Cousins

Here are come random pictures with Kate and some of her cousins. We wish we lived closer to them!

We love when we get to spend time with them. 

March 2014
Phin, Kate, James

March 2014
Phin, Nona, and Kate

February 2014
My sister Suzanne had a conference in Pocatello, so Phin was able to come with her and push Kate around. She loved it.

April 2014
Emily chose to be baptized and we were so excited to be able to be there for it. 

April 2014
Playing around with Jane. Maybe in a couple of years Joe will be able to let go. 

Sugarhouse Park

A few weeks ago we were able to come visit family in Salt Lake. One of the highlights of our trip was getting to see Uncle Sam and Aunt Taylor, they were so awesome to think of the idea of going to Sugarhouse park to feed the Geese, and Ducks, as well as the tricky seagulls. Kate loves animals but was a bit overwhelmed when the animals were not afraid to come right up close and 

personal.  She did however love it, and it was a beautiful day. 

Uncle Sam, and Aunt Taylor with Kate

Our little family

Yes, Kate and I are wearing the same color shirt, and yes I did it on purpose. I have no shame in dressing myself and Kate in matching outfits. 

Look who is 8 months old!

I can hardly believe that my little girl is 8 months old already! It seemed like we waited forever

 to get her, and now time is flying by way too fast! She brings us so much joy! 

She is quite the explorer, and has been crawling for the last 6 weeks. She is now mastering 

pulling herself up and walking holding on to things like tables or couches. 

She loves having books read to her. She loves anything Dr Seuss. 

She does not want anything to do with sleep, we are always so surprised how

 pleasant she is given her lack of sleep. 

She has Mom and Dad wrapped around her finger tight.

She is super helpful with the groceries.

She comes crawling fast if she realizes that I have the dishwasher open. 

I think it might be her favorite toy. 

Age 6.5 months

Her favorite toy is probably her yellow spatula, She first started crawling to get it, it 

helps cheer her up if she is sad, hopefully she will be a better cook than I am. 

First Jazz game

A couple weeks ago we made an impromptu trip to Salt Lake. Sam had killer VIP tickets to the Jazz game that he wasn't able to use and we jumped at the chance to take Kate to her first game. She loves being out and about, and she loves people watching. She took a little nap in the 2nd quarter and then was good to go the rest of the game. We were lucky that Cheri had tickets to the same game and was able to come see us.  Thanks Sam for the tickets!

Arizona

Last weekend we took Kate to Arizona to visit my brother Jeff and his girlfriend Melissa. 

We picked a wonderful weekend to go, the weather was perfect (75 degrees). Kate loved wearing shorts and being outside. She looks longingly out of window these days. 

We were excited that the Gilbert, AZ temple was having an open house and that we could take Kate to see the temple. She squealed with delight the whole time. We tried to keep a pacifier in her but it didn't stay in to well because she was smiling and squealing. I think she loved it, and that it reminded her of her Heavenly home from months ago. It was a sweet experience to be there as a family. 

 Kate loved my brothers dog Diesel, and Diesel loved her. He would come

right up to her and let her pet him for as long as she wanted. 

We were able to hike camel back with Jeff and Melissa. We took Kate in the carrier and she loved it. She squealed with delight and loved every minute of it. She especially liked it when the wind blew in her hair. I loved listening to others impressions who we came across on the mountain. 

One person criticized me for not putting sunglasses on my 5 month old!

 Kate loved playing in the grass and exploring it. 

 Jeff was kind enough to take family pictures of us. We really don't have any pictures of our family and it is fun getting pictures since Kate's personality is really starting to shine. 

 Melissa owns a Pilates studio and Joe and I were a bit curious about Pilates, and we were begging for a workout. She took us through an quick workout on the reformers. I loved it! 

Thank you Jeff and Melissa for being such wonderful hosts! 

We loved it, and would love to make this an annual trip.

30 flirty and thriving

I remember the days when I thought 30 seemed so old. Besides the fact that 

I'm a 30 year old with a pacemaker I feel so young! 

January 12 I turned 30! Joe and Kate made it such a wonderful day! I love our little family!

First Christmas

I feel so lucky to get to experience Christmas having Kate around. She is a ball full of energy. She loves to smile. She is growing and changing every day. I love watching her master new skills.

She loved having family around this Christmas. We were able to go to Burley on Christmas eve and Christmas. Kate enjoying being spoiled by her aunts, uncles, Grandparents and parents.  Later Christmas evening we came back to our place to celebrate as a family of 3!

Kate with Uncle Sam and Aunt Taylor and her new adorable puffy vest 

Kate with Uncle John and Uncle Tom. They started her Disney obsession with a
Minnie Mouse stuffed animal. She squeals every time she sees her. 

Kate and her Auntie Cheri and her new outfits

Grandma Nae and Grandpa Nae got Kate books. She loves books...eating and reading them, she isn't picky.

One of the things Kate got from Joe was a picture book of Jesus by Greg Olsen, she loves it.

Preston Family Christmas 2013

Our angel on the tree. 

More books for Kate

More toys. 

We are so grateful to our savior and his love he shows us and the huge sacrifice he made for us. We hope we can teach Kate all about him as she grows up. We are so grateful for our many blessings this holiday season.