Blanding

Last Thursday the 14th we packed up the van and headed to Blanding. We went down so David and my Dad could go turkey hunting. It was an unsuccessful hunt due to the "alien wizard turkeys from hell", according to my Dad. Other than that it was quite the exciting adventure. They saw a cougar, some bull elk, some coyotes, a bald eagle and a few turkeys. Tyler came down with us and helped entertain Chandler on the long ride. He and Chandler are now good buddies, they played all day long together. David and his Dad went on a few four wheeler rides and saw some ruins and dinosaur bones.

We celebrated our anniversary by inhaling a Sheepherders sandwich from Twin Rocks. We also went to the tower where we got engaged and gave each other a new turquoise ring. It was very romantic.

Grandma and Grandpa played with the kiddos and took them to the park, the dinosaur museum, out for snow cones, and let mommy relax. It was a great vacation.

Guess what?

It's a GIRL!

Floating Head?

We love bath time!

Cowboy Kline

Chandler has really been into the horse/cowboy thing lately. For his birthday he got the movie Spirit, besides knowing the words to most of the songs he loves horses. All of the books we get at the library are about horses and cowboys.
Since he has started loving horses everyone that will let him climb on their back becomes his own personal horse. Daddy is the best!
Here is Chandler sporting Daddy's gardening hat, and mom's cowboy vest from her days of pink boots and riding Goldbar (I think the vest originally belonged to one of my parents). Pretty cute don't you think?

Chandler screams and giggles the entire time. It is pretty cute. We have started calling him Cowboy Kline. His dad was know as this when he was little and since Chandler has the same blond hair, dimples and love of all things western we decided this would be a great name for our little guy.

Taming the wild stallion.

4 years already?

July 4th, 2007

May 6th, 2005

After I received my endowments, Monticello Temple.

Reception.

First Year Anniversary.

We will be celebrating our four year anniversary tomorrow. It is crazy that we have been married this long. It seems like only yesterday we tied the knot. I didn't know when I married David that I was getting the entire package deal. Let me tell you why I love the guy. He is a hard worker, he is freaking hilarious, he puts up with my craziness, he helps out around the house, he is a worthy priesthood holder, he loves the goo goo dolls as much as I do, at the most random times he will break out a Michael Jackson song (the entire song), he understands my humor, he loves Chandler more than anything in the entire world and he is the sexiest guy I know. Now those are not all the reasons but I don't want you all to be jealous of me. =)

Love you Daver!

Update

So yesterday while improving the weeds and dirt we noticed we hadn't seen the mama bird for a while (like a week). We think she was eaten by the neighbors cat or left the nest cause the eggs were bad. We took the nest out of the light and there were four blue eggs (they were cracked, but the babies were no where near ready). We threw the nest away and are a little sad that she is gone but I am sure we will get over it.

I love to see the Temple.

Yesterday my best friend Brooke and her true love were married in the Salt Lake Temple. It was so great to be part of such a special event. She looked absolutely beautiful and was SO happy. We were so excited for the love birds.
Since the pictures came up backwards I will tell you about the dinner first. Brooke decided not to have a reception and just had a dinner. We went to La Caille and it was amazing. Our delicious main dish, chicken something. SO GOOD!

This was on our table when we first sat down. Is it not the cutest thing you have ever seen? It was also very yummy.

This is her cake. IT WAS AMAZING!

At the Temple every tulip was in bloom. It was so beautiful, we were so inspired we decided to buy a lawn mower and make the weeds look nice.

The happy couple, this was the only picture I got of them =(.

Chandler trying not to pick the flowers (don't worry he did pick some).

It was such a great day to be at the Temple with friends and our little family. If you haven't been to Temple Square yet you need to go, it is amazing.

Chancho

We have had a lot of bad weather this last week and were stuck inside. Chandler hates being inside and spends most of the time getting into stuff and driving his mother crazy. In an attempt to make being inside fun we have been trying some new things.
My friend from high school had this idea on her blog. It's called muffin tin Monday, or any day that you are stuck inside and the kids are crazy. What you do is give your child lunch in a muffin tin. I gave Chandler a sting cheese, some watermelon, grapes, crackers, pickles, popcorn and a sippy cup of milk. All you do is divide the food into each muffin tin and eat lunch somewhere other than the table. We enjoyed our lunch in Chandler's room on a blanket. He loved it! We have started a chore chart for Chandler that he is starting to like. I just printed off some paper with the chores and put magnets on the back. When one is complete he gets to move it to the completed side of the fridge. They are pretty easy and stuff he already enjoys doing like unloading/loading the dishwasher, watering the plants, and picking up his toys.

A few days ago I had just finished cleaning his room and had his bed made to perfection. As I was finishing up in the bathroom I could hear him playing in his room with the door shut, I guess he likes his privacy. After a minute there was only silence, knowing that he was either choking or doing something he knows he shouldn't I ran in his room to find him laying wrapped up in his blanket. He had climbed into his bed and was just hanging out. After this he decided that he was not going to stay in his crib or his room. A few days later he was climbing out of his bed and opening his door to tell us he was not going to nap. So now we have taken the front of the crib off and letting him sleep in a big boy bed. We have not had a nap for 4 days. He is cute and a little silly but we love him.

More before and after.

Here are the before and after pictures of the kitchen. This faucet on the sink was a joke. It didn't swing over the left side, the owners just bought the cheapest one they could find and installed it. The hot and cold were opposite and it was really weird.

There were no knobs of the cabinets and luckily they left us a beautiful set of drapes that were immediately thrown out the day we closed.

That is Dave and our Realtor. They were in a lot of the pictures (still don't know why).

After:

Best faucet ever!!!!! I highly recommend this faucet, it is really tall and you can fill any pot in your sink. Plus it has a soap dispenser. LOVE IT!!!!

These pictures are kinda bad but you can get the general idea of the kitchen. I was trying to steal my cousins idea that she had a her wedding, damask print fabric and lots of green, doesn't look the exact same but sorta (thanks for the cute ideas Erica). Other than the green paint that I love, my sexy husband installed all of the bead board. I love it, if I could I would put it in every room.

All of the other rooms were painted and new baseboard added. Since they are pretty plain at the moment you will just have to wait until I come up with some good ideas (or still some from my sister in laws).

Jumping

Our neighbors across the street have a trampoline and Chandler loves to jump on it. Since we don't have one he takes the cushions off the couch and jumps his little heart out. Yesterday Dave was jumping with him. Don't ask why because I have no idea. Sometimes I am pretty sure I have two children. Check out the scissor kicks.

Punishment?

It's no secret that I hate birds. Their beaty little eyes, the fact that they don't really have a neck, and all of those disease infested feathers. YUCK!!!! And even right now as I type there is a puffed up robin trying to die on our lawn (or at least that is what it looks like, plus it didn't move when I threw dirt at it). I don't know why I hate/fear birds so much, maybe it is because they fall dead out of trees in front of me or without fail there is always a crazy bluebird that will try and attack me every summer.
So now I have come to the conclusion that I am just being punished. Yep that's right, this little mamma bird made her nest in our light. Now this wouldn't be that big of a deal but I have to walk right under this light to get to the car. Do I? No I walk out on the lawn and around avoiding any possible close encounter from this horrifying animal. I mean seriously could she have not made her nest in one of the hundreds of trees in the neighborhood? So now my goal is to nag David enough that he will move it. Wish me luck. This is a cute picture of Chandler I took today. He was really excited about finishing the rest of mom's watered down pop.

Big Baby Sister.

My baby sister went to prom this last weekend and I just wanted to post a picture of her so you can all see what a babe she is. She is getting too old, I mean I remember when she was Chandler's age and next year she graduates. Crazy!
Love ya Kenzie!

Parties, presents and yummy cake.

Since Chandler's birthday was on Tuesday this year we had a big family party Sunday after conference. We enjoyed Chandler's favorite meal of chicken alfredo, breadsticks and pop (he loves pop, we are bad parents). Recently Chandler has decided to break away from the same old disney channel routine and has gained a great love for Spongebob Squarepants. Knowing he loves this show I attempted to create a cake that look like Spongebob, I couldn't find my cake decorating kit so I had to use plastic bags and this is how it turned out:
Please don't submit me to cakewrecks! I will say that it was really yummy, I got a recipie for buttercream icing from my aunt and it tasted like a professional bakery cake.

Chandler got all sorts of fun toys, clothes, coloring books and baby sports toys.

He was really excited to open the presents but when it came time to blow out his candles he was not so sure about it. He ran and hid in his bedroom when we started sining and luckly his older cousins helped him with the candles! We had a great time.

Happy Birthday Chandler!

Our baby boy is turning two tomorrow. He is the sweetest, silliy, naughty, cute, happy, little ball of energy in the whole world. We are so happy he is part of our little family. Happy Birthday Chancho!