Mari-Beth and Kevin

So Much Fun!

2011-12-16T23:19:00.000-08:00

He is still a BOY! Woo Hoo! We are SO excited. He is over 7 days ahead in development in every area. He's healthy and everything looks perfect. We didn't change my due date- but the doctor said we'll keep an eye on everything and they won't let me go much past my due date of April 23rd if he decides to take to long to join us. I feel him move everyday and Kevin's been able to feel him for weeks as well. I LOVE it! I'm so glad it doesn't make me think of Aliens every time he moves. I was a bit worried about that. ha ha. There have been new symptoms I don't love so much. My ankles like to swell, and it makes them hurt sometimes. They've gotten pretty big, not my favorite. I was SO excited last night when (after reclining for hours and drinking tons of water) I looked down and I could see my ankles bones again. It's funny the things we celebrate! I will take swelling over throwing up any day! Life is GREAT!

Thank you for the information. Feel free to share more if you think of anything else. :)

So many questions...

2011-11-22T20:50:00.001-08:00

For those of you who don't know.... we are gonna have a BABY! Life is crazy and so fun as we try to plan for the future. We are 18 weeks right now (4 1/2 month for those who don't speak pregnant language). So, now the questions start. Well, I've gotten some answered along the way. The big one on my mind tonight, What do I need? I try to look at baby stuff on line and there is just to much stuff. How do you know what to get and what not to get? We have our official ultrasound next week- which will hopefully confirm we are having a boy. Does that help narrow down what we need? I would love some input from you mom's out there. What are the essentials? What are your must haves? I think I will stop there for tonight. I don't want to put to many questions in one post. Thanks for you help. I'll post pictures someday- when I take some. :) I don't even have any of my belly yet. Oppps.

Once upon a time...

2011-01-15T22:06:00.000-08:00

...Kevin started this blog for us with the help of his friend Mark,(thank you Mark) and ever since I have failed to keep up with posting what happens in our wonderful lives. There were promises not met, and pictures that never got posted. Today I will not make any new promises. Kevin gave me a wonderful camera for Christmas and I'm so excited to be able to take pictures again. Some may even make it on here. Our Facebook accounts stay much more up to date, so if you'd like to follow them send us a request. But here is a little update on our lives. Kevin is in his last year of his undergraduate degree. YEAH! He's still working in research as well up at the U of U. And any chance we get we try to find some way to play. Snowboarding is in season right now. Kevin is very patient teaching me and I love watching him go through the park. So, here

are some pictures of our events since Christmas. We are SO blessed and have the best families! I hope everyone has a great new year!!

New Years Eve @ Mel and Ryan's

We spent new years eve with family. We played some Just Dance, Basketball, and prepped Kevin's snowboard. (and I fell asleep) Kevin woke me up at 11:45pm so I could be awake for the count down. We love spending time with our nieces and nephews, they are the best!

Happy New Year Everyone!!

New Years Eve - Kevin beating Melanie at B-Ball

Bella and Jaxon helping prep Kevin's board

Bella wanted to help so much- she kept taking the iron from Jaxon

Blue Bird Snowboard Day

Kevin and I spent the day on the mountain. Kevin took me to the "my size" park. It was perfect.. ha ha. I love spending the day up there in the clean air. Kevin is so patient. Love you babe!

Heading up for a beautiful day on the mountain

Kevin trying out Boxzilla

Learning on the "my size" box

Kevin played around too and got some cheers from the kids

After the day of playing, getting ready to head home

Tom's Birthday Party

My big brother turned 35. Wow, can you believe it! It was so fun to spend time with the family. He has the greatest kids! They've figured out the Kevin is a great toy. It was so fun to play with them. I can't wait till spring so we can all go fishing.

Kevin helping Keven (nephew) walk on the ceiling at Tom's birthday party

Zach (nephew) just finished walking on the ceiling-

once the camera was on he turned into a ham- what a cutie

Trip to the Zoo

2010-05-30T11:20:00.000-07:00

Flashback to last fall:
We wanted to take Sailor, Jaxon, and Annabella to the Zoo, but when it came down to going only Annabella could come. We had a great time checking out all the animals and playing in the park they have inside the zoo.

We got to see the baby elephant playing with it's mom.It's so cute!
Annabella just had to climb on the Rhino.
The bears are one of my favorites! Don't you just want to pet them.
The Tigers were so beautiful. Daddy here is scratching his back. Annabella was afraid of them. Kevin had to hold her.
After seeing the real thing, Annabella wanted Kevin to pose with here on statue. There were a bit less scary.

We also got to see another baby. I'm told this little guy didn't survive the year. So sad. Look how cute Mom and baby are!
All kinds of birds wonder the park, Annabella wanted to get SO close, but only if Kevin would hold her. She's so funny. She really is "Kevin's little buddy".
We only got a glimpse of the gorilla... not the best angle.
but they did have a statue, I love this picture.
After running around for hours we took a train ride around the zoo and it even took us into some of the habitats.
On the train ride we saw a park- Annabella climbed on everything and loved it!
She's so independent, we had to run around after her and try to keep up.
She really loved the slide, she did this over and over! Look at that happy smile!
After a full day of playing and running around we headed home and slept.

Trip to the Planetarium

2010-05-30T11:00:00.001-07:00

Flashback to last summer:
We took Sailor, one of Sailors friends and Annabella to the Planetarium to see the IMAX 3-D Dinosaur movie.

Although we got Annabella to wear the glasses for these pictures- she wouldn't keep them on for the movie. She eventually fell asleep in Kevin's arms, instead of watching the movie. So cute!
After the movie we explored. Here they are on Mars.
Then the Moon.
Annabella wanted to hold Kevin's hand and help him explore.
Sailor concurred the Moon

When we were all done at the Planetarium we walked down to the fountain in Gateway mall. Annabella was afraid of the water shooting out. We all got a little wet and then headed home. It's so fun to spend the day with our nieces, they are so fun!

Mallory & Mitch Wedding

2010-05-25T20:45:00.000-07:00

Sacramento Temple

It was a beautiful ceremony. I'm so happy and excited for Mallory and Mitch! Thanks for letting us be part of your day. These are just a couple of the pictures Kevin took.

Mallory and Mitch when they first came out of the Temple

Mallory and Me
(Mitch's family are in the background)

Kevin and Me
sorry I cut off your head, love ya

Me in my bridesmaid outfit

Here are the pictures of the Dress and Vail.
My Mom is the GREATEST! After dress shopping with Mallory I asked my Mom if she was up for a project. My Mom is a very talented seamstress and I LOVE working with her. She agreed (YEAH) to make Mallory's wedding dress with me. She spent a lot of time teaching and coaching me on top of everything else it takes to make a dress. This is the second dress we've done together. It was so fun to have an excuse to see my mom at least once a week to work on it. It took about two months to finish. (My Mom having two full time jobs and me working as well, that's not to bad) Mallory was such an easy bride to work with. She looked so beautiful. Thanks for trusting us, and for giving me the opportunity to learn from my Mom. It was great!

Updates

2010-05-25T20:37:00.000-07:00

Yup, I'm back. Sorry to all of you who check (or used to check) to see what's going on in our life. I decided not to try to update in order from last year. I'm just gonna jump to more recent pictures, and every once in a while I'll do a flashback and get you something from last year or maybe older. Thanks for checking on us again.

Just a side note- Mark and Melissa- I just found out that it wasn't Kevin who started our blog for us... Mark... it's your fault. Kevin didn't even know (or remember) or blog address. Hmmm, I'm not sure how I got assigned to take care of this. Don't worry Mark, we can still be friends.

FISHING

2010-02-02T20:50:00.000-08:00

From Spring to Fall 2009

Yup that's snow... it's March 2009, Fishing season has begun. I'm not sure why Kevin all the sudden decided he not only loved the outdoors (which he always has) but that he loved fishing and camping as well. This was the begining of a summer full of hanging out by the pond or lake with a pole. It was GREAT! I don't think you can catch a fish your first time fishing in years and not get hooked. Well, Kevin was hooked!

Weber River

Fly fishing wasn't a big leap for Kevin. He watched video's and read magazines. And spent time researching what rivers were the best in Utah to fly fish. This is the Weber river. No luck this time.

Cute outfit Hu?

Owen's outfit wasn't much better... ha ha.

Kaysville Pond

Kevin's first Bass. It looked so cool! I think he caught this one at Kaysville Pond- I don't remember. Good size! This fish was so heavy. Nice Job Kevin!

Pineview Reservoir

We went float tube fishing for the first time in Pineview. It was a little creepy if you ask me. But so much fun. Huntsville is so beautiful. I wouldn't mind living up there. More days on the lake with Kevin, I'll take it!

Kevin caught huge fish. None we wanted to eat though.

I just tried to get some sun. I am so white. I did a little fishing as well in the float tubes. As usual I didn't catch anything.

Farmington Pond

Kevin taught AnnaBella to fish this summer. This was the first of many fishing trips with her. We got her a little purple fishing pole for her birthday. She even caught a fish all by her self on her fishing pole this summer. How cute!! She never wanted to leave Kevin's side. She truly is Kevin's little buddy. (she loves to tell everybody that fact) On this trip Kevin would cast the line and she would reel it in. They whole time she was reeling it in she would say "we got one Kev" over and over then... nothing. No fish on the line. It was so funny.

After a long day playing at the pond AnnaBella was SO tired! She took a long nap when we got home. This is one of my favorite pictures.

Provo River
Kevin hooked a fish that was huge- they are skilled in evasion though. It jumped out of the water and dove like crazy and broke Kevin's line before he could let more out.

He had pretty good luck there never leaving empty handed.

Trip to Eden
After hanging out with friends in Eden all night, we decided to visit Owen's mission President before heading home. We came prepared with fishing poles and ended up spending the day playing out back by their private pond. The fish were elusive which lead us to spend at least the next six hours playing and trying to catch them.

Owen and Shannon tried to trick the fish by fishing from the boat. It didn't work. They didn't have any more success from the boat than we had from the side.

We tried fly fishing, rod and reel, nothing was working. We did get a couple bits. A true test of patience. Kevin is SO patient when he's fishing, he could do this all day.

Patience finally paid off for me. I caught the biggest fish! Kevin taught me well. I pull of the red neck look really well here too. A true fishing picture.

Next thing we knew, there was snow and ice. Fishing season over. Well, maybe next year we'll take up ice fishing.

POOL PARTY!!

2010-01-14T20:54:00.000-08:00

Pool Party at Dan & Steph's house.

Kevin sets the mood while we eat lunch.

Alex and Me
Sailor trying to catch the foot ball... right between the legs

Looks better this time! Nice catch!

AnnaBella jumps from the side...

getting up her nerves...

to jump from the diving board for the first time! She's fearless.

BIRTHDAYS

2010-01-14T20:03:00.000-08:00

July 9th

Happy Birthday Kevin!

This was my birthday suprise for Kevin.

I made this cake. It was so fun. He loved it!

Food and fun.

We had a BBQ and played games. Wii and ping pong. It was a fun night!

Food... mmm

Adriana, Jason and AnnaBella

Luke and Oliver. (Kimmy was at girls camp, missed you)

Rachael and Scott , Brian and Tori

and you can't sing "Happy Birthday" without Owen and Shannon.

Thanks to everyone who came and played with us!

Happy Birthday Kevin! I love you!

July 1st

Happy Birthday to Me.

AnnaBella put the candles in the cake. Ice cream cake, it's the best!

Making my wish...I'm not telling

Kevin made my birthday great. Thanks for everything!

Camping with Friends

2010-01-14T19:35:00.001-08:00

Camping with:

Owen, Shannon and Nick; Taylor, Jen and baby Noah;

Brian and Tori; and the Dogs. We were up in MoteCristo. (I probably spelled that wrong)

It was SO beautiful!

Tori cooked up some awesome food! I'd eat her camp cooking anytime.

Roxy taking a nap- what a sweet puppy!
Lexi and Roxy try to find some dry ground. We put down a blanket with a tarp on the back. Sweet puppies! They were troopers for their first camping trip.

Before the rain started we played at the lake.

And Kevin fished, he looks like a true cowboy.

Nick (Shannon's brother) took a risk and decided to try swimming in much colder water than he's used to. A lake in Northern Utah is nothing like the beach in Florida.
Grace and Lexi went for a swim as well. It was Lexi's first time swimming. She did GREAT! They worked together to bring back the sticks. It was so cute.

On the way home- Lexi was pooped. She played hard on her first camping trip. She was so obediant too. This is how we all felt. Cold, wet, tired.
We wouldn't trade it though. What a fun camping trip.

Summer Wedding

2010-01-14T18:44:00.001-08:00

Jason and Adriana Cook!!!

They got Married June 2009, in the SLC Temple.

It was a beautiful wedding.

I didn't get many pictures but here are a couple I did get.

What an awesome cake. It tasted good too.

Check out this car! They were pretty excited to get on the road...

and off to California for they're honeymoon.

In the top picture- my brother Owen

In the bottom- Kevin and I in our wedding party clothes.

What a fun day! We love you Jason and Adriana.

I need to get some more pictures to put on here.

Summer Days

2010-01-14T18:31:00.000-08:00

Getting ready for summer. Our nieces and nephew couldn't wait for good weather to camp. So, we popped the tent in the basement. It got a little crowded. But we had a great time!

Sailor and Annabella sound asleep. So cute!

I told you it got crowded. I'm taking the picture... so I was somewhere in there trying to get some sleep. Hm, when it comes to camping outside, I think we need a bigger tent.

AnnaBella on the left, Sailor on the top, Kevin in the middle

(I was somewhere in here), Jaxon on the right.

March- Spring Break

2009-09-14T23:00:00.000-07:00

Our trip started out with the ride from the airport. I was so excited to see my Family!!! Kevin was excited too, maybe a little more excited to be off the plane.

Faith took over Kevin's glasses.

Lookin Cool!
(I just got off the plane... just ignore that!! :P)

Teancum took my glasses. He's always smiling... even under the binky.

Look at this cutie sleeping. I just want to snuggle him!!!

My beautiful niece! She's a little princes. I love this picture, look at her eyes.

Future heart breaker.. boys watch out.

Kevin taught Teancun how to arm wrestle. He would grunt and try so hard. When he would win (which was every time) he would laugh and get the biggest smile. He's a strong kid!!

Finishing Kevin off. :)

Faith wanted to "fly" Kevin. He is holding his own weight... she thought she was SO strong. She laught the whole time.

Of couse Kevin taught Faith to arm wrestle as well. She laughted and laughted. She arm wrestled like a girl... lifted the elbow and put her weight into it. *Nice Job Faith*

She thought it was the GREATEST when she won. Kevin would flop onto the floor.

I love this picture. We took the kids up to Scottsdale Mall to play in the kids play area. It was the coolest! I wish I had this growing up! Nathan is holding Faith up to look out the window of "her house". She was so excited to show me "her" house.

Check this place out. Nate is climbing out of a ship window. The detail is amazing! Some day when I'm rich- I'll build one of these in my house for my nephews, nieces and of course my own kids. (If it takes a long time... for my grand kids)

I got Teancum to stand still for just a second at the head of the ship to take his picture.

I think Faith was harder to get to stand still. She was so excited running around showing me everything! I think this is her favorite place to go. (mine too!)

On the way home the kids were OUT! What a good way to get them ready for bed.

They had so much fun!

The next day, Kevin and Nathan definetly kept the kids happy. (again) It was so funny to watch. Their laugh says it all.

We had so much fun spending time with all of them. One week isn't long enough!!!

MARCH- Spring Break

2009-09-14T21:44:00.000-07:00

There are more pictures than this... I'll get those up as well, here is a taste. March was so long ago!

Getting ready to play! YEAH for the pool!! We were so excited to see the sun and feel the heat. Utah has been COLD!

Checking out the pool, I'm so white!

My guys... Hot Kevin, and brother Nate!

Some things need to be taught by an aunt. :P How to stick out your tongue in pictures. Faith is a fast learner.

Yummy 2nd Birthday Teancum! Alaina did a great job!

(sorry the icing was frozen, that didn't make it easy)

cute boys! (wink goin on... he was obsessed)

He learned how to wink this week! So freakin cute!!!

King for the Day- Birthday boy Teancum

Kevin's proof he took O Chem with him on Spring break. He got extra credit for bringing on the trip and taking pictures to prove it. We got the people at Dave and Busters to open the jumbo claw machine and let us put the book inside. They were awesome!

It was so hard to leave! I missed them before we even got on the plane. Flying home... Kevin sure looks comfy with his new travel pillow.

March-New hair color

2009-06-21T18:33:00.000-07:00

Here you go Dannette. My blonde/red hair.
I also got some newly trimmed bangs.

It was a late night

a fun night too.

MARCH- concert night

2009-06-21T18:09:00.000-07:00

Jason and Brian came to support! Thanks guys! Front row seats... they didn't even have to pay extra for VIP treatment.

The talented MEN!

Tuning up for the next song...

Thanks to Rick Folland for comming out to make sure the sound came through loud and clear. They sounded great.

Thanks everyone who came! My Mom and Doug even came to hang out with us! Thanks again!

It's been a while since they've played a show... but of course we will let you know when your next chance to check them out comes around. Great music and great friends!!! What more could you ask for?

To Long...

2009-06-13T15:01:00.000-07:00

It's been to long since I updated this! I decided I'm going to go through and update by each Month I've missed- and all the GREAT things that happend during that month. I have a lot of picture to share and some cool stories. I have the GREATEST FAMILY ever! (I have pictures to prove it.) Make sure you check back in the next couple days.. I will start posting the updates this weekend. Most recent news I want to share with all.... MY SISTER Dannette is PREGNANT! Love you sis! I can't wait for you to be a Mom.. you will do a GREAT JOB!

CONCERT NIGHT

2009-03-03T16:17:00.000-08:00

it's tomorrow... are you coming? We'll be there! It's free to get it in- and they have good food. Do you know where it is? It's at Johnny on Seconds. 2nd South and 2nd East in SLC. Hope to see you there!!! :)

Friends are the BEST

2009-02-26T21:15:00.000-08:00

Black and White party in Provo 2008

Kevin's concert, yup 2006

Black and White party 2008 again

We love you Chessy! I miss you!

Disapearing blogs

2009-02-17T09:52:00.000-08:00

Today all my blogs were gone. No pictures, no messages. Does that happen often? Everyone has these super cute blogs... with wall paper and pictures... does your blog ever disappear? I haven't put that much effort into it.. but I imagine I'd be pretty upset if I logged on after all that work and it was all just gone. What's going on???
Ok- I posted this entry and *bam* they were all back. I guess it's one of those days. A Tuesday that feels like a Monday.

Concert Night

2009-02-13T11:19:00.000-08:00

You all missed out! It was a great show. They sounded great and we had a blast. Next one is March 4th. We hope to see you there. :) Then maybe you'll be in a picture that makes it on our blog.

This is for you Mark....

2009-02-11T15:06:00.000-08:00

... that's right... well, I guess for Melissa too. Ok, it's an old picture, but look how HOT Kevin looks! :) I have a whole slew of old pictures to post, then you'll be able to see how far we've come. I'll put them on the slide show on the right side... if I can figure it out. (that will be for you Shannon.. no words) Mark, I didn't forget.. http://www.awoodphotography.com/galleries/chrisanddannette/ there is the link. My sisters wedding was beautiful out in Colorado. It was October of 2008. My Mom and I made her wedding dress. It turned out, and looked great! (My only claim to fame) She's a beauiful woman...so that helps the dress took better. I'm not sure I'll volunteer for that again.. hand sewing lace takes a long time. (She's was worth it though) Love ya sis!!

Christmas is over??

2009-01-03T12:16:00.000-08:00

Well, back to work and... well, work. School doesn't start for Kevin for another week. :) Kevin told me last night I was responcible for updating this... we'll see how I do. We have lots of pictures, soon coming, from all the Christmas activities- and some in the SNOW. Yeah!
Kevin is scheduled for his first surgery of the year Jan. 14th. The third day of school (great timing). I guess that's all the update right now.... and just for you Shannon (I know you want to be updated often) I LOVE KEVIN! (the broken, handsome man that he is) ;)

Yay!!! My blog is SUPER!

2008-12-04T09:02:00.000-08:00

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