Sweethearts Forever!

Holiday FUN!

2012-01-05T15:11:00.005-07:00

It was a really fun Christmas this year! We got to go up and spend it with my family in Washington. The weather was perfect the whole time except the last 2 days it started raining. The drive up and back was LONG...but we made it safe and sound! The only way I remember everything that happened is by pictures... so that is why I post so many! Here are things we did!

Before we left, we took a little break for Justin to stop studying for finals and went bowling! Fun and he is now Graduated from BYU!!! So proud of him and happy we are done with the school thing for a min.
The Sky...dancing on that bowling floor.
My family all together for Christmas... this is Christmas Eve with our matchy pj's and my grandma was able to come from CA to spend the holidays with us too.

Christmas morning... Skylar just cuddled and loved this pillow and blanket thing.. elephant.. she didn't move for a while... also with her Taylor's slippers on

We took an afternoon and headed over to Vashon island on the ferry to spend the day with friends and family. It was fun and the kids loved the boat.
Taylor down at the beach on Vashon
Justin and I got to sneak away for a night and spend it up in Seattle. It was a lot of fun to be gone from those kids for 24 hours while my parents watched them! We went to dinner, saw a movie, and did a lot of walking in the rain! It was fun!Headed back home on the ferry from our fun Seattle trip.
We finally made it home to Utah in time for the BYU bowl game for Justin and New Years Eve. Taylor thought this was the best party ever!

All the little cousins were over at Wirigs for a party and the little girls all loved dancing to the kinect dance game

At the little kids' "new year" that game at 9:00 pm we rang it in with a lot of noise, countdown, and another sparkler dance from the big kids and parents while they all watched out the window. One last treat before their bed time so that we could have a fun time as adults playing games and whatnot. There were a ton of fireworks out the back of their window at midnight and a lot of floating lanterns.. Taylor can't get over that and still sings the Tangled song whenever she talks or thinks about it!
Everything is great and we are loving the new year already. This little baby is growing healthy in me and we will welcome HER in just a few short months!

Let the Fun Begin!

2011-12-01T13:14:00.002-07:00

Thanksgiving was great and it was filled with Wirig Family Fun! We took family pictures and so I am just getting ready to get those Christmas cards out. Life is fun and busy! Justin graduates in a couple weeks from BYU and he is busy busy at work as well. My kids are growing up so fast and it is sad but so fun at the same time. They keep me entertained and exhausted! I love my little family and I can't wait for this December month because it is jammed packed with fun-ness! We get to go home to Seattle this year for Christmas and I can't wait to spend time with my family up there! Merry December 1st everyone!
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Oh and we are expecting our Baby #3 the beginning of May! Kinda crazy but I'm all about popping these kids out as fast as I can because being pregnant is NOT my favorite thing in the world...but bring on the kids. We find out what this one is on the 13th...

Halloween and Birthdays!

2011-11-17T19:46:00.002-07:00

So a lot has been going on but it has been a fun past couple of weeks. Halloween was fun. We had a little neighborhood/friend trunk or treat, and we went to Justin's work party at Adobe where they deck out the whole 2 buildings for Halloween trick or treating. It was fun. Taylor really wanted to be Rapunzel, so we got the wig and everything, but it was tricky to keep on because it was so heavy. We put it on Skylar's bald head and she wore it all around. She looks funny with hair, but hopefully when she has her own, it will look awesome!

We went to
Taylor was invited to her friend Payton's birthday party where a real princess, Amera, came and told the girls stories and danced and took pictures with them. They were all so excited and dressed up in their little princess dresses. There are so many little girls in our ward that are Tay's age and they have a blast together! LOVE IT!
This girl is my sister, Larisa, and she comes twice a week to watch my kids for a couple hours while I can get away, run errands, do anything I want for myself and by myself. I LOVE it! She is the best and my girls LOVE her!
Last but not least, our little Taylor turned 3 on the 13th of November! I can't believe it and I love her so much. She is so funny and smart. She is more like my little mini me buddy I can count on to laugh at all my lame jokes and silly faces. She sings every song she has EVER heard and especially Christmas ones right now, she can HARDLY wait for Santa to come to her. Everyone is also her "best friend" these days.
Life is great and I can't wait for Thanksgiving. Stay tuned for some great updates!!

As of Late...

2011-10-25T14:19:00.003-06:00

It has been a busy and fun past few months. We had a great summer and now that it is officially fall, we are full swing into the long sleeves, fall decorations, and little outings where we can have fun and still keep warm. Here is a little of what has been going on.

Me and My sky baby at Kara and Carter's wedding. Awesome day and we are happy that they are now our neighbors!

We took our little family down to California for a surprise for my mom's 50th birthday. All my sisters and brother were there along with my aunt and uncle. We stayed at the Malibu house which is always fun right on the beach. We went to disneyland for a couple of days and celebrated Skylar's 1st birthday!

We took a drive up A.F. Canyon this past weekend and even though most of the pretty leaves are gone, it was still fun to see all the colors and spend the time with just us.
Taylor is constantly wanting us to put her princess dress ups on...so we took it to Malibu with us and she chased her cousin Peter around wanting to dance with Prince Peter all day every day.
Yes...She is now 1 year old! Crazy. She is so funny and cute and we love her. She has been kissing us goodnight while hanging upside down, since she was born and now when it is bedtime, she doesn't let us kiss her unless she is upside down.

Justin went out of town for work a while ago and I was dreading being home alone all week. He left me with a survival kit basket when I woke up...
There is a little "beach" by our house that we went to with our playgroup girls, so fun!

Sky has been walking since she was 9 months old...she is a little crazy mover

Life is great...More to come very soon..................

Summer Has Been CRAZY fun!

2011-08-18T14:19:00.007-06:00

It has been so long since I have posted anything on this blog! Pretty sure I don't have anyone that checks this anymore, but if you do, I have an update of our summer happenings! There are a lot of pictures for my own self, but enjoy if you would like.

This summer has been so busy and full of fun! We have spent a lot of time at the pool, playing outside at parks, reunions, and trips to St. George. The 4th of July was a lot of fun and we did the annual neighborhood parade at Justin's parent's house. Taylor marched the whole time. We had fun that day swimming and eating loads of good food. I took the kids down to St. George with my sister-in-law Kara to watch their cousins while Stu and Danielle went on Trek. It was so fun to spend time with Kara and all of those little kids. We went to a splash pad, toddler time at the library, played outside doing water games, and just hanging out. One of my best friends, Mikale, got married last week! I am so excited she is back in Utah. She was such a beautiful bride, and I also got to see some old familiar faces from the Raintree days!

We just got back from Panguitch, UT from the Barton family reunion. (Justin's side) It was fun to camp and hang out with everyone and meet more family that I never had in person. They are all so great and its so fun to be part of a huge awesome family. We were only there for a few days, but it went by fast and the kids stayed busy playing with all the other little cousins running around.

Update on Taylor... she is the funniest kid in the world. She sings CONSTANTLY, she is in gymnastics, loves to pray and read her scriptures (wooo so far so good) and she is just a great little girl. I am so lucky she was sent to our family!

Update on Skylar... She is now 10 months. She started walking at 9 months old. She is EVERYWHERE! Her and Taylor LOVE each other. They laugh and play all day long. She tries to repeat words we tell her, but she can say mama, dada, tayter, gma, papa and who knows what else. She is such a loving little girl who loves everyone. We love her so much and it's so fun to watch her grow!

The SKY sleeps with her bum in the Air... just like my little sis used to
Girls at the Reunion putting on their makeup for movie night
At The kid store at the Barton reunion

All Ready To race to the finish line

Kids Tug Of War...
Everyone at the Reunion Listening To Instructions for Family Style The Amazing Race Game
It was pretty hot but we had fun
Heidi, Alli, Me and Angela at Mikale's reception
Tay Dancing the Night Away
Emily and Me and the Temple
Mikale and Ammon
In St. George Playing in the Sand With Cousin Jillian
Big Cousin Camden Playing Pictionary Man with These girls
Taylor at the Splash pad in st. george... Not knowing whether to go all the way in or not
More of The splash pad
Toddler time where they sing, dance, color, and read books at the library in St. George
Tay is In Gymnastics... she is pretty good
Sky wanting in on all the action
Sparklers
4th of July kids watching the games
Big Cousin Josslyn loving Sky
Family hot tubbin Time
Tay loves to swim.. We love her swimming suit
My Sisters and I Went out to dinner in SLC with my grandma.

Wirigs Take over Disneyworld!!

2011-06-01T12:37:00.011-06:00

So Fair warning... lots of pictures, but its for my own record!

Last week we got back from a very fun-filled, exciting, and awesome trip to disneyworld... thank you to Justin's Parents!! IT was amazing. EVERYONE got to go...12 kids under 10... and 12 adults! WE all made it on the plane and 4+ something hours later we landed in Florida! We boarded the disney bus that took us to our disney themed hotel! We swam around and went to bed. The next morning bright and early we were all up and headed to the first park, Hollywood Studios. Fun. Kimball and Kara went to their version of american idol we got to go cheer kimball one of the final showdowns. I was chosen to be in the Indiana jones show... thank you fam for volunteering me... it was a fun day. The next day we went to magic kingdom which is basically disneyland on a bigger scale. The kids LOVED that and it was super fun to watch them and be with them. The next day we went to animal kingdom and went on an african safari. AWESOME!!! Seriously, I couldn't see any fences protecting us from all those things right by our cruiser. Then we went to Epcot for the other half of that day. We went back to magic kingdom the next day, and then our last day we spent touring the world back in Epcot. IT was very fun... VERY HOT and HUMID!! Holy cow! We woke up at 3:30 sunday morning to head out to the airport... so that was a couple hours of sleep that night at best. Boarded the plane and made it home safe and sound to new snow on the mountains and freezing cold weather! RIDICULOUS if you ask me! The dream is over and back to real life. We are so grateful for the chance we got to be with our whole Wirig family and the love we feel for everyone of them is... well its big ok. Big is the only word I know how to spell out of all the other words i Am thinking :) Thank you betty and kimball/mom and dad Wirig! It was awesome!

Taylor's Face on all these rides are priceless! She was FINALLY here and she couldn't have been more happy about it! She soaked it ALL up and was a trooper through it all!

Waiting for Fantasmic to start with Grandma and Grandpa, cousins, and uncle Mike

She has been waiting to go on the Winnie the pooh ride with Grandpa!!

Epcot

Finally Found some grass for the kids to crawl around and play on

Waiting for a parade to start

Now winnie the pooh with Grandma

One of our meals we had a sit down dinner with all the winnie the pooh and friends!

Taylor really couldn't believe all her cartoons were now real! She had to hug and kiss them all

One of her faves... daisy duck

Me and Skybot

Our family got our own boat/car on all the rides because we were big enough

The true face the Small world Ride!

Happy to stand in line in some Air Conditioning!

Kara and Me... Peter pan! Do-da-doooo

Some of the kids with Woody and Buzz

Heaven Help us... airplane ride home...exhausted...

Skylar flirting with the flight attendants

And taylor dreaming of it all over again...also, a bandana keeping headphones on her ears while she falls asleep to dumbo...

It was a good trip... Thank you again Betty and Kimball! We love you!

And a Happy Mothers day it was...

2011-05-09T10:34:00.004-06:00

Happy mothers day to ALL women out there! I am so blessed to have the cutest, aw

esomest, funniest, and happiest kids ever! I am so grateful every day for the chance I have to be a mom. I do admit it is SUPER hard sometimes and I wonder how I will survive the day without losing it, but I think motherhood is something that heavenly father NEVER lets you do alone. I think there is always some "extra heavenly help" always with you. I can't imagine my life without these girls in my life. I'm so humbled by the opportunity to raise these children of God. I love you Taylor and Skylar!

Thanks to the best husband ever too that helps me get through day to day. HE is a GREAT dad! They love him so much. HE made it a beautiful mothers day! We also got to witness our niece, Alice, get blessed in church yesterday too. I love babies! I'm grateful for a wonderful mother-in-law who I feel so loved by! And I am grateful for all the mothers/women/friends out there who have impacted my life for good!

Last but not least my own mother! She is a rockstar of a mom! I love her tons and happy that she has never stopped loving me... even when I've been really hard to love... like ALL of High School! You all are amazing!

Taylor is all white... from her hair to her clothes so sorry if this blinds anyone... it was really bright outside... so that doesn't help

Some people have requested comparing taylor and skylar.. so this top pic is of taylor at 7 months and the next one is skylar at 7 months...

Easter '11 and such

2011-04-30T16:32:00.006-06:00

Easter was a fun time this year. Every holiday is just more and more fun the older our kids get. Taylor actually understood the whole easter bunny thing but more importantly understood what Easter is all about. If you ask her what happened on Easter she tells you that Jesus died and then 2 angels moved a rock after 3 days and he was resurrected. Not bad. Her nursery leaders were loving it. Saturday we had a big easter breakfast and Egg Hunt in the Wirig downstairs...all the cousins and everyone was there except BJ, Katie and their two cute girls... we all missed them very much though! So Taylor is full blown hilarious/terrible twos...so that keeps me busy.. and skylar is crawling like crazy and has 3 teeth so far! Life! Whew.

Here are the kids all Huddled around their Aunt Kara

Easter Morning!
Taylor Strikes a pose EVERY time a camera is around... she is pretty good at it too haha
Awesome bed head!
She looks like a lion when she rolls out of bed... much like her mom... and again another Tay pose
Easter Card in the mail from Grandma and O'papa katz
Digging into her easter finds...

Her and Cousin cole... a year younger but they are buddies!!
Kids goin wild in one of the rooms!

Just waiting to go downstairs!!!

Wow... long time, long post...

2011-04-06T11:56:00.005-06:00

So its been a couple months since I have posted anything on here... so I will try to remember what we have been doing. Time just seems to be flying by. These kids are getting so big so fast. Taylor is almost 2 and a half. Skylar is 6 months old. Taylor weighing in a generous 23 pounds... at least she has made it onto the doctors "chart". Skylar is a whopping 14 pounds and is 25%ile for everything. Taylor is singing and dancing her way through every day. She has a HUGE imagination. She cracks me up everyday... mostly all day. Potty training is done, and then we go on a trip or something and throws it all off... ONE day she will be set to go, um I hope. Sky is happy and sits up, scoots ALL over the place, almost has the crawling thing down, has one and a half teeth. She is getting a new crop of fuller hair. She sleeps great and taylor and her LOVE each other. Justin is doing awesome this semester in school and keeping busy working full time at Adobe still. He is a busy guy and we love him for all he does. He just got back from Cali on his first "work trip". Sometimes I wonder when I will get a "work trip". But that would include taking my kids, SO... don't know if I would be up for that. I stay home and play and be Mom all day, and I wouldn't trade it for anything. I love these two little crazies. I am grateful to be a mom and to be able to spend so much time with them. It gets overwhelming at times and hard, I'm not going to lie, but in the end it is ALL worth it. Conference was great, but again, I need to reread/listen to it ALL because I have a couple busy bodies that don't exactly allow us to pay attention to anything but them.

Taylor and Me just hanging out and having a good time.

Justin and Tay at the park. (This pic cracks me up, looks like he is holding her up by the scruff of the neck or something)

Taylor and cousin Carter at chuck-e cheese
Went to get sky after she woke up, taylor had been in there previously, and stuck her with a nice eye sticker. Skylar didn't move a muscle. Just deer in headlights look until I removed it.
At the aquarium

Just watching her big sis run around and go down the slide...

My friend Emily and her husband invited me to go to the Jazz game with them. Fun to catch up with them and Laci.

Sisters

I've got great family who were just here for conference weekend, and friends who I have seen quite a few of the past couple weeks. Life is still good! :)

Not much here

2011-02-11T14:49:00.002-07:00

January is over... halfway through February. Crazy. I really cant wait for summer... not even summer, spring at least! The girls and I have been cooped up inside all winter and I am losing it a bit I would say. Can't wait to go for walks outside or just anywhere really. I'm done being cold and just want to go play now.
Taylor, as of lately, WONT take a nap unless I stay in there until she falls asleep, which doesn't work all the time because Skylar is awake...or she falls asleep eating "a snack"
Skylar is more pleasant than ever. Love this little girl. She is 4 and half months now and weighs 12 pounds. She laughs a lot and LOVES taylor. As of lately she has figured out how to Roll all over the place.
The 3 here just looking at dad's computer trying to figure out what songs to work out to...
Birthday lunch with my sisters at Nasty Wingers. Sticky fingers salad is pretty good though
Found her sunglasses and she wouldn't take THOSE off at all...

Life is good

2011

2011-01-20T23:21:00.006-07:00

Its a new year. yay. For new years eve we hung out with the whole wirig crew and had a fondue dinner thing. It was fun. The kids always have so much fun when they are together.

Playing ring around the rosies...
The Little Cousins...
Kimball's Birthday Dinner

Taylor was so excited to Give uncle kimball birthday presents at work, and cried for him when we left because he was on his lunch break and she didn't get to see him.
My family came out for a week and half and hung out. Loved it. Here we are at tucanos. Just missing my big brother who had to stay in seattle and work
Taylor loves working out with me. Ha. She picked out her outfit, and I love it. Just getting her snack afterwards.

Here is little chubby skylar. 4 months old now.

Taylor always has to "hold it". But "it" could probably hold taylor instead.
While my mom was here we drove down to st. george for a day and played with my grandma.

At the Childrens museum in salt lake. Taylor thought it was amazing that paper could fly over a fan

She just is shopping and she was LOVING that everything was her size. She loves going to the real store.
Riding a huge plastic horse with her cousin carter
Taylor and carter. 5 days apart. They LOVE each other and NEVER fight when they are together.

And here is a video of taylor singing the 1st article of faith. She loves to sing

Christmas '10

2011-01-05T11:58:00.007-07:00

Kinda a long and lot of pics

Taylor was Very Proud of her decorating

Well Christmas this year was another fun filled time for us! Taylor is now 2 and old enough to LOVE everything about this holiday. She loved Santa ( i thought she would freak but she just talked and hugged him) Skylar on the other hand did not love that big guy. We made gingerbread houses, played in the snow, and just hung out and had a good time. Christmas eve dinner was amazing there at the Wirig house and beautiful as always. That was followed by opening pajamas and having the annual dance rave with glowsticks around the Christmas tree! Finally we went to bed and Taylor was WAY too excited she couldn't sleep. She just kept saying she wanted to see santa (she clearly doesn't get that you have to be asleep for him to come) then she finally passed out then woke up in a frantic at 3 in the morning screaming to go upstairs and see santa. We woke up finally and opened presents and had breakfast with everyone. Then went to our house and had our little family christmas. We were so blessed with lots of love from both families! Right before christmas, Skylar and I flew home to WA to pick up a car and drive it back. So it was a short trip, but I got to spend some time with my grandma and parents! So that was fun.

Kids Dancing with the glowsticks

Sky's first Christmas
Tran siberian Orchestra Dance rave

Story Time with Grandma and Grandpa Great
Beautiful Dinner Table for Christmas Eve
Kids Table and Taylor did not want to sit alone
Grandma "grape" (great)
Gingerbread Night
We made santa's sleigh
Tay
Sky
Kids with Santa
4 Generations

Classic Sink Bath
Loving the Airplane

The End

Family Pics

2010-12-16T20:36:00.002-07:00

Baby Sky... almost 3 months old

Taylor...2 and letting EVERYONE know it

Oh man... pictures with kids is IMPOSSIBLE!!! but, somehow we pulled some off. Taylor is scared of men she doesn't know, and the photographer brought her sweet husband to help her, and she would not smile or stop crying unless he was OUT OF SIGHT! It was freezing, but we got it done. Love my family!

Grateful

2010-11-29T09:59:00.002-07:00

This past week has been great. I love thanksgiving time and that we get to spend a whole day thinking of the blessings in our lives. We spent thursday with Justin's parents since we couldn't get up to Washington this year. I'm so glad that I feel just as at home there as I do with my family. My little sister came over too, so that was fun. Dinner was SUPER and I stuffed myself silly. A few years ago, my back went out and caused me not to be able to go on my mission. I was super bummed, but turned out that I met Justin right then, and now I have 2 beautiful girls. the other day, that same thing happened, and luckily Justin was home so he could pick me up off the floor, and give me a blessing. I feel blessed to have a husband that can do that and that he took care of me and these crazy kids like a champ. I'm grateful for awesome friends throughout my life that have been there for me. And for my family that I feel so blessed to have. I love my life.

Skylar at 2 months old now...

Taylor's 1st snow experience
Sisters...

They love each other, and I love that
And this pic best describes their personalities.
They are funny little kids

3 Years

2010-11-19T17:52:00.002-07:00

Well it was our 3 year anniversary on the 17th. We celebrated by going out to dinner at Christopher's in SLC and then to the Jazz game! It was a blast. My sisters watched the kids, so it was fun to just be able to be the 2 of us for a while! We both are big jazz fans and actually started dating because of us playing basketball in our BYU ward together. We have had a ton of things happen these past few years! Including 2 KIDS!!! Crazy! I love that we are married FOREVER. I'm grateful for temples, that we could be sealed together for eternity and now my girls are always going to be with us! He's an awesome dude, and I'm grateful for every second of our lives together! Life is good!

Welcome home and Tay's Birthday!

2010-11-15T11:01:00.008-07:00

WARNING>>> LOTS OF PICTURES...

So its been a crazy couple weeks. Justin's littlest Brother, Michael, got back from his mission in Denmark! It was so fun waiting for him to come through the doors at the airport and getting to see him come through with that missionary glow. There have been 5 grandkids born while he was gone! His mom and dad have done a good job getting all 5 boys off on missions and one of the girls! 6 MISSIONARIES!! That's crazy! Now everyone is back and we are loving it right in time for the holidays! It was also taylor's 2nd birthday!!! I can't believe she is 2. I love her so much and am grateful every day that heavenly father sent her to us! Our lives have changed for the better because of her and skylar in our lives. We celebrated by going to kangaroo zoo and then watching the BYU game of course and had cake and presents. She LOVES all of her aunts and uncles and cousins and we are so blessed to have almost everyone live SO close to us! She blesses each one of them in her prayers at night.

Taylor and Cousin Josslyn waiting for uncle mike

Part of our crowd with signs...

Brothers just waiting...
we love each other
Kara and Me... happy she is home!
cousins!
Jillian and Tay.. taylor is a year older but they are the same size!

And there he is! Welcome home mike!

Taylors Birthday... she LOVES her new microphone!

Cake Eaters
She loves birthdays! Did not know what to do with herself when it was actually her own!

Aunt Kara being an awesome aunt!~ These kids LOVE her!
The crew that went to the kangaroo zoo...
Loves aunt Larisa
Sisters... Reesa
Happy Birthday Tay... she doesn't look thrilled here but she was just too excited to get in there and jump and slide around.

And I had to post this... she has been potty training and doing AWeSOME! only one accident! But the other day we look over at taylor because she was giggling, and we see this... just sitting there with her underwear on her head. She really is the funniest kids ever!

BYU Game

2010-11-09T12:30:00.002-07:00

Its crazy how time is flying by. Its November and I love this time of year. Christmas songs are playing on the radio, everything smells awesome, and everyone is just happier. We have been able to go to some BYU games this season with Justin's dad having season tickets, he is nice enough to let us come along! Taylor LOVES the games, and screams "defense" "offense" and "COUGARS". Its pretty funny to hear a tiny little voice screaming, everyone turns to look. Skylar went to her first one the other day, the weather was so nice I couldn't resist going on a family outing. Then we had a fun time at the park after!

October!

2010-10-31T13:59:00.002-06:00

Awesome!!!

She smiles

So does she...

Crazy how time flies by and I forget to document things... so, I am going to forget a bunch of stuff, but I will try. We went down to St. George to get away for some fun time with our favorite St. George family! We love our Squires! Its fun to have family other places that aren't super far so we can visit! It was justin's sister Danielle's birthday while we were down there, so we got to spend that with her and play games all sorts, go out to dinner, and have some birthday cake! The whole other days were filled with visiting, playing lot of games, and bowling, and fun! My grandparents also got to come visit their new great grandbaby for the first time and taylor was LOVING them! It was fun to see them for a little bit too. I've been trying to make Halloween fun for Tay this year because she kinda gets what is going on. So this whole past week we did a halloween craft together. That was fun! For halloween, I had NO idea what to make her be... so i was thinking of movies that she loves and one of her favs is "UP" so I wanted something homemade and easy. She was the house from up and Justin was Mr. Fredrickson. They were at a hit everywhere. We went trick or treating at justin's huge work party at adobe and then last night around the neighbor hood. Holidays are SO much more fun with little kids! I can HARDLY WAIT for thanksgiving and christmas. Oh and justin's youngest brother gets home from his mission in Denmark on the 10th. And taylor is almost 2! Lots to look forward to. Skylar is doing awesome and growing SO fast! We love her. She is 6 weeks on tuesday!

2 weeks today...

2010-10-05T13:41:00.006-06:00

Warning.. lots of pics

So, Holy Cow...time flies!!! Its been 2 weeks today since are sweet little Skylar was born. I can't believe it. She had her 2 week appointment today and she has already grown a lot. She is 7 pounds 3 oz. and 20 inches long. I can't convince her to stop sleeping all day and just sleep all night. That is a work in progress that hopefully she will get very SOON! She isn't a crier though. She is easy to please and just likes to hang out. My mom was here for 2 weeks and now is gone and its sad. Taylor LOVED having her here and asks for her all the time now. Especially when she isn't getting what she wants from me. We blessed Sky on sunday after conference so that my parents would be able to be here as well. IT was a great blessing and I feel so grateful for Justin that he could give it to her and for a family that is Forever! I love being a mom and wouldn't trade it ever! Conference was awesome even though I need to go back and listen/read ALL the talks again because Taylor would not stop being crazy. oh and I LOVE that its fall outside!

Our Family for Skylar's Blessing

Grandma and Grandpa Wirig

Grandma and Grandpa Great (wirig)
Grandma and Grandpa Katz

Between sessions we took taylor to a corn maze and farm thing by our house.. she love it

Taylor and I spent a little time together at temple square while my mom took skylar with her to a meeting in salt lake. We had a fun time and tay LOVES that Jesus. She didn't want to leave and she just kept whispering his name.
Best friends
Other best friends... eventually
When we brought skylar home from the hospital.. taylor was all the sudden SO big.. even though she is still little.
Daddy daughter date to the byu game. She wouldn't sleep the other day for her nap, instead she kept saying something, so I went upstairs and listened.. she was shouting, "BYU Cougars!"
Her new baby and stroller from her sister.
Lots of people came to visit at the hospital...

Uncle Kimball
Grandma Great
Aunt Larisa
Uncle Steve
Aunt Danielle, all the way up from St. George!! Thanks for coming! We love you guys!
Aunt Michelle

Aunt Natalie

Grandma Katz

She is Here!!!

2010-09-25T11:58:00.007-06:00

She is here! Skylar Grace Wirig. 6 lbs. 11 oz. 18.5 inches long. Dark Hair and perfect. We love her so much. I went in on Tuesday Morning at 6 a.m. and got induced. Had her at 2:39 p.m. Labor was fine. Delivery was perfect. She had the cord wrapped around her neck 3 times and what they call a "true knot" which just means it was a real knot in the cord and tied tight. But she was fine. Our doctor was awesome and we couldn't be more happy with how everything went. We love her so much and So does Taylor!

Taylor holding her sis for the first time just minutes after she was born. She can't stop kissing her.
Taylor always has to hold "it" she says. With her cousin Carter who is 5 days younger than her.
Our first family photo just right after she was born.

And Taylor at the park loving life. I love her so much and so happy I have two little girls to love now.

39 weeks

2010-09-18T21:42:00.003-06:00

So here I am at 39 weeks. I'm getting induced on Monday if I don't pop before then. My mom is here and we are all excited to welcome this new little girl to our family. Yippee....(if you can guess where this prego pic is taken you are a huge winner! Oh and that mini basketball rocketing toward my stomach is my nephew throwing it super hard at me)

Homecoming, Reunion, Montana

2010-08-12T18:11:00.005-06:00

Taylor and Emma With Aunt Kara who just returned home from Kirtland on her mission. The Ohio, Cleveland Mission (they were 3 and 5 months old last time they saw her)

We all made some signs...here is one of Steve's as a Joke....
All the grandkids waiting super patiently for Aunt Kara

Then it was the Wirig Family Reunion. It was disney themed. Here I am playing Minute to Win it... oh and I won it!

Also, we had a pirate/princess party so since we didn't really plan ahead, we threw together our pirate family costumes out of stuff we had...
The kids putting on a show down on the stage!
Next we just got back from Montana. My little cousin Peter just got baptized. IT was fun to see family and just hang out away from everything. He got baptized in their river since they live kinda far from the font.

The boys shooting some arrows

Some things Taylor does now... HIDES> yep, this is her in my In-laws game closet in their basement... I was looking all over for her and had a feeling to check in there for some reason.. there she was, fast asleep and stayed there for 2 and a half hours out cold.

She also discovered that she loves showers. Here she is loving it.

And just because I have been asked for a belly picture... here is one.. in my pirate costume.. its the only kinda side shot I have so sorry. Now I'm almost 34 weeks.

I love to see the temple

2010-08-02T12:18:00.003-06:00

Taylor LOVES temples. Everytime we drive by a church she calls it a temple, but then corrects herself and says church. But she knows a temple is a temple. She spots them from forever away. Luckily we live just down the street from timp temple. So we stop there on the way home from anywhere sometimes so she can just look at it. Pretty sure she things Angel moroni is a monkey though. She points up and says "monkeys!" then she goes on to sing "no more monkeys jumpin on the bed." so... pretty sure that is where people get crazy ideas what goes on in our temples because of kids like mine that just say whatever. So if you ever hear there are monkeys jumpin on the beds in the temple.. you can blame that one on us! I love to see the temple is her favorite primary song too... love it!

4th, Zoo, Disneyland and Malibu

2010-07-12T13:16:00.006-06:00

Its been a fun past few weeks. The 4th of July was great as usual. We went to Justin's Parents' neighborhood and watched their cute parade and had the big breakfast and games. Then we just hung out, swam, and ate some good food. Later we watched fireworks. Danielle and her family were up from St. George, so we took all the kids to the zoo on monday. Also, justin's brother BJ and wife Katie blessed their cute new little baby Ellie on sunday.

Uncle Justin

So then Randomly and last minute we all decided to go down to California for a fun week of beach and play. we got everyone we could from the wirig Fam and took the trek out there to Malibu where some of my family have a beach house and were super kind to let us stay there while nobody else was. My favorite vacations as a kid were at that house. We saw a seal, some dolphins, lots of surfers and paddle boarders, and awesome view everyday. The house is sitting on stilts, so the water literally goes under the house and splashes up onto the lower deck when its high tide. We all slept great with the sound of the ocean just right in our ears! On Friday, we also just last minute went to Disneyland, and as usual, was a blast! They had this awesome parade that the kids LOVED and all the characters stopped right in front of where we were and gave high 5's and pulled the kids out to dance in the street with them. It was so fun. I couldn't go on all the big rides again, but it was magical day as always. We ended it with the disneyland fireworks which is my favorite part!

Parade

Standing in line for Peter pan
Daddy's Girl for sure!
Tay found some binocs and thought it was a camera... so she would say "cheese" everytime she would look through them.
Nephew Camden holding the big ol shell
So taylor woke up and went out on the upper deck to go look at the ocean. I went out and couldn't find her. I snuck up on this chair and there she was just takin it all in. So cute

The House

We missed everyone that couldn't come!

Baby is doing good. I am almost 30 weeks thank heavens..feeling it, and looking it.

Sister-in-law Kara gets home next week from her mission in Kirtland. I can't even wait.

Life is good.

I also got to stop by and visit my mom who is with my grandma in the hospital in Vegas after her horrible car accident, but she is doing great.

Yee Haw Rodeo & A St. George Quickie

2010-06-29T15:47:00.002-06:00

We got to go to the Lehi Rodeo on friday. That was a blast. Justin had never been to one, and I love them. We went with our friends from the ward who are expecting twins. So it wasn't all the comfy sitting on the bleachers but it was worth it.
We took a quick trip down to St. George Saturday morning to move my grandma down there. So that was fun to visit with her and then of course stop by and visit the Squires family... who talked us into staying the night. Its fun to have family all over. Pretty much WAY too hot for me down there in the summer to live, but its a nice visit everytime!

Oh and everything is going good with being pregnant besides feeling like I am so filled with water that you could throw me in a pool and I would just float. 27 weeks down... too many to go.

Happy Fathers' Day, Birthday, and Summer

2010-06-21T11:31:00.004-06:00

Its been a good month. It started off with my 25th birthday that I got to celebrate with family. Fathers' Day was a good day. I am grateful for all the dad's in my life. Justin is an awesome dad. Taylor LOVES her daddy, in fact she doesn't call for me when she wakes up or is sad, its "daddy". But I love that. It's only "mommy" when she gets hurt. We are grateful for him and all he does for this family. We had a picnic and then went to dinner at the Wirig house. After we got to go spend some time with his grandparents. Taylor LOVES them and instead of calling them grandma and grandpa Great its Grape. WE showed her a picture of them and she smiles and says "grapes!" They are so sweet and we love them so much! It was a good day. Now one month from tomorrow Justin's sis and mine too, gets home from her mission in Kirtland! Can hardly wait!

Grandma and Grandpa "Grape"

Loves her daddy!
My awesome family
Fun fun
Tay with her cousin "grantie" and she loves him too
Birthday BBQ with new soft serve ice cream machine!!
Swimming time

Happy summer

A St. Georgey Memorial Day

2010-06-02T13:04:00.006-06:00

This weekend was way fun. We decided to go down to St. George and spend some time with our favorite family down there. Taylor loves hanging out with her big cousins and we love hanging out with everyone too. We went somewhere past Mesquite where its a natural hot springs pools and park and stuff. So we spent saturday there and it was fun. Sunday was church and just hanging out. Monday we woke up, and the boys and Joss went fishing while Danielle and I took the 2 littles and went shopping and got some killer deals on some kids clothes at the outlets. Then we came home and watched the kids play outside on the slip and slide and in sprinklers. I don't think anything beats just hanging out in your backyard playing in sprinklers. They were having a blast. We had a little bbq and then headed home that night so Justin could make it back to work by morning. It was a good time as always! Taylor is growing up and its crazy how much she learns without me even knowing. She will copy anything you say pretty much, she sings songs, and she has got a way funny personality. I must say though, she is a girl with attitude and if you make her, she WILL show you! Crazy there are going to be 2 little girls in this house soon. Almost to my 3rd trimester and I can hardly wait to not be pregs anymore. Oh we also bought a new car... Honda Pilot and we are liking it :)

Here are girl cousins riding and singing "wheels on the bus"

Best Buds Taylor and her cousin Emma at their dads' baseball game
Taylor LOVED the trampoline down there!
Watching the big kids slip and slide

And loving it herself

Blondie and we love her

The squires bunch ready to slide...these kids are HILARIOUS...and we love them too

Just resting at the park and pool

On the road again

Gotta love tramp hair... and by tramp I mean trampoline

Washington Trip and Baby

2010-05-20T13:05:00.006-06:00

(Taylor ready to load up and go flying on the airplane)

Taylor and I went on a little trip while Justin stayed home and went to school and worked...(he got a job at Adobe so thats exciting) We flew to Washington to visit my parents for the week. It was fun and Tay got spoiled to death by "damma" and "campapa". The weather couldn't have been more perfect. We played outside and went shopping and just mostly hung out and had a good time visiting. We got to skype justin everyday so we could talk to him.. that was fun and we wish he could have come with us. My parents have a huge great dane and a cat... then there are a ton of animals running all over the fields and yard all the time... Taylor was in heaven! We aren't around any animals here so it was fun for her to see real life things instead of in her books.

(Below: Teaching taylor that the smell of washington rocks is THE best smell in the world)

BJ and Katie had their second little girl on Tuesday... welcome Ellie... Taylor LOVES her cousin already and asks to go back and see her

(Below: Found her this morning stuck in the toy box a panic...took just a sec to take a pic)

Where to Start?! and we're having a...

2010-04-27T11:56:00.007-06:00

Yes, first off we went to get our ultrasound yesterday and saw our baby GIRL! So cute and she was moving all over. We have a dvd of it and pictures. I love her a ton already. It will be fun for tay to have a sister so close and for us not to have to buy all new boy stuff!!!

I said I was going to update this once a week... that was a month ago or something. A LOT has been happening so get ready for a big ol post!

Justin and I got to get away by ourselves for the first time since we have had Taylor. His parents watched Taylor for us down in St. George with his sister's kids while they went on a get away as well. They are the best! We went to California and just basically did whatever we wanted. We met up with Danielle and Stuart at Disneyland on friday and that was a lot of fun. Other than that we just took it easy, visited some family, and drove around.

My old roommate, Mikale, Came into town too so a few of us got together to for a little bit and catch up.

Then we had Easter. Tay had a lot of fun this year! Thanks to her grandma and grandpa Wirig, they had an easter egg hunt for us all at their house! It was conference weekend as well and my whole family was here for my sister Michelle's wedding. It was really good and for some reason I have no pictures of it. But we are really happy for them! It was fun, as always, to spend time with my family!

Taylor loves hats and getting dressed. She brought me everything to wear right here except the sweater. Not bad I guess.

This is Taylor in our parking lot...she would NOT cross the big ol cracks. Now she has gotten more brave and doesn't care. But it was pretty funny.

Don't mind the heart attack on the plate, but we went out to dinner at the Outback.

I came out of the bathroom and taylor was staring up at me with this cheeser smile and put the glasses on all by herself...she was very proud! She LOVES wearing glasses as well!

Another thing she LOVES is basketball. She loves to watch it and play it. The ball is as big as her still, but she loves it and it was her first "BIG" word a while ago. "Bat-ket-bah!"

We all went to Thanksgiving point petting zoo place with the Tay's cousins. It was fun and she loved it...she even rode a horse!

Families ARE Forever!

2010-03-22T23:16:00.003-06:00

This past week I have felt so blessed to know that I have a knowledge of the plan of happiness, that I get to be with my family for eternity. There is no end, I love it! My heart is squished with love for my two families...Katz's and Wirig's... but I am super grateful that Justin and I have made the best decision to be married for time and ALL eternity, and now our little Taylor and this other little little on the way are always going to be with us.. plus the other ones that I don't know about yet... I love family... but mostly I love these guys....

One of my favorite hymns:

"I have a family here on Earth. They are so good to me. I want to share my life with them through all Eternity.
Families can be together forever, through Heavenly Father's plan. I always want to be with my own family, and the Lord has shown me how I can. The Lord, has shown me how I can."

~I teach the primary every sunday, and when they sing this, I cry like a baby... how embarrassing, but I just love those dang little kids!

Scouts?

2010-03-12T11:34:00.004-07:00

Yep, we have been called to be Webelos leaders in our ward... I know NOTHING about boys or scouts, but I think it will be fun. It will be the best to do this with Justin. I just wish they sold those dang cookies...

Now Announcing...

2010-02-26T12:48:00.004-07:00

So, we have been busy with school and life, but it doesn't stop us from having fun. I guess now I can officially announce that we are having another baby in September! We are really excited. Had the first doctor appointment today and we got to hear the fast little heart beat! Love that sound! Everything is looking good and we are just excited.

Made this little sweatshirt for taylor to wear... thats how she told Justin the good news... she went up to him and said "baby"

She is the cutest... I don't know how this next one will be, but if its at least as half as good as her, we will be happy happy!

Too Long

2010-02-17T19:02:00.005-07:00

So, again, its been way too long since I have posted anything on here and way too much has happened. I hope I can remember most everything that has been going on. First of all it was Justin's birthday at the end of January, and so, we followed our tradition of going to the Jazz game after being stuffed by Tucanos.

Then we went to California, it was for my grandpa's funeral, but it was still a great time with Family.. a lot that I haven't seen for years and years! We went to the beach, walked around the city, and just hung out. Taylor HAD to push the stroller the whole time, which made time go by slower than we would have liked but she is a big girl.. 15 months old and 17 pounds!

And then it was Valentine's day. I have to say I love this holiday. It just reminds me how lucky I am to have the husband and family that I do. I love them all! Justin's sis Danielle and her fam were up for the holiday and its always a blast to play with them. We all went to the dino museum here at Thanksgiving point.

So I am re-committing myself to blogging once a week, I have gotten so bad and this is going to be an exciting, fun filled year!

...and a Happy New Year! (christmas part 4) St George

2010-01-12T14:14:00.005-07:00

So New Years was fun. I never have really liked this holiday very much.. just because I think I am so tired by midnight, or we just don't do anything that exciting. But this year was my favorite new years eve and all! The day after we got back from seattle, we got in the car and drove down to St. George to be with Justin's sister and her family. we love going down there! It was fun to visit, eat, play the wii, and play with the kids.. and EAT! So we decided to do a fondue dinner. 3 Course thing with cheese then brothy stuff for the meat and veggies and then chocolate for desert of course. LOVED it! Then we went outside and did some fireworks with all the kids. Then we celebrated new years at 9:30ish, and the kids went to bed, and us big kids stayed up and played! It was so much fun to be there with them and I'm grateful for family that lives so close and wish my own fam lived closer, but it was fun to spend the holidays with so many people we love! Oh and on christmas we got to talk to justin's brother and sister on their missions in Denmark and Kirtland! MIss their guts but they are doing amazing! Merry New years everybody!

Christmas Time Part 3 (Washington)

2010-01-05T17:27:00.003-07:00

So we woke up to a white christmas... its not a snow white christmas.. its a washington white christmas.. where its super frosty outside.. its looks like it snowed. Everything really is white! So that was pretty cool.

We walked down by the water by my house and played at a little park. It was freezing, but a good time!

LOVED WASHINGTON!!

Christmas Time Part 2 (Washington)

2010-01-04T16:57:00.008-07:00

We flew home to Port Orchard, WA to spend Christmas with the Katz family! I loved being home and being able to have our whole family there for once in a long time was a super awesome thing! (Dad, Mom, Ammon, Me and Justin and Taylor, Michelle and her boyfriend Isaai and Carter, Larisa, and our great dane Anna~) My parents absolutely spoiled us, but I'm not complaining!

We left Taylor and my nephew Carter with some babysitters and had a night out in Seattle with the family! It was so much fun~
First... the ferry ride across the water to seattle from my town is always SO much fun and so pretty!

Then we ate at this nice place called Salty's, right on the water looking straight over to the Seattle Skyline! It was so pretty! The best seafood I have ever had, and just so fun! Yep, I finished a whole pound of crab all by my lonesome! Pretty sure I will be wiping butter off my face and hands for the rest of my life!

Then we drove into downtown Seattle where my mom surprised the girls with tickets to go see broadways's touring "White Christmas!" My all time favorite movie! The play was amazing, and so fun! At the end when they sing white christmas, it starts snowing on the audience! I don't know if it was snow makers or what but it was Magic! And the whole crowd sings right along with them! LOVED IT!

So Christmas eve we go and drive looking at lights... well this house was RIDICULOUS!!! So cool. You get out of your car and walk around their whole yard that is decorated by lights on every inch!!! There is a river of blue with a bride you cross over, every character from disney or whatever you can think of blown up and lit so cool. It had santa's workshop, his sleigh, an outdoor movie with little cars kids could sit in and watch like a drive in, a little train for kids to ride, everything you can imagine! SO FUN!

Of course there are always Christmas eve PJ's! Taylor has learned to say "cheese" for the camera this trip, so we have a good cheeser of her. Her cousin carter and her are only 5 days apart, her being the older of the two.. you would never guess.. they are about as opposite as they come.. but they sure do love each other

Christmas Time Part 1 (Utah)

2010-01-04T16:50:00.003-07:00

Temple Lights... Taylor Loved it but it was free-ZING!

We had a nice dinner and White Elephant/Gift Exchange with the Wirig crew before we all went different ways for our Christmas

STAY TUNED...

2010-01-03T19:17:00.002-07:00

Lots to post... Just got home from an amazing Christmas Break...

Tis Christmas time!

2009-12-11T18:23:00.002-07:00

Helping Grandma decorate the tree.

I love Christmas time. Thanksgiving was a blast with the Wirig Crew! I love every single one of them! I missed my family but we will be heading up to Seattle in a week to be with them for Christmas! So excited. Finals are almost done which I can hardly even hold it in how excited I am. Justin is doing awesome in everything he does. Taylor is the best. Thats all!

She LOVES wearing hats, or whatever on her head... she loves loves glasses. I popped the lenses out of these so that she Can just wear them around. Which she does. And when they fall off... she has us put them right back on! Hilarious!

The Best TWO Years!

2009-11-23T09:06:00.003-07:00

So we celebrated our 2 year anniversary on the 17th! Crazy how time flies when you are having a blast! So much has happened since then its crazy. We have a one year old. This was our first time we could actually celebrate it because last year I just had taylor like 4 days before. Justin is a great husband and an AWESOME dad! He helps me out so much in every way and I love that! He is the best at everything he does and has huge dreams that I know we will accomplish one day! For our anniversary, since we are a weee bit excited for christmas he did the 12 day of Anniversary. it was pretty creative. Everyday he had a little note poem thing and then a present that came in twos. Like 2 shoes for bowling one day, or dinner for two, movie for two, two games, earrings and necklace... etc. I loved every day and couldnt wait to see what he would come up with! Anyway I am grateful for everyone that has touched our lives, its been for good, and we literally love everyone. And now my heart is squished! Happy thanksgiving everyone!

Here are just a couple pics I could find from our wedding. Full of family, friends, and fun!

First Birthday!

2009-11-15T16:37:00.009-07:00

Welp, Taylor is 1, which I can hardly believe. Seems like just a year ago we were in the hospital and she was born! Crazy. :) I love that little Little so much and now I can't even imagine our lives without her in it! She is hilarious. She is walking ALL over the place, singing and dancing and Leading ANY music that plays. She is probably the happiest baby EVER. She loves everybody too. She is kinda turning into a little sassy bossy bum but hopefully we can simmer that down some how. So yeah! Happy birthday Tay!

Cali and Halloweenie

2009-11-04T15:57:00.011-07:00

We got to go to california for a wirig family vacation a couple weeks ago. It was so fun staying at family's house and being surrounded by family every second. I LOVE IT! We hung out, went to the park, the beach, disneyland a couple times, and the boys went to the BYU game down in San Diego. I loved every second of this trip. Taylor did so great and LOVED disneyland, but mostly I think she just loved being with her cousins and fam too! She is a social bug and we love that she is such a happy, great girl! She is almost 1!! Crazy!

Taylor pulling out the Sword in the Stone! She came very close.

Some of the Fam riding a Bugs' Life

Yo-Ho Yo-Ho a Pirate's Life for me!

After a long 2 days of Disneyland, we were sitting exhausted and"homeless" waiting for our ride!

Having fun at the Beach!

And we got to meet our new cutie niece Jillian

Taylor was a bumble bee for halloween! Loved her costume! And here she is with her cousins Grant and Emma

Oh and She is walking now

LOVE

2009-10-07T23:40:00.003-06:00

I love my family... thats all I have to say.
Love.

So, its been a while...

2009-09-28T20:11:00.010-06:00

Its been a while since I have posted anything, but I have no time. Fall is here which is exciting. Justin and I are both busy with school and our baby Tay! She is 10 and a half months old already which I can hardly believe, and she keeps us cracking up every minute! Welcome new babies "cole and Jillian" to the wirig crew! (right spelling yeah dan?) BYU football season is here as well, which um, is Justin's second wife I guess you could say. BYU football and I have a love/hate relationship. Love it when I get to go to games and watch them, hate them because it doesn't just end at the game. Every game is a week long (Literally) until the next one starts. taylor LOVED going to the game. Sat there, cheered and clapped when everyone else did. Pretty sure she is their biggest/littlest fan! So go BYU eh?! I got to go to WA to visit my family about a month ago, which was fun. Justin and the boys went to texas to go root on BYU at the hugeungous stadium and toured around. My Mother-in-Law gave us a girls night, while the boys were gone which included a nice catered dinner, massages, and glitter toes. The nice thing is that the people came to the house so we didn't have to go out, we could all just relax and have a great time. THANKS SO MUCH!! LOVED IT! Life is busy, but great. I have it very very good! I love my family!

Even the baby girls loved girls spa night!

Taylor's plane ride.. she loved it, but the people on the plane loved her more. They would all take her and play with her while I got school work done, including the flight attendants!

Snuggling Uncle Ammon

So I have to explain this picture... we caught her in the act... Taylor likes to say a naughty word..."sh**" I don't know where she got it or what, but she likes to say it in church and to people she doesn't know which is just great. This is a picture of her saying it... its pretty funny, but kinda not. Just recently we figured out that she is saying "whats that" I think, uh, haha, I think.

BYU Game!!!

Happy Days and Birthdays!

2009-08-17T12:55:00.015-06:00

Fun past weeks! We celebrated birthdays and almost birthdays and all sorts of Happy!
Here is my Mother in Law on her birthday!

The Party Gang except Beej who is taking the picture! We had a "little kid" birthday party with Pin the tail on the donkey, Piniata, and wheelbarrow races!

Next was Justin's Grandmother's 80th birthday!! So fun, we all got dressed up and had an "Besst-ie awards night" Like an acadamy awards for her, with awards and presentations and all that! Tried to dress up in Old Fashioned whatevers! It was a blast! She is an amazing woman!

Then we got to go down to St. George to visit my sister-in-law Danielle and help her out. She is about to have her 5th little baby and we are SO excited! Cutest kids ever!! Taylor LOVED hanging out with all her cousins!!

Taylor was taught this face by her cousin Mitchell! While doing this she breathes really hard out of her nose, if she is on the floor she chases you doing it...

Now we are all just enjoying the rest of the little summer we have left, and awaiting our new niece and nephew!!!

COME ON!!!! COME ON!!!

2009-08-11T13:12:00.003-06:00

Hey Everybody... anyone want to play flag football or soccer for fall?! Co-ed intramurals! I am not good at either of these but think it would just be fun to do SOMETHING because Im going out of my mind. Justin and I are going to do it together... SO let me know if you are interested because we need teammates! :) Its going to be in orem. I think just part of UVU or whatev

4th of July and such...

2009-07-17T15:27:00.008-06:00

4th of July has never been one of my favorite holiday... until now. It was so fun this year. In my in-laws' neighborhood, they do a little parade that goes through it, just people that live there and their families are in it. So we got to march with our big girl tu-tu's and walk it. Fun fun. then we swam and had a great day hanging out with family and having a seafood boil. YUMMMM!

We went to an Orem Owls Baseball game! Fun Fun!

Taylor and her cousin Emma playing... as you can see Taylor loves her, Emma doesn't look to thrilled that taylor keeps mauling her though!

Swimming Time!!!

Lots and Lots

2009-06-26T16:33:00.007-06:00

It has been a very exciting month. My birthday, father's day, my family coming to town, my littlest sister moving into Raintree.. apartment 120, keeping it alive. She actually is moving in with my old roommate heidi's little sister! 2nd generation! good times! Anyway, Taylor is doing great, crawling all around and getting into everything.

"Oh What Do You Do In The Summer Time?"

2009-06-03T12:56:00.007-06:00

"Do you swim in a pool to keep yourself cool, and watch all the clouds roll by? Is that what you do? SO do I!!!"

Sun in the eyes is not cool but loves Hangin' in the shade!

Little Gremlin Smile:

She almost has the whole crawling thing down.. she will take a few steps or whatever, but then flattens herself on the ground.. its like an inchworm movement. She is getting big!

I also started school again, taking online classes. It's great so far! Yippeeee for summer!

Update!

2009-05-14T13:31:00.010-06:00

Well, it has been a while since I have given an update on here. Lots has happened of course So I will try to do my best at remembering everything. 1st Taylor is now 6 Months old. She had her appointment yesterday and is 13 lbs. 2 oz. and 24 and half inches long. She is 10th% in everything. She also got her first 2 teeth in the past couple weeks. That was fun for all of us... Its been warm out, so Taylor finally gets to go outside. SHE LOVES IT. And so do I. Loves going on the swings and just watching all the kids run around at the parks.

I got together with some old friends and we all went to lunch. I also got to visit with some other old roommates and see new babies! Fun fun.

WE got to go down to St. George and See our nephew Braden get baptized. It was so fun to be there with everyone and to watch him make that awesome decision in his life. He is a great kid and we love him and are so proud of him! The only picture I took down there was of Taylor and Joss. Taylor LOVES her oldest girl cousin. She thinks she is SO funny.

Justin is on a softball team and we love to go watch him play!

We are doing a project for My little cousin Peter. We take FLAT PETER everywhere we go. Then we send back pictures and stories of what we did with him. It has been fun.

My parents came down for Mothers' Day weekend. That was fun. We went down to St. George for a day to visit my Grandparents that just bought a house down there. I got to stop by and visit Danielle, Stuart, and The kids for a sec. Fun Times. That was the 1st time my grandparents have seen Taylor so it was sweet.

It was my first mothers day and so that was fun. We went and listened to my Brother-in-law, Kimball, give an excellent talk! It was a little awkward being in a silent singles ward with a loud baby. You could just feel the eyes on you if she even made one little peep. But I love her and am happy to be a mom. I am so grateful for Heavenly Father's Trust in me, to send her to our family and let us raise her and Love her so much! Being a mom is the BEST! We got to Talk to my two in-law on a mission. Michael in Denmark and Kara in Kirtland. It was only for one second I felt like, but it was fun and I miss them so much! Til Christmas!

Easters!

2009-04-16T13:54:00.005-06:00

Easter was a blast this year. Loved it. We spent the weekend with with Wirig bunch and ate lots of yummy food and made girl bows, and had a big ol easter egg hunt. Taylor wanted in on the action so we gave her some eggs to play with. I really think she cannot wait to jump up and run around with all her fun cousins. She just watches them all the time. I also got to see some old friends/roommies. Mikale was out from DC and Em I got to see. We all met up at BYU and talked and had a good ol time. I miss my friends! Everything is great here still. Justin is getting ready to take all his finals this week. Then back to school for the spring. Yippee. Here are some pictures of Easter weekend. Um, i didn't have my camera for the fun times.

Man, how they grow up too fast!!

2009-04-07T22:00:00.008-06:00

Well a lot has happened of course. Conference weekend was amazing as usual! I loved every bit. It is a lot different having a baby and trying to pay attention just as well I must admit, but still I got a lot out of it. I am grateful for the Prophet and all of our Leaders! Taylor loved it as you can see below. She would watch the MoTab everytime they would start singing.
Taylor also had her 4 month Check-up last week. She was really 4 and a Half Months but whatev. She is weighing in at 12 pounds 2 oz. and is 23 inches long. So she is in the 10th percentile for everything but her head.. that being the 25%... which I'm sure is due to the fact of her being super smart! haha. Yeah. But really, she is growing so much. She sits up all by herself and plays with her toys. She has mastered rolling over both ways. Flip flops back and forth, looking up at you everytime to see if you were watching then smiles real big. She is eating rice cereal, which isnt her fav. but chokes it down. And is finally fitting into her 3-6 month clothes. She is a little one, but we love love love her more and more every day. I didn't think I could love anything this much, but she puts a whole new meaning to that word.
I'm grateful for Justin, who is kicking bum at school. BYU is a hard place and he is doing very well, I'm proud. I just can't wait until school is over thats all. :)
Loving Life pretty much thats all. Peacers!

4 Months Old and 1st Trip to Washington

2009-03-25T21:47:00.010-06:00

Well, Taylor and I took a quick trip up to Washington for a wedding and to visit family. My friend Jana came with us to visit her fam as well. IT was a fun trip. Taylor did really well on the airplane and Charmed everyone with her smile and laughs.... EVERYONE.. the pilot, some jamaican guy on the plane was staring and then said.."WHOA SHE MOVED!!!" hahaha, "I thought she was not real, WHOA she moved again" I get that a lot. Come on people, I am almost 24. I don't exactly carry a baby doll all over anymore. We got to spend time with my parents and sisters and went out to dinner with my brother. Justin had to stay home for school, but we sure did miss him so much. I hate going places without him. I played a video of him and Taylor for her every night before bed and she would just grab the video camera and smile really big and talk back to him. SO CUTE. Anyways, FUN times.

Here is Taylor in some of her cowgirl get up. Clearly Lovin it!
She also LOVES Uncle Kimball!!! He played her songs and she fell right to sleep. She gives him the biggest smiles!
Taylor loved the Airplane rides!

LOTS LOTS...Farewell Kara...Hello Malibu..Happy Valentines Day

2009-02-20T18:45:00.007-07:00

Its been a fun past couple of weeks. We took a trip down to Malibu, CA to stay a beach house. My sis/bro-in law Danielle and Stuart got to come with us. My parents, sister and her baby were down there too. taylor got to meet her Great grandparents for the first time(katz's) Its always Nice to get away for a while. Here is a little rundown and a lot of pics.. enjoy

Our Valentines Dinner... a very long, cold story behind this, but it was fun. Lets just say we had to sit outside cause everything was packed... it was right on the water, and it was very pretty...but the temp dropped about 60,000 degrees while we were out there, and our crab dipping butter turned into a solid in no time flat :) Making memories is what it is all about

the WHOLE lobster was on our plate, and staring at us none the less...didnt exactly know how to react!

Love that guy!

So it was way nice one day at the beach, so we decided to stay at the house and play games on the deck all afternoon. Taylor loved it outside, but we forgot sunscreen, so i wrapped one of my hats around her tiny head with her bow to sinch it on.

Always an ordeal to take a group photo when it comes to my family. THis is Taylor's Great Grandma and Grandpa Katz, with my sister Michelle and her baby Carter

One rainy day we walked the Santa Monica Pier, and we played in an arcade. Danielle Kicked my bum at ski ball, but we got back at her and stu when we dominated fooz ball... pretty sure thats NOT how you spell it

4 Generations

My mom and dad were down to visit too, so here is Tay and Grandma hangin out on the deck

The Gang

This picture cracks me up. She loves to stand, but she is so tiny, she is just a little person.

A couple weeks ago, one of my greatest friends ever came to visit. Miss ya Kale

Then that same weekend, we had a roomie get together from one of the years at raintree... 4 of us grew up together, and Nichole was up from st. George

My sis-in-law Kara went into the MTC on the 4th of Feb. Sad day for everyone, but happy, its weird you can have both at the same time. She is doing great!

Setting apart Night

3 Months OLD!!!!!

2009-02-20T12:19:00.002-07:00

Time is FLYING by!!!!! Tay is 3 months old already...still little, but she is such a big girl. I will post more pics later!

Happy Birthday Justin!!!

2009-01-30T13:14:00.011-07:00

Justin is 25!!! We went to the Jazz game on Tuesday to celebrate, but of course they had to LOSE! Whatever, it was still fun! Then yesterday we had a little get together with family that was around and had a little dinner and cake.

Taylor LOves her Daddy!

She also Likes to go to Church, thats a good sign. She just is so cute~!

OH she turned 2 months, so she had to get her shots. It was so sad. The first time I ever saw tears when she cried. She was pretty good though, she was smiling at the nurse, and then bam, 3 needles, then she freaked, so I picked her up, she calmed right the heck down, and then I looked at her and she smiled.
She is in the 10th-25% in EVERYTHING. She weighed 9.11 and was 21.5 inches long. SHe is growing, but still is a little little girl, and we love that!

Her little Bandaid Legs.

Taylor is sleeping in her crib now, she takes a bath, then goes to sleep at 10, wakes up at 6:30 or 7!!! LOVE IT!

Kara Leaves for the MTC on Wednesday. We are all pretty sad about it, but try not to think about it right now. We will miss her, but she is doing the greatest thing ever. We couldn't be more proud of her! Love ya Kar!

Baby Blessing!!

2009-01-12T14:38:00.012-07:00

Carter and Taylor, 5 days apart, cousins!

SHe is a little shy!

It is impossible for our family to all make normal faces in a picture. But it was fun to have them all here! My Aunt Tara and Uncle Eric came with their kids Helena, Olive, and Peter!

Just having a good time. They made an awesome lunch, Cafe Rio Salad, but BETTER!!! Seriously it was so good.
My sister and Her husban Oscar.. and my littlest sis Larisa on the right, she is moving down here for school this year!!! YiPPEE!!

Taylor was blessed by her Daddy on the 28th of December. Family and friends all came and it was super! I feel so grateful to be part of this Church! Carter was also blessed by my dad earlier that morning.

Christmas 2008

2009-01-12T14:09:00.013-07:00

She Loves Santa. Christmas was awesome this year, and I got to spend it with the Wirigs! It was my first Christmas not with my family, but I wasn't even homesick. I lucked out with a great family to be a part of. Thanks to them, I felt loved and just as at home as I am in Washington. Below are a bunch of pictures of Christmas Eve. WE lost our camera for Christmas day, but it was a blast as well. Everyone got matching P.J.'s after we ate a very very yummy dinner. Then we had a little Christmas program where pretty much everyone did a musical number. Everyone is very musically talented in the Wirig family so it was so fun to watch and listen to everyone perform. The little boys sang "we three kings" the big boys played "jingle bells" on grandpa's head with wrapping paper tubes. Danielle played piano, Braden sang, Camden was our little drummer boy, Betty sang. Kimball and Steven played guitar and mandolin. Lots more, and it was great. Its so fun to have little kids around for Christmas, it puts a magic back into it that you seem to lose as you get older. All 7 grandkids, so far, were having a blast. You might not be able to tell from the picture of just them, but really, they were! :) Hope you all had a merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!!

2008-12-23T12:35:00.001-07:00

It's been a great year!! I hope you all have a very merry Christmas!

Thanks to My Sis-in-Law, Danielle, Who made up this awesome Christmas Card!

4 weeks old already!! weighing in at 8 lbs!

2008-12-11T13:45:00.012-07:00

She loves bath time and her Dad!

loves her dad for reals

starin' at christmas lights

Got the tail end of her smile!

This is her lovin' life

Cousin Carter, my sisters baby 5 days apart

cousins mitchell and camden and aunt danielle

Grandma and cousin Joss

smile

crosseyed for this one, we'll work on that

she prays

3 Weeks Old!

2008-12-04T13:59:00.006-07:00

I can't believe how fast time goes by these days! Taylor is 3 weeks old today. It's so fun to watch her grow right in front of my own eyes, but sad too. I want her to stay little forever... but I can say its so cute to watch her get chubby cheeks and more personality. It's December already, and that is crazy. I can hardly wait for Christmas! I love this time of year! Thanksgiving was a lot of fun. We got to spend the holiday with both my family, and Justin's family. I am grateful for family... I love EVERY SINGLE ONE of them! I really couldnt be luckier to have

my own family of 3, a loving family that raised me just right, and a new family that means more to me than anyone will ever know! Happy December!!!

OK.... baby!!!! WHere to start?! So much has happened!

2008-11-19T11:16:00.003-07:00

Taylor Ann Wirig

OUr family right after I had her... Um, clearly!

Her hospital Picture

Right after she was born! Cute Dimple!

Ok, long time... NO post. It has been quite an adventure these past few weeks and there is so much to explain, but I'm too lazy so I'll sum it all up as quick as I can. First of all, Justin's littlest brother, Michael, went into the MTC a couple weeks ago. He is going to Denmark. We already miss him so much, he was our pal that was ALWAYS up to play games and just make us laugh. Now he is fully serving the lord and its the greatest thing ever.

NOw baby TAYLOR ANN WIRIG is HERE!!!!! (Taylor is Justin's middle name and Ann is mine, thats how we came up with that) I wasn't due until the 24th, but I have been having way bad contractions for a couple weeks. Then REALLY bad one 2 days before. Anyway, we go into the hospital for like the millionth time at 2:30 a.m. on the 13th. I knew they were going to send me home but I prayed they wouldn't because I was in so much pain. They checked me after an hour and I had made progress so they decided I could stay and so they started hooking me up to I.V.'s and all that jazz. They gave me some pain medication through my I.V. so i could get some sleep. That worked. I woke up, went to the bathroom, then went back to sleep for like 5 min, when I was woken up at 6:00 a.m. by a nurse and this HUGE doctor dressed in green I had never seen before stripping my robe and sheets off and he started going to town with his huge fingers and I had no idea what was going on, I thought I might be ripping in half. (now I was on drugs and still half asleep so this was like a real nightmare coming to life, like you see in the movies they were all wavey and blurry) He pulls out a huge hook and I didnt even want to know what that was going to be for... but clearly not fishing. A second later, I felt my bed all wet and I could only guess they broke my water. After I calmed down and stopped screaming, I asked if they just broke my water and asked the big doc if he was Dr. Gammet? He was, and I said nice to meet you. (I have like 5 doctors and he was the ONE i had never met before) Anyway, They started the Patocin an hour later and they told me i could have the epadural anytime but should wait as long as I could. SO after they started the Patocin, I reacted really quickly to it and I thought I might die. So they gave me the epadural and life was heaven instead of the H. Word! All day long, friends and family stopped by. Baby was having weird things with her heart beat, but then they regulated it. Later that night I was finally dialated enough to push, so I pushed for an hour and a half, but she was stuck under my pelvic bone. SO... doctor Gamett came in with an army of Nurses. He looked a lot nicer this time. He had to use forceps because she was posterior( Face up) and they helped guide her out. He had Justin and everyone in the room sing, "Come come ye saint, no toil nor labor fear" which was awesome and the spirit was actually pretty strong in there! ( I found out later he makes people sing when he is doing the snip snip) GREAT! ANyway, she came out with a big ol front conehead and a big bruise on top from being stuck in the birth canal for so long. ( she looked like a dinosaur to tell you the truth, but she is still cute) Everything was great though. Healthy little baby girl She weighed 6.1 lbs. and was 18.5 inches long. SHe is so little. WHen we left the hospital she was 5.13 lbs. Friends and Family all came to welcome her into this world. I was so happy to see them! I love them all and am so grateful for such great support and love! OH I passed out onto the nurse in the bathroom which was just great! I wake up to 3 other nurses in there trying to get me to wake up. Haha, whatever! I am healing and feeling great! I love being a mom. I love Taylor and cant believe Heavenly Father trusts me so much with such a beautiful little daughter of his! I love it. I love Justin, he was SO great through everything! He is an awesome Dad! He changes like every diaper, and she loves cuddling him so much!
My sister, Michelle, was due the day after me on the 25th, but went into labor early too and just had her baby boy, Carter, yesterday morning at like 1:00 a.m. I got to be there for that. It was really cool.. and she had a lot of the same nurses as I did. She is having some problems recovering but I know she will get better soon. My mom made it down here in time for Taylor to be born, its been so nice having her stay with us and help out!
Taylor is a great sleeper and eater. She is back up to her birthweight and smiles a lot and has the cutest little dimple. She is just a relaxed whatev baby! So far... KNock on wood.
Thanks for all the prayers and notes and things from you all! LIfe is amazing, and I cant wait for the next moments!~

Holdin her own binki, she is such a big girl!

Grandma Katz and below Grandma Wirig

Aunts Natalie and Katie Grandpa Wirig and Uncle BJ

I cant wait for her little bruise to go away!

I have been tagged!

2008-10-20T18:03:00.002-06:00

Alright so I think I did this right. I was supposed to go into my pictures and pick the 4th picture out of the 4th folder and post and write about it. This happened to be our "when we were dating" folder. This was a date we did one day. We finger painted a scene that we had seen together. I will explain it.
We went for walks all the time behind good ol Raintree apartments. What you must know is that it is scary in the dark cause our friends, some bums, live under the bridge and stroll the trail as well. We were walking and this bum on a bike rides one way and a girl walking starting to go under the bridge to her apt. Branberry. WEll bum on a bike saw her and turned around and started peddaling fast at her. (People get chased all the time on this trail, its scary) Anyway, so she starts booking it, and he did too and the chase was on. Meanwhile, justin and I just started walking really fast to make sure she was ok. WHen we got to the other side, there was no sign of either of them... but I hope she is fine. After that adventure, we went back and I had always wanted to sleep on this perfect "cougar branch" of this tree above the trail. So justin gave me a little boost to try it out. Apparently I have no balance on trees, and so I fell off. So in the bottom left corner of the picture is me falling, and justin catching me with his huge muscles. He drew them accurately. There we go, and I even still have this poster in my things I save. Good times!!!

Mom, Baby Showers, and Conference!!!

2008-10-06T20:11:00.006-06:00

33 Weeks Now... in my sister's baby's room..just so you know I'm not making our girl be a boy, but i do need to post picture of our nursery.

This past weekend was really really fun! My mom flew in from Seattle on Thursday night to be down for baby showers. She hung out with us all weekend long, and I loved it. I miss having her close. We went shopping, had talks and just played. We threw my little sister, Michelle, a baby shower on Friday night. She is having a little boy and is due the day after me, November 25th. Saturday was conference so Justin and I woke up and watched it together. I seriously LOVE conference. I always LOVE Saturday sessions too. Anyway, a lot of questions and things were answered from our great prophet and his amazing apostles. How can anyone not want to be a part of this church seriously. It is so true it kills me, but not really, cause I'm alive, but I just love it so much. I'm so lucky to be a part of it. Anyway, after the second session of conference, I had a baby shower that was thrown by my beautiful friends. I really am lucky that way too, just to have the greatest friends ever. It was an open house kind of deal and worked out perfectly, people could come and go and I got to talk to everyone and catch up on life. One of my best friends, Mikale, flew all the way out from D.C. to come! I love her and was completely suprised... just wish she could have stayed longer :( Then we just all hung out and talked for a while. Good times with all these girls! Thanks CHELS!!!!

Sunday, we went over to my in-laws house and had a really yum breakfast and watched conference there. It was a fun day as well, just relaxing and gooooooooooooood! Justin and I went home and had some good talks with my mom. This morning she had to fly home and I was sad to see her go, but I will see her next month when this little girly is born!

I didn't have my camera this weekend, so these are pictures I stole from Laura's facebook....

I'm now almost 34 weeks along. Here we go, here we go, here we go, here we gooooooooooooo!!!

Me and Laura............................................................ everyone that was left at the end!!!

I will post more pics as soon as I get some more!

Some Stuff I forgot to Post...

2008-09-18T15:49:00.003-06:00

Well, For Labor day weekend Justin and I took our favorite road trip down to St. George to hang out with family! It was so much fun and I just love going there. We played games, watched movies, hung out and talked, and we went to THE GRAND CANYON!!! My first time there and it was awesome! We got all ready in our warm weather attire and headed out. We made a few pit stops, one to pick Stu up from work and then the other one where we stopped at an Indian Reservation? Hm, I think thats what it was. Fun fun. We got there, to the Grand Canyon, and got out of the car to find that the weather was nothing like St. George... pretty sure it was snowing, well actually it wasnt snowing at all, but it was cold. So some Grand Canyon sweatshirts from the gift shop for almost everyone were a must. Then we ate some lunch. Then we went on some hikes. It's amazing for those of you who have never been there, you kinda feel like you need to whisper. We didn't, but it feels like you should. Its amazing what Heavenly Father has created for us! On a beautiful drive to our next hike, Danielle and I saw a magical Meadow. A Shire, forest, coolness. It looked enchanted... maybe like Edward from Twilight was going to be there. The grass was all really green, long and whispey, um if it was even grass... kinda looked like furr, you know from a green monster that was sleeping there or something, and then there were these brown sticks popping out of the ground and then arching back into the ground... it looked like big worms or something way cool. Of course only Danielle and I saw this enchanted LAnD, so we wanted to stop on the way back to take a picture in it. Well... my friends, we looked and looked and looked for it on the way back, and it wasn't there. YOu are only allowed to see it ONE time, and then it moves, we couldnt find it and we were so sad. AND Stuart and Justin did not believe us that we even saw this place. ANyway, enough about THAT.... it just think its really cool and everyone should know about it.

Another thing that has happened is Justin's Brother BJ and his wife Katie had their baby girl Emma. She is so cute and its so fun to have them as neighbors. Congrats guys!

BYU Football has started which means every Saturday is dedicated to Football... not just for a few hours, but ALL Saturday, which is fine and everything but yeah... GOOOOO COUGARS!! RIGHT?! It was fun we got to go to the BYU vs. UCLA Game and it was a lot of fun. Pretty sure Justin could have had more fun sitting by his Dad and Brothers, but I'm sure he loved explaining everything that was going on :) He's the best!

I know more has happened its just hard to remember! Life is great! Im grateful for the Family and Friends I have! Im grateful for this baby girl in me, and will be grateful when she comes out too! About 2 months left, then she cant kick my guts out anymore! WE love her already though! HAPPY SEPTEMBER! Only like 3 months until Christmas too! Oh man life is good!

IM SORRY THIS WAS SO LONG... I didn't Realize!

You know you live in Utah When...

2008-09-17T12:34:00.002-06:00

Green jell-o with carrots mixed in doesn’t seem strange.
You can pronounce Tooele.
The U is not just a letter - Neither is the Y.
You have actually eaten funeral potatoes.
You’ve gotten both heat and frost burns off your car’s door handle in the same month.
You are not surprised to hear words like “Darn, Fetch, Flip”, “Oh, My Heck” and “Shoot”.
Your tulips get snowed on three times after they come up and twice more after they bloom.
Hunting season is a school holiday.
The largest liquor store is the state government.
You can go skiing and play golf on the same day.
30% humidity is muggy and almost unbearable.
Somewhere in your family tree is a polygamist.
You know the difference between a ‘Steak House’ and a ‘Stake House’.
The elevation exceeds the population
You’ve broken down on the highway and somebody stops to help you
You can see the stars at night
You have a bumper sticker that says “Families are Forever.”
You were an aunt or uncle before you were three.
Your spouse’s mother was pregnant at your wedding.
You have more children than you can find biblical names for.
Your family considers a trip to McDonald’s a night out..
Your first child was conceived on your honeymoon.
You feel guilty when you watch Monday Night Football.
Your kids believe the deer hunt is a national holiday.
You drink Coke from a brown paper bag.
You consider a temple recommend a credit reference.
At least two of your salad bowls are at the homes of neighbors.
You believe that you must be 18 or older to order coffee at a restaurant.
You wonder why fire truck drivers honk when you drive 35 mph in the left lane on the freeway.
There is a similarity between a ward basketball game and the L.A. riots.
You think Jack Daniels is a country western singer.
You negotiate prices at a garage sale.
You can make Jell-O salad without the recipe.
You’ve heard about BYU football in a testimony meeting.
You have two gallons of ice cream in your freezer at all times.
Your father-in-law thinks Ronald Reagan was a liberal.
A member of your family wrote in Lavell Edwards for president in the last election.
Cars in the slow lane are traveling the fastest; cars in the fast lane are traveling the slowest; cars in the middle lanes are always trying to exit.
Sandals are the best-selling shoes.
You have to ask for the uncensored version of “Titanic.”
Hotel rooms all have the Book of Mormon.
You buy your wardrobe at the local grocery superstore.
You learn about the Mormon Church by taking history in elementary school.
You live in a state where Democrats always come in third place, unless a zoo animal is running. Then they come in fourth.
You’re on your own if you are turning left.
Schools stay open, even if two feet of snow falls overnight, but close for the opening of hunting season.
People wear shorts and T-shirts if the temperature rises above 32 degrees.
There is a church on every corner, but they all teach the same thing.
The most popular public transportation system is a ski lift.
People drive to Idaho (or Arizona) to pick up a gallon of milk so they can play the lottery.
In-state college football rivalries are bigger than the Super Bowl.
Beer drinkers don’t shop on Sunday.
You don’t have to breathe cigarette smoke until you walk outside a building.
The cost of living rises while your salary drops.
Every driveway has a minivan and a pickup truck.
When you buy a new vehicle, cigarette lighters are optional equipment but gun and ski racks are standard.
Every time a new family moves into your neighborhood, the local elementary school has to hire a new teacher.
Your paycheck has an additional 10 percent deduction.
“Temple recommends” is acceptable identification for cashing a check.
More movies are filmed in your town than in Hollywood.
You’ve never had a Mormon missionary knock on your door.
Your neighbors complain about where they live, yet refuse to return to the state they moved from.
You make a toast with red punch at your wedding reception.
You have more raw wheat stored than some Third World countries.
Your idea of a good time is playing Pictionary in the cultural hall.
Your idea of a wild party is a six pack of Pepsi and a PG-13 movie.
You and all your friends come to your mother for a haircut in her kitchen.
You measure Kool-Aid by parts per million.
You think “You’re a 10 cow wife” is a compliment.
You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Utah.

You hear “She’s not a member of the church, but she’s a good person anyway.

I really LOVE Utah, and don't want to live anywhere else to tell you the truth but who knows. and Its SO PRETTY

You know you're from Washington When...

2008-09-15T13:44:00.002-06:00

You know you're from Washington when...

-You know how to pronounce Sequim, Puyallup, Enumclaw and Issaquah.

-You know all the important seasons: Almost Winter, Winter, Still Raining (Spring), Road Construction (Summer), Deer & Elk Season (Fall)

-You buy new sunglasses every year, because you cannot find the old ones after such a long time.

-You know what "Jo-Jo's" are.-You measure distance in hours.-You think people who use umbrellas are either wimps or tourists

.-You get a terrible sunburn on the first really nice day of summer.

-You can't make it two blocks without seeing a Starbucks.

-You can tell the difference between Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Korean and Thai food.

-You become frightened by the bright yellow orb in the sky until the 9-1-1 operator tells you it's just the sun.

-You can't imagine living through a tornado or hurricane but you secretly think earthquakes are kind of fun

.-You can endure 100 days of rain and wind but an inch of snow means school cancellations.

-When you cross the mountains into eastern Washington and it feels like you entered a completely different country...

-When you live in a small town and when you try explain where you live, you eventually have to give up saying other larger towns around you and say "Oh, nevermind. Just NEAR Seattle."

-You say 'pop' instead of 'soda.'

-When you think wearing a hooded sweatshirt 11 months a year is normal.

-When you're out of state, people always ask you if everybody's suicidal.

-Smiling and waving at strangers is no biggie.

-Being pale isn't a big deal, because everybody is.

-You know that cow chip is a delicious cookie.

-Whenever someone visits from another state you always start a fight over the fact that we have more stuff started in washington than any other state. (Starbucks, Boeing, Microsoft, Costco, Sea's Best, ect.)

-You eat chinese/japanese/thai food all the time

-You feel a very close connection with British Canadians, as well as the Japanese

-An inch or less of snow means school is cancelled for one day for at least half of the Puget Sound. More then an inch and you're getting some serious time off.

-you notice that you have no accent wut so ever...

-you get mad when people dont use their blinker

-you live "in the woods"

-you can identify 10 different apples by taste and smell only.

-you can smell the rain coming...

-You expect snow for Valentine's Day, not Christmas.

-When you visit another state and it rains...and all the other people around you run and scream while you continue to slowly walk around in your flip flops and shorts

.-You "Do The Puyallup" every year.

-You feel guilty throwing something away that could be recycled.

-You or someone you know works at Boeing or Microsoft

.- Anime and Manga is a pretty BIG thing, and you know of at least 10 different stores that have them.

- You know the difference between "showers followed by rain" and "rain followed by showers".

- The sight of Mt. Rainier is still awe inspiring.

- Your lawn is mostly moss and you don't really care

.- You have learned to assume Christmas will be rainy, not white.

- Your phone book contains a tide table.

- You still can't believe the new Seahawks stadium is open air.

- You use the word "sunbreak" and know what it means.

- You know more than 10 ways to order coffee.

- You never go camping without water proof matches and a poncho.

- You can point to at least 2 volcanoes even if you can't actually see them through the cloud cover.

- You often switch from heat to a/c in your car in the same day.

- You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit under a raincoat.

- You know how to pronounce geoduck and know that it doesn't quack or have feathers.

- You get upset when a store doesn't carry your favorite brand of bottled water.

- You go to work in the dark and come home in the dark even though you only have an 8 hour workday

- You realize no education is required to be a weatherman. Just make it up

.- You know what 'Sodo Mojo' is

- You think summer starts in July and winter in September

- You know you better enjoy the snow the first day it falls before the rain washes it away

- You own a barbeque that has rusted.

- You prefer one mountain range to the other

- When someone honks at you, you think they are trying to say "hi".

Wirig Reunion!

2008-08-15T21:42:00.015-06:00

The First weekend of August was MY first Wirig Family Reunion! I loved meeting all the new cousins and seeing everyone else again! I love how big this family is and how close everyone is... the love just radiates around everyone! I am so blessed to be part of it. It was named the Wirig Roundup 2008. There was a lot of food and swimming, s'mores making, talent show, birthday party, baby shower, girl time/boy time, and games and horse back riding. Sunday morning, everyone got together at an outdoor spot by the Timp Temple and had a little meeting sharing testimonies of family and this true true gospel I am also lucky to be part of. A lot of the time during the reunion I got really emotional, but I was pretty great at holding it back, because these days, I am a bawl baby!.... you know, didnt want to come accross as a cry baby to my new family :) But it really just hit me how blessed I am, to be part of the Katz family, but also to now be part of the Wirig Family Forever! My heart was squished and
still is just thinking about it. I love all of them! They are great examples to me!

Justin being a cowboy He is! -------------> Baby in the belly

Cotton Candy, Grandma and Grandpa Wirig, Mother-In-Law with the grandkids
And here justin and Danielle performing Greese Karaoke
SO FUN!!!!!! Can't wait for the next one!

ALso right now, we are just getting ready for this little girl to come be part of our little family here in November. Its crazy she is only 3 months away. Justin has been working hard, painting her room, and we just get more and more excited every day!!!

Our Hike and Washington

2008-07-28T11:03:00.020-06:00

A couple weeks ago, Justin took me hiking up to the Timpanogos Caves. It was really fun. I have never been there before, and I would say its a nice little hike. The caves themselves were awesome. Really cold in there, but its crazy what nature does over the years! ANyway, the pictures aren't too great, but go there in person and its really pretty inside. ANyways, it was nice to just take some time in the day and hang out with my best bud! Oh, while we were hiking up, the signs say that if you hear falling rocks to run... well we heard what sounded like was a huge boulder falling right on top of us, and did we run? No, not really, we just kinda stood there looking up like a cartoon, waiting for it to fall on us, anyway we finally saw it and stepped out of the way just in time.. it wasnt quite a boulder but it was a very big rock coming at a very fast pace :)
Wednesday morning at like 4:00 a.m. Justin took Laci and my sis-in-law Kara and Me to the airport. He dropped us off and we were headed to Washington to go to our friend Jana's wedding and to hang out with my fam. I was super sad Justin wasnt coming and I was about to be gone for 10 days. That was the first time we ever were away from each other overnight, so it was really weird and lonely and I missed him. ANyway, so we rode the Airplane and my dad picked us up. Then Ashley met up with us and we took the ferry over to Seattle for the day.

Yeah so we rode the ferry over to Seattle, walked around, shopped a little, and then Ran back to the ferry but who cares cause we missed it, so we waited and waited for the next one. After we got home I dont even remember what we did cause we were all so tired. Pretty sure we fell asleep. The next morning we woke up and got ready and went to the Seattle Temple for Jana and Nate's wedding! IT was AWeSOMe! SHe looked so pretty and they are so happy!

SO everything was great! Her reception was on a lake and they rode off on a boat to their hotel that was on the water~! Awesome huh?! So then we just went home and to sleep again. The rest of the trip was kind of a blurr but fun. WE walked around old POrt Orchard where I live and went to a park and looked at all the boats and antique shops and stuff.
Sunday, I took Laci to the airport and then hung out with my little sis Larisa! I love her... and cant wait for her to come down to school next year!
So I think my family all felt sorry for me and realized how much I was bummin' around the house without Justin, so they decided to suprise me and flew him out for the rest of the 5 days there! I was SOOOOOO happy! It really didnt turn into a suprise because, well, nobody in my family is good at keeping a secret, but they tried and thats all that matters!
WE just hung out, went on drives, went to Old TOwn Gig Harbor and ate lunch and walked around and had some ice cream. My Aunt Tara and her family came and so did my Grandma and Grandpa the last day we were there! IT was fun to see them. WE went and watched a 12 stake Dance Festival that my mom was very busy with all year! Turned out great! Like 2500 youth all dancing together! Crazy maddness but it was awesome! Now it's good to be home. Everything with the baby is going swell. We can't wait for her to come out!

Its been a While...

2008-07-10T16:54:00.003-06:00

SO it has been a while since I've updated this. The rest of June was fun and finally summer outside. Justin and I traveled down to St. George to go to Justin's old mission companion and roommate, John's Wedding. The St George Temple is awesome! We have just been working and playing since then. Justin also got 2 of the 3 pins out of his finger from his surgery.... wahoo. Now his nail is just falling off and it looks even more painful then it ever did, but apparently thats not the case so thats good. The 4th of July weekend was fun, relaxing, and just spent the day with the Wirigs, then we watched the Thanksgiving Point Fireworks. Oh Micheal, Justin's youngest brother, got his mission call to Denmark!!! We are way excited for him, just feel bad he has to wait all the way until November to report to the MTC... eventhough we are VERY NOT sad he will be around that much longer... we love that he always is willing to go swimming, play games, or just whatever with us! On monday I had my Ultrasound to find out what I was having... I mean obviously it was a baby, just didn't know if it was a boy or a girl. So 20 weeks now, we know. Justin and I were sure it was a boy going in there, but then we were wrong. We are having a little baby GIRL!!! YIPPEEEE. I love girls.. I mean I love boys too, but I'm really excited its a girl. So, now its more real. I feel her moving everyday... and she tap dances on my bladder.... so I spend about 90% of my time in our pretty bathroom :) Everything is healthy and its the COOLEST thing to see your baby right there on the tv. I can't wait until November! Anyway, thats about it. I know it has arms, but they arent to be found in ANY of the pictures... I should have asked the lady