We love our families!

We have had such a fun summer so far! I have been really bad at updating our blog so sorry to the two people that read it. I am just going to list the things that I haven't updated lately as well as post a zillion pictures to document it. To start off, we moved 2 months ago to a new house and we absolutley love it! It is twice the size of our last apartment and cheaper rent. Kayla turned two years old! She is getting so big and so smart and we love her so much. She makes us laugh every single day. I had a birthday as well. Brandon planned a surprise party for me which I had always told him that if he ever did that he would die! It ended up being really fun though and I was glad he did it. Both my family as well as Brandon's family drove out here for a week each and we were able to spend some time with them. We spent some time in Nauvoo when each family was visiting. We feel so lucky to have Nauvoo so close to us. We also got family pictures taken two months ago which I have just been too lazy (or busy) to post.



Kayla on her 2nd birthday. It is also the day we moved to our new house so there are boxes everywhere.

Me on my birthday!

All the friends that showed up for the party. The reason I told Brandon he better never throw me a party was because I always figured no one would show up. We had a great turnout though and I'm so grateful for all the friends that helped Brandon make the day so special.

Kayla and her Aunt Abby when she came to visit. Abby is 3 months older than Kayla and they are best friends.

Carthage Jail with the Egbert family next to the window where the prophet Joseph Smith fell.

Brandon's cute family

My cute little girls were pooped out from all the sight seeing.

Kayla at the lake. She loved the water!

Brandon's siblings Ali, Ashley, and Kaleb.

Mississippi River

Walking the Trail of Hope

My family in Nauvoo

Carthage Jail, outside the window where the prophet fell.

We were able to go to the Nauvoo Pageant with my family which was wonderful! We were rained on the entire time! They had fun pioneer activities before the pageant started. Jared and Brandon are pulling me and Kayla.

My family copying Brandon's family.

Tessa being a little cutie pie

Kayla at the lake with my family

This is the only picture I have with Kayla's real smile. It is so hard to get her to smile for pictures. She always does a fake smile that is pretty, but doesn't really look like her. I'm so happy I finally have one that shows just how beautiful she is!

Congratulations Garret and Andrea!

My little bro is getting married! I am so happy for him! For 31/2 years now Brandon and I have been the only ones married out of our siblings and FINALLY someone is joining us. He is marrying Andrea Forsyth from Spokane, Washington. The cute couple met at BYU and are getting married August 14th. My family just loves Andrea to death! I haven't gotten to know her as well as everyone else because we live so far away, but I really like what I do know and that is that Garrett is so in LOVE. Andrea, you are a lucky girl! Garrett is going to be the best husband! Garrett is a lucky guy too! We didn't think he would ever get such a pretty girl! Just kidding Garrett.

1/4 of the way done!

Congratulations Brandon for finishing your first year of medical school! I know this is a little late, but I just want you to know how proud I am of you and I'm so thankful for how hard you work. This year was not easy for you, in fact it was probably the hardest of your life so far, but I know it will be worth it in the end and you are the best!

Life With Two Children

Life with two kids has been great! I worried how I would handle it and if it would be too stressful. There are stressful moments, but overall it is very easy! Kayla loves Tessa so much and is always trying to help me. She is quick to give her a binky when she is sad and showers her with kisses. Sometimes I worry for Tessa's safety because Kayla loves her so much. I am just crossing my fingers that one of the times that Kayla gives her an affectionate hug she doesn't crack one of Tessa's ribs or something. Tessa has been such an easy baby to take care of. She has been sleeping somewhere between 5-7 hour stretches at night and she is so happy and pleasant every day. I don't mean for this post to be a brag post, I am just vocalizing my thankfullness and my blessings. There are definately some difficult moments and sometimes some difficult entire days, but overall my life is so much better with this new addition and I am so thankful to have two beautiful little girls.


Kayla loves her cute friend Kallie. They have so much fun together.
We went to the park and Kayla had fun throwing rocks into the pond. Brandon and I would find the rocks and then she would throw them in.

Brandon with his two little girls. He photographs very tired looking. He is very tired actually because he stays up until 2 or 3:00 a.m. every day. Poor guy!

17 Again!

I have a new favorite movie! Some friends and I had a girls night out and saw the movie 17 Again. It is so funny and entertaining. Zac Efron did a great job. Somehow the movie demoted our maturity level about 10 levels. We felt like we were 17 again and then next thing we knew we were cruising around in my friend's mini van singing and dancing to music and acting like teenagers. We went to Walmart and discovered that they don't like it when you climb into the shopping carts. Jessica found that out the hard way :) It was such a fun evening and the funniest part about it was that no one observing us would have guessed that we all were mothers.

Welcome Tessa Rose

We finally welcomed the 4th member of our family on Saturday March 14th. Tessa Rose was born at 2:59 p.m. weighed 7 lbs 5 oz, 20 1/2 inches long. She has been so much fun! The labor went well. From start to finish it was 4 1/2 hours long and I only had to push for 4 minutes. Kayla loves her little sister. It is a bit of an adjustment for her to get used to the attention shift, but she is doing well. Brandon is out of school for a week for Spring Break so that has been nice because he has been able to help out a lot. As far as we can tell she has my mouth and Brandon's eyes. We feel so blessed to have her in our lives and we love her so much.



Me at the beginning of labor. I'm holding up to fingers to signify baby number two. I'm not saying Peace.
Tessa right after birth before her bath.
Kayla's first visit to the hospital.

Almost There!

We are only a few days away from getting a new addition to our family and I cant wait! People have been asking me for a belly picture for a while now and so I finally took one. I'm measuring about 5 weeks too small again, which was a problem when I was pregnant with Kayla as well. But ultrasounds show that the baby is a good size, about 56th percentile. Brandon had a birthday on Saturday and turned 25! I can't believe how old we are getting! Kayla was quick to partake of the birthday cake.For a ward activity we learned the cha cha cha. Brandon and I weren't any good, but I had a lot of fun. I have an appreciation for dance and it is something I would like to learn someday.
Kayla and her daddy having a tea party along with some guests.
We have a pass to our local children's museum and I try to take Kayla there once a week. She absolutely loves it and it really is a great place for a kid to explore and learn. Here she is pretending to drive an ambulence.

Kayla loves to play with Brandon's stethoscope. She always asks to, "Listen heart."
I'm so grateful for the fun friends I have made out here. I love our girls nights once a month!

Kayla Keeping up on her Current Events

Kayla is learning things so quickly these days. She speaks almost in full sentences and can communicate anything she wants. Tonight Brandon and I were watching the presidential news conference. President Obama had just come to the podium to speak and apparently Kayla knows her current events because she shouted "Bama!" Brandon and I looked at each other and were like, "Did she just say what we think she said?" Brandon pointed to the TV and asked her who that was and again she shouted, "Bama!" We were laughing so hard. We coudn't believe it because he really isn't the topic of many converstations in our house and we have never told her who he is. Kayla makes us laugh every single day with the things she says. We love seeing her little personality come to life.

Home Sweet Utah!

Here is the ultrasound of our little baby Tessa. We are getting so excited for her to come! We have just over 7 more weeks! Kayla is excited for a little sister as well. She gives my tummy kisses every day and prays for Baby Tessa every night. You can kind of see her profile in the picture. I think she is already adorable!

We had a wonderful trip to Utah for Christmas break. We were able to spend 17 days there with both of our families and Kayla had such a fun time seeing all her grandparents again. We love it out here in Iowa, but we realized while we were out there that Utah will always be our home and we hope to end up there again someday.

Kayla loved the puppy, Quigley at my parents house. She chased him everywhere and would laugh when he ran away. Poor dog must have been really happy when we left.



Kayla and Grandma Bodine.
Kayla is giving my sister Kristen a back massage. She loved that little toy.
A rare cuddly Kayla moment. She is getting better though all the time.
After bath time.
Kayla loved spending time with her aunt Abby who is only 3 months older than she is. Here they are at Uncle Jordan's basketball game.
Brandon and I at the Jazz game.
Kayla, Abby and Jackson at Jump On It. She is so lucky to have an uncle and aunt so close to her age.
Kayla and Abby in their matching Sunday dresses.



My friends have an annual Christmas dinner every year and each year our numbers expand :)

Christmas morning with all 9 Egbert children.
Sledding on Christmas Eve.
We miss our Mountains!
Kayla loves her uncle Jackson. She always wants to sit by him and hold his hand. He sure is sweet to her too.

Girls Day Out!

Last Saturday was an interesting day. My girlfriends and I planned a trip to Chicago for the day and our husbands were going to watch the kids for us. But with our car packed up and ready to go at 7:30 in the morning we had a strange feeling that we shouldn't. We decided it would be foolish not to listen to that feeling so instead we hung out in town. We went shopping at the outlets and went to dinner. Later that night we got together and watched a movie after the kids were asleep. It was a really fun day and we will never know why we weren't supposed to go to Chicago that day, but at least we are still alive to be with our families.
Taysia and Robyn with our car full of shopping bags. I got a new pair a boots that I really wanted. They were originally $90 and I got them for $32! It also got a few gifts for Brandon's Christmas. I cant say what they are yet though.

666

Go to your sixth picture folder and post the sixth picture in the folder, then tag 6 people!


The date on this picture is December 29, 2007. Kayla was 7 months old and it is a great capturing of our little daddy's girl. She loves her dad so much and she always wants to be right next to him. I can't believe that this picture was a year ago! Time has gone by so fast!
I tag:
1: Maddy
2: Natty
3: Meggin
4: Tiff
5: Katie
6: Anyone else that wants to do it.

Tender Moment

I had to share this wonderful moment with everybody. Kayla is not a cuddly little girl. She never lays her head on my shoulder or just sit on my lap and cuddle. She has been getting better lately though and it makes me so happy. We were lucky to catch one of the few tender moments on film and I think she knows how happy it makes me when she cuddles so she does it to make me happy, not because she really wants to cuddle.



We had our ward Christmas party on Friday with a visit from Santa. It was a very funny and sad thing to watch because ever single kid was absolutely terrified of him. This was the best picture we could get, but she was not happy.


We just graduated Kayla from the highchair to the chair. She really likes it because she can eat with us at the table and I think it makes her feel like a big girl.

My messy little girl!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

We had a wonderful holiday. Brandon had the whole week off of school so it was great to hang out with him some. For Thanksgiving we got together with some friends out here that are also familyless and had a little feast. It was so YUMMY! Here are some of the things we did this week.

We went bowling on Friday. Kayla didn't have very much fun because here molars are coming in. She wasn't in the mood for a picture :)
Brandon took out the trash on Sunday and found this 53 inch big screen TV by the dumpster. He brought it up and we are going to see if we can fix it.
Kayla loves this hat. She always has it on.
Kayla's new obsession is this merry-go-round. It is in our mall so every time she sees it she says "horsey, horsey!"

Halloween!

We had a fun Halloween this year! On Halloween night we took Kayla Trick or Treating and she loved it! She was so cute. She knocked on all the doors and would even say "trick or treat" when we told her to. Her costume was a lion. She walked everywhere saying "Rye!" which is her version of "roar." We had a ward Halloween party on Saturday morning and on Saturday night we played the "How to Host a Murder" game with some friends. We had a blast! It was a little hard doing it with a baby and two of the other couples had babies as well so it was challenging when we were trying to get into the game, but we still had a really fun time.



Our little family at the ward party
Kayla and Hannah. Hannah was a giraffe. They were such cute little African animals!

Kayla and Hannah are so funny. Kayla is obsessed with Hannah. She says her name all the time and when she sees her at church she will yell out her name, its so cute!
Kayla put on Brandon's hat for our murder night and she looked too cute not to take a picture
Here we are in costume for our murder mystery. Brandon was supposed to be a hunter and the invitation said to wear a hat with a rubber duckie on it. That is why his costume is a little silly.

We decorated Taysia's basement to be spooky and mysterious for the evening. It looked pretty cool!

Halloween Party

We had a Halloween party with the M1's in our ward (1st year medical student). It was really fun. Here are some pictures from the night.

This is just a random picture of Kayla getting into trouble.
This was Kayla's costume for the party. She was Bob Marley.
All the 1st year medical students and their wives.

We were jocks for our costume
Kayla and her friend Hannah eating apples

Brandon bobbing for apples
Brandon's pumpkin he carved. It is throwing up if you can't tell. How nice!

Nauvoo Trip #2 and other random pictures

We went on a family walk yesterday since the weather is not going to be on our side for much longer. Kayla loves to explore.
Brandon is showing her a little caterpillar on a stick. She thought it was pretty cool, but when it would come close to her she wasn't too happy



We went to Nauvoo again with the ward on Saturday. Its really fun, but it is a very LONG day. Usually when we get home we just lay around the house because we are too tired to do anything and it is especially long for Kayla.
We had a little picnic at the park with our friends Jason and Caroline in Nauvoo.
Kayla loves the leaves. She calls them "weaves".

Try not to pay attention to my face in this picture. We were at our friends house one night and Kayla found these sunglasses and she wore them most of the night. She's so silly.

We carved pumpkins with our friends. Brandon did the one with the wolf baying at the moon. Pretty good, huh?

Kayla likes to be like mommy. She put on my oven mitts so she could help me cook.

I took Kayla to a local gymnasium so she could run around and play. She loves the foam block pit!
Kayla has an interesting little quirk lately. For some reason she has gotten really attached to this bottle of lotion. She carries it everywhere. It is a little silly, but very cute.
Kayla loves books. Her favorite thing is to sit on our lap and have us read a book to her. I go to the library every week and go crazy with all the picture books. She reads them to herself too and it is really cute.
Kayla is walking around in Daddy's shoes. She loves this beanie that she is wearing she puts it on ever day. Another one of her little quirks for the moment.

I'm running for president!

Here is my campaign video!
http://www.tsgnet.com/pres.php?id=357563&altf=Csjuuboz&altl=Fhcfsu

Pictures

I got to be in a musical show the stake put on about the ten virgins. It was a really great experience and I am glad that that I did it. It had a great message that I think touched a lot of people. I know I learned a lot from it. Here we all are after it was over in our regular clothes with our lamps.
Kayla likes it when we blow in her face for some reason. It makes her laugh really hard.
These are from a few months ago when we went to Bear Lake with Brandon's family. Kayla loved the water!

Kayla at the pool.
Messy Kayla eating spaghetti.

Nauvoo Trip

A couple weeks ago we went with the ward on a ward temple trip to Nauvoo. It is so cool having our temple be the Nauvoo Temple. It is about 1:45 minutes away. What our ward does is have families take turns and volunteer different months to babysit at the stake center in Nauvoo so that other families can go to the temple. It was so cool to be there! We loved it so much! We finished our session and picked Kayla up at the church. It was getting close to her naptime and we had already been there a few hours so we ate lunch at a nearby deli with some friends and then walked around the town a little. I think we are going to have to visit Nauvoo a little at a time. We will go there every month for our temple trip and we will have to hit a couple landmarks every time.


Kayla and her friends walking down the sidewalk.
In front of Joseph Smith's house. The Mansion House.

Kayla and Aunt Abby

Kayla is a lucky girl! She has a best friend named Abby who happens to be her aunt! Grandma Egbert bought the two little rascals matching princess dresses before we moved. They looked so cute in them we had to get some pictures. These two little girls love each other so much. Now that we have moved they don't get to see each other, but every week we Skype with our families and they each get so excited to see their friend again.

Labor Day!

For labor day our ward had a softball game. Brandon played while I hung out with all the wifes and watched the kids. It was really fun and afterwards we went to an apple orchard to pick apples with our friends the Orien's. They take you out into the orchard on a tractor and then you can eat as many apples as you want while you pick. Kayla loved the apples! Afterwards we bought the best apple turnovers we had ever had!

It's been awhile since our last update, but some cool things have happened here. Brandon started his first year of medical school. They had a few days of orientation before classes started and a white coat ceremony which was a special event. He started classes last Monday and boy were his eyes opened! He is very grateful to be here and is so excited to be in med school, but it is going to be a lot tougher than undergraduate school was. The first day of school he came home and shut himself in our room to study for a few hours and I have never seen him do that. He is really enjoying himself though. There are five first year med students that are in our ward and they have all become good friends so he is going to value those friendships the next four years. Here are some pictures of the white coat ceremony.
These are pictures of Brandon getting his coat put on by the Dean of the Medical College and shaking the other professors' hands.




























These were taken after the ceremony. He looks so important now!

We Made It!

We finally made it to Iowa and we love it! It took us two days of driving to get here and Kayla did pretty well. I am more impressed than I thought I would be with the city. It is modern and not as f army as I thought it would be. There is a really nice mall a block away from us and a close grocery store. There are beautiful parks all around. We love our apartment as well. We hadn't seen it before we got here, so we were pleasantly surprised by how nice it was. Kayla is adjusting well to the move. She knows that things have changed and she is a little bit clingier, but she is getting used to our new house more and more every day.
Brandon and Kayla in front of the medical college.
Our first of many meals of corn.
Our living room in our new apartment

Memory Lane

1.As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you
and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knoew me
a little or a lot, anything you remember.

2. Re-post these instructions on your blog and see
how many people leave you a memory. If you leave a
comment I'll assume your playing the game, and Ill
come to your blog and leave a message.

We're Going to Iowa!

So last Wednesday was one of the greatest day of our lives!  Brandon received and email from the University of Iowa telling him he was accepted!  We could not be happier.  Brandon was at work when he received it and so he left early and came home and surprised me.  He made a big poster that said "You are going to be a doctors wife!"  (that was his way of telling me he got in) and put it outside our door and knocked and ran away.  We called all our relatives and rejoiced with them.  We went out to celebrate at Olive Garden that evening.  We feel so blessed.  We are so excited to be going to Iowa and we know it is the place we are supposed to be.  We found an apartment yesterday and now we are ready to go!  It is going to be a wonderful 4 years!

I got tagged!

5What was I doing 10 yrs ago...
Ten Years ago I was 14 years old and was going into 9^th grade. I got my little puppy Quigley for my birthday. I liked Martin Heimuli (man has my taste changed since then)
5 yrs ago....
I had just finished my Freshman year of college and was running for UVSC. I moved home for the summer from the Riviera apts. I worked at Pizza Factory as a server.

1 yr ago....
I had just had Kayla and she was about a month old. Wow! She has grown a ton!

Yesterday...
I did laundry at my parent’s house, took Kayla to the doctor (she has an ear infection), went to a wedding reception and caught up with my good friend Lisa, played with Kayla, and went to bed early because I was tired from the long day of a sick baby.

5 snacks I enjoy....
Mint chocolate chip ice cream, Starbursts, Mint Milano cookies, ice cream, ice cream

5 favorite books
I don’t really know. I will just name the books I read most recently; Pride and Prejudice, Twilight, Bourne Identity, The Firm, and Harry Potter 7

5 places to run....
The bathroom (after eating Mexican food), out of our apartment and to wherever we are moving for med school!

5 bad habits...
Eating too much ice cream, driving fast, being too gassy

5 pet peeves
Leaving the time left on the microwave without clearing it after cooking something

I agree with Nat, I hate it when kids have really dirty faces and boogars all over the place.

I don’t like it when people poke me with their finger.

5 things I enjoy...
A nice long nap, playing with Kayla, spending time with Brandon (it doesn’t happen enough), ice cream, vacations, my family

5 favorite tv shows...
The Office, The Bachelor (or Bachelorette), American Idol, 24 (except it didn’t air this season!), and Gilmore Girls (I know I know, I used to hate it too, but lately I like it and it is kind of funny once you get passed the terrible acting and them talking way to fast).

5 people I'd love to meet
Oprah Winfrey, Josh Groban, Kelli Ripa, Thomas S. Monson

5 people to tag...
Maddy

What Kayla Can Do Now!

Kayla is growing up so fast and I just cannot believe that it has been a year since we had her! Here are the things that she can do now
*She stands all by herself. She wont take a step alone, but she is close
*Dances any time she hears music.
It is so cute because she starts bouncing and shaking her head any time music it on. I am going to have to sign her up for dance lessons!
*Things she says
-mama
-dada
-uh-oh
-no no
-thank you (it is her own version, it sounds a little like "koo")
-bark like a doggy
*She finally learned how to pet the doggy gently! Quigley isn't a big fan of her so he tries to get away from her though.
*She has been climbing up the stairs for awhile now, but hasn't figured out how to get down.
*She sings when she is dancing sometimes (In baby talk of course)
*She recently discovered some holes in her face

Feeding the Ducks and a Day at the Pool

Kayla and I went down to BYU where Brandon is working and we had a little picnic and fed the ducks. I have a little phobia of ducks so I didn't have a wonderful time, but it was fun to watch Kayla because she was very interested and curious about them. I was scared that they were going to bite her a couple times.

On Friday I took Kayla to the pool for the first time. She was a little cautious when we first got in the water, but eventually she started splashing and crawling around in the shallow area. Isn't her little swimming suit the cutest!

I'm 24!

I turned 24 of Friday and Brandon took me to see the Garden's at Thanksgiving Point. We had so much fun and it was beautiful! Brandon treated me like a princess the entire day (he treats me like that every day, but that day was even better). For my gifts we got a new kitchen table and chairs (which I love!), a web cam (so we can talk to our families when we go to med school), and a DVD he made of pictures from the last three years.

My birthday got even better when we were hanging out with Bryce and Maddy and she told me about hair extensions. With birthday money from my parents I went and purchased some the next day. I have always wanted long, thick hair and I absolutely love them! They are so easy to put in and take off so I don't have to wear them every day, but I want to! Thanks Maddy!!!!

Kayla's 1st Birthday!

Kayla turned 1 on the 30th of May! She is getting so big and she has so much personality! We had a simple celebration with both of our families there. She loves balloon's so we blew up a bunch and let her go to town. She loved opening her presents too!

A Day in Ensenada Mexico

The final day of the cruise was spent in Ensenada Mexico. We spent the day shopping in the little shops and exploring the city. I bought a beautiful painting in one of the shops and Maddy got one that was similar. Our husbands did the bartering and they talked the guy down to $26 for both paintings. I thought it was a good deal.

Everywhere we went people were trying to sell us something. It got annoying, so Brandon started trying to sell them a wooden dolphin that he had purchased earlier- to show them how annoying they were. When they would follow us around, he would start following them and try to sell the dolphin in Spanish. It was pretty funny. Also, a lot of people were trying to get us to come into the bars and buy drinks.

Brandon taught us how to say "no tomamos" which means we don't drink. We said that to all the bartenders that were in the street trying to sell us alcohol. Eventually we started saying it to anyone who tried to sell us anything even if it was only a bracelet. We got some pretty funny looks but they would usually laugh along with us. It was hilarious!

Watch this!!!

Cruise Day Two Catalina Island

We went to Catalina Island on the second day of the cruise. It was so beautiful: it resembled Greece with the houses built on a hill overlooking the ocean.

We spent the day playing around. We planned on renting a golf cart and riding it around town and to the botanical gardens. Unfortunately, there were no six-man golf carts available, so we decided to just walk. We didn't know how far away the botanical gardens were, but a native elderly woman with a walker told us they were just up the hill, not far away. Well... after a long, steep 2 mile hike in flip flops we finally arrived; I guess the elderly woman either has a motorized walker, or has never tried it herself!

We were worried because golf carts kept passing us along the way and none of them seemed to stay at the gardens very long. We were wondering if it was going to even be worth it. Well, we made it worth it. There was an ancient Aztec temple there (it was actually a memorial built in the 1990's but ancient sounds cooler) and so we used it to take a bunch of pictures. We thought the silhouette picture was pretty cool. The "botanical" gardens only had different kinds of cacti (no flowers) which didn't really interest me, but we had a fun time at the memorial.

We were planning on going kayaking that day, but because of the unexpectedly long hike. We didn't have time. That is why we are all in our swimming suits.

The Cruise Day One San Diego Cali!!!

For our graduation we decided to go on a cruise to celebrate. We went with two other couples. Brandon's cousin and his wife and my cousin and her husband. We had a wonderful time. The cruise left on Monday May 12 and our first stop was San Diego California. It was a beautiful day in San Diego. We walked around down town and also went to Sea Port Village and went shopping. We passed a huge statue of the famous couple kissing after the war. It was probably at least 100 feet tall. We couldn't resist posing.
While we were standing there a guy came up to us and made us some cute flowers out of a palm leaf. It was weird because he just came up to us and started making them without asking us if we wanted one and then he told us he accepted 50's and 100's. We each game him $2 and called it good. The flowers were pretty though.

Graduation!!!

Brandon and I finally graduated! It feels so good! It was a great day for us. I walked in my own convocation and I carried Kayla with me. We rented her a little baby cap and gown and it was so cute! She got to meet Elder L. Tom Perry and he mistook her for a boy saying, "How are you doing young man?" It's okay though because it will be a fun story for her to tell when she gets older. I was able to walk with Brandon for his convocation later that same day. I loved that we were able to share the day together. We had both our families attending and we were just so happy to be done with school!

Kayla is now 9 months old














This is Kayla meeting her uncle Garrett for the first time at the airport. He just returned from the Canada Edmonton mission.

Creeping Baby

Kayla is now learning to crawl!! She cant quite get on her hands and knees yet, but she scoots backwards. In this picture, she scooted under her jungle frog and got herself stuck. The wood floor makes it easier on her because she is able to slide better. She is trying to get to her toy phone in the picture below.

Elder Jason Bodine entered the MTC on Wed. Jan 16. He is serving a mission in Catania Italy. He and Kayla have a special bond. Every time Jason walks into the room, Kayla stops whatever she is doing and stares at him and smiles. She has done that even since she was a newborn. He really loves her too. He said she is the only person he is going to miss while he is gone.

Happy New Year!

Sorry that I haven't been updating the blog- I have been busy with school- but the only person that has even visited our site is Grandma Barrett. I will try and do better now Grandma :) I took my final final finally a couple weeks ago. I am graduating!!!! Yahoo!! Yippee skippee!! It is the best feeling. It was difficult going to school with a baby, but I am so glad I did it because now I am a college grad! Brandon has one more semester and is waiting to hear back from medical schools. We had a great Christmas. Kayla loved opening her presents. She loves to play with paper and rip it apart, so unwrapping presents was a natural instinct.

Bathtime for Kayla

Halloween 2007. Baby chick

Brittany's first post

Hey everyone. Welcome to our blog. Brandon is teaching me how to use this thing. I will try and update it every week. If you want to see pictures, they are at the bottom of the screen.

Life if great for our little family. Brandon and I are in school right now. He is in the process of interviewing for medical schools. He had an interview last week at University of Utah and he has a few more lined up with other schools over the next couple of months. Kayla is growing like crazy. She smiles all the time and is such a joy. I am in my last semester right now and can't wait to be finished!

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