Christmas in Utah and Also January and February....

Well, now that February is almost over,

I thought some pictures

from our Christmas vacation might 

be an appropriate blog post.

I've been postponing because I wanted

to get the pictures Tyler took 

on his phone on here,

but it's a big pain to do that

and I'm in super lazy mode due to the

new 24/7 job I have of growing

a human being.

No biggie.

Anyway, here are the pictures:

First up is Kale enjoying bath time

with his two adorable cousins,

Sadie and Allie.

I seriously think that Allie looks like she could 

be Kale's sister.

 

Nana and Grandpa Gerber got Kale

a little Tablet for Christmas

(which he calls his Kindle).

He LOVES it and was really good

about sharing it with Sadie.

Had to snatch a picture of how 

cute Allie is.

We had Kale open up a present

on Christmas Eve while we 

were at Grandma Pam's house.

Cousin Addy and Aunt Laura

were happy to cheer when he FINALLY

got all the wrapping paper off.

And then Kolby and Addy proceeded

to attack their Uncle Tyler.

Playing Name Ten Candy Bars.

Classic. Uncle. Move.

Kale's new pajamas!

and a flashlight...

 

Christmas morning was at 

Grandpa Pat's house.

Grandpa Pat spoiled Kale.

And Tyler.

And Me.

What a great grandpa!

Merry Christmas!

Grandma Pam had all the grandkids 

over for a little Christmas party

and they all got cute

little stuffed animals.

As a side note, Kale LOVES Josh.

So...that was Christmas!

Obviously a lot more happened

because we were there for 17 days.

Tyler and I celebrated our 4th Anniversary.

Shane and Rea watched Kale for us

while we went to dinner

at P.F. Changs with my brother Kyle and his

FIANCE Heather. 

(They weren't engaged at the time

but now they are.)

We got home in time to celebrate

Tyler's 27th birthday.

I made him Gyoza and I just took 

a picture because the table looked nice.

Go me.

So it took a while, but Ellensburg

finally got some snow.

Naturally, Kale and I went to play in it.

Kale is the WORST snowball 

fighter ever.

He is also the CUTEST snowball

fighter ever.

And like any other normal kid,

all he really wanted to do was

eat the snow....

Look how cute we are!

A few days later the snow was gone

and it was kinda nice out.

So we went out to ride

Kale's bike.

But Kale was more interested

in putting rocks and pinecones

in his "trunk."

And, of course, he remembered

his beloved game of sending

cars down the slide.

Monday was my mom's birthday!

And I made this little collage

and sent it to her on her

birthday, so it's not like I forgot.

Now, I'll share it here:

It recently snowed again here.

Kale and I went out and 

made a little snowman.

 

Look at those beautiful

blue eyes!!

 

A few weeks ago my friend

stopped by to get some 

swim diapers from me and so 

Kale got a little upset that we

weren't going swimming.

So....I put him in some underwear,

filled up the tub,

added some blue food coloring

to make it look like

the pool,

and gave him as many toys as he wanted.

He loved it.

 

I have recently discovered that

Facebook is magic.

There have been more than one

occasion where I have 

expressed my desire for a certain food,

and then someone brings it to me!

It's amazing.

My most recent experience produced this

incredible cake:

 

Seriously, I have the nicest

friends out here.

I don't know how I always

manage to be friends

with the best sorts

of people,

I won't complain!

Okay, we are all caught up 

on pictures!!

On a side note, 

the pregnancy is going great.

I'm starting to show

and Baby Girl is quite

the little mover.

No, we have not agreed on 

a name.

It is likely that won't happen until

after she is born.

We are excited to add her

to our little family!

Pumpkin Patches and Super Heroes

Okay, here we go everyone.

Deep breaths.

Ready?

Let's start with a little something

I did with Kale that didn't turn out

as great as pinterest 

would have you believe.

I made colorful ice cubes:

And put them in the bath with Kale:

 

In about 30 seconds they were melted and the 

water looked disgusting:

 

So we drained the water

and I promised we never do that again.

You're welcome, future Kale, for

all the bath pictures published

on the internet ;)

October was such a fun month for us!

Kale LOVES pumpkins and 

pumpkin patches, so we 

took him to a couple.

The first one had pony rides:

 

And of course, a pumpkin patch:

 

As well as a corn maze!

That was my favorite part.

 

These little scarecrows were

everywhere in the corn maze.

Every time we came across one Kale 

would stop and point and say,

"Mamma, whats that?"

 

We solved the maze!!!

(This is Kale's thumbs up)

 

My friend Kim stopped by

and gave Kale their old

giant legos which was 

so amazing of her because Kale loves them so much!

 

 The other pumpkin patch was less 

of a patch and more a place

to get pumpkins and spend money....

but it was great!

There was a cute little kids

play area that Kale 

had fun with:

 

This thing was awesome.

They attached multiple slides

to this pyramid of hay.

So clever.

 

It was a really sunny day!

This little hay maze was really

neat too!

Kale started to do it but then

just wanted to climb on top 

of it instead.

 

 

Kale got a poopy bumb,

it's always fun to change those in the 

back seat of a car.

Good job Ty!

They also had this cute rubber ducky

race thing that was super fun.

 

 

Then we got our pumpkins and

headed home,

to watch the BYU game.

 Kale and I built a fort.

And by Kale and I, 

I mean,

I built a fort.

We watched Toy story in there:

 

And played with the 

bead light thing.

 

And one day we spent a good part of the day 

walking around town

collecting pretty leaves.

Then, we glued them to cardboard

cutouts of the letters K and P:

 

Let's talk about Halloween.

Kale got to do some

trunk-or-treating as well as 

actual trick-or-treating this year!

He loved getting candy.

 

Batman and Robin!!!!!!

While trunk-or-treating

Kale had no problem

grabbing a whole

handful of candy!

But he always said thank you :)

 

 Time for trick-or-treating!
Little bit excited...

We went with Bauston and Kristen

and Kristen's mom Tally.

It was a blast!

Kale was still getting over being sick

and his cough started getting 

bad so was had to call it a night.

 

And now, as if he couldn't be any more

adorable, I show you, he can.

Told ya.

And that brings us to the end of 

our pictures.

November should be more chill.

Next week is my last week 

of school (hooray!)

and only 5 weeks till we 

leave for Utah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm not excited at all.