Football and 3 Months Old

It hasn't been a super

eventful week,

just a few fun things

here and there.

First up, 

Tyler and I were able

to go to BYU's home opener.

It happened to be on 

September 11,

so there were a ton of

cool things they did to

honor the memory of that day.

This flag was huge and it 

was really cool

that the players helped the 

military personnel 

hold it.

One of the things

they have at the games

is the Cannon Crew,

which is a group

of ROTC guys who

come out and do

push-ups every time

we score.

So if the score is 7 then

they do 7 push-ups,

but when we score again and make

it 14 then they do 14

push-ups, and so on

and so forth.

Kyle is part of this crew

so I tried to get a picture.

I think he might be the one 

on the end on the right.

The game was really fun!

It was a night game

so it got a little 

chilly by the end.

But we won!

So far BYU is undefeated,

and I hope they can keep the ball

rolling!

This past Friday 

Ellory hit the 3 month mark!!

I can't believe how fast

time is flying by.

She has the sweetest smile

and she is still just so 

little.

I just love her to death.

HOW CUTE IS SHE??????

Also this week I 

introduced Kale to computer

games.

They're the awesome

learning games on pbskids.org,

so I'm not like a bad

mom or anything.

He LOVES it.

He really concentrates

and it's amazing how 

quickly he figures

the games out.

I'm so proud of how

smart Kale is.

And here is some more 

proof that my 

true talent in life

is to make 

the most adorable

kids on the planet:

I just realized that in the

above picture

Ellory is giving me the bird.

But the smile looks

so genuine!

I could be in real trouble

with this one.

Happy Birthday to Me!

Wow, what a great birthday I had!

I was absolutely spoiled

rotten and I loved

every minute of it!

The day started with church at 9. 

My sister-in-law, Laura, 

wished me a happy birthday

right away,

and so did her kids Addy and Kolby.

Great start!

Then, later at church, my mother-in-law, 

Pam, told me happy birthday

and gave me a birthday card.

The day just got even better from there.

Kale has been excited about

my "secret surprise present" 

since Friday.

Tyler decided to show it to 

him while I was out.

Kale did a great job not actually

saying what the present was though!

So, when we got home from 

church and changed our clothes,

he was super excited to 

help Tyler get my presents. 

It was sooo cute.

Also, when we got home from church

there was a card

hanging on our front door

from my father-in-law, Doug.

Sneaky guy!

Anyway, I was ordered to sit

on the couch and wait for

my presents.

I was more than willing to comply.

Then they brought me TWO bags 

of presents!

Tyler got me some new workout clothes (Hurray!!)

and a really cool case for

my jewelry and makeup.

They are both extremely thoughtful

gifts and I love them!

After the opening of the presents I 

wanted to take a picture with

my adorable kids

and our whole family:

Don't I have the cutest little family??

Ellory's little dress

was just so adorable,

I had to take some extra pics of her.

Plus, she wasn't really

looking in the family pictures.

Kale took this one:

Ellory makes the cutest faces

now:

Wasn't her little dress so cute??

Then, Tyler made me my 

birthday dinner. 

I requested homemade pulled pork

sandwiches, coleslaw, and 

homemade french fries.

He knocked it out of the park!

I seriously think that's the best

pulled pork I've ever eaten.

I can't wait to have some

for lunch today!

After dinner,

I got a call from my

big brother Jake!

He's so sweet 

to remember my birthday

even though he had

a busy week of drill 

going on.

It was great to talk 

to him and I can't

wait to see him at Thanksgiving!

Then, we just relaxed for a bit

and did our separate things

for a while.

Then, someone knocked on the door.

It was Kolby and Addy bringing

us some banana chocolate chip

cookies!

They were delicious!

Then, not much later, there was 

ANOTHER knock on the door.

It was Kyle!

He had brought me a gift from

him and Heather.

It was running tights (I'm sensing a theme)

and Kit-Kats!

Just perfect.

Heather couldn't come because 

she was sick (sad day!)

We were sitting visiting with Kyle,

when there was ANOTHER knock on the door.

It was my cousin Kristen!!

I was sooo surprised to see her.

We were sitting around

visiting when Kristen said,

"So who else is coming?"

I was so confused.

What the heck was she talking about?

It was then that I figured out

that Tyler had secretly

invited them to come over for

cake and ice cream!

What a stud of a husband, 

am I right or am I right?

Corey and Jordan and Kendall

couldn't come with Kristen

because they were sick, too.

(Super sad day!)

Then, there was ANOTHER knock 

on the door.

It was my wonderful friend Birttany!

She brought me an 

awesome green water bottle

that had a bedazzled B on it, 

and she'd filled it with Starbursts.

Nailed it!

Then, these wonderful friends of mine

sang me Happy Birthday

and I blew out some candles:

Kale helped me blow out

my candles,

of course:

And then we ate!

It was so awesome to have 

them come visit

me on my birthday,

especially when their families

were sick!

Then, Tyler got a nice surprise!

We had bought an antenna 

for our TV Saturday

and discovered we got a 

couple of great channels,

but it didn't appear that we were 

going to get NBC.

But then, Tyler was going through

channels and discovered that 

we DO get NBC and he was

going to be able to watch 

the Denver game!

He was so excited and I was so happy for him!

Later my good friend Rachel,

who I left behind in Ellensburg,

called me to wish me a

happy birthday

and catch up for a bit.

It was so great talking to her!

I miss her and her family so much

and just wish they had moved with us.

I also talked to my parents for a bit.

My dad sang me happy birthday

and I told them how my 

day had gone so far.

Kale came in and talked to them

for a bit, too.

I love listening to him

talk on the phone.

It's adorable.

Phew! That about sums it all up!

I got tons of text messages all

day wishing me a happy birthday

and cards all week from my 

Aunt Aethea, my grandma, my Uncle Rich

and Aunt Celeste, and my parents!

I was so spoiled

and I just feel so much love 

from everyone.

Especially Tyler.

He just did everything he could

to make it the best day ever.

I love him!

Oh, I just got an email
from Elder Dain Gerber,
and in it he sent a recording
of him and his companion,
(maybe companions?)
singing me Happy Birthday in
English,
then Spanish,
and then Portuguese.
I am seriously so loved!

Getting Adjusted

Well, it seems an age

since we moved.

Time goes by way too quickly.

Currently we are trying

to fill our time with

fun stuff because Tyler doesn't

start work until the last week

in August.

One of the greatest things

about Utah is that there

are tons of fun FREE things

to do with kids.

So, let's get to it, shall we?

We've taken Kale to the splashpad

in Provo a couple of times already.

We love it!

Here's a funny story.

So earlier in the week

Kyle and Heather asked

us if we wanted to 

hang out on Saturday.

Of course we said yes

and we decided we'd go cook 

s'mores and look at some fish.

Well, then I got a text from

Heather asking if we'd like to 

hike Stuart Falls,

and I decided to insert a word

that didn't exist in her text

and caused a lot of confusion.

I thought I read that they wanted

to hike Friday and do s'mores 

on Saturday.

So, we got Pam to baby-sit Ellory

and headed over to Kyle and

Heather's apartment.

I texted Heather that we were on

our way,

and then I got the response:

"Did you mean to send that to me? Aren't

we hanging out tomorrow?"

Hahahaha!

We got it figured out though.

Since we were already out

and had a babysitter,

we took Kale to Bridal Veil Falls.

The water was sooo cold.

Like so cold that 

it kinda hurt.

Kale really didn't like it.

He'd forget though and

put his feet back in

the water,

and then freak out all over again.

Silly boy!

S'mores with Kyle and Heather

was really fun!

They also came over

for dinner before s'mores.

They are a couple of cool kids.

Kale is loving Aunt Heather.

She is so good with him.

And anyone who makes him a 

s'more automatically earns his love!

Tyler and Heather were the

master marshmallow roasters.

Ellory chilled in here

the majority of the time:

Kale like eating the 

marshmallow straight off the stick:

Eventually Ellory decided she 

wanted to come out and play.

I love this picture!

Kale's and Heather's faces are 

the best!

Kale loves his Uncle Kyle!!

 Tyler had a meeting

to go to for church.

So, Kale and Ellory and I skyped with 

Nana and Grandpa Gerber.

While skyping Kale decided to

put one of our broken lamp shades on his

head.

And then he got stuck.

Being the awesome mom that I am,

I made him let me take a

picture before I cut him out of it:

We got to go spend most
of our day at Janie and Mark's house.
Kale is in love with that place.
He didn't want to go
home.
Josh, Rubie and Gracie
were so cute with Kale
and Ellory!

 

We went to the Provo pool
one day,
for over 5 HOURS.
It was amazing.
Kale had  BLAST.
Ellory slept almost the entire time.
We took Kale down the really
big slides.
When Tyler took Kale down
he wasn't ready for
how fast the slide was
so it knocked Tyler back and so
he laid down.
He said that Kale
was yelling at him that he couldn't
lay down the whole
way down.
And then at the bottom they
both went all the way under
water so Kale
was lecturing Tyler the whole
way up the stairs and in
line that he couldn't
lay down and that Kale couldn't go under the
water because he couldn't close
his mouth.
You'll have to have Tyler tell
you the story,
it's hilarious.

My very good friend, Marlee,
is in town so we
met up with our kids at the
Bean Museum,
had lunch at the Creamery
and then took the kids to
a playground.
It was soooo awesome to see
her and to finally meet
June.
Kale and Ivy played so
well together, it was
adorable.













We make really adorable kids :)



 

 And here are some cute
pics of our kids:









And that's it!
Tyler starts work a week from today.
Life keeps moving along!