dip my cheesesticks in yogurt. try it before you judge.

14. my realistic dream is to be a wedding singer.

15. my real dream is to be a back-up singer.

16. i think i have a deep-down dream of being a writer.

(seriously deep, but i think it's there.)

17. i've written a handful of my own songs, wish i could write more.

18. i have very stressful dreams about being back in high school. A LOT.

19. i'm in love with shawn. (okay, everyone knew that one.)

20. can't wait to move back to utah when another baby will become part of my family...a big black one, with lots of ivories for me to tickle. and yes, i will love her as much as my real kids.

21. i have this thing for a great pair of shoes.

22. I LOVE SYTYCD.

(sigh...kent...flutter, flutter)

23. the best live concert i've ever been to is a tie between celine dion and josh groban and what i can remember of backstreet boys when i was 16.

24. the worst concert was dave matthews. he was saturated with alcohol, could not string more than two coherent words together.

25. i love funny.

26. shawn is funny, so i love him.

27. i am 27, which sounds eerily old.

guess what i did today...

i've always been scared to death of canning but today

i took the leap and tried raspberry freezer jam.

surprise...SO EASY.

at first, i was doing it mostly for shawn, there is nothing

he loves more than homemade bread with homemade raspberry jam.

(i dare say i would be hard-pressed

to find something better myself.)

but as the process continued, i found myself becoming quite giddy.

tomorrow i'll make some yummy bread and life will be good.

more cubbies

moving provides excellent cubbies.

his shirt is filthy. somebody take care of this kid.

silly husband

so this story may be a little more personal than you care to be with us, and if you are a little prissy, this post is not for you. skip it.

but this story was just too good. i'm in the middle of switching birth control pills right now, so my NP suggested we use condoms for the next couple weeks. shawn and i are not condom people, we don't even have any. see, lots of information. but shawn's eyeballs pop out of his head at the mere thought of having another wee one anytime soon, and then will proceed to vomit if he thinks of an "accident".

hence, we go to a CVS pharmacy to pick up my new perscription and some condoms. to begin with, we don't even know where they are in a store...health and beauty? pain meds? toys? i don't know. so we find them and shawn literally stands there like a deer in headlights. SO MANY OPTIONS. and i'm like "dang. they're expensive." and he says "well, for most people, which includes us now, you are up a creek without them."

twenty minutes later, folks, he's still standing there. i have now circled the store twice with sam-boy freaking out in the cart, jack is destroying every display they have with a four-square ball that he does not own.

k: "dude, just pick a box."
s: "oh, you want me to pick?"
um, yes.
s: "i don't know which ones to get!"
k: (seeing a box with the size X-LARGE on it) "well, what size do you need? large, x-large?"
s: (rolling his eyes) "babe. they are all the same size. you don't see a box with SMALL on it."

touche, well-said. who's the guy that's gonna walk in and slap a box of SMALL size condoms on the counter?

to all of shawn's friends, you know who you are...please comment kindly, my mom reads this blog...

yes, i'm talking to you nate, morgan, kyle, jordon, and any others who might wander in.

ultimate tanline

this is what happens when you live in vegas.

mr. cubby

if there is a cubby to be found, he'll find it. remember when you were little and finding the perfect little space that fit you only was the greatest thing ever?

little gem

these kinds of things are what i love about being a mom. jack said to me today "mom, i wrote you a note, see? C O I...note!" mostly, i love that C O I spells note, because that's what it is, a note. also, he really did draw a C and an O and an I, we've been working on our letters. he's 3, people. genius.

home

after shawn's 3rd session, we went to utah for a grand two week break. it was so great. it truly is home. we loved the mountains, jack asked to go up the canyon every day...he's just like his dad. shawn would live up there if i let him. we loved the grass. we loved sitting out on grandma and grandpa gibbs' deck, chatting away the summer nights. we loved playing with cousins, aunts and uncles, grandmas and grandpas. jack is a different kid there. he loves it. we can't wait to move back in oct.

thanksgiving point animal farm, love it there.

and this little guy turned 1 while we were there. he had the greatest birthday party ever. we went up the canyon, had a great dinner, birthday cake and ice cream, opened presents, and played and played and played. it was awesome.

we went out to cedar hills for some fun festivities, love the area. the boys got to sit in a real army hummer. it was huge.

everything

one of those crazy random posts in a desperate attempt to update. brace yourselves.

bathtime is a favorite around here.

i swear he's gonna be my musical prodigy. he loves the piano, guitar, and dances like crazy whenever there's music on.

what?