North Park

Last Friday evening we had a fun time at the park. I took Enoch and Kimbri with me. Rick was at work and so we spent some time in Spanish Fork at North Park.

First we went to Sonic and got Enoch and Kimbri a Wacky Pack kids meal. It was the last day to use Kimbri's FREE kids meal coupon that we got for her birthday last month. Just so you know, all kids 12 and under can sign up for a free kids meal for their birthday. They just send you a coupon to your email that you can print off and redeem within 30 days! So it worked out great!

Kimbri and her Uncle Enoch eating their kids meals.

They loved swinging, sliding and climbing! 

Kimbri absolutely loved playing on the slide. There was a short little kid slide on one side of the play area that nobody was near so I let her climb up and down on it and boy did she have a blast with that!

She even had fun picking up one wood chip at a time
and putting each one on the each of the slide:)

She also loved climbing up the slide, nearly getting to
the top each time, and sliding back down on her belly!

Enoch always has fun climbing all over this climbing wall.

It was a fun evening at the park! I told Enoch that we'll have to go back again soon so that he and Kimbri can play at the splash pad before the hot weather disappears! It's quite the fun local park.

Summer Is Fading Fast...

Just yesterday Rick and I were talking about how grateful we have been that he didn't take summer term classes. He finished up spring term in mid June and had planned to just keep going through summer, fall and winter before graduating; however, with studying for months to take the MCAT, having a busy school schedule, volunteering at the hospital and with the Utah Valley Marathon and working on top of that things just got so so so so so busy. So he decided to take summer off. Yay! We both agree that it has been the best decision. He has had so many secondary applications for medical school to fill out that having classes on top of all that would have been crazy!! So we've been able to have an enjoyable couple months of summer and now Rick is looking forward to start school again instead of being burned out from it. 

Last week we spent the evening at Levi, Mitchell, and Wesley's first Cross Country meet of the year over at Kiwana's Park here in Provo. They did great! It was fun to watch all of them race and visit with Mike, Sundee and Jessica. Kimbri fell right asleep just after the race began as Grandma Sundee pushed her around in her stroller. She was so tired and ready to be asleep. It was a beautiful evening and perfect weather! I love this time of year when it starts to cool off and fall is upon us! 

Yesterday, since this is his last week before school starts, Rick and I decided to go out on an afternoon date. We went bowling because at Fat Cats everything is only 99 cents! So for $6 we rented shoes and each got to play two games of bowling. Kimbri fell asleep on the way there and slept the whole time! So that was nice of her to let us have a fun little date together. She just slept in the stroller right next to us while we bowled. Someday she'll be able to join us:)

I snapped a couple of pictures of Rick as he bowled...

...and then WITHOUT my knowledge he snapped a picture of me!! 

Beware, pregnant lady trying to bowl. Haha.

And here were the end results:

Notice how they spelled my name - Allena.
Never have I seen my name spelled that way before!

After our fun games of bowling we made our way over to Macey's to pick up some groceries. Kimbri woke up by the time we got there which was perfect timing if you ask me! We did a little shopping, which they have some great back to school sales going on right now, and then headed back home for the night. We ate leftovers for dinner. Best leftovers ever! Rice, chicken, and stir fry full of fresh vegetables from my dad's amazing garden that is in full bloom.  So each time we're in SF my parent's have been sending us home with all sorts of delicious goodies! A big thank you!

Fresh from the garden right into our dinner - cucumbers, tomatoes, onions, corn, squash, zucchini, green and red bell peppers. You name it, and my dad probably has it in his garden. We also got some pears and peaches from of the fruit trees and have been enjoying those, especially Kimbri. She LOVES the peaches! 

Anyway, I guess I'm ready for lunch because all this talk of food is making me hungry! 

Also....one last random thought. We get to have our ultrasound today!!!! In like 2 hours. I can't wait!

Love

I'm so in LOVE with my little girl! She is such a joy in my life. 

For church on Sunday we dressed her up in her little white tutu with a pink onesie

 and I of course just had to take some pictures of the darling little girl:)

She loves stuffed animals, especially bunnies.

And she also loves her baby dolls...

Hopefully that's a sign that she'll be gentle and
love the new little sibling when it comes! :)

We are so in love with little miss Kimbri and can't wait for her new little sibling to arrive! They'll be best buddies :) We get to find out if it's a little brother or a little sister tomorrow!!!! I can't wait.

Our Morning Walk

I love that the morning temperatures are starting to drop a little bit. At least for the next week or so anyway. I love to go on morning walks with Kimbri. It gets us out of the house and some fresh air. This morning as we were walking to our usual park not too far from our house I saw someone briskly walking toward campus with what looked like a full backpack on with a water bottle in the side pocket. She was eating as she walked, probably breakfast, and I thought about all the times I was up early and walking to campus, often times trying to gulf down some breakfast that I didn't have time to eat at home. I thought about those types of days, especially when I was pregnant with Kimbri, and longing to finish school so I could really just be a mom. After having Kimbri was even harder with both Rick and I in school, both of us working, trying to keep up with dishes and laundry all with having a newborn...

And after thinking about those days, weeks, and even months I'm so glad that we went through them. Even though it was hard in the moment I feel like when looking back I really did learn a ton, not only in my classes but about being able to handle hard things and learning from them. I am so happy to be able to be a mom and talk my precious daughter on walks to the park, read books with her and play and laugh with her. Having Kimbri in my life is such a blessing! Even though some days are long and hard she still reminds me everyday to smile :)

Here are some pictures I took at the park in the darling outfit my mom gave to Kimbri for her 1st birthday and the cute bow that Olivia made:

Swinging - a favorite park activity.

Recently Kimbri has loved playing with the wood chips. Why?
I don't know but she LOVES to just sit there and play with them! 

She knows she's not supposed to put them
in her mouth. So she's trying to be sneaky:)

Look at those cute chubby legs and feet! 

The sun rising over the mountain while we were at the park.

She likes to tap rocks and wood chips agains the metal
poles to make the ringing sound.

She got really tired on the way home.

After we walked back home we read some books but Kimbri started to yawn and look really tired, like the two pictures above. So I gave her a small bottle and put her in her crib and she fell right to sleep! Maybe she's having a growth spurt because the past few days she has taken some long naps!

I love you Kimbri!!

Kimbri Loves Daddy

Daddy loves his little girl so much:) Lately Rick has been kindly getting up with Kimbri in the mornings so that I can get a little bit more sleep. I've been extra exhausted lately...I guess I can blame that on being pregnant. But anyway, I think because of all of this extra Daddy/Daughter bonding time Kimbri has become more in love with her daddy, even more in love than she already was. When he comes home from work she gets very excited and as we peek through the window as Rick walks up the front porch stairs she says, "Da Da!" and is just so happy to see him:) 

Salem Days

This past Saturday was really fun! Minus some really sore feet afterward :) But really, we had a blast! Rick had to work at the MTC that morning so after he got home we finished getting ready and headed down South. We made a quick stop in Payson and then headed back to Spanish Fork for the first part of the afternoon. My dad and some of my brothers were swimming in the backyard and Kimbri desperately wanted to be part of the action so my dad offered to hold her and let her play in the pool with him since I didn't have my swimsuit with me. I should've snapped some photos of Kimbri in the pool with my dad! I thought they looked quite a lot alike. Kimbri was sporting just a diaper since it was a kind of a spur-of-the-moment activity and my dad was sporting his swim trunks. Both of them have not so much hair, dark eyelashes and eyebrows, and both have the same round type of head. It was especially in that moment that they looked so much alike to me. While they swam, my mom, Rick and I sat under the grape arbor and snacked on some fresh grapes from the vine in the shade! Yum! 

After a while we went to Salem to meet up with some of Rick's family for some of the Salem Days activities. The plan was to walk there and then walk back. That didn't sound so bad. But this is what ended up happening...and it still wasn't too bad but I had some serious foot aches after that. We walked down to the Salem City Center - I think that's what it's called- for the dinner that raises money for the Salem City Ambulance. It sure was incredibly delicious! And Kimbri sure enjoyed it too!! She was too cute to not snap some pictures of her enjoying her meal full of corn, potatoes, beef, and part of a roll. Of course I gave her a few bites of my dessert too...peanut butter bars! I love those things.

After the dinner is when more walking came into place. Everyone had decided to meet up at Rick's grandparents house. So we walked there to wait for the fireworks to starts. Really it wasn't too far but it involved a pretty decent hill and I was in flip flops. Thank goodness Rick pushed the stroller up the hill, a full on run. I don't know how he did it! It was really fun to visit with family and hang out until heading back for fireworks. They had more dessert there - ice cream cones. 

Kimbri started to get pretty tired because her nap schedule was way off since we were all over the place that day! We fed her some milk in her sippy cup. Rick put her burp cloth on her face and she didn't seem to mind. She just left it there for quite a while. She was just getting so sleepy.

Then Kimbri and her Aunt Cosette decided to lay down on the floor and rest. As you can see, Kimbri has gotten only a tiny bit more hair...haha:) She's working on it! She'll get there someday.

After everyone ate ice cream we all started to walk back down to Salem Pond where the fireworks were being done. It was a fantastic firework show!! Kimbri fell asleep on the walk there and when those fireworks started I thought for sure she would wake up but she was just so tired she didn't even flinch! We sat on the edge of some grass and the sidewalk in some extra chairs the some of Rick's extended family had and enjoyed the show! You would know that part way through the sprinklers would go off and we were sitting right in the line of the water! We quickly moved to the street and sat there for the rest of the firework show:) 

It was so fun to get to spend the whole afternoon and evening together as a family. All of it was great!