Ben, Katie, Emma, and Audrey: July 2009

Monday, July 20, 2009

Happy Birthday, Emma!

Our dearest Emma turned 2 on Sunday! She is a joy without measure! We are so grateful that she joined our family!

Sweet baby smiles!

Emma getting her first teeth

Yum...cereal

Emma in her beautiful blessing dress

Emma's birthday picture last year.

Emma's first ponytail.

Katie's Book List 2011

My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok (reading)
Parenting With Love & Logic (2nd time) (reading)
Mormon Scientist by Henry J Eyring (reading)
The Help by Kathryn Stockett (finished)
Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams (finished)
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish by Douglas Adams (finished)
The Princess Bride by William Goldman (finished)
Life, The Universe, and Everything by Douglas Adams (finished)
The Greatest Miracle in the World by Og Mandino (finished)
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams (finished)
The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (finished 12/31 actually)

Movies we want to see in 2010

Megamind (sorta)
Tangled (mostly Katie)
Gulliver's Travels
17 Again (2009) (it was actually pretty hilarious)
Iron Man 2 (loved it!)
How To Train Your Dragon (LOVED IT!)
The Blind Side (2009) (LOVED IT!)
Sherlock Holmes (2009) (loved it)
Leap Year (eghhh)
Inception (AMAZING!)
Eclipse (the best one yet)
Percy Jackson & the Olympians (fun movie)
Avatar (2009) (Great special effects, lousy script)
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (pretty good)
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Alice in Wonderland (kindof)
Toy Story 3
Knight & Day
Harry Potter 7 Part I

Katie's book list 2010

The Kite Runner
Fablehaven
The Luxe
The Help
Bram Stoker's Dracula (reading)
Believing Christ (reading)
Parenting with Love & Logic (reading)
Peter Pan (finished)
The Host (finished-2nd time)
Mocking Jay (finished)
The Last Olympian (finished)
Catching Fire (finished...loved it!)
The Book Thief (finished)
The Hunger Games (finished...loved it!)
The Demi-God Files (finished)
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Titan's Curse (finished)
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Battle of the Labryinth (finished)
The Last Battle (finished)
The Silver Chair (finished)
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters (finished)
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (finished)

Movies 2009

New Moon (much better acting! I really liked it)
Up (I want a dog like Dug and the snipe!)
Fast and Furious (will never watch this one again!)
Bolt (ADORABLE)
Coraline (both- a weird Tim Burton movie, just as expected)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Our favorite HP movie so far!!)
Forever Strong (We REALLY liked this movie!)
Confessions of a Shopaholic (WAY CUTE!)
Knowing (Ben- it sucked...seriously, don't see this movie)
Bride Wars (Katie- sweet, but rather silly) (Ben- communication is key in every relationship.)
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Ben- check your brain at the door, but liked it alot)
Star Trek (both- a really, REALLY GOOD movie!)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (Katie-X2 is still my favorite, but this one was good) (Ben- I liked it.)
Taken (Jack Bauer, being played by Liam Neeson! Decent flick)
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
The Time Traveler's Wife (just Katie)
G.I. Joe
A Christmas Carol
Angels and Demons
Night at the Museum 2
Seventeen Again (just Katie)
Sherlock Holmes
Terminator Salvation

Our Story

Ben and I met in our BYU singles ward...BYU 210th ward. We were acquaintances for about a year from Fall of 2004-2005. But at the beginning of Fall of 2005 Ben asked me out...the first day of school actually. After about a month of dating we knew we wanted to get married...and on December 27, 2005 we were married and sealed in the Salt Lake City Temple!
We continued school and both graduated in August of 2006. The same weekend as graduation we packed up and moved to Iowa.
We have now been in Iowa for over 2 years...and a ton has happened since moving here. Ben has finished 2 years of chiropractic school and has about a year left, then he will do a preceptorship somewhere for a few months, then we will settle somewhere...who knows where??...probably St. George. And our beautiful daughter, Emma joined our family in July 2007! She is our joy! We love her so very much!! She must be one of the sweetest little girls in the world...and she definietly keeps us entertained.

Ben, Katie, Emma, and Audrey

Monday, July 20, 2009

Happy Birthday, Emma!

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