Yard Sales

My sister, Olivia, has been wanting me to go "garage selling" with her for a while and I've been wanting to go to! So we finally went this past weekend on Saturday morning! Since Rick didn't have work he stayed home with Kimbri while I went down to Spanish Fork for a couple of hours. I got up early and headed out just after 7am. Kimbri was a good little girl and slept til 8am so it worked out good! 

Olivia printed off a list from the Spanish Fork City website of all the garage sales that were posted and we went to nearly all of them - 2 pages worth! Plus some along the way that we just saw and decided to stop by.

We got some pretty good deals! I've been looking for Kimbri a pair of pants that are 12-18month sized. She has pants that fit her but they go with a matching onesie, so I've been wanting to get her a pair of jeans or something so she can wear her little t-shirts! So, in the silly pictures below, Kimbri is modeling her new pair of jeans that were only 50 cents! And the cute shirt came from her Grandma and Grandpa Stone that she got for her birthday. She for some reason had so much fun wearing this tupperware on her head:)

I also got this enormous stuffed bunny for Kimbri. Many of you already know that Kimbri absolutely LOVES stuffed animals. So when I saw this bunny, looking in like new condition with the tags still on it, I just had to get it for her! It was only 75 cents! And it's just as big as her and she loves it! 

Olivia bought a fish tank and a dog house and I think a few other things that I can't remember. It was a pretty windy and cold fall morning but it was really fun to hand out with my little sister and go to garage sales together! Oh, and I also got a Carter's baby crib bumper for baby boy for $3. We have a pink minky one with flowers all over it that my mom got for Kimbri but it's just too girly for a boy:) So this one is a light, cream minky/plush material that will be perfect for baby boy's crib! 

And here are a few more pictures from the rest of our lazy Saturday afternoon.

For some reason, lately,  Kimbri loves to sit on top of the
carseat base. She'll play on it for a really long time! 

Later that afternoon Rick really wanted a treat. So we decided to make Texas Sheet Cake. And here are a couple pictures of Kimbri licking the spatula. Boy does she love doing that! But she cries so hard when it's all gone and I take it away! 

Later on Saturday night Rick, Kimbri and I all loaded up and drove over to the new Convention Center on Center Street in Provo. There was a Baby Expo going on that had free admission and I really wanted to go! So Rick was a good sport and went with me:) He got free chocolate milk and candy out of the deal, along with a pink handbag. We both actually got a pink handbag to put all the coupons and things in that people were handing out. 

There weren't a ton of people there but it was fun to walk around and look at all the different booths about babies and kids. Yet another event that just made me even more anxious to meet our little baby boy! 

Pretty Toenails

Kimbri just does the funniest things and she just makes me smile every day. The other morning we were in my bedroom, making the bed and putting clothes away etc... She went over to the little white shelves, picked up the pink nail polish and brought it over to me. She sat down and lifted her foot up to me. Ha! I just had to drop what I was doing and just sit down and have some girl time with her:) We sat there and painted her toenails. She was so still and just watched as I painted them and blowed them so they would dry faster. She's only had her toenails painted a couple of times so it totally surprised me when she brought me the polish, sat down, and lifted her feet up to me! I think that little kids are smarter than we think sometimes. So here are some pictures we took afterward.

What a cutie! But she also does things that aren't so cute too....but still hilarious! Maybe I shouldn't think it's so funny but I think it's just her innocent facial expressions she lets off that just make me have to laugh about it.

Yesterday morning we were getting ready for Kimbri's bath. I took off her pjs and took off an extremely wet diaper! I asked, "Do you want to take a bath?" and whenever I ask that she repeats "Ba!" Over and over and immediately walks to the bathroom and stands next to the tub. So when I got to the bathroom, after her, because I went to throw the diaper away, I found a nice little puddle of pee on the rug! Oh my. After just changing a incredibly FULL diaper of pee I didn't think I had to worry about her naked little body running to the bathroom. Oh well.

Well, the story does not end there! 

I was bent over swishing the bath water to get it the right temperature. Kimbri was just standing there waiting right next to me. When I looked back at her she was squatting. I picked her up to put he in the tub only to find a pile of poop on the rug!! Ha! She just looked up at me with the biggest innocent eyes with just the funniest facial expression. I called to Rick to see if he could bring me a wipe so I could wipe up her bum before putting her in the tub and to wipe up the rug. And yes, that rug is definitely going to need a washing!  

Another thing Kimbri is totally in to lately, which I sure most kids go through a similar stage, is racing to the toilet paper holder when I'm not looking and pulling and pulling all the toilet paper off! I quickly learned to always just keep the bathroom door shut. Haha:)

Kimbri is just growing up so fast. I can't believe how fast time is flying by. Before we know it she won't be our little baby anymore. Well, she'll always be my little girl but when we bring home our new little boy she is going to seem so big and grown up! She's going to be the big sister! Again, I can't believe it. I love her so much and she is such a joy in my life. I love you, Kimbri!

Arizona

We just got home from Arizona last night just after 10pm. We went down there for Rick to interview at AT Still, a medical school in Mesa, AZ. It was a great trip! But just like after any trip, it was nice to finally get back home. 

Wednesday morning Rick got up and went to class until noon. As soon as he was done he came home, we ate, finished loading the car up and headed on our way. Kimbri and I had been working on getting everything ready pretty much all day on Tuesday so that we could leave as soon as possible on Wednesday. And I'm glad we did because even leaving soon after Rick's class we still didn't get to AZ until after midnight! But the drive actually wasn't too bad. Kimbri did amazing! She totally zonked right out as soon as we left and took a good nap. Here's a picture of her snoozing in the car.

After  she woke up she played with toys, ate some snacks, looked at books, etc... and was just overall a good little traveler!! 

After driving for about 5 hours Kimbri fell back asleep and took another good nap! It was a pretty late nap but that was okay by me since we were just going to be in the car anyway! We took a wrong turn somewhere just past Kanab, Ut and ended up going on US 89A through Kaibab National Forest instead of going on US 89. Luckily it took us right back to US 89 but instead of a more straight shot road we were twisting and turning on an extremely curvy road!! But once getting out of the forest part of it, just as the sun was setting, we came out into the open to see a beautiful landscape! The sun was just hitting the rocks so perfectly and it made for a beautiful view! So even thought it was a total mistake, it turned out to be a nice little scenic detour. But we made sure to go the other way on our way home, because it seriously was a very curvy road that I didn't feel like going on again. 

Unfortunately I didn't take any pictures the rest of the trip. I guess I just forgot to whip out my camera. But really was a great trip! I guess it was a more stressful trip for Rick since he was the one going to the interview but I think he had a great time seeing and learning more about the school and after the interview was all over he had the rest of Friday, Saturday and Sunday to relax so it turned out great! 

So after arriving to Shelby and Rue's house late Wednesday night in Gilbert, AZ, we chatted and finally went to bed around 1am. But it really felt like 2am for us because AZ doesn't do the whole daylight savings thing. So we were super tired! Kimbri had woke up when we got there and was awaked while we were talking and visiting with Shelby and Rue. When it was time to go back to sleep she went right to sleep but then decided to wake up several times in the night! Which doesn't usually happen! I think the long day of traveling just messed her sleeping schedule up! 

Rick got up early the next morning and toured Midwestern, another medical school about an hour away. He hasn't been invited for an interview there yet but since we were in the area he decided it would be worth going to check the school out. 

That afternoon he attended class at AT Still with a current student, just to see how classes were there and to find out a little bit more about the school. He is very interested in AT Still so he wanted to do everything he could to show his interest and to be prepared for his interview on Friday. 

That evening we dropped Kimbri off at Brookie and Daniels house, some of Rick's family that lives in Mesa, and went to the social that AT Still held for those being interview the following day, plus one guest. So I got to go with him! It was really neat to be able to be a part of it...to see the school and meet some of the faculty and hear about what they had to say about their school. They fed us little sandwich wraps, fruit and vegetables as we sat around in different groups talking and asking questions to the faculty members and the student ambassadors. 

The next day, Friday morning, Rick got up and attended his interview from 8am to about 2pm. It was a long stressful process for him but at the end of it all he felt really good about it and has high hopes! One of the interviewers was ended up being the professor of the class that he had attended the day before and whom he had already talked with! What are the odds?! So he felt like during the interview he was able to talk really comfortably and confidently with him from the get go. We couldn't believe that he just happened to be the one interviewing Rick after he had already talked with him and gone to his class the day before! It worked out great! 

Friday night, after all of the stress of interview day was over, we got to meet up at a park in Mesa with a ton of Rick's family that lives in AZ. It was fun to see all of the again! I haven't been to AZ since before we were married. They are all so nice and welcoming and just made me feel so much part of the family.  All the kids played and the adults chatted and visited and we had a grand old time! 

One REALLY hilarious and funny side story... While we were at the park I decided to take Kimbri's shoes off. Instead of wood chips, like most all of Utah's parks have, they had sand. So I thought it was a great idea to take her shoes off and let her walk and feel the sand. I thought she would love it! But I was very, very wrong.

She could not stand the feeling of sand!

As soon as I stood her back up, barefoot in the sand, after taking her shoes off, she got a super nervous and scared face and immediately clung to my leg, pulling at my pants, wanting me to pick her back up! Hahaha!!! It was soooooo funny!

I called Rick over to show him how funny it was. She got nervous all over again. After several attempts of standing her in the sand, she eventually was okay with standing in the sand. Then after a little while longer she took a few steps but was walking super slow for fear of falling. Because she's never walked in sand before she soon fell, and put her hands in the sand to try and hoist herself back up like she normally does after sitting down.

Oh no. She freaked out. She immediately pulled her hands away from the sand, having it still stuck to the palms of her hands, looked up at me and just pulled the saddest, most scared face. It was like a bug or something was crawling on her and she couldn't get it off. Although maybe a little weird for her, Rick and I were just cracking up over the whole ordeal. She seriously hated touching the sand!!! 

We wiped her hands off and she started walking again. When she fell again, she started to put her hands back down but saw the sand. She leaned/turned to her right to put her hands down there but about an inch away her hands stopped because she just couldn't bear touching the sand again! Haha! So she used her momentum and eventually figured out how to stand up without using her hands to push herself up! She used all that leg muscle in those cute chubby legs of hers and figured out a way to NOT have to touch the sand. It. Was. Hilarious! 

Kimbri was worn out by the end of the night and fell right to sleep on our way home after visiting family at the park. 

Saturday was another fun day that we all just got to hang out as a family and relax and enjoy being together. We woke up and had a lazy morning. Shelby made an incredible breakfast consisting of breakfast burritos with yummy apples and grapes. We lounged around and eventually got ready for the day. 

After Kimbri's mid-day nap we all went out to eat at a place called Ned's Crazy Subs, I think that's what it was called. We = Rick, Kimbri and I, Shelby and Rue, and Shelby's brothers plus the wife of one of her brothers - I can't remember her name. We got the lunch special that was $6.39. It was a pretty great deal. It came with a 12 inch sub, chips, a drink and one of those sweet awesome long pickle slices. Can you tell that I love pickles?! Especially when I'm pregnant:) Kimbri loved the cheetos and ate several bites of my pickle. Yep, she takes after mommy with her love for pickles. And Rick and I shared parts of our sandwiches with her. Also, we let her have a couple sips of our drinks which caused another hilarious, classic Kimbri face to appear. I had pink lemonade and Rick had root beer. Good times!  

Saturday night Shelby and Rue hooked up the Wii and we played bowling and baseball. I've never done that on the Wii and it was actually pretty fun! We also made a trip to the store to get some food for the drive home so we wouldn't have to stop for food on a Sunday. We got stuff for peanut butter sandwiches and a couple cans of ravioli. We also got some stuff to munch on while driving like bananas, carrots and some crackers - which Kimbri of course loved! 

Sunday morning we got up and went to church at 8am, went back to Shelby and Rue's house, loaded up, and headed out the door! It was such a fun family trip! The drive home was pretty good, too. Except for a one major slow up because of construction issues that set us back almost a whole hour. But other than that, Kimbri did great again and we got home safely last night! 

I'm so glad that Kimbri and I got to go to Arizona with Rick! It was so fun. And who knows? We could end up moving there next year if Rick gets accepted! I guess we'll just have to wait and find out!

Conference Weekend

On Saturday morning we got up, got ready, and took off to see Mitch and Wesley run at Kiwanas Park for their Cross Country team. I think it was the regions meet. They did great and it was fun to be there and cheer them on! As the race ended is when conference had just started so it was there that Mike heard the announcement about the change in missionary age and told all of us! That is so exciting! I texted Zach right away and he was super excited too and said that he was going to try and get his papers in by the end of the month. Yay! 

After the race was over we all headed back down to Salem and finished watching the morning session of conference. On our way to Spanish Fork for the second session we stopped at the Hawaiian Shave Ice place on Main Street. It was "Customer Appreciation Day" and they were giving away FREE shave ice! Yum! And Kimbri sure loved it. 

The line wasn't too bad but it took longer than we thought to get through so it made us a little bit late for the second session since we made one other stop at Signs and Wonders Boutique also on Main Street. They were having a clearance sale for all their children's clothes. Each article of clothing was only .25! So of course I had to take advantage of that!! I looked through all the baby boy stuff and loaded up on several sleepers, pants, shirts, onesies, etc... because you just can't beat 25 cents! A couple of things still had tags on it! Like this little outfit I got that is a Carter's light blue and tan outfit with a little puppy on the front with striped pants. It only made me more anxious and excited to meet this little fella!

Anyway, we got three bags of clothes (like 30 articles of clothing) for just over $8! A lot of things when you buy them new are that much for just one thing! So I was feeling pretty good about our purchases:) And Kimbri loved pulling out all the outfits from the sacks like in the following picture.

Later that night all the boys headed out for the Priesthood session. Rick went to Salem to attend it with his dad and brothers. Olivia was gone babysitting so my mom and I watched a movie and Kimbri went to sleep shortly after it started, however, when my Grandma showed up with ice cream, along with all the guys after the session, Kimbri somehow must've known it cause she was wide awake and ready for some dessert!! Needless to say it was a late night for her!

Here she is in her warm fuzzy jammies and cool sunglasses that my mom found while cleaning out some old things. 

Because Kimbri was up so late, she slept in until 9am the next morning. And so did I! Rick had to get up really early and leave so he could make it up to Salt Lake to do his conference translations. He was assigned the 'Music and the Spoken Work' that is just prior to conference so he had to be there even earlier. So my dad came to pick us up in Provo and took us back to Spanish Fork so we could spend the day there watching conference. However, I did quickly learn that it is a lot harder to watch and pay attention to the talks when you have a child! The past two conferences have been a lot easier because she was so little but now she is mobile and likes to be everywhere at once! But since Rick does translations he'll have to re-watch them all too so that's usually what we do for family night activities. 

Sunday night we all had dinner. Carla and Craig came down from Salt Lake, Eric came from Provo, and my Grandparents also came.  We had a big Mexican meal it was oh sooooo good! My dad made tostadas and chicken taquitos. My grandma brought delicious Spanish rice and guacamole. And I helped cut up a TON of fresh apples and pears from the trees out in the backyard for a pear and apple fruit salad. It was delicious!! Rick got back to SF in time for dinner too not long after we started and we got to spend the rest of the evening together. It was a fun weekend! 

Rick's Mission Reunion

 The week before conference was pretty crazy! Rick had a very busy week preparing for his medical school interview, getting his translations done for conference, meetings for the neuro lab, taking midterms, working at the MTC and the ER, etc... He even was scheduled to do jury duty Friday morning which just added to the stress but he found out Thursday night that the issue had been resolved and he no longer needed to attend. Sweet!  So while he was in class and finishing us everything in preparation for the weekend, we got Kimbri all ready for Rick's mission reunion that Friday night up in Taylorsville. So naturally I had to just take some pictures of the cute, little miss Kimbri!

It was a very fun evening! There were a ton of people at the reunion! And a ton of food! A lot of curry, rice and other spicy things...to spicy for me. Mexican kind of spice I can handle but Asian spice is a whole other story. They did have a lot of fruit so Kimbri and I snacked on that and loved it! Sister Clark, Rick's mission president's wife, brought back little t-shirts for all the "mission grandbabies". Haha:) So Kimbri got a shirt that has that saying on it that goes like, "Someone who loves me very much went to Sarawak, Borneo and got me this shirt". And then Sister Clark also gave Baby Boy a shirt too, for when he is born. It has a little Orangoutang on it and it says Sarawak, Borneo. 

We ate, talked, and had fun! Kimbri was worn out by the end because it was well past her bedtime. Even though she slept on the way to the reunion, she still fell right to sleep on our way home:)  

What a Wonderful Weekend

Saturday was great. So relaxing and fun. Rick, Kimbri, and I got up and ate breakfast. I started a load of Kimbri's laundry. Then I realized it was my last day to use my coupon for a haircut that I'd gotten in my email. It was for $4 off so it made my hair cut only cost $8. Let's just say that I have been wanting a haircut for a loooooooong time. The last time I got it cut was on my birthday last year...so in other words, like over 15 months ago. And the time before that it had been nearly two years since getting my hair cut. 

So, Rick so kindly volunteered to watch Kimbri and I called in for an appointment for that same morning. I hesitated leaving since it was a Saturday morning that we had together as a family but Rick is so supportive and just said something like, "Alina, you have been wanting a hair cut for so long. Go ahead and I'll watch Kimbri." So I hopped in the shower, not washing my hair of course, since they wash it there, and then I was on my way. 

It was so fun! Obviously I don't get my hair cut often enough. It was so relaxing to get my hair washed, dried and cut and just chat with the girl that was cutting my hair. I went to one of those hair school places, cause they are often times the cheapest. But it always worries me because you just never know how your hair is going to turn out. I've tried a few different hair schools and have had some great experiences and some terrible, so it was a shot in the dark...but I was really ready to have a change! I felt like the ends of my hair were starting to get so damaged and dead. So I decided to really cut it! And it turned out being a little shorter than I had originally expected but I like it. I think it will take some getting used to but I love the change. And hair always grows back, right? 

When I got home Rick said that Kimbri played pretty good, as long as he was right there with her, following her around the house, from room to room playing:) I know what he means. He said he just followed her with one of his textbooks and was able to get a little homework reading done while she was playing so that was good!  We spent the afternoon together and Kimbri took a nice little nap. 

Later that afternoon, Rick's cousin, Shelby and and her husband Rue, came to visit. They are from Arizona and it was great to see them! I think it's been since our wedding since I've seen them! I guess Rick saw them when he went to AZ for the Del Sol Ragnar but they hadn't seen Kimbri since she had been born so it was extra fun for them to get to see her! And they are expecting a little boy in December! I'm so excited for them. It will be fun to have little boys so close in age to each other!

After they left my mom showed up at our house so that her and I could leave and go to the Relief Society broadcast together! This was the second time in one day that I left Kimbri home with Rick! I don't know that that's ever happened before. It was kind of a weird feeling for me to be the one leaving and to wave goodbye to Kimbri as I walked out the door. So often it's Kimbri and I waving to Rick as he leaves the house. It was a really great thing, though, to get to go to the broadcast and just sit there and listen. So many good things were said! The talk that President Eyring gave especially hit me because of the story about his daughter that had her baby 15 weeks early. That's exactly the point in pregnancy that I'm at right now, and I can't imagine having a baby that early, so little and fragile. His talk really made me want to go and serve someone! It was a great talk! 

When the broadcast was over we went to Olive Garden. Sundee invited my mom and I to go with her and the girls, Jessica, Cosette, and Shelby, so we all met there for dinner. It was soooo yummy! And the smoothies were delicious. Having a girls night out was really so fun! It was great to talk and laugh and be together as family and friends!! 

Sunday was fabulous, too. We don't have church until 1pm so we always have all morning to just relax and slowly get ready for the day. But 1pm church has its pros and cons. Yes, you have time in the morning but then church is right during Kimbri's nap time!!! Which makes church extra hard, especially for Rick, because he is the one that has her for the last two hours of church because I'm the primary pianist. So, yesterday she went the whole day with only a very short 20-25 minute nap during priesthood. Wow. she was a tired girl by the time night time hit! 

Right after church we went down to Salem to have dinner with the Stone family since Shelby and Rue were still in town. So we got to visit them again which was way fun! And we'll even get to see them again when we go to Arizona for Rick's medical school interview at A.T. Still in Mesa! So that will be fun too! Sundee made a delicious dinner and I learned that Mitch made the brownies for dessert! Go Mitch! We also went on a ride of Payson Canyon that evening while the Bishops Youth Discussion was going on at their home for about an hour. All the fall colors are soooo beautiful! I can't even believe that it's already October. Oh how the time flies. 

And of course, a picture of Kimbri all happy and ready for church!

Little Miss Kimbri

Kimbri is such a beautiful little girl. Of course I am biased since I am her mother. Her mother. I love the fact that I get to be a mommy. It seems like every moment of every day I catch myself saying things like, "Let mommy put your bib on so mommy can feed you lunch.", or "Come with mommy to get the laundry from downstairs.", or "Kimbri, mommy loves you!".  It seems like no matter what I'm doing, whether it be dishes or laundry, or reading books or playing with Kimbri, I'm always referring to myself as mommy. And I love it. I'm so grateful that I get to be a mommy...Kimbri's mommy. 

I love this little girl so much. She is such a joy in my life. One thing about Kimbri is that she tends to be pretty dramatic. But even though sometimes it's dramatic with tears, she so often is dramatic with her laughs too! When you get her to laugh, it is the most hearty, deep laugh. And I love hearing it! When she gets excited about something, she really gets excited! I can't say it enough, but she really is a bright shining star in my life. I can't imagine living without Little Miss Kimbri! 

Here is a picture of Kimbri with her "new" toys from DI. She couldn't get enough of them. She had to hold the rings from one toy while sitting on the other. We had originall bought a green version of the walker/ride toy that Kimbri is sitting on in the picture below from off Craigslist. It worked great as a walker toy but the handle for when you turn it into a riding toy was missing, so when we saw this one at DI for $4 we bought it and sold the green one for $10 - what we paid for it - on Craigslist. It's perfect because now she's at the age where she'll be able to learn how to use it to ride instead of using it to walk, since she's got the walking thing down!

Her other toy we got from DI for only $1. We wiped down
 good with a Clorox wipe and now it's as good as new!

Here are a couple of Kimbri's favorite pastimes lately...

She LOVES looking at books and having me read to her,
she'll often times go to the book shelf and pull one book
off at a time and look through it, and then on to the next one!

Kimbri LOVES coloring! I think she likes using a pencil
over crayons but uses both.  Look at that grip that
she figured out all by herself! Maybe she'll be an artist:)

And of course, she LOVES helping mommy bake,
or rather, eating!! Here she's licking the batter from when
we made Tuxedo Brownie Cups.

I don't think she could get enough of it!

She loved it! Of course she would. And she cried
like it was the end of the world when it was all gone.

And here is Kimbri in her fun new snuggly fleece pj's that Grandma Haycock gave her. We could just have her wear this for Halloween and be a Zebra. Haha:) 

More of the cute pjs and of course, her new favorite thing, her stuffed animal...a monkey that we bought her for .75 at DI, because she has recently had this obsession with really soft stuffed animals. 

She literally can't hold in her excitement when you hand her a fuzzy stuffed animal. She grabs it and hugs and squeezes the day lights out of it. 

She has become best friends with this monkey.

Along with these picture updates, I should also mention that a couple days ago she hit the 14 month old mark! She also has added to her teeth collection. Two top molars broke through and a couple molars on the bottom are starting to come in, which I guess explains all the extra drooling lately:) 

Oh, and another fun thing - we finally bought this girl some shoes! As a newborn she never really needed shoes. And even when she advanced to the crawling stage she didn't really need them. But as she started to walk I thought that we would need to get her some shoes. I put it off for a while but after she got a splinter at the park last week I felt so so bad and we made it a priority to get her some shoes. It was NOT an easy task. Her feet are so fat, the tall way. So every shoe we tried on this girl would seem to be fine length wise but her foot would just not fit! We looked at tons of pairs of shoes at DI and even made a trip up to Orem to look at Ross. I even looked at the little girl shoes in Hobby Lobby but with no success, at any of the stores. Finally we found a pair of black and a pair of white shoes that fit great from Signs and Wonders, a boutique sort of store that also has a children's consignment in the back area. So we got her two pairs of shoes for $6. I thought it was a pretty good deal for some good, used shoes. Anyway, this girl hasn't really ever worn shoes so it was SO funny to see her try and walk in shoes!! It was like she had to learn to walk all over again, being very wobbly and insecure at putting one foot in front of the other. But I think she's got it down pretty good now:)

Well, that's my update for Kimbri right now. We sure love our Little Miss Kimbri!