Concrete and Framing

Kyle standing in what will be the master bedroom

Chase and I in the family room. Look alive Chase!

Chase standing in the entry way

The entire house with Kyle walking through the front entry and Chase grape vining toward me!

Chase looking debonair as usual, as we prepare to leave to go look at the house.

Lately we've been making weekly trips out to the homesite since they started building to monitor the progress of our house. When we went last week they had all the concrete poured, and this week they had done all the framing. It was really neat to go out there and finally see what looks like a house being built! Up until today it's all been a little surreal to me, Kyle would have to explain where every room was, and paint a picture for me. Today as we were walking through the framed house I was able to picture it all myself, which got me really excited for it to be finished! Hopefully the process will go by fast and we'll finally be able to move into a place we can call home, and live in for more than a year! So we took some pictures and I thought I'd post them so you all could see our home in the making.

The Arizona State Fair

Chase riding the Lion toy in the Kidz Safari Zone

The pretty giraffe

The camel that kissed Chase. I don't remember if this was before the kiss or after, I just wish I'd caught the kiss on camera!

The kangaroo

We thought this cow was kind of interesting. They had a bunch of fuzzy cows like this one, which none of us had ever seen before, so Kyle and I named them "Teddy Bear" cows.

Last Friday we went to the Arizona State Fair with Brad and Jamie and we had a blast! For as long as I'd lived in Arizona the state fair would come every year, and I only remember going once, during the day on a field trip. We didn't go on any rides or get to really see or do anything fun there and I can't even remember what the point of the field trip was at all. So I always thought the state fair was lame growing up, and I never had the desire to go. Needless to say I was definitely proved wrong, we had so much fun!

Chase loved seeing all the animals. They have a huge petting zoo with camels and giraffes and even a kangaroo! I had never seen a kangaroo up close and it was pretty awesome. Chase got a big sloppy kiss from the camel which was a big surprise to him and a good laugh to everyone who saw it!

They have performers on the weekends and the night we went Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert were performing. We were sad we didn't get to stay late enough to see them because we heard the concert was amazing! Kyle was really sad that the week before was the Goo Goo Dolls. He would've loved to see them perform. Maybe next year though!

We were able to make it to the bear show though, and they had 2 baby grizzly bears and 2 brown bears. The two brown bears in the show, "Fred" and "Ginger", were actually the same bears that they used to make the movie Bother Bear. They did a ton of cool tricks and we had a lot of fun watching them.

We cooled off with the best fresh strawberry lemonade I've ever tasted and topped off the night with a yummy melt in your mouth funnel cake! Not the healthiest of treats, but what would a trip to the fair be without funnel cake? All in all we had a great time and we were so glad we went! Here are some pictures of our evening...

Supporting my habit!

Ok, not really, any of you who know me really well, know that I really don't own any purses or handbags besides the one I currently use. That's not to say that I don't like them, I just know that I am susceptible to going overboard on buying them. My purse right now is on it's last legs and starting to look pretty shabby. I've loved it for as long as I've had it, but I fear it is time to retire it! So, this is my attempt to get a super cute handbag for FREE! Nothing better than that right? This website has some super cute ones too. So if you want a shot also, go take a look at their website. It's http://www.hanbagplanet.com/. To celebrate the October 15th launch of their new website they are giving away 24 handbags in 24 hours. One lucky lady receives a handbag each hour, and who doesn't love giveaways?! It's worth a shot, good luck!

Tag you're it!

I know the pictures really don't have anything to do with the tag but I always like to see pictures so I thought you might also! Here's a couple random ones...


Chase and I swimming, his favorite activity!

Chase with messy morning hair and a beautiful grin! One of my favorite faces to see every morning!

Alright Katy, sorry this took me so long, but here goes!

I am up...WAY too late!
I know...my prayers are answered
I want...to swim with the dolphins someday
I have...wonderful family and friends
I wish...I had my nursing degree already
I hate...bad drivers
I miss...family
I fear...losing people I love
I Feel...tired right now
I hear...Kyle rustling around on the bed and turing the pages of his book
I smell...like Abercrombie 8
I crave...chips and fresh salsa
I search...the scriptures
I wonder...what the outcome will be of this presidential election
I regret...not getting my nursing degree before having children
I love...Kyle and Chase very much
I care...for my sweet little boy every single day
I always...tell my family that I love them
I am going...to travel to Europe someday
I believe...miracles happen
I dance...every day with Chase
I sing...to Chase before he goes to bed
I fight...when I feel like I'm being treated unfairly
I write...in my journal more often (recently)
I lose...when I play Tri-Bond
I win...in arguments with Kyle (he would like to add ALWAYS onto that)
I never...get sick of eating out
I listen...to Chase talk and play in his crib before I come in to get him in the mornings
I am scared...of raising teenagers (even though I don't have to worry about that for awhile)
I need to clean...our family room
I hope...to become like my mother
I tag...everyone who reads this, and that means you!

Celebrity Sightings

Ok, I just had to share my celebrity sighting moment with you all. I was doing some shopping at Target today, just a normal day. Not really though! I went to go check out and I'm putting my stuff on the conveyor belt. I saw that there were two young ladies in front of me in line (about in their 20's) and didn't think anything of it. I noticed the girl in front of me was being very weird. She was very protective of her friend and whenever her friend would change positions she would follow her to block her from view. Well the "celeb" dropped something on the floor and said something to her friend as she was picking it up like"oh, that's great" something to that effect and that's when I noticed her. I wouldn't have thought anything of it, except her voice is very distinct. Then my eyes immediately went to her and I tried to act nonchalant and continue to confirm my suspicions. Well as she made her purchase and talked more to the cashier I was able to get a better view of her and her mannerisms and her voice (key word). I bet you're all curious as to who it was...well...It. Was. BROOKE WHITE!



I don't know why I was so star struck! I'm not even an avid American Idol watcher but come on she's, Brooke White and she is amazing. She even pursed her lips you know like she always did when the judges were talking to her almost like she was trying to hold back a smile. Kind of hard to explain but I'm sure those of you who watched last season know what I'm talking about. Anyways I just had to share my moment. I told Kyle and he was like, "did you talk to her?" and I was like "NO, I probably would've stuttered and made a fool of myself and her friend was obviously going to great lengths to keep her from being noticed." I'm sure the last thing they needed was a grown woman freaking out and saying, "Oh, my lands! I wish I had a camera, no one will believe me, CAN I HAVE YOUR AUTOGRAPH!?" That's my story though and I thought it was pretty cool, even though Chase was my only witness.