The Grand Canyon and beyond...

I was freezing!!!
View from the plane window

Ok, I'm a bad blogger! Since the last post there has been a flurry of activity with our family. First, Konan and his mom went to visit family in Portland. That same week I went to Ashland, OR  to visit the newest addition to the Bywater side, Wren Forester Bywater (Great outdoorsy name, huh?) While I was on my way home from Ashland, Konan was on his way up to Salt Lake to take in the Jazz/Lakers game (We won!) Konan and I were able to say "Hi" in SLC airport before going our separate ways again. Finally, for Valentine's Day Konan and I stole away to Vegas for short getaway.  Whew! 

On our Vegas getaway we stayed at the Trump, went to the Blue Man Group and then the next day we went on a Grand Canyon excursion. Our trip to Vegas ended up being fun, but not exactly relaxing. Here are a few pictures from the Grand Canyon...

Picture of the Day!

Happy Birthday Kate!!!

Rocking chair from Great-Grandma Bywater
Inspecting the presents
Before
After
"Are you sure I can do this?"

Kate celebrated her first birthday last Tuesday. I can't believe she's already one year old! We love you so much! Here are a few of her favorite things...

Favorite Food: Blueberries (hence the blueberries on her cupcake)
Favorite Place: The beach
Favorite Animals: Cats and Roosters
Favorite Song: Patty-Cake
Favorite Activity: Practicing walking and going down the stairs

going back a couple weeks...

Kate in her ears at D-land
Brad and Angelina!
Dustin Hoffman
b Above:Beyonce  / Below:Anne Hathaway
Ok this trip happened before Kauai, but I had to show my paparazzi pictures from the Golden Globes. We were down in Cali with Konan's fam to go to Disneyland. It was the day we were heading home and we had a couple of hours to kill until our flight back to SGU. Anyway I thought it might be nice to show Konan the LA temple.  We did a drive by of the LA temple and continued down Santa Monica Blvd and next thing we knew we could see the red carpet. We joined the screaming fans and paparazzi at a chain link fence outside where all the celebrities were getting out their cars.  You'll need to enlarge the photos to even get a sense of who it is. It was a totally random experience, but a lot of fun!

Out and about

Exploring the lava rocks 
Kate's mode of transportation down to the beach
Cutest beach girl ever!
Not a bad view
Last weekend the girls (me, my mom, and Kate) headed for the beach. Flights looked decent so we hopped on a plane and headed to Kauai. My battery on my camera died right when we got there, but I was able to get a few cute pictures of Kate at the beach.  Kate did amazing on flights I was so nervous for the 6 hour flight, but she played with her toys took two long naps. The flight attendants all loved her and one even held Kate for twenty minutes and showed her around the airplane!  Another funny thing is that on Kauai there are roosters everywhere. Whenever a rooster would crow Kate would do her best crow in return. It was great little get away. Boy, do I love my flight benefits!

Merry Christmas!!!

Tis' the season

I'm back from my blogging hiatus. I ran out of inspiration and I'm not sure if it's back, but here are a few recent pictures. Me, my mom, and Kate went to SLC for Christmas shopping and to see the lights on temple square. Christmas is so much fun again with  Kate. It really does bring magic back to the holidays.