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some stuff

2012-01-19T20:56:00.000-08:00

just thought i'd share.

a little bit ago, hattie emptied out the laundry basket and laid everything on the floor all nicely as "decorations" and then put a blanket over her head "like mary" and put a baby in the basket as baby Jesus. she's carrying the basket around the house. she just told me "hold this joseph" and then, "joseph, i found my lipstick"

it's so cute. everything lately, since christmas time, has been "mary and joseph." she was playing with barbies... mary and joseph... some little penguins, her crackers... it's so cute. she just loves the christmas story.

and then here's some pictures from last week

here's our family
hattie was being so funny. she didn't want her nightgown to hang down so i tucked it in for her. then she wouldn't untuck it. then she was standing really weird and posing with her belly out. we were laughing pretty hard.

2012-01-03T13:58:00.000-08:00

here are some pictures from the last month. i sure love these girls!

2011-12-28T19:02:00.000-08:00

i absolutely loved this movie and wanted to share it. it made me think of hard times i've had and how there's always hope for better times that will come. it's an uplifter :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nczw6xHJ0I&feature=player_embedded

going for it...

2011-11-14T14:35:00.000-08:00

so... i've convinced chip to try going without animal products in our food for the next month. (excluding thanksgiving... and maybe a couple other exceptions) (apparently that's called flexitarian)

starting today. (yikes)

why?

. just for fun

. we feel like the meat and dairy industries have gotten way out of control and we don't really want to support them.

. we feel like heavenly father did not intend for animals to be mass produced and consumed without even a thought of the animal that produced it.

. we've heard that there are many health benefits to eating plant-based foods and we want to see for ourselves.

. and i've always wanted to be one of those people that says, "oh sorry, i can't eat that because..."

we will probably be kinda strict this month cuz we just wanna see what it's like. but in the future i can see eating meat occasionally and also indulge in some cheese and ice cream here and there. yum. we just don't want to eat so much of it.

so some of you already do this and if you have any good advice or resources please share. and if any of you have any good vegetarian recipes... please send them along!

anyone want to try with us??

(a couple good videos that have caused us to even consider this: forks over knives, and food inc. and i've started reading a book called original fast foods and i really like it.)

and this picture was just cute!

happy birthday

2011-11-05T19:51:00.000-07:00

dear grandma,

i had a dream the other night that i saw you and hugged you and cried.

i miss you

i wish you could see my little babies.

i wish you could teach them how to make beds like you taught me.

i wish you could bring them stuff from the thrift shop. i always loved that!

i wish you could come visit me in my new house. i'd cut a rose out of our yard and put it in a vase on the table for you.

i wish you could see my little family. i'm so happy. you'd love chip.

just want you to know i am thinking about you today! on your birthday!

i'm glad to know i'll see you again!

i love you,

becky

happy halloween!

2011-11-04T11:31:00.001-07:00

hattie and grandma playing the piano! it was so fun to watch hattie learn that the d key is in the kitty home!

and i got the biggest kick out of chip's costume this year. i laughed every time i looked at him!this little one is so smiley! as her personality is coming out she cracks us up!

"look mom! my tongue is pink!" i don't know how she knew that.

just too short!

2011-10-17T10:52:00.000-07:00

fun with saiji and grandpa!

and so much fun with the sugus!

we got to meet the new clark addition, Teo.

i love the new silly face!
and i was loving this side pony!

like i said, just too short!

just some more pictys

2011-09-21T22:19:00.000-07:00

hattie has started making funny faces for me and i love it

here's a better picture of the wall

2011-09-19T09:24:00.000-07:00

hopefully you can see the word now.

ahhhh... thank you chip for bringing us here!

2011-09-16T21:02:00.000-07:00

look at this girl. she loves this!

do you see what i see in this picture?? (you may have to click on it to enlarge it)

mommy omi's awake!

2011-09-13T15:12:00.000-07:00

you know a guy named b.b.

2011-08-22T22:23:00.000-07:00

today i was at a stop light in my hot car with my windows down. i hear this "excuse me". there's this big hispanic man. and he asks me "do you know a guy named b.b.?" i say "no." the light turns green. and we're off. what if i did know a guy named b.b. what was this guy gonna do? say "hey me too"? part of me wishes i had lied and said "yes" just so i could have seen what he was going to say about b.b. in our 3 second moment together.

2011-06-28T14:36:00.000-07:00

i just love being a mom of these girls! it's so fun. (and hard.)

this is one of hattie's friends. it was so cute to watch them walking and holding hands.

hattie and omi just hanging out on the grass. doesn't it look like they're chatting? "so omi, when mom says, 'do you want a time out?' just say 'ya' and it'll make her crazy..."

morning hair

2011-06-24T12:08:00.000-07:00

check out my new blog. (not to replace this one)

thankyoupillow.blogspot.com

it was inspired by a glance in the mirror at 4 am and then time to think about random things while i'm half awake as i'm feeding omi.

2011-06-21T09:45:00.000-07:00

i went to bed with a nice little ponytail and woke up to this

of late

2011-06-11T19:13:00.000-07:00

i thought this was so cute. you can't see but she has her tu tu on too too.

omi's so smiley!! i love it!

love this picty!

four weeks

2011-05-30T12:23:00.000-07:00

2011-05-27T10:49:00.000-07:00

we've been loving our new baby! she's so sweet! she hardly cries. she loves her sleep. she's eating well. last week she had gained almost 2 pounds from her birthweight. i feel great too! number 2 is a lot less stressful for me! (number 1 is still pretty good at stressing me out... she's so busy! and so two!) i feel like i've adjusted pretty well so far... i've taken them to the grocery store, the beach, the mall, today we're going to the library... it's kinda fun to have to try and figure it out. i like to, if i do go anywhere, just pick one place and see how we handle it. i am very grateful for the moby wrap that kimmy let me borrow. naomi loves it! and so do i!

Hattie just LOVES Omi! she's so cute with her! she's really good about being gentle. whenever she sees her she gets a really high voice and says "oh baby! she's so cute!" there was one time that made me worry. hattie said, "mommy look!" and i looked at her and she was carrying omi!!! Other than that, i'm only worried that hattie's growing up too fast! there have been a few times that i've been busy with omi and hattie asked for help doing something. since i couldn't help her she eventually figured it out and then got all excited and said "mom i did it all by myself! i didn't need you! i don't need you mommy!" so good for her but so early to not need mommy!!! don't you think? and now she's telling me "let's go outside." so better go.

here are some pics from about a week and a half ago... so Naomi already looks a little different.

(sorry, they're a little grainy from the settings i had my camera on... just pretend they're not.)

we're buying a home!!!

2011-05-14T23:03:00.000-07:00

we got a super good deal on a little townhome!

we love it!

it has a little patio!

and a lemon tree!!

so excited!

just thought we'd share the news

she's here!!!

2011-04-30T17:14:00.000-07:00

naomi ishi

and she's so squishy!!!! i love it!

just loving it here

2011-04-26T08:59:00.000-07:00

just waiting for the new little one

2011-04-18T20:55:00.000-07:00

whatever you are, you have something to wear when you come! we are so excited to meet you!

2011-04-05T16:14:00.000-07:00

the two people i love more than anything

i just love to spend time with them!

little hattie prayers

2011-03-29T20:22:00.001-07:00

hattie loves to pray. she usually repeats bits of what we say and adds her own thoughts here and there. even when it's not her turn to pray. it's really cute! last night hattie was saying our family prayer and chip was helping her. he said, "help hattie to sleep in her own bed" trying to get her to pray for that (which she usually does) and instead last night she said in her prayer, as if correcting him, "sleep papa's bed." haha!

some highlights... so many pictures...

2011-03-26T11:07:00.000-07:00

chip took these pictures at the arizona temple. they are so cute of hattie! we got to go to kim davis' wedding. it was such a great trip! it was so nice to stay with erin! and help her count her crackers!

chip caught this awesome picture on our way home! it was so fun to pass you on the road christy! i liked your bangs!

jordy and my mom took hattie to build-a-bear for her birthday. it was so cute! this is her pushing her new bunny around in her car.

and... just playing around

hattie's birthday party. thanks for taking pictures kimmy!

i made a zebra cake. it turned out really cool!

we went out to the vineyards in temecula last week to do some wine tasting. just kidding about the tasting. now would be a really funny time to start! the vineyards were SO pretty and i had no idea they were there until a couple months ago. so close!

and playing bubbles with jordy

astronaut?

2011-03-22T15:11:00.000-07:00

thanks rene for the awesome new fanny pack! it goes perfect with my arm warmers! where did you find that?! and how did you know i was looking?

wonder bear

2011-03-17T20:03:00.000-07:00

hattie loves this book that i found at the library.
i was drawn to its fun cover. when we took it home and looked at it we were pleasantly surprised! i've never seen a book like it.
it's called Wonder Bear by Tao Nyeu
it has no words and it's super imaginative.
every night hattie wants to look at it and help tell the story before she goes to bed.
when we point to the bear and ask who he is, she says with the most dreamy look, "wonder bear!"

you should check it out at the library...
or i'm going to buy it on abebooks.com for super cheap (3.96 and free shipping!).
i also found another book by the same author that looks fun. called Bunny Days.

just thought i'd share!

3.14

2011-03-14T21:22:00.000-07:00

happy birthday little hattie megumi!

we love you!

birthday breakfast date with papa

happy birthday chip!

2011-03-03T21:08:00.000-08:00

wE're so gLad yOu weRe borN!

here's why:

2011-03-02T13:49:00.000-08:00

uh... what is this?!

came across it on youtube and thought i'd share! you don't have to watch very long to see what I mean but watch at least long enough to see the guy stand up and dance!

sorry christy, i know you're really into this guy.

look before you lick

2011-02-18T09:21:00.000-08:00

yesterday chip came in the room with what i thought was some yummy frosting on his lip for me to lick off... it was a piece of tissue on his shaving cut. yuck!

lots of pics

2011-02-17T20:08:00.000-08:00

i loved this face i caught of hattie. haha.

we got to see jeremiah and breanne and their little kenna last weekend. it was fun to see them and kenna is such a cutie.

uh... don't even worry about her sagging diaper. it's just salt water. and it's a huggies.

i love hattie peaking out of her little seat. we had so much fun riding on the trail that goes to the oceanside beach.

check out hattie's face in this one!

hattie does not like to be restrained. she was so happy when she finally squoze her arms through the tops of the straps of her carseat!

these are from a few weeks ago but i thought they were cute.

sorry kim. i thought this picture was funny. i think she was saying "don't take a picture of me while i'm talking."

we had a fun day with aunt elida. kimmy gave her a haircut and i took pictures. it was fun. i thought i'd share.

some pics

2011-02-11T14:04:00.000-08:00

hattie likes to walk down to the garden and pick our amazingly still-growing green onions from last year and eat them. she's getting good at discerning between the long grass and the onions. after she eats them, i smell onions for the rest of the day.

at the park at the beach!

hattie likes to push the sea anemones and watch them squirt!

check out these shoes i found at the coral thrift shop! they are dc shoes.

and check out that crazy bullet-ish belly! it's so different this time around! sometimes i catch glimpses of myself like this moment here, just walking by the window, and WOAH beck, you look so weird!

i love watching hattie's little hands. they are so cute. right here i think she was trying to cut the weed with her hand.

maybe that strawberry guava was a little sour...

one last thought... i LOVE to hear hattie's little feet running down the hall coupled with the sound her little diaper makes as she goes. it's so cute! i don't ever want to forget it.

some of hattie's favorites

2011-01-24T14:02:00.000-08:00

the cat was purring still

these little counting toys are so cool! hattie loves them! they're from a store called Lakeshore. it has so many cool learning toys for all different ages. it's a family favorite!

some pics

2011-01-18T09:26:00.000-08:00

these are really scattered but here are some pics to catch up the last month

hattie's house all decorated for christmas. aunty jordy helped. chip's motto: what more do kids need besides a cardboard box? (and christmas lights)

hattie loves pack-a-backs (backpacks)

sneaking a pomegranate

look how cute little lydia is!

hiking in fallbrook. didn't know you could do that huh? it was such a pretty view. we could see the ocean.

hattie loves her sandbox. and her little barbies. she likes to get them wet, then stick them in the sand so they get all sandy, then put them back in the water to see the sand disappear.

rene, anthony and saiji came to visit. it was so fun to see them!

playing at the beach.

santa got all covered in soot when he was coming down the chimney

playing at the beach

all the heimbacks were together this christmas! it was so fantastic! (yes chip, david, and stanley, you are totally heimbacks)

wild animal park:

beach again. (chip cut my hair... he did a pretty good job. now my mom keeps telling him he needs to cut jordann's) (you can't really tell but the back is pretty mullet-ish. it's real nice in the mornings)

today it's only 4 inches...

2010-11-02T23:08:00.000-07:00

but one day the size of this pumpkin.

chip got really creative with his pumpkin sculpting

good job chip it looks really cool

due april 26 2011!

muchos nachos

2010-11-02T22:29:00.000-07:00

check out the daddy daughter costumes!! Hattie was so cute as nacho! and so was chip! We don't really give Hattie sweets very often but we let her eat candy on halloween and she LOVED it. When we got home i looked through her candy bucket and found little bite marks out of a tootsie roll, and a baby ruth, wrapper an all. Any time she got a candy she would stop and try to eat it. And then she was super wired the rest of the night. She blabbed all the way home and then when it was time to go to sleep, she was climbing all over us. I used to think the whole candy making kids hyper thing wasn't real but now my eyes have been opened. All the next day, and even now, when she would see candy or we would say something about halloween she would say "fun." It was all very fun! I realized this is why we celebrate halloween :)

Jordy was proud of her first pumpkin that she carved COMPLETELY by herself.

Jordy, Lydia, and Hattie. This was "fun" too!

Hattie LOVES her new cousin!

fun with the little one

2010-10-19T20:23:00.000-07:00

hattie's first big-stick! mmm she loved it. you can't see her very well in this picture but she was posing really cute.

she loves her wings that i found at a thrift shop and she suddenly likes her tutu that kimmy made for her.

picnic

conference

seaworld. they had a great deal going on for year-passes. hattie LOVEs shamu.

um... she was laying on the bench in front of one of the acquariums like this. i thought it was pretty funny.

playing in the sand - ocean beach

CONGRATULATIONS KIMMY! (a little late)

barbequeing with grandpa!

happy october!

2010-10-13T13:14:00.000-07:00

it's been sooooooooooo long... part II

2010-09-02T11:14:00.000-07:00

this one's a definite doozy! sorry! i think i can do shorter ones after this though... i just had to catch up!
(these are backwards chronologically... in case it looks like hattie gets younger by the end. I usually make sure it's all in the right order but there are just too many pictures :)

here's our camping cutie! she got so dirty and scraggly in the redwoods.
this was at the bottom of our hike. it was a cool little beach that we hiked down to.

crazy jordy.

i loved this picture of jordy with her blond hair flailing.

woah chip!

and what is goin on here?

salamandars! They're one of my favorite things about the redwoods! I think chip came to feel the same way! they're so cool.

camping with papa!

oh yummy! sorry christy.

where's nata's body?

love this little hunny!

oops on the whole sideways thing...

first ice cream cone!

clam chowder on the pier. mary. devon. scrumptious.

happy wedding mary! It was such a wonderful wedding! I was SO happy i could be there!

oh ya, 4th of july was so fantastic! I've been missing the San Clemente fireworks for 6 years in a row! that was bad! I loved them this year! It's my favorite place to be on the 4th!

cute pic of little megumi

and another...

this was the beginning of summer. hattie loved to pick loquats off of the tree and take bits of them and then put them in her basket. she would grab her basket and point toward the tree whenever she wanted to go.

and is that really it? wow. like i said, there won't be so many pictures in the future. i just had to catch up.

it's been sooooo long...

2010-08-11T23:23:00.000-07:00

so remember how we were supposed to be in guatemala... turns out we didn't go. Here's a catch-up with lots of pictures. Sorry... I kinda went on blog strike because we don't have our computer right now and the others that we have are just a lot slower. I'll be better from here on.

Chip graduated in may with his MSW from the U. I'm SO proud of him! it was so great to see him walk at his graduation. Rene made us some awesome shirts to show our support for chip. Thanks rene! I still wear mine :)

I bet anthony does too.

The only bad part about chip graduating was leaving this little guy...

and these little guys...

and this little lady...

and these little guys... (except the one in the middle)

and these little girls...
and these little guys!

but now we get to be in this place! one of my favorites!

yep. we moved in with my parents in CA

I got to see these girls for a weekend! It was so great!

and I've been lovin' this pier!

And since we didn't go to Guatemala, why not Hawaii for 3 weeks! It was splendid.

Good job jimmy!

and now we're here with this little one...

and i'm loving it!

this one's for you jordy:

Wow, that's a lot of pictures. This is just the first half of the update...

Since we've been back from hawaii, Chip's been looking hard for a job. No luck yet. He has a part time job doing grocery inventory stuff for now while he looks.

Our car now has california license plates and chip got a california license! lisence? I can't remember now. I think it's a little late. anyhow, it's official! See... this is why i never sit down to blog. it's taken me 2 hours to upload all these pictures and write all this.

Still to come:

mary's wedding

christy comes to visit

rene and anthony come to visit

and we're off to the redwoods!

lots of pictures

2010-04-01T22:52:00.000-07:00

since it was so cold today, i put hattie's warm dino outfit on. plus, i wanted to see her walking around in it. it was so cute!

sorry there are so many pictures! it's so hard to choose.

at least once a day:
ever had this happen? sorry it's a gross pic.
we got to have a sleepover with these two crazies. it was so fun! it was the "best day of their life because we let them eat cookies in bed." and they sure loved the piles of whipped cream with their fruit for breakfast. don't tell their mom :)

hattie LLLOOOOVVVVVVEs the laptop. she'll sit there and type type type just like she's seen her papa do. it's so funny to try and keep her away from it.

i love how she was loving doing this:

we love hattie's hair after we take out her rubber bands.
hattie had mud pie on her birthday! it tasted a lot better than it looks!

hattie loves her backpack. chip bought that backpack for her for christmas when she was still in my belly! isn't that cute! it's so fun to see her walking around with it on.
love this little guy!
we went out to antelope island during chip's spring break. it was pretty cool! there are buffalo everywhere. and for a moment i felt like i was on the coast! it was nice.
see, doesn't it look like a coastal scene?

catch up on hattie

2010-03-04T09:47:00.000-08:00

So just to catch up a little bit, hattie is walking now. I don't think I ever posted about eating solids or crawling. She took her first steps in the beginning of January and is all over the place now. It's crazy how fast babies grow!

Here's a little video of some hattie moments in the last month or so. I wish I could be recording her all day! She is just pure entertainment for us!

happy birthday chip!

2010-03-03T08:50:00.000-08:00

so glad you were born! life is so wonderful with you!

2010-01-17T12:58:00.000-08:00

These are really scattered but here are some pics from the last little while:

My grandpa passed away on Thanksgiving so Christy and I headed down for the funeral. He loved to fly so everyone threw little airplanes during the services

beach + sunset + the loves of my life
crazy sami
improvising
some more pictures from my grandpa's services
I snuck this great picture of my parents...

hattie's first time meeting saiji
fun with the simpson cousins:

we found this cute chair at DI! don't worry it's really clean and in good condition.
we went to the living planet aquarium and loved it! doesn't hattie look like a little doll in this picture!
i thought this picture was so funny
rene made this beanie for hattie! she's so talented!
here's our christmas tree. I strung cheerios to put on it and hattie had a lot of fun chewing them!
There may be more later. so much has happened since I last posted but I figured that was good enough for now :)

New ClaRK Addition!

2009-12-12T12:12:00.000-08:00

Congrats Rene and Anthony!

Yeah! Hattie has a new friend to play with!

hallo.weeny.roast

2009-11-04T21:08:00.000-08:00

little hattie was a hotdog for halloween. she was the cutest hotdog i have ever seen!

we thought about trying to make her a long-legged person like this but the hotdog just worked better
halloween was so fun! we got to go trick-or-treating with the sugus.

i loved this picture of hattie. look at her little hands. and she's all nestled up in her papa's neck.
On halloween we also got to go the the Temple with chip's family to seal Dale (chip's dad) to his parents and his sister (who are all three deceased). That was such a wonderful experience! For those of you who don't know what I'm talking about, as members of the LDS church, we believe that in the Temple we can be "sealed" by the power of God to our family members, making it possible to be with them throughout eternity. (click here for a non-intrusive, clear and simple explanation)

we went to a party dressed like this and won a prize (a toilet scrubber... we actually needed one so it worked out great!)
hattie eating grass and delighted to be doing so.

any recommendations?

2009-10-28T11:59:00.000-07:00

does anyone have any good recommendations for books (or anything) that could help me to know what things i need to make sure and do with hattie to help her develop the best that she can? i would really like some kind of child development book that is not a text book. i would like something that explains what hattie is thinking and/or experiencing in her world and how i can assist in her development. can anyone help with that? i just don't want to fail to give hattie something that she needs.

thanks

could a week get any better?

2009-10-20T15:08:00.000-07:00

2009-09-30T21:42:00.000-07:00

A lot of produce...

from our garden

A lot of fish...

from the ride home with the pregnant fish we bought at the store

And a whole lot of poo...

from megumi

2009-09-25T11:21:00.000-07:00

Thank you for the great picture Jordy!! I absolutely love your artwork!

And so does Hattie!! It's hanging right next to her crib.

baby? ...or wookie?

2009-09-01T15:38:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday MOM!

2009-08-31T10:09:00.000-07:00

Happy birthday mom! I was thinking today of times we've had together and there was one that stood out. A couple of years ago on mothers' day you told me you had something special for me and you told me to close my eyes. So I sat there with my eyes closed waiting for something really cool... and then SMASH! you threw a plate full of whipped cream into my face!! that started a huge whipped cream and syrup fight (we were eating waffles) with me and you and christy while christy's kids sat and watched us really confusedly and chip just laughed! Christy poured syrup all in my hair. that was so gross! we were all laughing so hard! where did that idea come from anyways??

Thanks for all the fun times we've had and thank you for being such a good mom to me! I hope there are more times like this to come! If i was home I'd smash some whipped cream in your face... but i'm not. i love you and happy birthday. i hope someone gets you!

2009-08-24T13:30:00.000-07:00

It's so fun to play with the camera when you have a cute little model...

sorry there's so many. enjoy.

fun stuff lately...

2009-07-27T15:04:00.000-07:00

once again, we're obsessed.

Here are just some cute pictures of hattie laying on her mom.

and her crazy hair in the bath

chip was holding hattie up in the air over his head and this is what happened...

this was just a cute picture of hattie

last week we got to spend the day with the sugus. it was so fun! they are such great kids! they loved husking corn!

We got to take a little family trip up to bear lake this last week. it was so heavenly!! we camped in a little RV park and spent the day at bear lake.

We found this little pirate ship for hattie. it was a perfect size raft for her.

We all floated together in the lake (don't worry... it was like 2 feet deep so it was totally safe). Hattie didn't stay awake very long in her little ship. it was so cute!

while we were out floating, this little dragon fly kept flying out over the water and then landing on hattie's hat. he was a cute little guy.

this picture was just cool with the blue color accent.

I made this onesie for hattie :)

hattie still loves books.

Hattie started giggling for us a couple weeks ago! it's so cute! I put her in the swing the other day and she let out some giggles for us! Here's a video:

Some of the laughs are coming from a little boy swinging next to her so don't be confused.

hattie megumi - 4 months

2009-07-21T15:05:00.000-07:00

just playing around with the camera...

I miss jordy!

2009-07-17T10:38:00.000-07:00

after hattie goes to sleep...

2009-07-16T08:45:00.000-07:00

this was just hilarious! we were laughing so hard last night making lots of these!

(you may have to turn up your volume... and don't tell chip i put this up:)

some recent pics

2009-07-11T22:19:00.001-07:00

We love hattie!

She got an exersaucer and loves it.

We had a fun fourth of july. We watched the fireworks at sugarhouse park...

Then we hiked donut falls. it was such a pretty hike.

where's hattie in this one? taking the picture. she's good, ya?

here it is!

2009-07-04T13:33:00.000-07:00

happy birthday little rascal!

2009-06-12T17:20:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday to our FAVORITE little sister!!

We're so glad you were born!

We wish we could have come to your party! hope it was fun!

We love you SOOOOOO much!

this is hattie singing happy birthday to you!

since i posted last...

2009-06-11T13:15:00.000-07:00

chip went to japan for 2 and 5/7ths weeks

(he'll have to write about it. this is just a little sample of pics)

so hattie and i went to california

jordy had a great idea to put hattie in her american girl doll stuff! hattie makes the best doll.

now we're all home together and happy to be so!

hattie likes the zoo.

and she LOVES being read to! she really does. it's crazy! as soon as we open a book in front of her (pictures or not) she starts smiling all big!

lots of pictures

2009-05-06T09:18:00.000-07:00

Hattie was blessed by her papa on sunday! it was such a nice blessing and so many people came to support us! unfortunately we didn't get to take many pictures of all the guests because our camera died. we really appreciated everyone coming! it meant a lit to us.

Grandma Lily and Grandma Dana made a dress for hattie's blessing. both worked on it. it turned out so beautiful! Thank you grandmas!

This is us just hanging out after the blessing... it eventually started pouring on us.
Hattie slept through the whole day!look how long her legs are in this picture!

Kimmy came to see us and it was so fun to see her!
These kids love their cousin!
We got to go to a couple of jay r's football games!

We're just happy!

hattie update

2009-04-21T10:44:00.000-07:00

hattie started smiling for us a couple days ago! we were so excited!!! Here are some pictures of her smiley face...

and this one is just cute

this is one of our favorite faces she makes - little lips!

we took this video right after the first time she smiled at us. there are a couple little smiles in there. it's cute if you have the time.

it's official... we're obsessed

happy birthday christy!

2009-04-09T16:54:00.000-07:00

we love you and miss you! we hope you had a good 35th birthday at the beach!

Pictures of Hattie

2009-03-19T11:55:00.000-07:00

For some more cute pictures of Hattie, look at Rene and Anthony's blog (on our list). Rene took some CUTE pictures of her with her mad photography skills. Thanks Rene!

hattie megumi

2009-03-18T08:33:00.000-07:00

born on 3.14.09
7 lbs 9 oz

Here's Bex on Saturday morning on the birthing ball getting ready for the next contraction!

This is Bex and little HAttie Megumi only a couple of minutes after she came out. It was sooo neat to see this cute little spirit come into our lives!!

Hatties first ride in the car all wraped up in Grandma's blankets and ready to come home for the first time!!!

Hattie is one good yawner

Look at those cute little toes!

2009-03-11T18:17:00.000-07:00

Today (since I'm no longer working and I'm just waiting for little baby to come) Christy and the Kids and I went for a stroll at the zoo. It was a lot of fun. I especially loved these little prairie dog holes for people to pop up in!

I've had some requests for pregnant pictures, so here you go...

On sunday, Chip and I met up with our friends at Mark's house to have an engagement party for Justin and Erin. It was really fun. Congrats to Justin and Erin!

We played a game where if you roll doubles on dice, you have to throw on a wedding dress, veil and gloves and you dig into a candy bar with a fork and knife until someone else rolls doubles and rips the dress, veil and gloves off of you. Here are just a couple pictures from it:

Poor little mary. Looks like Natalie got doubles.

We got a new camera the other day and I was just playing around with it while I was waiting for my appointment today. It was just me and the receptionist in the room... maybe she was a little weirded out :)

was that my pants ripping... and how big is the rip?

2009-03-05T21:47:00.000-08:00

So the other day at work I squatted down to grab something off the ground and i heard a "rip." I was pretty sure it was my pants and right in the front. The only problem was I couldn't see over, or around, my belly to see where they had ripped and how big the rip was... Oh well, what do you do?

Getting ready for baby

2009-03-05T21:31:00.000-08:00

So, since we're in a one bedroom apartment, we've turned our closet into the baby's room :) Chip took off the closet doors and woopida-bam! We're set.

We are so excited for her to come! She's due march 15... Yesterday was my last day at work, so now it's just wait time.

are you the Wok?

2009-01-28T19:27:00.000-08:00

so, here is a dumb thing I said the other day. Um... I say things like this often and get a good kick out of it later on. This time I was really curious what they said to each other as we went our separate ways! So, I've organized a "pedometer challenge" at my work where people, in groups of 5, walk to San Diego in 4 weeks. I've asked each group to come up with a team name. One team of 4 guys in their 20's approached me and as I was talking with them, they informed me that their team name is "wok n roll." I laughed, then looked at the asian in the group and said, "are you the wok?"

Who does that, and what does "are you the wok" mean anyways?

Flyin, jumpin and soarin!

2009-01-24T14:11:00.000-08:00

We thought you might enjoy a couple more great shots of the beautiful beach with Becky, Jordy and bump!

Now this is a great jump! Wow! Look at that form!

Isn't that a great lookin bump!

The tide pools were sooo neat! We saw tons of starfish, sea anemones, crabs and even dolphins!

Look at those colors! These guys were everywhere.

tHaNK yoU cHip

2009-01-21T09:41:00.000-08:00

I just want thank chip for how nice is! Always! it's so hard for me to get up in the morning so I'm always running late for work. Lately it has been so cold every morning that there is frost on all the windows and it makes me about 10 more minutes late because I have to scrape off all the ice... And I'm always so annoyed with myself when I get to my car because I didn't think about it before-hand. Today, as I walked out to my car, I realized that someone had already scraped off my car. This morning, while chip was hurrying his little self off to school, (I know he was already running a little late, which he does not like) he managed to make me a sandwich AND scrape off the car! It was so nice of him to think to do this and make himself a little later to class! It was just a little thing but I was so happy that I didn't have to scrape off the car this morning! And that I have a sandwich to eat at work! This is just a little taste of what a great man chip is! He is always doing stuff like this! He is so good to me! I love him!

Quick catch-up

2009-01-13T20:52:00.000-08:00

Sorry for all the pictures but here is a quick catch up for the past couple months...

A fun visit to the zoo with some crazy kidz.We spent a free night in park city and got $50 for free too just for listening to a presentation. It was Great!

This is our first REAL Christmas tree and a with a cute miniture sock creater to top it off and this great wreath was hand made by Bex.

Slippery sleding with the Sugu's and Simpson's
Sweet jacket!

Crazy snowmouse

Go Utes!!!

Fun in the Sun in beautiful San Deigo!

A trip isn't complete with out Jumping Pictures even for this cute pregnant woman!

Star-belly sneetches!

halloween

2008-11-03T18:43:00.000-08:00

We spent part of Halloween with the sugus. They were all football players except for sami. I was a granny... a pregnant one. I won a prize for being the most unrecognizeable at my work! We went trick-or-treating at the mall and it was so fun! Chip's costume was a huge hit! I could not believe how many people stopped and stared at him... and how many people asked to take his picture.

Doesn't his head look photoshopped in? it's so crazy. And I loved looking at him from behind because it looked like a headless guy.

These are our pumpkins :)
Here's a picture of a ton of people taking pictures of Chip!

HaWaii!

2008-11-02T14:33:00.000-08:00

We got to go on a trip to Hawaii a couple weeks ago and it was WONDERFUL!!!

We went hiking, snorkeling, playing at the beach, driving around and we spent time with Chip's Family. I loved meeting them and we loved spending time with them.

It is so windy at this one place that chip almost blew away! I'm so glad he didn't.

This was when we were at the airport on our way home. Don't you want to go jump in that beach behind us! It was so fun to spend time with Chip's Grandpa. He is such an amazing man!

And of course, a trip isn't a trip without a jumping picture or 3.

Chip's Uncle Jimmy took us spear fishing and it was so fun! I caught two little guys... they looked so much bigger under water when I speared them. Chip threw up 2x. He got a little motion sick.

We ate a lot of shave ice. mmmmm...! This is us with Chip's cousin Aaron (the one on the far right) and it was really fun. p.s. what do you think about that beard?

We got a really good deal on the cheapest rental car but when we went to pick it up, Chip's grandpa became friends with the manager (as he usually does with anyone!) and she let us take this instead!

We found a vine to swing on :)

IT's A GIRL!

2008-10-30T11:37:00.000-07:00

let's hope the doctor is right!!

We are so excited!
Any of you that guessed right, give yourself 5 chip and becky points! congratulations!

we're expecting!!!

2008-10-23T18:33:00.000-07:00

In case you didn't know, we're due march 15th! we're about 20 weeks along and things are going great!

what do you expect it is? we'll find out on tuesday! take your vote!

changing my ways

2008-10-06T22:28:00.000-07:00

So... I'm not a big reader. I've always wanted to be and now that I'm not in classes I feel like I can give it a shot. My institute teacher shared a piece of Les Miserables with us in my institute class as an example of repentance and I got such a huge desire to start reading it. The next day I went to the library and picked it up - the abridged version of course. I am LOVING it so far! I think this is going to be a great way to start off my new life as a reader!

caLiForNiA

2008-09-12T08:45:00.000-07:00

I had a really productive trip to California last week. My Aunt Donna and I drove down because my Grandma is sick. Donna helped a lot with my Grandma while I spent a lot of time playing with Jordann and the rest of my family. It was so fun to see everyone! Jordann is in Soccer. It was so fun to watch her play! She is really good! This is a picture of her triumphant run through the tunnel.

It was so nice to finally spend some time at the beach! I love the beach! The water was so nice!! Jordy and my mom and I played in the water with floaties and it was fantastic!

While I was taking a little nap on the beach Jordy created these little guys with some charcoal she found. I thought they were so great! And as you can see, Jordy is great at taking jumping pictures!

I really loved these pictures! Go Killpack sisters!

I also got to spend some time with Kimmy! We had a sleepover and kimmy made some yummy home-made flan! MMmmmmm...

I hadn't seen my friend Allie since highschool and it was so good to see her!

Sisters!

It was really great to see my Grandma. She is pretty sick right now. She has cancer and is doing chemo-therapy and radiation. I was really glad to be able to spend some time with her!

On the way home, it was so beautiful when we were driving through Utah. We pulled over to take some pictures.

beaR LaKe and a little bit of TaTe

2008-08-22T10:26:00.000-07:00

Chip had a few days off before he had to go back to school so we decided to take a little trip. I've been dying to play in some water, so, since we couldn't make it to the beach, we went to the north beach of bear lake. It was so fun!

Funny story... so we drove up to bear lake and got to the campground we were planning on staying at at 9:30 and they were closed... they had closed at nine. So luckily we found this little RV campsite that was so cool! We tried roasting pillsbury cinnamon rolls over the fire. (that's what those little foil things are) The next day we went to bear lake and here are some pictures from there: sorry, there are a lot

After a while it got SUPER windy and so we had some fun in the wind. We thought we got some funny pictures...

And this house was just cool.
We were really tired at the end of the day so we took a nap on the grass of the Tabernacle in Logan. We felt like bums.
Before we went home, we got to spend some time with Sam, Shauna and Tate. It was really fun to see them!

RisKy buSinEss and the GigaNtic grApE

2008-08-12T20:14:00.000-07:00

So, I taught Chip how to play Risk the other night. He beat me big time! The following are pictures of him winning. He ran out of blue armies so he had to start using the red armies too.

I also just wanted to show you what we found in our bag of grapes:

Home-made hummus... didn't know you could do that.

2008-08-07T10:00:00.000-07:00

This recipe is from Lily. She has lots of great recipes.

1 can Garbonzo beans
Lime/Lemon juice (a squeeze)
1 Tbs. Sesame seed tahini (I couldn't find it at the store so i just threw some sesame seeds in there)
1 Tbs. Olive oil
2 Tbs. Water
1 clove garlic
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. cumin
black pepper (to taste)

throw all this stuff in the blender and you'll get some yummy hummus.
Right now i'm dipping some celery sticks in it and it's so good!

THANK YOU RYAN AND HOLLY!

2008-08-07T09:54:00.000-07:00

Sorry guys, this is the only picture I could find of the two of you! But THANK YOU!!

Ryan and Holly saved our lives because they gave us their air conditioners! Ryan and Seth even came in and installed them for us while we were gone!! Chip and I are sleeping better at night, we are happier, and I think we're gonna live longer now! I don't have to walk around with ice packs any more! THANK YOU SO MUCH! You guys are the best!

today i wish i was a penguin

2008-08-01T14:43:00.000-07:00

why? because then i could play on the beach with these guys. i also think it would be really cool to be able to slide on my belly like penguins do.

just thought that i would share with you my thoughts as I am sitting in my warm little apartment with an ice pack on my back. this is what we do to keep cool in our apartment. i usually sleep with one and i often take one in the car with me when i go to work :) it's pretty funny!