French Family: May 2009

Saturday, May 30, 2009

What a Day!!!

Today started off like any other Saturday. Got up, ate breakfast, got ready, and headed out the door to do family errands when we saw a package by our front door for Kate. It was her birthday present from Grandpa and Grandma French. That was all that was needed to change the pace of the day. Everyone got something new and special. Kate got some "Moon Sand" and she absolutely loves it. Thanks Grandpa and Grandma French.

Spencer got a new Weed Whacker.

And I got a new Bosch mixer. I couldn't help but to test it out and make some wheat bread.

Water Days

Both yesterday and today Kate, Austin and Brooke got to play in the pool. They all had so much fun! Water and kids go together like Spencer and football, me and blogging and summer nights and a bowl of ice-cream. Hey, that sounds good right about now.

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

2 Years Old

Today my little girl turned two years old. We started off the day going to the park for a picnic with all her friends. There we sang Happy Birthday and had some cupcakes. Symon gave her a little golf set that seemed to be a big hit for all the boys. Kate just ran around with them.

Here's the cake I made for her - it's a bug. Anyone who knows Kate knows that she loves all kinds of creepy-crawlers. After pizza for dinner (her favorite) she got to blow out the candle and open presents. Her big present was a little kitchen set. I think we'll be doing a lot of pretend eating in the near future.

Here are some fun pictures of Kate in her Birthday dress. So Cute. And some fun and favorite pictures from the past year.

Her one year old birthday party

14 Months

15 Months

Halloween -17 months

First snow of the season - 18 months

Christmas Eve - 19 months

2o Months

22 Months

23 Months

Memorial Weekend

This memorial weekend Cam and Emily and their family came to spend the weekend here with us. We had such a great time. Here are some pictures from the weekend.

Saturday: Emily and I went shopping and then met up with the guys and the kids for lunch at the mall. After we we're all full we went to the water park. It was a little colder than planned so Em and I just put our feet in and slowly worked our way in. We got some Habachi House chicken and noodles for dinner and then ended the night with the movie "Taken" - which was really good.

Sunday: We all went to church together and then we all took naps - it was so nice! We had family and friends come over for a Sunday BBQ that was really yummy. The weather cleared up just in time for the kids to play outside.

Monday: Monday morning the kids lounged around and watched a few cartoons. Cam and Em headed off to do some shopping and we headed to Provo Canyon to meet up with my family for a picnic. It was still a bit too cold up in the mountains for us gals but the guys sure loved it!

It was such a great weekend. Spencer and I really enjoyed having Cameron and Emily come down and spend some time with us. We hope they had as much fun as we did!

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Florida 2009

We just got back from our trip to Florida today and like always had a marvolous time. Of course Kate wanted to jump right into the pool and she didn't waste anytime once we got to my parents home.

Once everyone got settled in Spencer and I left for our own little vacation while my parents watched Kate. We went to St. Pete beach and had a great time. However, a word to the wise... when using spray on sunblock be sure the wind isn't blowing and you rub it in afterwards. If not, then you might get the Zebra look like I gave to Spencer.

The next day we all went to the beach and Kate had a blast! She loved the open space, the water and even the sand. (last year she acted like a city girl and wouldn't touch the sand)

We also got to feed the ducks and water the bushes right after a rain storm

The last day we were there it was rainy so we went to the Orlando Science Center and had so much fun. Here are just a few of the the fun things we did there like pick oranges from the tree and watch how they go from the grove to the cartin

Spencer couldn't help him self - he had to jump in on the action

Kate likes to fly a plane and drive a train

My mom showed her how to mike a cow. Of course my dad claimed the title of best milk getter

There was so much to do and one of the stations there was called "Grossology" It was a room full of all the gross things your body does. They even had a giant digestive play area where you enter the through the mouth and come out through the rectum - Kate was the cutest poop!

We got to experience hurricane strength winds (which Kate didn't care much for), build waterways for boats, feed baby alligators and dig for dionasours bones.

It was such a fun trip. Thanks Dibo (Grandpa) and Mamoo (Grandma) for a fun time in the sunny and rainy state of Florida.

What's She Thinkin'?

Kate has said and done some pretty funny things and I'm afraid that I'll forget them so I am writing them here where everyone can enjoy them.

10-12-12 Spencer picked up Kate from school today and she proceed to tell him that she told her whole class our phone number. Spencer was shocked because he didn't think she even knew our cell numbers. So he asked her to tell him and she quickly replied "2". 2 is Spencer and my speed dial for each other. Ha!

5-18-11 We got some lunch at Del Taco where the kids could play. There was a boy with long hair playing there too and Kate says in front of everyone, "Mom, hers a boy, for real !" The little boys mom just chuckled.

4-24-11 It was Easter Sunday and Kate asked about the Resurection... the rest of the convo went like this...

Kate: Mom what's the resurection?

Me: It's when you come back to life after you die

Kate: what does that look like?

Me: Oh it's pretty

Kate: So it's Pink?

3-20-11 Kate got some Barbies from a neighbor family who now has older children. She's been playing with non-stop and when Spencer asked her the name of one of the Barbies she quickly replied, "oh her name is Porky". That Barbie is sure to have a complex now.

3-20-11 Spencer and Kate were talking about the garden we want toplat this year and Kate said this... "Daddy, I want to grow a hugen pumpkin and call it Humpkin"

2-10-11 Kate and my mom were talking about riding horses and my mom asked Kate what her horses name was, she took a second to think about it and then replyed, "He's a pink horse named blue. "

9-29-10 Kate was in a bad mood and wanted something that I wasn't going to get her so she gave me the stink eye and then said,"mommy i'm magic and going to disapear from here and then ride my bike to get a treat at the store with daddy!".

9-17-10 Kate is in Spencer's football pool and she makes her picks each week by pointing to the team she wants to win. The other day she was coloring and Spencer was reading off the teams and Kate was telling him who she wanted.

Spencer: Jets or Patriots?

Kate: humm.... Jets because they're in the bathtub

Spencer: What?

Kate: daddy i said Jets because they're in the bathtub!

We have a jetted tub that kate likes to play in and turn on the "jets" and once he remembered that it was just common sense to pick the Jets... because they're in the bathtub.

7-26-10 Kate was telling me how she wanted someone to play with. I told her that I would play with here but she looked at me with her big eyes and said, "no mommy, not you. I want someone little like Brooke, Austin, or D-Bo." (D-bo is my dad)

5-9-10 After church we decided to go to the park. When I asked Kate which park she wanted to go to she said the red one. I told her I didn't know where that one was and then she said... "It's in utah idaho american south." Got it.

10-4-09 Spencer asked Kate if she wanted some ice-cream and she replied, "I sure do!"

10-1-09 Kate was in the tub while I was getting ready when I heard her singing like Ariel, "ah ahh ahh, ahh ah ahhh". When I looked at her she was on her belly and I started to laugh. She then quickly sat up and said, "what mommy?"

9-16-09 Kate's new favorite movie is the Little Mermaid. She was watching it when she turned to me and said, Mommy, I want to go to the ocean floor to say HI to Ariel and all the fishies".

9-1-09 It was past Kate's bed time when she asked to watch "Dora". I told her no because it was time for bed. Then she asked if she could watch football. Spencer perked right up and gave me a look like how was he supposed to turn that down? I guess she was willing to do anything to say up. Te-he-he We compromised by reading books together as a family.

8-27-09 Kate and I were driving in a construction zone in Provo when she saw a very large building crane. Then she said, "Mommy, I want to get in my bathing suit and ride that dinosaur."

8-23-09 Kate went into Spencer's office and said in a very frim voice, "Dad, I need my own computer." My dad says we're done for because Kate is already smarter than both Spencer and I.

8-20-09 Kate's new favorite things to do is hide things in drawers and cupboards. Just recently I have found Monk-monk in almost every drawer in the house - she even hid him while we were camping in Grandma camper. I have also found a hot pocket, a beach ball, sippy cups, hair accessories, shoes, measuring cups, small books and toys, and all sorts of stuff. I still giggle when I find things but I'm sure this will get very annoying very soon.

8-9-09 We were late to church so we just grabbed the first chairs we could see in the overflow. As soon as we sat down both Spencer and I looked at each other and gasped - the young lady in front of us had the worst body order EVER!! Kate didn't notice at first but it didn't take her long before she said very loud, "Eww that's stinky! Stinky mommy stinky!" As most 2 year olds do, she kept repeating those words. Needless to say we had to get up and move after the opening prayer.

7-22-09 "Mommy, see the mountains. I love them so much!"

6-22-09 We were all watching some T.V. when Kate came up to Spencer and I holding her Mrs. Potato Head and said, "What the Chicken?"

6-1-09 Spencer and Kate were looking at a rainbow in the sky when Spencer decided to name off all the colors in the rainbow, "Blue, purple, green, yellow and red" Then Kate looks at him and say, "And orange daddy, and orange". What 2 year old would know what color he didn't say?

5-30-09 Kate was having a hard time falling asleep so I laid in the guest bed with her to help calm her down. I was almost asleep when I heard some strange noises. Then a small voice says, "that was me". This went on for a good five minutes and I couldn't help but to snicker a few times at the silly noises she would make and then follow with "that was me" just in case I didn't know who or what was making those sounds.

5-20-09 A man with brown shoulder length hair walks onto the airplane. Kate points at him and says, "Jesus mommy, Jesus!!" She repeats this about 4 times while pointing right at him and each time she says it louder and louder.

5-9-09 I was taking some vitamins and Kate wanted some so I filled a syringe with water when she wasn't looking and told her to open big for her medicine. She did and then looked up at me with her big brown eyes and a face of disappointment and with a sigh said, "water mommy?" My mouth fell open and for a second I didn't know what to say then I started laughing.

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