Pots & Pans

I'm not sure if I ever posted these on the blog... so I decided to just do a quick post with them. 

Kimbri totally enjoys taking every pot, pan, skillet, bowl, etc... out of the cupboards while I'm doing dishes or cooking dinner. It keeps her very entertained :)

Cookies

Last week was not a good one around the Stone home. Rick, Kimbri and I were all sick. Ugh. It was not fun. Last Sunday, as in one week and a day ago, not yesterday, we were feeling so yucky and sick that we didn't go to church. And as I slept and slept and slept, and rested on the couch, Rick decided that cookies sounded good. I obviously did not feel like making cookies. And Rick knew it, so HE decided to make cookies! I don't think he's ever made cookies since we've been married! Go Rick! And they turned out really yummy :) Probably not the best thing to eat when you're sick but I had to try a cookie that my hubby made all on his own! 

Here are a couple pictures I snapped to document this awesome event:

Santa

This past weekend I decided to participate in the Spanish Fork and Salem Chamber of Commerce Christmas Fair. Hardly anybody came. So that was kind of a bummer... but on Saturday, Santa Claus was there from 1-3pm. Rick and Kimbri came to visit. As you can see from the pictures, she was terrified! I totally thought she would love sitting on Santa's lap! Obviously I was wrong. Haha. 

However, she loved the candy cane that Santa gave her. It made her tears disappear just like that!  

Decorating for Christmas

Yes. The day after Thanksgiving we did it. We decorated for Christmas!! Last year was so so so crazy and hectic with both Rick and I in school and working, and still adjusting to parenthood, that we didn't even get around to setting up our Christmas tree until it was almost too late! So this year we decided to do it the day after Thanksgiving, while Rick was still on break from school and we had much more time to spend together as a family! The break truly was soooo relaxing. Rick is accepted to medical school and so he didn't have to worry about applications or interviews. He didn't have to worry about school because he had a couple tests and papers due right before the break so it was very enjoyable to just be together as a family! 

Here are some pictures I snapped of Rick and Kimbri decorating. Notice Kimbri's bracelets (which are really my bracelets but she knows where they are at in my room and goes and gets them all the time). She loves wearing her "pretty's". 

Rick fluffing the branches on our tree.

Daddy and Daughter, decorating the tree together:)

Thanksgiving 2012

Thanksgiving was so great this year! We originally had planned on going to Louisiana but ended up not being able to go. Mostly due to the pregnancy. I kept getting so worried and having nightmares that I would have the baby on the road or while we were gone. Plus, a 24 hour drive would not be very comfortable this far along in my pregnancy.

But it turned out great! We had Thanksgiving with the Stone's. Just Rick's immediate family members. And it was a blast. It was extra special because this is the last year in who knows how long that all of their family members will be around for Thanksgiving. Next year Rick and I will most likely be living out of state and Cosette is due to leave on her mission in February. And Levi will probably be leaving on his mission too, before this time next year. So it was fun to all be together!

Rick, Kimbri and I woke up early on Thanksgiving day and headed down to Spanish Fork to finish making the banana cream pies. Then I made the rolls and got them all rolled out to start rising. While they were rising I whipped up the green bean casserole and then Rick, Kimbri and I all went to the park! There was not a single other person there besides us. And Kimbri had a blast playing on the playground and swinging.

After a little while at the park we headed back to my parents house to cook the rolls that had been rising and then made our way over to the Stone's. A huge thank you to my parents for letting me use there kitchen and oven while they were gone! :)

We had a great Thanksgiving dinner together and spent the afternoon with family, watching The Incredibles, and playing Ticket to Ride. It was so fun and relaxing! And for some reason Kimbri decided to got to sleep at around 4:30pm and slept the whole night. So we had fun playing games and hanging out with everyone!

Happy Thanksgiving! 

Duck Pond Adventure

Kimbri loves the duck pond on the south side of BYU. We go on walks there pretty often. We decided to take daddy with us this time. It was a little bit of a wet and rainy day but it was still really fun to have a whole Saturday together as a family!! So we started out are day eating french toast for breakfast and then taking a walk to the duck pond. 

When we started feeding the ducks, Kimbri decided that she wanted to be fed too:)

The ducks seriously attacked the bread. Probably because they don't get
fed as often when it's cold weather. They sure loved it! 

Daddy feeding the ducks.

Mommy and Kimbri.

It started to sprinkle a little bit so we decided to start walking home. And it got harder right as we were about one block away. So I had Rick run ahead with Kimbri so Kimbri wouldn't get all wet and I tried to waddle my pregnant self home as fast as I could. I'm not so good at running these days... or walking for that matter, haha.

We made it home and had lunch a little while later, after some more lounging around together as a family. I love days that we have to be with each other all day, to just hang out and be together.

Kimbri was acting silly during lunch. Sippy cup in one hand and part of her grilled cheese sandwich in the other. 

Kimbri pulls this kind of face so often now-a-days.
I think it's hilarious! ;-)

That afternoon we ran a few errands in Orem and Springville and then ended up back home to spend the rest of our Saturday at home. I sure was ready to be home after running some errands. It must be the holidays because there were people everywhere. So we spent the rest of the evening together and it was fantastic!

And a beautiful rainbow to end our day right before heading back home for the day.

  

Sailor Dress

This cute little sailor dress is one that I wore when I was little. We tried it on Kimbri this past Sunday. It was a little long but so adorable! I really want to find a picture of me in the same dress from when I was little and post it next to these. We'll see if I ever come by one... 

What a beautiful little girl I have :) And she is going to have the title of "big sister" soon! Hooray!