So Long Sweet Summer

Well, summer is gone and school has begun,
and time just keeps plugging along.

Quite a bit has happened since the last post,
get ready to see tons of pictures....
again.

Kale does this adorable thing where he lays on top of the couch (as pictured above and to the right) and says, "I go to sleep."

It would be so much cooler if he actually did go to sleep.

Two words: A-Dorable.

As many of you know, Kale has become
quite the little phone talker.

Sometimes I know he's calling someone, but there have been plenty of times where I had no idea. Luckily there haven't been any accidental 911 calls. Oh no, I just jinxed it!

He's a regular James Dean.

On Labor Day our friends invited us to go on a 

family friendly hike.

This was Kale's first ever hike!

I love the picture above, 

Kale looks so terrified.

The hike ended at this little waterfall area

which was pretty cool.

And Tyler scaled the cliff

to reach the top of the falls,

like a boss.

Kale went straight to his natural state of throwing rocks in the water :)

Look at all those cute kids!
They did a great job on the hike
and we had a blast.




Onto a visit from Nana and Grandpa!
They were only able to visit for a few days, but it happened to be on my birthday so it was just perfect!!

Kale loves his Grandpa Gerber so much,

it's so cute you could cry.

You know you want to,

just do it,

no one is watching.

So while they were visiting we thought

it would be fun to go 

to the Seattle Aquarium.

It was a good thought.

Kale was a little psycho and

there were no sharks!!!

But we made some great memories regardless :)

That was really fun helping Kale touch the starfish. 

He would giggle and giggle and say,

"Ewww!"

 

Silly mother/son times.

It was rainy when we got to Seattle but we had to take a picture out by the water. This picture doesn't quite do it justice.
Like my diaper bag? I know, I'm super fashionable.

Um, the camera is over here.
Just kidding, this was totally my fault. I was more concerned about my beloved camera getting wet than taking a good picture.

HONK HONK!

See, I told you he loves his Grandpa Gerber.

On my birthday my parents took me shopping in Yakima and then to dinner at Olive Garden which was so wonderful of them. I am seriously soooooooo spoiled by everyone. That night there was a high school football game so we went because I didn't have a chance to do that yet and see Tyler in action. Grandpa spent the whole time chasing Kale around. Everyone in the stands were watching them instead of the game. No lie.

Look at Tyler go! Making sure that kid is alright, and he's even on the opposing team. I think he got clocked pretty good. That's my man!

Had to get a group picture before we went home. 

Finally got one of Nana :)

While we were in Yakima shopping,

Nana and Grandpa got Kale his birthday present....

a bike and a helmet!!!

Good thing we have these concrete

floors, right??

My good friend Kristen recently got married! But before that happened there had to be a Bachelorette party right? Right! We had a blast and I'm just really glad to have met this girl, she is one of a kind!

Kale says the Darndest Things!

I've been meaning to do this

for a while now.

I want to write down all the

funny things Kale says right now.

1. Packack (Backpack)

2. Are you kidding me?!

3. Are you serious?!

4. I like your shirt!/ears!/clothes!

5. Get out of here

6. I want to dance and move!

7. Bruit Snacks (Fruit snacks)

8. Dad, I want me. (and then dad says, You want me? 

Ah, clever boy)

9. What's that noise? I'll check.

10. Big stick.

11. When skyping with Uncle Dain and Kyle

he tickles the screen and they

wiggle around an then drop

out of the screen. 

Then, Kale puts his hands up to

his mouth and yells,

Uncle Dain! Where is he?

Uncle Kyle! I want you!

Over. And over. And over.

12. Oh thank you!

13. Scuse you (excuse you)

14. He takes a picture of us using

one of our old phones and then says,

One more time.

15. I want to walk around!

16. Pick a movie.

17. When he sees a little girl 

he always says, Hey girl.

But the other day we were outside 

and one of the neighbor 

girls walked by and,

I kid you not,

he leaned on the water spicket

and said,

Hey girl. 

18. Whenever we leave somewhere,

he says goodbye to EVERYTHING.

Goodbye tree.

Goodbye kids.

Goodbye church.

Goodbye car.

Goodbye park.

Goodbye clothes (at bedtime).

Goodbye water.

19. When dad comes home Kale says,

Hi dad. What's your name? 

What he means to say is How are you.

So cute.

20. He sings songs and it is the 

funniest/cutest thing ever.

My favorite right now is the 

monkeys teasing Mr. Alligator song.

There are probably more I'm forgetting about,

and I'm sure there will be 

new ones every day.

I love this little boy so much!!!!

 

Photo Bomb

So when I went through the 

box of clothes Aunt Laura

gave us we found this 

AMAZING

hat.

And Kale loved it.

 

My friend Kristen Wyatt

came over and

brought her son Bauston.

Silly boys.

I don't remember what they

picked to watch.

Otter pop time!!!

So, Grandma Pam came up

and stayed with us for 2 weeks

and it was sooooo much fun!

We took a TON of pics

and I apologize it's taken me 

so long to upload them.

You should all be used to this by now.

Anywho, when we went

to pick her up from the airport,

we decided we should do something

fun in Seattle while we

were over there.

So, we went to......

THE ZOO!!!!!!!!

First up were the penguins:

We took pictures of all

the animals.

Seriously, all of them.

But I figure no one really

wants to see those pictures.

So the next picture of Kale was...

Birds!

I love that picture. 

My boys :)

Monkey Kisses

Grandma was trying to 

get Kale to yell,

Hippopotamus!

Kale started "helping" me push the 

stroller around.

Kale LOVED the elephants.

He just pointed and yelled

elephants over and over.

It was adorable.

Quick story.

This happened a while ago.

I haven't shared because 

I needed time to

be able to laugh at it.

Okay so our couch is situated

right underneath our window sill.

Kale enjoys sitting in the window sill.

One night, we were sitting around

watching the Dick Van Dyke Show,

not really paying attention 

to Kale,

and he was playing up in the window.

And all of a sudden,

we hear a crash sound,

look up,

and both the window screen and Kale

are gone!

We run outside and pick him up.

All the neighbor kids were 

outside and saw it happen

so they came a runnin.

So, while I'm picking up screaming 

Kale, they're standing in a semi-circle around us

asking what happened,

and I'm all, "leave me alone

you crazy kids, I'M A GOOD MOM!!"

Okay, I didn't say that

but I was thinking it.

Anyway, Kale was fine, but when you see

the long rectangular 

scab on his head in the pictures

now you'll know;

it's from when he 

FELL OUT THE WINDOW.

Ok, back to the Zoo.

More elephants.

Kale was sad because he had just tripped and scraped

his knee.

I promise I'm a decent mom...

The giant bear was pretty sweet.

Mama Kisses!!!

Tyler says I look like

such a mom in this

picture.

I'm not sure how to interpret that...

The kid was pretty tuckered out.

Say hello to Mt. Raineir

Park time with Grandma Pam!

Kale: "MOM, Get that camera out of my face!" 

(in Nacho Libre voice)

There's a little lake/pond in 

town we like to take

Kale to.

He just likes to stand at the shore

and throw rocks.

He sort of slipped and

went under the water.

Scared him a bit so

he sat out eating fruit snacks until

he felt better.

Back to rock throwing.

We took advantage

of Pam being in town.

Tyler and I took a night

away at a sweet little BnB.

The place was GORGEOUS.

 

This was our breakfast

brought to our door.

And we had our own little

private outdoor table.

Our room was called 

Secret Garden.

Look at this giant, amazing, wonderful,

most relaxing, dream tub!

There were vineyards everywhere

out by our BnB so we stopped to 

take a pic.

While Pam was here

I went to Girls Camp.

I helped with the overnight hike

so I had to take an appropriate 

backpack.

Kale loved it.

 

Here are some pictures from

the hike.

 

This is Rachel Smith and 

our Stake President Bruce Grow.

 

And one of his counsellors,

President Smart.

He is WAY into hiking.

(notice the walking stick things.)

 

Side note,

Rachel is 4 months prego here.

What a stud.

 

The water was FREEZING.

But it felt so good on my feet.

 

President Smart brought stuff to fish.

Love it.

 

Hey D.J.! 

Turn it up!

Make sure you don't

Burn it up!

 

I painted Kale's toenails.

Teaching him his colors :)

 

Tyler took our old hoodies from 

high school and sewed them

into a blanket.

People teased him for sewing,

but it was/is really cool!

 

Back to the lake.

Sweet action shots.

 

Pam's birthday came

around while she was here.

So we took her to dinner

and she got a birthday treat.

And I'm pretty sure Kale ate most of it...

 

We went to our ward

camp out up at 

Ensign Ranch.

They have this awesome waterslide

that we went on.

You have to have water shoes and we 

didn't think Tyler was going

to be there in time for it

so he didn't get to join us :(

 

And...video games!!!!

Madden to be more precise.

 

Oh wow.

That was a lot.

Maybe I'll stay caught up,

but probably not.

Until the next photo bomb