cailyns first christmas

Well chrstmas was very very interesting. Cailyn did good on christmas eve when we opened our pajamas (who doesnt). but then we went to our uncles house and she didnt get to sleep until about 9. Then of course we had to wake her up at 11 when we went back to kurts parents house to open presents. She was still pretty happy and got a ton of things from there (cabbage patch doll, clothes and a shopping cart that makes noise).




Well we got her to bed at about 1 and we had to be at my grandma's house at 10 in the morning. so we decided in the interest of rushing and overwhelming cailyn that we wouldnt open our presents until christmas night. Which was a good idea except that she still wasnt in a good mood. We got to my grandma's house, then to my dads, then to my moms. At this point cailyn hadnt slept hardley ate and been surrounded by about 15 people see never sees. She was competely done with christmas and everything to do with it. We let her relax and sleep and she still wasnt in the mood, so we just opened her presents. She is still teething and it took until today for her to be ready to be happy. She is having fun with all of her presents. She also is starting to get into this phase where if we leave the room she screams at the top of her lungs until we come in and pick her up.

christmas lights

We went down to Salt lake to see the lights at temple square. We decided to take Cailyn with us. Luckily we choose a day that is snowed all day so it didnt get to cold at night. We took at stoller but for some reason cailyn was throwing a fit so we ended up carrying her. She loved the lights and all of the people. It was a lot of fun.

Tribute to the soldiers of America!

I saw this on my friends blog and decided to pass it on as well. It'll give you the chills.



T'WAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, HE LIVED ALL ALONE, IN A ONE BEDROOM HOUSE MADE OF PLASTER AND STONE.

I HAD COME DOWN THE CHIMNEY WITH PRESENTS TO GIVE, AND TO SEE JUST WHO IN THIS HOME DID LIVE.
I LOOKED ALL ABOUT, A STRANGE SIGHT I DID SEE, NO TINSEL, NO PRESENTS, NOT EVEN A TREE.
NO STOCKING BY MANTLE, JUST BOOTS FILLED WITH SAND, ON THE WALL HUNG PICTURES OF FAR DISTANT LANDS.
WITH MEDALS AND BADGES, AWARDS OF ALL KINDS, A SOBER THOUGHT CAME THROUGH MY MIND.
FOR THIS HOUSE WAS DIFFERENT, IT WAS DARK AND DREARY, I FOUND THE HOME OF A SOLDIER, ONCE I COULD SEE CLEARLY.
THE SOLDIER LAY SLEEPING, SILENT, ALONE, CURLED UP ON THE FLOOR IN THIS ONE BEDROOM HOME.
THE FACE WAS SO GENTLE, THE ROOM IN SUCH DISORDER, NOT HOW I PICTURED A UNITED STATES SOLDIER.
WAS THIS THE HERO OF WHOM I'D JUST READ?
CURLED UP ON A PONCHO, THE FLOOR FOR A BED? I REALIZED THE FAMILIES THAT I SAW THIS NIGHT, OWED THEIR LIVES TO THESE SOLDIERS WHO WERE WILLING TO FIGHT.
SOON ROUND THE WORLD, THE CHILDREN WOULD PLAY, AND GROWNUPS WOULD CELEBRATE A BRIGHT CHRISTMAS DAY.
THEY ALL ENJOYED FREEDOM EACH MONTH OF THE YEAR,BECAUSE OF THE SOLDIERS, LIKE THE ONE LYING HERE.
I COULDN'T HELP WONDER HOW MANY LAY ALONE, ON A COLD CHRISTMAS EVE IN A LAND FAR FROM HOME.
THE VERY THOUGHT BROUGHT A TEAR TO MY EYE, I DROPPED TO MY KNEES AND STARTED TO CRY.
THE SOLDIER AWAKENED AND I HEARD A ROUGH VOICE, SANTA DON'T CRY,THIS LIFE IS MY CHOICE.
I FIGHT FOR FREEDOM I DON'T ASK FOR MORE, MY LIFE IS MY GOD, MY COUNTRY, MY CORPS.
THE SOLDIER ROLLED OVER AND DRIFTED TO SLEEP,I COULDN'T CONTROL IT, I CONTINUED TO WEEP.
I KEPT WATCH FOR HOURS, SO SILENT AND STILL AND WE BOTH SHIVERED FROM THE COLD NIGHT'S CHILL.
I DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE ON THAT COLD, DARK, NIGHT, THIS GUARDIAN OF HONOR SO WILLING TO FIGHT.
THEN THE SOLDIER ROLLED OVER, WITH A VOICE SOFT AND PURE, WHISPERED, CARRY ON SANTA, IT'S CHRISTMAS DAY, ALL IS SECURE.
ONE LOOK AT MY WATCH, AND I KNEW HE WAS RIGHT. MERRY CHRISTMAS MY FRIEND, AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT.


This poem was written by a Marine. The following is his request. I think it is reasonable.....

PLEASE: Would you do me the kind favor of sending this to as many people as you can? Christmas will be coming soon and some credit is due to our U.S. service men and women for our being able to celebrate these festivities. Let's try in this small way to pay a tiny bit of what we owe. Make people stop and think of our heroes, living and dead, who sacrificed themselves for us. Please, do your small part to plant this small seed.

Merry Christmas to all the service men and women and their families. Thank you for everything!

family pictures

We got family pictures taken a few weeks ago to give out at christmas. They turned out so cute. It was a little stressful getting them but it all worked out in the end. The photo's were dont by Rachael Collins, she is amazing and is the one who did cailyn's new born pictures.

thanksgiving

she was watching kurt outside cooking the turkey


good ole turkey bone



For thanksgiving we had a few of our family come over, it was nice and relaxing. Cailyn had fun because she could play with her toys and not have to deal with a billion strangers passing her around. So Kurts parents decided to give her a turkey leg which she thoroughly enjoyed. She held on to that thing or a good hour and when i finally took it away she was not happy with me.

Lynn and i decided to go shopping on friday because homedepot had a great deal on a tree (7.5 ft led prelit tree) for 50 dollars. it was worth the crowds. Luckily the dogs just ignore it but Cailyn loves it. She loves the lights she'll scoot all the way across the living room floor just to lay under it and grab the tree. She also discovered that there are presents under it and the paper makes noise. so she spent about a half hour this morning trying to crinkle the paper on the presents that were in her reach.

shopping

So last week my mom took me lynn and cailyn shopping in salt lake. We had a ton of fun and Cailyn did so good. She is learning young to love to shop. We went to lunch at applebees and she was sitting really well in the high chair she kept grabbing the menu and toys and throwing them on the ground. I love her so much. It always makes me laugh when i see these moms with babies who are asleep in the car seat or just sitting there and they are bigger than cailyn because she would much rather sit in the cart of high chair. She is so stubborn but so cute. here are a couple pictures of us shopping and eating.

photobucket tag!

Go to Photobucket, type in your answers, and use the HTML to post the pictures.

1. Whats your name?



2. Where were you born? Ogden Ut



3. What is your favorite hobby? scrapbooking



4. Whats your favorite tv shows? scrubs



5. What is your favorite animal? huskies/malamutes



6. whats your favorite sports team? i dont have one but kurts is the braves



7. what is your favorite color? lime green and hot pink



8. who is your celebrity crush? james marsden is pretty cute in 27 dresses



9. favorite store? carters (oh how sad i remember when premie clothes drowned cailyn)



10. favorite movie? phantom of the opera



11. favorite drink? dr pepper or water



12. favorite food? steak n shake (i'd fly to dallas just to eat there it would be worth the plane ticket)



13. one word to describe yourself? caring

DRAG SHOW!!!

So last saturday my brother in law was hosting a drag show and invited us to go, it was awesome. Here are a few pictures of them, most look better that some women.


my brother in law kk

kk's friend nikki

my friend tyler

my friend jason

from left to right... catherine, nov, me and kim

They are some of the sweetest most caring people you will ever meet. I just want to add that i truly believe that everyone should have the right to be with and marry whomever they fall in love with regardless of gender.

pictures

I know its been a long time sine i've posted anything. Not much has been going on, Cailyn is getting so big. She is so much fun and loves to grab at everything and wants to walk so bad. She wont crawl but has learned how to scoot on her back. For halloween she was a cookie, well for a picture she was, she didnt like the costume so that only lasted for a minute.