Jake's 26th & Babies

Well hello there. It's been a while huh? Yes it has. Jake and I now have a new internet provider and it's great. I can actually do things without it taking all night. So... here's an update: Baby Liam is doing wonderful. He is over 7 lbs now! Sam and Sara are expecting their first boy Aug 15. Here are some 4D images of him:

Isn't it amazing how detailed these pictures are? I'm eager to meet Baby Corder soon.

We went back to CA for Jake's 26th birthday. It was a great day. We went to Laguna Beach for the day and had lunch down there. Then there were about 15 of Jake's family and friends over for dinner later that night. Overall it was a good trip, pretty short though.

We went out with Saremy tonight. We went to a new burger place called Brown Bag Burgers and Frozen Yogurtz afterwards. The burgers start at 7 oz and go up to 20 oz! 7 was too big for me. Frozen Yogurtz is a frozen yogurt bar where you pay by the oz. So you can get as much yogurt and toppings as you want! Yummy!

Well, that is pretty much all I have for now. I'll be sure to update more often since my computer is so much faster now! Until then...

The Quick & Dirty

I know, I know... It's been too long. Here is the quick and dirty of the past 4 1/2 months. Our house is finished and updated. We have new flooring (carpet and wood) and new paint on every surface of the house. The walls were all painted and the ceilings too. I think it looks great!

We went on vacation with Saremy the beginning of March. We had a blast! We went to a LA Laker game, Universal Studios, Disneyland for 3 days, an Anaheim Ducks game, Sea World, the San Diego Zoo and many restaurants and shops in So. Cal. It was so fun! Sara put 9 days worth of vacation on her blog and she explains it so well! We always have so much fun with Saremy. Thanks for the great "First Annual!" Here are some pictures:




Also, some more great news... IT'S A BOY! That's right we have a new baby boy in the family and his name is Alfie!




We got him from the animal shelter out here. He's 2 years old and such a lover. We were told he is a St. Bernard/Hound mix. I'm not sure. He has a hound bark, St. Bernard coloring, and a Pitt Bull body-he is very strong and muscular. He's a mutt. Him and Nico are great brothers and friends. They play most of the day and sleep next to each other at night. Now Nico isn't lonely when we are at work anymore. He is a great addition to our family.

My birthday was great. I turned 26 this year. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Its just another year. Jake bought me an amazing cake. There is a guy we work with whose wife owns a cake bakery. She is amazing. Check out her website Cakes By Jenna. She is amazing!


Yes this is actually my cake.


A group of people at work have decided to run a relay race. Dareth, you may know this one from up in Utah. It is called "The Ragnar Relay". It is a 24 hour, 201 mile race from Prescott to Wickenberg to Mesa. There are 12 runners each running 3 legs. Each leg varies from 2-9 miles. I've already claimed the 5, 4.6, and 3.1 mile legs. So needless to say, I have started running. The good news is that Alfie goes with me each time. I bought him a backpack and he carries my water, a collapsible water bowl for him and my cell phone. He has so much energy that he happily carries the extra weight and still keeps up with me. I'll keep you posted how my running goes. I've started writing in a journal about each run too, just to have a record to look back on. The race is next February so I have plenty of time.

Well, that is pretty much it for now. Sorry it took me so long to catch up. It won't happen again... probably.

I'm so excited about SPRING and Earth Day April 22nd! I have big things planned!

St. Patrick's Day!

Well, St. Patrick's Day is coming and you know what that means... My birthday is just around the corner! Yay! I'll be the big 2-6 this year, yep, the among the four of us- Jeremy, Sara, Jake and I. I know it doesn't really matter at 26 but when I'm 50 and they are all 49 it will matter. Bummer.

Anyway, we have a vacation coming up very soon! We are going with Saremy to California. We will visit Disneyland for 3 days, San Diego where we will go to Sea World and either the Wild Animal Park or the Zoo. We'll hang out at the beach too! I miss the beach.

I'm so excited!

Jake's Birthday!

Well, Jake turned the big 2-5 this year... whoo hoo car insurance discounts here we come! We all went to dinner at Texas Road House and then had cake at our house as he opened presents. He got lots of tools and an amazing rolling toolbox from his parents. He's starting to get quite a collection. He got a drill with a kabillion piece tool kit with it, he got a Dremel, he got the huge rolling tool box to house it all in, and he got tickets to a John Mayer concert from me. He had been hinting for ever and I just kept pretending I was ignoring it, but I wasn't. He was thrilled since he thought his hints went unnoticed. Only bad thing was that his parent's couldn't make it out to share with us. But overall, a pretty good birthday I'd imagine.

My Birthday!

Well we went to CA for my birthday and it was sooo fun! On the 14th, we went to SeaWorld in San Diego and I swam with the dolphins. What an amazing experience! They are so incredible. They are smooth and sleek and as wierd as it sounds, I can most closely relate their skin to a hotdog. We got some amazing video of me holding on to "Chow-Chow's" dorsal fin and taking a ride around the pool. So fun! Also, later we were able to ask them to do some tricks. We even played with two dolphins at once and they are so smart that you just point at a place and they know to swim underwater, go to the place we pointed to, jump up together and do it again until the whistle was blown. It's amazing! It was so fun. Just one more thing to cross off of my bucket list.

On St. Patrick's Day, we went to Disneyland. You'd be surprised how many people don't wear green! It baffled me. I wanted to pinch them all but Jake wouldn't let me :-( Anyway, we had a great day. It's the "Year of a Million Dreams" and it started with Disney comping our parking fee. Pretty nice huh? Next, we went to lunch in CA Adventure at a cafeteria style place and they sat us at a nice table with cloth napkins and waited on us. They also gave us a free chocolate shake. Yummy. I of course got my "It's my birthday" badge and was wished happy birthday by about 100 Disney employees. It was kinda fun. They are wonderful there. It is always so fun and perfect there. It's one of my favorite places. It is so beautiful with all of the flowers everywhere. I love flowers.

Well, it was a wonderful trip and I'm so glad that we were able to do all of this. What a great 25th birthday! ~Kayla~