the happiest place on earth...

Last week we went on a fun 5 day trip to Disneyland. Preston won the trip for work and we were so excited to get one last vacation in before baby #3 joins our family. Preston's brother, Shaun, and his family were able to go too, the kids all had a great time together! They were very good kids! We had a 5 day hopper pass, so we spent a good part of the days at the park and did some swimming and relaxing the remainder of the time. We stayed at the Grand Californian hotel and we loved it. It was a really fun week, we are very lucky to have such a hard working guy around like Preston.
beware LOTS of pictures....
Just some random family pictures, I will include this...Me, 32 weeks GREAT with child!
Breakfast with the Princesses, we loved this, it was included in the package, but I might consider paying for it next time we go!

Me and the kids waiting for the parade
Katelyn did this little Star Wars training camp thing. Here she is fighting humongous Darth.


Just of few of the characters, we hit the jackpot with the characters this time, the kid's little autograph books are very full. Preston had to go with Tate to most the characters until he realized they were nice.
Katelyn inappropriately touching Tigger
again, kinda innappropriate with Goofy! Goof looks very uncomfortable. And the other people are not with us! they make for a way good picture though!


This cute little Minnie Mouse really liked Tate. After meeting her, Tate wasn't so afraid of the characters.
inside Minnie's house
Tate on the Merry-Go-Round. The lines were super short so we got to on all the rides we wanted. Katelyn loved Splash Mountain and Tate loved Pirates...we all love It's a small world!

That is it...I have a billion more, but I doubt you want to see them all. And this post has taken me enough time.

little socca playa!

Katelyn started soccer a few weeks ago with a few little friends. They really lucked out with having a very talented coach..Mwaah! It has been really fun to be these cute little girls coach, they are doing great! Our first game Katelyn scored 4 goals and she has scored a goal each game - she is a good little dribbler. Our little team, The Butterflies, are definitely the youngest in the region, but they keep up pretty well. It is so cute to watch them all flocked together around the ball, as long as they have fun right!

Preschool For Tate!

Tate started Preschool at the same little place as Katelyn. He was so sad about not getting to go to school, so we decided to start him up since he is technically old enough. He was so excited to go! My little kiddos are growing up so fast!

Go Cougars!!

Preston and I got tickets to the BYU vs. Florida game a last week. It was a rough game for Cougar fans, especially my husband. I like the Cougars to win mostly because it makes my husband happier! Even though they lost big time, it is still fun to visit the Alma Mater.

A Busy Week for Katelyn

We have had quite the crazy week with things for Miss K. With tumbling, ballet, preschool, little lakettes and soccer I have felt a little overwhelmed...and she is 4!! We might need to be cutting back. She had a really fun week though!
On Sunday she gave a cute little talk in Primary. This is about her fifth talk or scripture in about a year. She volunteers to the Primary secretary all the time that she wants to do it, and she gets taken up on it. She did a good job, she memorized each part with the pictures.

She also started preschool at the Little Red Schoolhouse, and she loves it. She was so excited all week to get to go. She loves to make new friends and learn new stuff. We filled her backpack with some fun new prizes, she was most excited about the Cocoa Puffs for breakfast!
She did a little dance week at Bonneville this week called Little Lakettes. They danced at the football game tonight, she did awesome!
And her first soccer game is tomorrow. We had a practice today and it should be interesting. She has this amazing coach (me), so they should totally dominate! More pictures to come...

And some more exciting news...Tate is starting Preschool next week too. He wasn't liking not being able to go so he will go at the same time as his sister, but to a different class. We are not sure how three years of preschool will go, but I will definitely like the break!

29 Weeks and Bike Riding

Well, I guess I should keep up the maternity pictures since I have done them on my other two. Here is me 29 weeks prego. I have been feeling pretty good, just sleepy and very lazy. I really can't complain! We are excited for baby boy to join our family in a few months, for now we are very grateful he is doing well. Katelyn actually took this picture while she was playing around with the camera, I don't usually have our bathroom as our background.
And here are our two cute kiddos on their new bikes. Tate got one for his birthday and Katelyn got one for his birthday too...her birthday is in December so we needed to get her one before then. They absolutely love them. They can get going pretty fast, especially Tate. Preston and I were pretty worn out on our last bike ride chasing them. They look pretty cute and grown up!

Tate's Birthday Party

Yesterday we had a little party for Tate's 3rd Birthday! He has been wanting an Elmo party for a while, but I didn't really want to do an Elmo party, so I just had to throw in Elmo a few times. It was a pretty simple little party...dinner, candy, pinata, cake, presents! Tate is not one who likes to do a ton of stuff, he likes to focus on one thing as you can tell by his painting, he worked on that forever. Thanks so much for everyone who came to celebrate!

Happy Birthday to Tate!

Today our big guy Tate turns 3 years old. The time has flown by, we have enjoyed every minute with him though. Tate has definitely shown us how fun and crazy it is to have a boy, he is a wild maniac most of the time unless he is around people he doesn't know well. We just have to laugh at his craziness! We will be having his party this Saturday and he is so excited, it is so cute how kids LOVE birthdays so much. Happy Birthday Big Guy, we love you!

The BIG Apple!!

We were so lucky to have the chance to travel to the fabulous NYC. I have always had a true love for this place and have been wanting to go for awhile. My brother is a chef there so we wanted to visit him too. We had a great time together, but were very very worn out. The kids were fantastic but lots of work to take around the city. Katelyn's favorite part was of course The American Girl store and Tate loved the subway and Yankees game. Lots of pictures for 3 days of traveling I know, but it is New York!
We went to a darling little lunch at the American Girl store, save up now if you are planning on attending, YIKES!
Meet the newest member of our family, Kit, she now goes everywhere with us.
Seeing the Statue of Liberty and walking through Battery Park and along the river with Tom
some cool church
The Bull, no Bear
Tate hanging with Mr. George Washington
At Central Park
Katelyn doing some sort of dance after I told her this is where Enchanted was filmed


Dylan's Candy Bar, a kid's heaven
Seinfeld Restaurant
Tate having some ice cream near the Brooklyn Bridge, which we walked across but I didn't take pictures

FAO Schwartz, the BIG piano
Cupcakes from Magnolia Bakery
On top of the Empire State Building
On our way to Mary Poppins


some pose from the Mary Poppins musical she liked I guess
Tate and Preston loving the Yankees game