The Phillips: 2012

Friday, December 14, 2012

It's been a while...

In Novmeber Kaitlyn celebrated her first birthday! We had a party at our house and she loved all the attention. We are so lucky to have so many family members near by that we can party with.
Kaitlyn walks really well in fact she runs. She loves to haul anything large and heavy around. One her favorite things to do right now is taking grocery bags and fill them up with random stuff she finds around the house. Looking through her bag at the end of the day to see what she found and treasured is a favorite of mine.

Our Thanksgiving weekend was busy, as always. We went to my parents house for our yummy turkey dinner on thursday. Black friday was spent shopping with my Mom. What a tropper she is as we always start very early in the morning. Saturday Kaitlyn went to visit Santa for the first time. This went over very well. She just sat on his lap just looking him over. Later that evening we loaded up on the Phillips family float and head down the parade route. The light parade sure is fun to participate in as well as watch, this is the fourth year Nephi city has done this. Sunday we woke up and got ready to go hunting for our perfect christmas tree. As always we found us our perfect tree. Stephen and Bandit did a good old hike for this one. Kaitlyn enjoyed the fourwheeler ride and on the way down the trail she was out cold, we wore her right out.

Our dreams have come true again. We bid and won a ten year lease on 65 acres of irriagated farmland. This will definatly contine to keep our lives busy. We have been fortunate enough that the weather has been good so we could prep the ground for spring planting. Let's just say Stephen and Bandit are in absolute heaven! That dog was meant to farm!

We always have so much to be grateful for this time of season. This year has been amazing watching our little baby learn and grow up so fast. We wish you all happy holidays!

Sunday, November 11, 2012

FALL

We got together with the Phillips family and had a hay ride down to the pumpkin patch. Kaitlyn enjoyed this activity. Doing all these activities with your own child make them that much more fun! It is so fun to watch her experience so many firsts and things that we just take for granted day to day.

Kaitlyn got a lot of candy out trick or treating. We enjoyed a fun halloween party at Opa's nursing home and then trick or treating downtown at the businesses. She actually enjoyed her costume and never tried to take it off.

Kaitlyn didn't even cry with frank holding her.

Trick or treating at daddy's work

Bandit was the big bad wolf!

The three little pigs!

11 months - Kailtyn is walking and loving it. When she is walking around she has to have her hands full of items. You never know what she is going to bring to you. You can't slow her down. she has 5 teeth and more coming through. She loves to be outside moving about. She continues to love her animals! Dixie and Bandit have been very patient with her loves and getting chased around the house. If Kaitlyn says, "Hi!" you are better off to say hello back quickly or she will scream at you until you say something to her. This makes for very loud shopping trips and as well for church. We love our baby girl!

She loves to talk to anyone on the phone!

Monday, October 15, 2012

San Francisco

We just got back from a week of fun at San Francisco. We drove, and Kaitlyn was quite a trooper. I think her favorite part of the vacation was having her Dad all the time and the cable cars.

Oakland temple

Yosemite- at one of the many lakes

we did lots of swimming and Kaitlyn loved every second of it!

We wore her right out. What a trooper she was!

Alcatraz

We just walked across the golden gate bridge

Eating crab chowder, yummy!

The Cable Car

One night she found herself and played with her reflection for at least 30 mins.

At the academy of science

10 Months and catch-up

I missed ten months it has blow by crazy fast! Kaitlyn is so bubbly and full of wild personalities. Here are some pictures for 10 months. In the month of Sept. We did some hiking, went to the cabin, put stacks on the new truck, and other outside projects as it has been wonderful weather.