Month of Birthdays

Another birthday happened around here yesterday!

It was Kenny's 20th Birthday on Monday! 

I can't believe he is 20 that just seems so old! 

All of my siblings are now out of the teens. 

Kenny is such a great person. 

In his letters from the MTC he's mantained his humor and the letters crack me up.

One of the most recent letters he told Alex he passed on the honor of being the man of the house to him. He knows its a hard job and that Alex is young, but he knows Alex can do it.

He thinks the MTC is prison but that he's getting through it. 

He's been also so sweet in all of his letters.

The email I got today said "your such an awesome sister, i was so lucky to get such awesome sisters. i love you guys alot. ive always thought that i have really cool sisters, you guys are awesome and i love you"

Totally made me cry.

We miss him like crazy but we are so proud of him.

Happy Birthday 20 year old Kenny!

(can you tell I'm ready for summer??)

This girl just turned 20 this weekend.

Miss Cami Lou is now out of her teen years. 

The other day we discovered that I've known Cami since she was 16.

Cami is such a sweet fun girl.

She is always full of life.
The poor girl is extremely accident prone, but has never let that hold her down.

We love spending time with Cami because we always have fun.

Happy Birthday Cam Bam!

You're just so old!

Leap Day

Our leap day was very bittersweet.

My little brother Kenny went into the MTC yesterday.

We are so proud of him and so excited for him to serve in New Zealand and serve the Tongan people (sweet). 

But Kenny has lived with Alex and I the past two months. 

I've always had a great relationship with my brother but I think having him around all the time added to the sadness of him leaving. 

I'm so excited for him, but I know I'll miss him all the time.

I'm so thankful for the gospel and to know what Kenny is doing will bless so many people.

I'm also thankful for the time it gives him to grow and mature into a great man.

But I do have to say we will be counting down the days until we see him again!

Christina's Birthday!

I'm a little behind in the blogging world!

But last Saturday was Christina's birthday so I need to give her a shout out birthday post!

This year Alex and I did a birthday week for Christina.

Every since Alex started one for me, Christina said she's going to have her future husband do it for her.

So we just started for her this year!

She's the big 24.

Christina is such a great sister/friend.

We've gotten way closer being in college and I love having her around.

She's funny, spontaneous and outgoing.

Everyone who meets her loves her.

We had a birthday party for her at our apartment on Sunday and she had tons of friends show up.

We are so thankful for Christina and we love having her by us!

Happy 24th!

Love you Nina!

Happy Valentines Day!

Spend it with people you love.

I know I am.

I get to spend it with my students, my lacrosse girls, and my husband.

Just missing some family but sending all the love their way!

Update

Our poor blog has been neglected lately.

Here's an update of what we've been doing.

Alex:

New boss at his work. Keeps him very busy.

Taking a basketball class which he thouroughly enjoys. 

He's enjoying his last semester so far.

His classes involve a lot of application and real life work, which he loves.

He's also got to go to Parowan to work on the houseboat.

He loves being able to do that so this weekend he got to work with Jared on the houseboat.

He's still being the awesome husband he has always been.

Very supportive and helpful because we've both been extremely busy the past few weeks.

Becca:

Team teaching currently, starting to teach on my own starting the 31st.

Coaching lacrosse, currently just doing conditioning. We start practice on February 2nd with our sticks. I have an awesome group of girls this year.

Doing physical therapy trying to heal my leg. It definitely feels a little stronger.

Making sure to spend time with Alex. We take advantage of our nights together.

We enjoy being busy, but we also enjoy our weekends that we get to spend together.

We are lucky enough to have my little brother Kenny living with us until his mission.

It's been so enjoyable to have him around.

That's the update for now, sorry no pictures! I've been terrible at taking them lately.

Christmas in Florida

We had a great time this Christmas break!

We got to go to Naples, Florida, which is were my parents live now and spend time with my family.

We all left on Sunday the 18th and stayed until January 2nd.

We played a lot of golf (Alex got pretty good), tennis, and card games.

We caught up with some old friends and enjoyed socializing.

We went wakeboarding multiple times, but also on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve.

Here's some pictures from the trip:

 Alex and Kenny ready to golf. 

Gator in the water near our ball.

Christina on the boat.

Christmas Eve wakeboarding

Gingerbread houses.

Opening presents. Dad with his stocking.

 Kenny in his beard beanie.

 More wakeboarding.

The new wake ski's.

Sadly on New Year's Eve I was using my dads new wake skis (they're like water ski's but wider and lighter so you can jump the wake and do tricks) and I was trying to a surface 180 when my left leg went one way and my right leg went the other way. I heard a loud pop and just screamed in pain. I went to the doctor and they think I tore my ACL. I have to wait until Thursday to find out for sure. It's really horrible timing for me to get hurt and I can't believe I was being so dumb! But we're hoping for the best. 

Other than that we had an awesome time. I love getting to spend time with my parents and my siblings. We had a great time with Nash as well.

We can't wait to go back.

We're also so glad we only have to wait until February to see my mom and dad again!

Wakeboarding on Christmas Eve.

Merry Christmas Eve and Merry Christmas!

This year, Thanksgiving was spent at Alex's parent's house in Parowan.

We were finished with school on Tuesday and headed down that evening with Alex's sister Cami.

We were so excited to finally have a break from school!

We got down there Tuesday night and chatted then went to bed. 

Wednesday morning, I went for a run around Parowan.

I had a great run.

We messed around for a while after that.

Alex and I rode bikes to the grocery store to get the ingredients for the key lime pie I was in charge of.

We went over to the track to see Cami run.

I helped Cami with some homework.

Then Cheryl and the babies arrived.

That night we went 4 wheeling with Alex's cousins.

After 4 wheeling, we went and played basketball.
We had lots of fun with Alex's family and his cousins.

Thursday was Thanksgiving!

I got up that morning and ran with Cheryl. 

We ran to go see the boys playing football.

Our run turned out to be a little bit longer because we had to search to find them.

We watched them for a second, but then ran home to watch the babies.

We got ready for the day and around 2:30 we ate!

I've never been the one to eat a ton on Thanksgiving, but I do eat lots of pie.

I love pie.

 

 So thankful for him.
 

Sadly I didn't have any apple pie this year, so I'll have to get me some this week!

After we ate, we lounged around, took a nap, played some games.

That night, I helped Cami with her Thanksgiving tradition of putting an M on the sign of a Dental Clinic so it'll say "Mental Clinic". 

At midnight, Cami, Cheryl, Joyce and I went to Walmart for a little black friday action.

It was wild. 

But we got some goodies.

Friday, another morning run, then Alex and I took the babies to feed the horses. 

They love the horses and they know how to say "neigh".

When we were feeding the horses, Alex's dad said we should go to Lehman's Cave.

So we hurried, got ready, and headed out.

We drove out to Lehman's cave, had lunch and waited for our tour.

I was trying to suck it up, but I'm terrified of caves.

I'm not sure why.

It's not claustrophobia because it doesn't happen in all small spaces.

It's just the uneasiness of being underground, in tight spots.

Overall it was an enjoyable trip, with the exception of the hour in the cave.

Saturday, Alex and I took the babies to feed the horses again.

Around noon, Cheryl, Alex, Joyce and I headed to St. George.

We had some in n' out burger and did a little shopping. 

We came back to Parowan in time for the candlelight parade and for the lighting of main street.

It was really fun, but cold.

After the parade, we played basketball again with Alex's cousins. 

Not as fun as the first night, but still fun.

Sunday we lounged around, but also took the babies again to see the horses.

We went to church, had dinner, and headed back home.

We had a great Thanksgiving break.

It was so hard to come back to school, but only 3 more weeks until Florida!

I am thankful for my amazing husband who gets me through every single day.

I'm thankful for cell phones so I can talk to my family every day.

I'm thankful for my Mom, Dad, sisters, brother, and Nash.

I'm thankful for the great family I married in to.

I'm thankful for my sweet baby nephews.

I'm thankful for my education and how it's prepared me for my future career.

I'm thankful for the girls I coach.

I'm thankful for our bed. Favorite place on earth.

I'm thankful for sweats especially in this cold.

I'm thankful for exercise and Alex for making me go every morning.

I am thankful for diet coke.
I'm thankful for Maria. She's such a good car.

I'm thankful for the gospel and the blessing it is in our lives.

Just a little list of what I'm thankful for.

I'm sure this list could go much longer.

I love this time of year to be able to reflect of the great things we are given.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Biggest slacker blogger award:

Definently goes to me.

I've been slacking big time.

And I can't find my camera cord.

We are so busy with school!

This is my last semester of classes and I'm taking a 17.5 credit load.

Pretty hefty with all the projects and tests going on currently.

I'm waiting on my student teaching assignment.

I'm hoping to get it this week.

I'm also super busy with lacrosse.

We're a club team so we totally support ourselves.

It's a lot of work but I love it.

I have a coaches clinic this Saturday and then a tournament in two weeks!

Alex is super busy with school getting ready for his FE exam.

All civil engineers have to take it in order to graduate.

Poor kid is so stressed.

On a happier note,

I've been awesome at making dinners this semester.

I used to hate making dinners because around 4pm every night we would look in our fridge and have no idea what to make.

So now, I make a menu of what we'll eat that week.

I go shopping Monday for all the ingredients.

I've been doing this since the first week of the semester and have continued to do this.
It's so nice!

And I enjoy cooking these new meals.

I've also tried new desserts.

This fall my favorites have been mini pumpkin pies, mini apple pies, and pumpkin spice cake (easiest thing ever).

Well that is what we've been up to.

When I find my camera cord I promise to get some pictures up.

Oh and I'll post about Kenny's mission call!!

It should arrive tonight!

Can't wait!

So this summer, I was able to knock a few things off my bucket list.

And Alex says I should post it because then I'm totally held to it.

Here it is:

1.     Skydive Kenny’s 18^th Birthday

2.     Visit Lake Powell Multiple times!!

3.     Make a completely homemade pie

4.     Italy

5.     4 kids

6.     See a Broadway musical

7.     Head coaching job Pleasant Grove Lacrosse, 2011-2012 first season

8.     Full triathlon Spudman Triathlon 2011

9.     Kite boarding

10.  Paddle boarding Thanksgiving 2010, Naples, Florida

11.  Bungee Jump

12.  5k Iron County Fair 2010

13.  10k

14.  Half Marathon Provo Halloween Half Marathon 2010

15.  Marathon

16.  Hide race Iron County Fair 2011

17.  Jeep Crawling

18.  Go whale watching

19.  Grow a vegetable garden

20.  Ride in a helicopter

21.  Go to the Olympics

22.  Milk a cow

23.  See the northern lights

24.  See a Cirque de Soleil Show

25.  Learn how to make sushi Sushi making kit, December 2010

26.  Be part of a flash mob

27.  Zip line through a jungle

28.  Ride a mechanical bull

29.  Ride in a hot air balloon

30.  Go to a drive-in movie theater

Here's my number 16.

My sister-in-law, Cheryl, and I did the hide race at the fair this year.

I'm closest to the camera.

It was so fun.

Now that it's posted I'm totally held to this!

I'll mark things off as I go.

Boston Continued

 The next day we had the family reunion.

Grandma and Grandpa gave us our own cake to celebrate our second anniversary!

So sweet!

 

We ate some lunch, played games, and watched family slide shows.

 3 Alex's.

Uncle Alex, Cousin Alex, Hubby Alex.

 Dad and Nina playing a game.

 

The whole Chatfield gang.

Also Grandma's sister, Ginger, and her daughter Patty.

After the party, we all did a boat ride in Plymouth Harbor.

We had a great time and loved to be able to hang out with family.

Hopefully we don't wait so long to see them all again!

  

 

 

On Monday, we moved hotels and stayed in Boston.

We started the day with a jog through Boston Commons. (Mom and I)

After, we went on a duck tour!

It's an amphibious vehicle! So fun.

We learned tons of history about Boston along the way.

After the tour, we went to a bbq with my Gparents for temple workers.

My Gparents are in the temple presidency for the Boston Temple.

After we went up to the temple to show Alex and Ana.
It was cool to see.

I remember going through the open house of the temple before it was finished.

Then we went and hit some major spots along the freedom trail.

Below we went and saw the USS Constitution.

We also saw Paul Revere's house, Bunker Hill Monument, the site of the Boston Massacre, the graves of Samuel Adams and others, and a lot more!

 Christina hiking Bunker Hill Monument.

294 Stairs!!

Tuesday consisted of walking in Boston Commons.

We saw the ducklings in the park from the book "Make Way for Ducklings".

We did a swan boat ride.

We saw the frog pond.

We walked around Boston some more.

And finished the day with dinner at a small little restaurant.

 

We had a great time in Boston, but the best part was spending time with family.

I was so happy to show Alex a large part of my life.

It was fun for him to see a place that I really do find beautiful.

Thanks for a great trip Mom and Dad.

See you later Boston...maybe when we have a baby we'll come back!