Summer, come and gone!

Wow, so much has happened over the summer. I haven't blogged at all unfortunately. I did say the last time I blogged I might become a hermit well it happened. Summer semester for me was pretty busy with trying to do well in school and hanging out with my little girl. I am happy to say that I still did pretty good (two A's and two B's) even though it wasn't what my goal was but that's okay.

Like I said lots of things have happened this summer other than school. First we went down to St. George for a week! That was a blast, my sister graduated from high school! I am so proud of her and all of her accomplishments. She is quite the young and talented young lady! She has recieved many awards and high honors for her beautiful voice. She moved up to Boise and has been living with us for the Summer. It has been so much fun having her. More on that later.

Also on our trip to St. George we took Kallie swimming for the first time! She wasn't sure about it at first but she eventually got use to it and had some fun!

We also took a trip to Oregon to visit Kori's cousins. It was a lot of fun and for one of the days we headed to the coast and went to the aquarium. It was the first beach Kallie went to! Haha the picture cracks me up though because you can't even see her face. It was so windy and cold so our next beach will have to be at a swimmable one.

This is just a funny picture of how Kallie likes to take her naps. She is a pro at relaxing.

 

Kori and I also had an amazing opportunity to help out with BYS (Boise Youth Spectacular) this year. We were in charge of meals. It was a ton of work but so much fun and totally worth it, we got to go to some really amazing speakers and performers including Alex Boye. Did I mention my sister Christy got to be a councelor and got sing a solo with him! Kori also wrote a song and performed it at BYS.

                              

BYS was durning our finals week of school so after that was over we decided to relax by the pool. Kallie is good at this kind of thing.

Once we got some relaxing in we immediately had to pick up and move. I shouldn't say had to because we actually didn't mind moving to the new place. We have been very blessed and honestly don't know how to explain why but the Lord has been watching over our little family.

Kori has an aunt and uncle who live in California but are getting tired of it so they decided that moving to the Boise area is what they wanted. They weren't quite ready to move when they bought the home so decided to let us "house sit" until they sell their home in California and find jobs here in Boise. We are paying the same rent we paid for our previous apartment so we are getting a smoking deal. The builders finished it the week before we moved in and it is beautiful. I have fallen in love with the home and wish it was ours to keep. Here are just a few pictures. The kitchen is my favorite room, there is a lot of counter space!

Kori says the master bathroom is his favorite so I had to post a few picture of it. I have to admit it is pretty sweet.

Anyways, the home has a very big yard, three car garage, three bedrooms, two and a half bathrooms, and a bonus room. When we have to leave it next year it will probably be difficult for us to leave especially if we move into an apartment again. The neighborhood is so nice and our neighbors are even better!

I just really wanted to post this picture because it was so cute! Kallie gets so happy and excited every time someone plays songs and sings to her. It is adorable to say the least. Christy has been such a blessing to have around!

This video is for kicks and giggles. Kallie is just too cute to not post this! We love her so much and love that she is such a happy girl! Also Kallie is officially a crawler today! She took her first crawl step! She is better at scooting herself backwards but by next week she will be with the professionals.

I mentioned that my younger sister moved in with me and Kori for the summer. The reason, she needed to get some living away from home experience before leaving on her mission! I am so excited for her! She is leaving next month for the Temple Square mission. Maybe it is only five hours from home but hey, she is going to meet some pretty amazing girls from all over the world and get to hang our with the general authorities! I will be keeping a blog for her while she tells us all about her cool experiences. You can look at it here!

Speaking of general authorities, Kori and I are getting interviewed tomorrow morning by one! As part of the seminary hiring process we will be interviewed as a couple before they pick people to hire! Wish us luck ;)

The summer has come and gone and this is what we have been up to! We are both doing school again this fall, woot woot! Iwill try to be better at blogging more often this time around! Thanks for reading!

TOO much going on!

This week Kori finished the winter semester of his BYUI classes, yay! It was a pretty crazy semester for him. We had Kallie just four days before it started and he started student teaching seminary. So he was working, doing school and trying to adjust to have a new baby. It was pretty rough at first but he finished strong! I am so proud of him and grateful for his hard work. He makes it possible for me to stay home with Kallie and I love it and I love him!

So instead of doing homework when he got home from working, we decided to go on a picnic with Kallie! It was really the first time she was outside besides being in her stroller a couple of times. Here are a few pictures of the "celebration" at the park. She went down the slide for the first time! I think Kori got more from it than she did though haha.

             

Unfortunately a few minutes later the sprinklers came on haha and we almost got sprayed! It was also a little windy so Kallies hands were getting cold. But just look at her; so cute in her jacket with the ears!

 

So we had to finish our picnic inside. But we got some fun pictures!

 

     

 

 This one is our serious face.

It was such a beautiful day, it would be nice to do this all the time, but alas, we are going to become hermits starting on Saturday. Not only will Kori start school (online) again, but I will too! Ahhh! I am taking 12 credits. It's not that much but online classes are super time consuming, not to mention BYUI online classes. I have nothing against school, I love school and love to learn! It's just that I have no idea how this is going to play out with spending time with Kallie, keeping the house clean, doing laundry, grocery shopping, cooking, and showering. I say showing because really, it is a hard thing to get in during the day. Lets just say I have no idea how this is going to be possible and I am extremely nervous about it. I already have a hard time getting everything done (I just love spending time with Kallie, she is way more fun than cleaning... don't worry though, our house is clean, I can't stand uncleanliness).

Please wish me luck and pray that I will some how be able to do it. I am ready for the challenge but... it's kinda scary. I really don't want to take away time from Kallie, so I may be losing sleep to get my homework done. Oh, and I really don't want to be a hermit so hopefully we will have a social life in-between everything else.

On a happier note, we let Kallie play Kori's ukulele! He is gonna teach her so we just let her get a feel for it a little early. The younger they start, the better they will be at it, right? ;) Hope you enjoy the video and Kori's "baby" voice hehe!

I just want to add that life is just grand with Kallie in my life. Oh, and a shout out to Sister Hutchinson for the baby blanket, it is soooo cute and we love it!

Oh and one more just because she is so beautiful!

Sweet 16

Kyri Andrews (Kori's little sister) is turning 16 years old today! It's kind of a big deal for two reasons. One, she is legally old enough to drive; two she is now able to go on dates with the male species! Of course with mine and Kori's permission ;)

We (well mostly Kori) always give Kyri a hard time about boys, so we decided to have a little fun with her gift. We came up with the idea with buying her some perfume and putting a new label on it something like "anti-boy spray". Well I ended up finding some things at Bath and Body Works and ended up making three different labels. It took forever but was totally worth it. Here is the labels I created and the before and after pictures.

She had her birthday party this past Friday evening and it was a total hoot! There was wingers, a fondu fountain, cake, chips, and more junk food. It wouldn't be a party without it! We played a chocolate murder mystery game and it was so much fun! When it came time to open the presents I got my phone ready. I wanted to see her reaction to our gift. Needless to say, it was exactly what I hoping for! She thought it was hilarious!

Kyri, I hope you have a wonderful birthday today! I am so glad to be apart of your family! I am so happy we are sisters, you are such a happy person and always love to laugh, thank you for being that kind of example to me. Thanks for being my sister! I love you tons! Have fun dating and Happy Birthday!

The Beginning

My first time blogging so I thought the beginning of motherhood would be an appropriate place to start.

Many of you know that we had a miracle added to our family in January. Of course at first being a new mom is tough. You don't know what to expect. I understood my life was going to change a lot, I just didn't realize how much exactly. The almost sleepless nights, and longs days seem like a blur. Even when I got sleep it seemed liked I was awake; all my dreams were of Kallie crying and me waking up to go feed her or rocking her back to sleep. It was getting so confusing, fortunately that is over with now.

She taught me lots of patience. In the beginning, it would take around an hour and a half to feed her, only to wake up again an hour later and start the whole process over. After that phase, she started having a hard time falling asleep and I would stay with her in her room for hours (usually three or four) until she was finally asleep enough to lay her in her crib.

I also rarely get to do my hair and make up, a shower is usually all I do and that doesn't usually happen at least until noon. Today, I actually did my hair and make up so I decided to take some pictures with my little lady!

Yes, there are many more lifestyle changes that have taken place, but I don't want to focus on how different it is because the reward is far greater. Honestly, I don't even know how to explain how much happiness has been brought into my life since we brought Kallie home.

I am just going to say it bluntly; I am spoiled and here is why. She has taught me patience, BUT she has so much in return. I am amazed by her every single day, and every time I go out and do something. Let me explain. Yesterday I had my teeth cleaned by my wonderful friend. I had to bring Kallie with me because Kori was working. My friend is in dental hygiene school so this cleaning took 2 1/2 hours. (Teachers would have to pass things off, ect.) Kallie was fine the entire time just chillin' in her car seat. Umm, what baby would be okay with that?

She really doesn't cry that much. Not only that, she falls asleep on her own without a pacifer and she is only three months old. She sleeps all the way through the night, and when she wakes up in the morning, she takes her time and when she wants me to come get her she just calls for me; never cries. She is happy all the time! How and why this all happens I have no idea, but she amazes me.

This video is a good idea of how she is  when she wakes up in the morning or from a nap.

Usually she smiles for 10 minutes straight, but she got camera shy when I did this. ;)
Like I said, I am spoiled. I feel like our next baby will be so hard because Kallie is so easy.