Christmas 2006

I was organizing our pictures and came across our Christmas pictures from last year in our West Bountiful home. I was 7 months pregnant and Trevor was in the middle of residency interviews. A lot has changed in just one year.
I can't believe how much the girls have grown. It freaks me out a little bit because I know that next year I'll look back on the pictures of 2007 and think the same thing. How can they be growing so quickly? I'm with them every single day and yet in some ways I feel like I'm missing it. Does that make sense?

As I look back on this past year and all that has changed for our family I can see the Lord's hand in our lives. I feel so loved by Him and so grateful to know that He cares enough about me and my little family to personally guide us here to our new home in Kentucky. I'm so grateful for His birth and for His life and to know that He still lives!

I can't wait to see what 2008 brings.

We love you and wish you a very Merry Christmas!!!

Mary did you know

I was emailed this link and I wanted to share it with you because it touched my heart. This is one of my favorite Christmas songs and I have found that it means even more now that I am a mother of a baby boy. There is a special connection that I can't describe between a mother and her son. Mary must have been an amazing woman of faith... I hope I get to meet her someday.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ii9JvTyeL1Y

GRUBINATUB

GrubinaTub from kathryn on Vimeo.

Kid Quotes

***(Hallie in the playroom with Meg) "Megan, you are the best sister!! It's true! Friends ARE for now and sisters are forever...(pause)... and dogs."
***Megan- "Mom, when is Hallie going to be an old lady?"
Hallie- "Megan, when you say that it hurts my feelings."
Me (trying not to laugh)- "I will be an old lady long before Hallie."
Megan- "Then will we get a new mom?"
Hallie- "No, Megan"
Megan- "Oh yeah, then daddy will take care of us"

Campbell Dances

Pause the christmas music on the sidebar first, then click on the play button.


Campbell dancing from kathryn on Vimeo.
A big THank YoU to Brett for helping me figure out how to post this video since blogger was not cooperating!

I was watching a cooking show today where the chef was teaching tricks to sneak vegetables into your kids food. I guess I was really into it because I didn't realize someone else was also watching and all of the sudden I heard a little voice behind me announce, "Mom, if you make that food I'm going to know what you put in it". . . shoot.

"All I want for Christmas..."

So BIG!

Campbell is growing up so fast! He is now 10 months and he is learning new things everyday. In the last 3 weeks he has started crawling, clapping, waving, and now he is standing on his own. I said in the last post that Jerry nicknamed him "Governor" because he waves and smiles at everyone, it's true! He loves to wave to people and they just eat it up. I often catch myself in a store surrounded by people who have come to talk to Campbell who apparently waved them over.
He is so cute when he is trying to stand up, he grunts and groans trying to hold himself in place then when he falls he sits up and grins and claps... he is so proud of himself! He also loves to dance! When we turn on music- he goes crazy! We got a video of him dancing but for some reason we can't get it to work on blogger (any ideas why?).
Anyway, it is so fun to watch Campbell grow and change. I can't believe he is almost a year old!!! He is so much fun!

Jerry and Kaye Grubbs Visit Kentucky

Right now I am blogging (obviously) and my mother and father-in-law are making me breakfast. They should visit more often. ;) Jerry is making his traditional heart-attack breakfast which includes sausage and gravy, bacon, and eggs... Yummy. Kaye is helping with the biscuits and stressing over the fact that Jerry is clogging our arteries.
They got here on Wednesday and are leaving today. :(

It has been fun to have them here with us and show them a little bit of Kentucky which is now very cold and rainy. We went to dinner by the Ohio river, went to the zoo, had a tour of the UofL's ER, and Trevor and I enjoyed a date night and some Christmas shopping while they put the kids to bed. Oh how we miss our family babysitters (hello Kim, Julie, and Melissa!).

(notice the Emu attacking Trevor in the picture, luckily Trev has quick reflexes and got away)
Campbell got his nickname from Jerry this week (every grandchild has one). It's "Govenor", Jerry thinks he is going to be a politician because he smiles and waves to everyone.



Trevor and Jerry got to take out one of Trevor's plane and also fly their helicopters in the house. Megan and Hallie have loved having their grandparents here to give them lot's of extra attention and hugs and kisses. We will miss them!!

Random stuff

***We got a fun package from my mom and dad about a month ago and ever since then the girls have been constantly asking me, "How many days until December?"

My mom sent them chocolate advent calendars and they couldn't wait to open them! As soon as they woke up this morning they were running to get their new calendars and Hallie asked if I could take a picture of them and put it on the blog. I said, "Of course!"

***We have the house all decorated for the holidays. I love to turn on the tree first thing in the morning and enjoy it all day long. Campbell also likes the Christmas tree... a lot. I had to put the tree on a 8 in wooden box and barricade it in the corner with the couch on one side and the coffee table in front. Not as pretty, but it will have to do this year. :)

***Trevor's parents and sister (Kim) are coming to visit this week. We are so excited! We have been in Kentucky for 6 months now. It seems like it has been a lot longer in some ways and in other ways the time has flown by! We feel so blessed to be here because we know it is where we need to be right now... for whatever reason. It is so beautiful here and we have met so many good people in Kentucky.

***I had the chance to talk to our neighbor yesterday about the Gospel. It was interesting. As I shared some of our beliefs I felt inside a strengthening of my own testimony of those particular beliefs. I don't know if she felt anything but I know that I felt the truth of what I was saying and I felt a deeper gratitude for what I have and a desire for her and her family to have the joy the Gospel brings . I am so grateful.

***I'm teaching Relief Society tomorrow. I'm grateful for the opportunity to teach because it gives me an added opportunity to learn. It should be especially interesting since Trevor works and so I will have Campbell. I'm thinking I will stick him in the backpack and just feed him Cheerios over my shoulder and let him pull my hair for his entertainment. Do you think that will be too distracting? ;) heehee