Our Happy Family

Wintergreen

2017-07-07T12:37:00.000-07:00

Wow it has been a very Long Time!!!

2013-10-10T14:32:00.000-07:00

I have come back to blogger with the intent of using it as a journal to remember things that have happened in my life. I am not sure if anyone out in the blogger world still follows this and if you do, bless your heart! I have found that using the paper writing takes me so much time and by the time I am done my hand really hurts. So here I am back to using the good old blog.

Things in our life are going quite swell. Kris has now graduated from Mercer and is now working a full time floating position here in Atlanta at Publix. He is working a lot of hours which has been a change for us which brings me to my next point. We have graduated from being a one car family. YAAAAAAAAAAAAY!! I truly don't know how I would be able to handle being home without a car with the hours he now works. I never thought I could own a mini van but after looking at all the cars. The best fit for us at this time was a Van and ever since we purchased it I have LOVED it. I am now the proud owner of a mini van. :)

Abi is now 4 and is my little friend. She and I will just sit and talk. She keeps me company on the days where Kris works long hours. She is currently staying home with me. Preschool here is a ton of money and I didn't feel like she really needed to go. I figured what they do at school I can cover at home. We do some homework here and there but mainly we just play a lot. It has been nice not to have a solid school schedule this year. I have hopes of doing a few more trips before she starts school next year. Abi is my little music star. She has a real talent of picking up any song by just hearing it once or twice. I am amazed when she starts singing songs that I know she has only heard once. I am excited to watch this talent develop. She is also such a great helper with her brother and sister. I can already see her motherly traits being developed.
I have also just signed Abi up for a Dance/Gymnastics class and I am excited to see her in this. It is so nice to have a second car to make these things possible.

Kinley is now 2 and I call her my little firecracker. She has such the strong spirit. She is not afraid of much, which is totally opposite of her big sister. Kinley loves to be the center of attention and isn't afraid to make friends. I think sometimes she may come on a little strong to some shy kids. :D She also loves to sing with her big sister. The new events for Kin's lately has been she is now fully potty trained (which I LOVE). She pretty much potty trained herself. I went on a trip to Utah to see family and when I came back she had already been going potty by herself. I remember taking a trip to Savannah the week before my trip to Utah and she would want to go potty every time Abi did and she would actually stay dry until the next potty break.
Kins has also just started talking a lot more. She now makes full sentences and I laugh when she says things I say. Like today she said to Abi. "I am not very happy with you." :D
Kinley also just got singed up for a Gymnastic class. I hope that she will do well with it and that she will be able to follow her teachers and not be scared.

My little man Zach is 7 months old. He is now crawling and into Everything!! He is currently cutting his top two teeth and is drooling every where. He is such a calm little baby and is so sweet. He is happy in almost any situation that I have put him in. He also will lay down wide awake when it is time for his naps and fall asleep on his own. I don't remember if either of my girls did this but it is so helpful that Zach does it. He is such a sweet little guy and I find myself putting off things that need to be done in the house just so I can sit and cuddle him. But honestly I would much rather be spending time watching my kids grow then be cleaning all day and miss what they do.

I am so lucky to have such beautiful children and I hope I can be a mother just like mine in whom my children feel they can fully rely on and feel like I am one of their best friends.

As for the next coming months I hope to see Kris start at his own store so we can relocate and feel like we are going to be there for a little while. With Kris floating I have found myself pulling back a little from the ward. Now that we are in the Perkins home it takes quite a while to get places in the ward and I have just been in my little zone. My true hopes are that by the first of 2014 we will be in a new home and maybe be able to feel a little more settled. Anyways, a little bit of rambling but that is the update for now. I hope to be able to blog about things at least once a week. Here's hoping right? ;)

Fun Weekend (Blue Ridge GA & Chattanogoa TN)

2012-09-05T07:49:00.000-07:00

Mercier Orchards Picking Apples with Chittwoods.

Yummy Apples

Abi, Kinley and Cora taking a break under a tree

Look at the LONG rows of Apples

Yes, you could eat the apples as we picked them.

Hike up to a Bridge and water in Blue Ridge

Love this picture of the dads with the kids on their backs

Our family on the swinging bridge

Mommy getting Abi Loves

Here we all are. This was quite the old bridge over the water.

Daddy and Abi playing in the water

Daddy and his Girls waiting for church to start

This was the Church... how cool is that? (Headquarters of Brig. Gen George D Wagner Upon first occupation of Chattanooga.)


Abi walking through the rows and rows of headstones at the National Cemetery in Chattanooga

We found this blue rino at Coolege Park in Chattanooga... not quite sure what it was for. But the girls loved it.

At Coolege Park with the Walnut Street Bridge behind them, longest pedestrian only bridge.

Playing with the fountains at Coolege Park

Abi driving the Chattanooga Choo Choo

Abi calling "All aboard the Choo Choo"

This is what happens when daddy gives your child some of his caffeine drink

2011-12-27T12:23:00.001-07:00

Daddy gave Abi some of his Mountain Dew and later on that night Abi was so hyper she ran into our tv stand which resulted in the following.....

Drinking buddies.

2011-12-27T12:19:00.001-07:00

Kinley and Cora are becoming pretty good friends! They are three weeks apart from each other.

Snow "Stone" Mountain

2011-12-20T12:47:00.012-07:00

This morning we went to snow mountain. We had a ton of fun in the snow. It was actually quite enjoyable seeing that it was 52 degrees outside. We were able to go sledding, play in the snow and make snow forts and snow angels. :D Here are a few pixs of the fun time we had!!

LOOK!!! ITS SNOWING IN GA!!!!

Daddy and Abi making snow angels.

Abi was having a ball throwing snow balls at Kris.

Daddy pushing Abi down the slide.

Abi pulling her own sled back up to the top of the hill.

Look at that smile!! She kept getting off and saying that's fun mom!!

The big kids slide.....
And yes Abi went down it about 3 times!! (with us of course)
There was one side that was single rider tubes and
the other side is the family tubes.
This snow hill is set up on the hill where
you normally sit on to see the laser show.

Santa Try #2

2011-12-16T17:02:00.001-07:00

Abi wanted redemption time. She felt so bad about last time we had to take her again.We went to the same place we went to last year (bass pro shop) to see Santa again. Abi was still scared to see him but Santa buttered her up by giving her 5 candies by putting them in her pocket then she stood in front of him for a picture. I would call that success!!!

Kinley was just as happy as normal. :)

Santa Try #1

2011-12-13T14:26:00.001-07:00

At our wards christmas party Abi and Kinley were able to sit on santas lap. Abi had been so excited to sit on santas lap. She talked about him all week but as the time came to actually sit on santas lap she wasn't so excited.... (see picture below)... she officially won the most scared child in the ward. :) And Kinley could care less. Oh the black mails in the years to come on this picture.

Kinley's Six Months

2011-12-10T18:39:00.001-07:00

Wow I can't believe she is 6 months it seems like yesterday that she was born!! What a joy has been to see her and Abi together. Kinley is truly Abi's best friend. Kinley has grown so much over the past 6 months. To list a few things that she is currently doing...

scooting on the floor (not quiet crawling
Sitting up by herself
Getting herself from crawling position to sitting position
rolling over
eating oatmeal, baby food, and bread
laughing and smiling
loves to jump
Playing with the Christmas tree

At her 6 month check up she weighed 16.98 lbs (83%) height 25.5 in (45%) and head is 17 in and(71%).

Here are a couple pictures of her at 6 months.

Atlanta Thanksgiving Half Marathon

2011-11-29T19:16:00.001-07:00

For my journal and my memories:

On Thursday (11.24.11) Thanksgiving morning, I was able to compete in my first half marathon. It was such an awesome experience. Ever since my sister Liz competed in her first half marathon at Bear Lake and watching her run in it, I made it my goal that someday I would do that! So here I am in Georgia completing my first half marathon.

It was a nerve racking thing for me to do. I always thought to myself, how in the world do you ever run 13 miles. That is just crazy. Well crazy me I did it!!! (and yes I would do it again and contemplating going 26.2).

I have to give a big shout out to all my supporters in this race. Without them encouraging me and pushing me I don't think I would have ever done something like this. But now I know it is possible! Thanks to Kris for signing me up for the race and helping me with the girls all the mornings I went out and ran. And for coming early with the girls race day to encourage me on. He was able to meet me at mile 8 and mile 11 and at the finish line. What a help that was to see them at those points!!

For my awesome sisters for being great examples that it can be done! And calming my nerves in the days prior to the race. For my mom and dad for buying me an awesome new running shirt and being so supportive of everything I do!!

For awesome friends who ran with me and gave me encouragement that I could do it. And for all my awesome family and friends who wished me good luck and followed up to see how it went.

What an great experience to run a race in Georgia and to see more of downtown Atlanta. In this race we were able to start at Turner Field (where the Braves play) and run past Georgia State University, then to Centennial Olympic Park, Piedmont Park, Oakland Cemetery and Martin Luther King Monument.

I was so happy with what I accomplished. I was able to reach my three goals for this race. No potty problems :), no walking or stopping, and have fun!! I was able to complete 13.1 miles in 2:07:14. Yay!!! Here are some pictures of the race for all my family and friends!!

Burr... I am cold!! Lets start this thing!!

Beginning of the race (not sure if you can see the capitol or not straight ahead with the gold top) Sorry its on its side.

Yes there were a TON of people running this race...

Starting line at Turner Field

Mile Eight... as Kris puts it "just keep running...running running...."

Mile 11....

Yay I did it.... now give me food!!!

My awesome supporters... don't you think they are cute???

Who ate my cheese???

2011-11-29T07:17:00.001-07:00

It can now be known Abi loves cheese.

Daddy caught her in the act. I kept telling him it wasn't me but he didny believe me till he saw her in the act. Ha ha ha jk.

Best Friends..

2011-10-12T15:12:00.005-07:00

(Abi and I at the Beach in California)

Early this morning as Abi and I were watching a movie in bed Abi leaned over to me and gave me a big hug and said.. "mom we are best friends"!! Can you say tender??? I love my little Abi so much and am so glad she considers me her best friend. I hope that as a mom I can continue to be her best friend throughout all of her years. I love you Abigail!!!

Yellow River Game Ranch

2011-08-16T12:36:00.008-07:00

We were able to go to the yellow river game ranch this summer. This was a pretty fun place to go to. I had a couple friends tell me how cool it was and how close you could get to the animals. I was surprised by the many animals they had there. The extra fun part was that you could feed the animals. :D Abi was in heaven with this. Although the first animals that we saw were the bunnies and she fed them a cracker and then took it back and took a bite as well!!! GROSS!!! :D Here are a few pictures of this fun day.

Big Buffalo Head... This was the first time Kris and Abi had ever seen one.

Look how massive that thing is. It would wipe me and Kinley away if it really wanted to.

Abi feeding the warthog.

Abi feeding the donkey.

YES that is a BEAR!! We could feed them too! The thing they liked the most were the peanuts!

The Black things in the cage are more Bears.

Abi loved the bunnies.

Baby Goats.

Take notice of Abis face. She was showing the deer how to eat the carrot.

Abi kept saying to the animals "here you go"

Two of my favorite people!! Love you two.

As we were walking out Abi saw this horse and went crazy saying... "mommy I wanna ride the horse" So we spoiled her and let her ride it a few times.

Here is the video of her on it. She is so stinking cute!!

Kinleys Blessing

2011-08-16T11:21:00.009-07:00

On July 17th 2011 we were able to be in Utah and to bless our sweet baby girl Kinley Ann. This was such a wonderful day for us! Since we currently live in Georgia we were able to get special permission to bless her in Utah. Instead of having family come to us in Georgia we just decided to take our family to them.

As we got to Kris' dad ward to bless her I was so worried that Kinley would be so upset during her blessing because she missed her normal morning feed. So the first thing I did when I got to church was to rush into the mothers room and nurse her. But unfortunately she was not able to get enough food because it was time to bless her. So as I walked out of the mothers room I prayed that she would be okay. As we walked back into the chapel she fell asleep and she didn't wake up until the end of the meeting. What a blessing that was.

As they asked for the priesthood brethren to come up who had been asked, I was blown away by the spirit as I watched so many worthy priesthood holders surround my sweet daughter. Kinley truly has so many priesthood holders who love her and will always support her. I am so grateful for my family and for their constant love and support.

I am so grateful for the blessing that heavenly father gave her. I am so grateful to have Kinley in our lives. She has already brought so much joy to us as a family. Her sweet spirit has brightened our lives even more. I remember before Kinley was born I wondered how I could ever love another child as much as I loved Abi. It is amazing how you can have so much love for your children. It gives me a slight glimpse of the love our Savior has for each of us. We truly love you so much Kinley and are so grateful to have you in our lives!!!

Here are a few picutres of the special day!

Our growing family.

Mommy and Kinley

My beautiful Kinley!!

Beautiful Girl in her Beautiful Blessing Dress!! (Thanks Grammy Cutler)

Aunt Melissa taking in some cuddle time!

Lowry family taking some Kinley time!

Family getting some yummy food.

Grandma and Grandpa Cutler and Kinley.

Thank you so much Grandma and Grandpa Cutler for letting us have the party afterwards at your house. We love you so much and are so grateful for all your help.

Family Pictures by Danae

2011-08-16T10:46:00.018-07:00

Abigail JoAnn - 2 Years Old

Kinley Ann - 3 Weeks Old

Family Vacation to Utah

2011-07-23T10:56:00.020-07:00

In July we were able to go visit family in Utah. We had such a fun time and we miss family very much!! Here are a few of the fun things that we were able to do while we were there.

Grandpa Cutler's 100th Birthday Party-

My grandpa Cutler's 100th birthday was on the 11th of July. Although he is no longer with us, we still were able to celebrate his life on this day. We were able to get together with all of the family on the Cutler side and have a wonderful party. The kids were in heaven with a bounce house and kept them all pretty busy.

It was also nice to visit with my cousins on that side. We dont see them very often so it was nice to catch up and have them meet Kinley. :D Here are a couple pictures I got of this day.

Aunt Liz meeting Kinley for the 1st time.

Aunt April meeting Kinley. :D

Fun Bounce house.. and yes Kris was in there jumping with all the kids. :D

Seeing great friends-

It was so sweet of my good friend Lynette to come see me the day that we were leaving to come back home. She made such an effort to come to Kinley's blessing. (She was driving home from CA the night before and only got 4 hours of sleep.) I sure miss her and her cute girl Haley. As you can see Abi and Haley hit it right off.

Going to Lagoon-

We were able to go to Lagoon with the Harrop family. This was such a fun day. Our girls did so good and loved the rides. Abi's favorite ride was the Scaliwags. She went on this ride over and over again. (Thanks April for your help!) Next to that her favorite ride was the carousel. She loved to ride the horse. :D Here are a few pictures of Lagoon.

Mom and Dad in line for the colossus. (Mommy and Daddy time thanks to April)

Abi riding the horse. :D

Kris, Abi, Keith and Stryder in line for Scaliwags

Abi just loving her ride!

If you look close you can see how scared Abi is.

Man before I know it she will be in a real car.

Maybe one day she can drive a real boat and pull me behind on ski's.

Abi on her 1st ride with Stryder.

Chuck E Cheese-

Before going out to Utah we bought a Groupon to use at Chuck E Cheese. We were able to get a pizza, drinks and tons of tokens. :D Abi loved playing all of the games. Here are a few pixs.

Daddy loved this game. I think he won over 500 tickets off this game. Abi was so excited when she saw all the tickets coming out. Thanks to Daddy Abi got some pretty sweet prizes this time.

Steph, Em, Abi and Lizzy, going on the truck ride.

Sophia, Lizzy, and Abi

Abi on her first horse ride.

Silver Lake-

We were able to go up Big Cottonwood Canyon and go to the very top to Silver Lake. This was such a fun place to go back to. This is where Kris proposed to me. :D Now 6 years later we go back with two girls. Oh how time flys. The mountains were so pretty and made me realize how much I really miss them.

View from Silver Lake.

Yes there is still snow at the top of the mountains in July!!

Mom and Dad!! How cute are they??

Kris and Em stop for a picture.

Kris, Abi, Mom and Dad.

How many cousins can you fit on a rock? 10

Family eating lunch after a walk around Silver Lake.

Family picture. :D

Our cute family at the same spot Kris proposed to me!!!

Kinley Ann is Here!!!!

2011-06-13T10:59:00.018-07:00

Kinley Ann arrived on June 3rd 2011 and we have been so blessed to have her as a part of our family! I have been wanting to sit down and write up the birth story for myself but for some reason two cute girls have been keeping me very busy. :D So now that both of them are sleeping at the same time I decided it was about time. So here we go...

On May 31st I went in for my 40 week check in and we decided at that appointment that if she hadn't deiced to come on her own by Friday that we would go ahead and induce me. I was not a huge fan of being induced again but I knew that my mom was going to be flying in on Thursday night to help and I really wanted her to be able to spend as much time as possible with Kinley.
As Thursday morning rolled around there was still no sign of Kinley coming any time soon, so as I went into the Dr.'s office again he told me that I would be called in Thursday night to get a bed and then they would start the induction at 5:30 a.m. Friday morning. So we waited that night for the phone call to go in but by 8 p.m. we still had not heard anything from the hospital. By that time my mom was here to help out with Abi if we were called into the hospital. So we went ahead and called the hospital to see if we could go in. As I called they told us that we could just come Friday morning, so I got to spend one more night in my own bed before going to the hospital. :D

Friday morning rolled around and we had my sweet friend Eliza take us into Northside Hospital at about 4 a.m. so we could start the induction around 5:30. As we got settled into our room and finished all the fun paperwork the nurse came in about 6 a.m. to start the IV and get the Petocin going. This is where all the fun (should I call it that?) starts.

At 6 a.m. the nurse came in and started to put the IV in my left arm. From the induction with Abi I knew that they had a hard time inserting the IV into my arm so I was already nervous about this, but silly me I watched her as she tried to put it in my arm. Can we say bad idea? As she went for the first stab my vein rolled on her so she had to try again. As I was watching her all of the sudden the room started to spin and I felt really nauseous. The next thing I remember is putting my arm above my head and tried to breath through the yucky feeling. I then remember the nurse and Kris saying "man she is turning green... Emily are you ok?" Luckily I was able to come back too and did not pass out all the way but man can I just say I HATE IV's!!! After she got the IV in on the second try she told us that she would give us a minute before she started to petocin so I could compose myself.

The Dr. then came in at about 7:30 to check on me and see how far I was dilated and to see if he could break my water. As he checked me I was dilated to a 2-3 and 80% effaced. Then as he went to break my water my cervix had retreated since the following day and so on the first attempt to break my water he was unsuccessful. He told us that he would be back in an hour to try it again. He then came back in around 8:30 and he was again unsuccessful at breaking my water so he came in again at 10 and third time was a charm! :D Can I just tell you how uncomfortable having your water break is?

After he broke my water the contractions started to kick up and get worse and worse. The Dr. then came back in at 11 to see how I was doing and I was at a 3 and 90-95% effaced. As the 12:00 hour rolled around the contractions were getting really hard and I was debating on when to get the epidural. Silly me I was so scared for some reason this time to get the epidural.. maybe one from all the horror stories about them and two I really wanted to see how far I could get with out one!! BAD IDEA EMILY, LISTEN TO YOUR MOM!!!! My mom and Kris kept telling me to do it, but I was to scared. But by 12:30 I gave into the pain and called in for the epidural. As the Dr. came in to give me it, it was 12:45 and I couldn't have been happier to see him.

As he put in the epidural in my back I just remember the contraction getting stronger and stronger and I couldn't wait until the epidural kicked in. I believe it was around 1:30 when he finished getting me all set and the nurse was getting me to lay on my side, I felt all of this pressure and told her that I felt like I needed to push. (Mind you the epidural man told me it would take 10 minutes to kick in and it had not been 10 minutes yet!!!) So in ran the Dr. and it was go time. And yes I was in PAIN!!!

So after three pushes, two for her head and one for her shoulders...(less than 10 minutes) my sweet little Kinley was born!!! What an awesome experience to have another child!!! She has already brought so much joy to our family!!

Kinley Ann Harrop was born at 1:54 weighing 7 lbs 9 oz. and 20 inches long and a full head of black hair!!! Here are a few pictures of our journey. :D

Outside of the hospital getting ready to go in.

Last Pregnancy photo!!

Kinleys first photo in this world!

I am a big sister!!! :D

Daddy holding Kinley for the 1st Time

Grandma holding Kinley for the 1st time.

Already holding tight to Daddy's Hand

I love my hands!!!

Look at my cute hair!!!

Abi meeting Kinley for the 1st Time

3 generations of girls!!!

Love the look on Grandmas Face!!! Tender.

Us with Dr. Ech

Checking her sucking skills. :D

Check it out... I got mommy's little toes.

Classic going home pix...

Kinleys First Bath at Home...

Introducing Baby Girl Harrop

2011-01-17T13:16:00.002-07:00

Here are some of the pictures from our Ultra Sound. :D Isn't she just so cute?? We think so too!!! :D

You can see in this picture her head and her little hand above her head waving to us. :D

She is showing us her neck and her little shoulders.

Another Head and Body Shot..

Here is her little head and hand again waving to us. :D

You can see her cute little nose in this picture.

ITS A GIRL!!!!

Just another one to make sure!!!

We cant wait to meet you in May little one!!

Christmas 2010

2011-01-12T18:48:00.010-07:00

We had a great Christmas in Utah this year. We were able to spend a lot of time with family and just hang out. :D This was perfect! We did a lot of fun things from seeing movies in the theaters, to sledding, to seeing the Zoo lights, to going to Wheeler Farm, plus many other fun things. The only downer of the trip is we all got sick which slowed down our plans a little, but we were still able to do a lot!! Here is just a quick picture recap....

Spending time with the Lowrys....

Going to Wheeler Farm...

She was not afraid of the animals one bit! As you can see with her little hand through the fence.

Daddy and Abi looking at the animals.

Daddy, Abi and Papa Harrop by the Cows. :D

Daddy and Abi in the Playhouse at Wheeler Farm

Family Dinners with the Cutler's

Kris and Braden.

Abi loving the cousin play time.

Going Sledding

Going to Chuck E Cheese's with the Yates.

Of course the dads had to get in on some of the games...

Okay so maybe mom too....

Zoo lights with the Daw's and Grandpa and Grandma Cutler

Playing with the Daw's...

Visiting Grammy Harrop

Dinner and a Movie with the Hales.. (and then Kris played dolls with Grace) :)

DisneyWorld Vacation 2010

2010-12-05T15:37:00.009-07:00

For thanksgiving week we took a quick family trip to DisneyWorld. Kris came home one day and told me that he had both work and school off for a week and that we should go. We mainly did this because we had tickets for a free day at DisneyWorld. (Last year we did a day of service and received the tickets.) We had a lot of fun but we did hit a road bump at the beginning but that didn't slow us down to much.

The following paragraph is kinda sick so if you want to skip that is fine. :D

So on Monday we loaded up early in the morning to start our trek to Florida. About two hours out we took a pit stop for potty time ect. and as we were getting back on the freeway the unspeakable happened. Abi threw up!!!! YUCK :P Kris was driving so my first reaction was to catch the throw up so it wouldn't go all over the car. Well, my reaction was good because I did catch a lot of it but as I was turning around to throw it out the door and I got a big whiff of it, and there went my gag reaction and shortly I was doing the same thing Abi just did outside of the car. Bummer for Kris... I remember him saying "Oh no my girls what do I do..." To put a long story short... we all had doughnuts for breakfast and they didn't sit well. ha ha ha So after getting the car back in bearable shape we drove to a store to pick up Clorox spray and an Air freshner and made the rest of our trip to DisneyWorld. :D

On Tuesday we spent all day in DisneyWorld riding rides, watching parades and just having a great time. :D We were there from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Thanks to Abi taking a nap while we were there.

On Wednesday we went to Downtown Disney and then made our trek back home.

Here are a few pictures of our fun trip.

Kris and Abi in front of a Lego Land Dragon.

Kris and Abi looking at the birds at Rainforest Cafe.

Playing by the Elephant at Rainforest Cafe

Abi loved all the animals.. :D

Mommy and Abi by a play Cinderella

Daddy and Abi playing with Legos.

Daddy had to try these out in the Harley Davidson store.

Abi smiling big at the parade. it is kinda dark so Abi looks a little weird.

The castle at night. It had lots of Christmas lights on it.

Us in front of the castle before it got dark.

Abi loving the jungle cruise ride

We bought a turkey leg for lunch that we all enjoyed.

Oh no zurg got us!

Waiting in line for Winne the Pooh. Abi wasn't in the mood to stay still.

Abi on her first ride with Daddy

At the opening gates.

Halloween 2010

2010-10-30T06:59:00.002-07:00

Wow lots to catch up on...

2010-10-19T17:20:00.008-07:00

Sorry it has been forever since I last posted. My excuse is that our regular camera died and i have been taking a ton of pictures on my phone and it was kinda a pain to get them all off my phone and onto the computer but I finally got down to it and did it. :D So here is a brief story of what has been going on.

Mom and Dad came to see us. :D

This was such a fun time, we did lots of fun things from stone mountain, Kennesaw mountain, Atlanta history center, and just spending lots of together enjoying each others company. This was a great time! Thanks for coming all the way to see us. :D

Eating at Jonny Rockets... yum!

Dad showing off how strong he is at the Olympic museum.

Dad standing next to the fence on top of stone mountain. Yes he scared me when he got that close to the edge.

Amber and I ran our first 10K.....

This was such a cool experience for us. We had such a good time, I cant wait to run in my next race... Half marathon here I come. :D

Amber and I at the end of our run.

Here we go by our hubbys and Abi.

Before the race started.

Of course I had to get a picture of all the people waiting in line for the bathroom and yes we were one of them.

Curious George Came to see us at the Library.

Abi got to do lots of crafts and got to watch a couple of curious George episodes. :) She loved that part....

But she wasn't to sure about the real Curios George that came to see her. Luckily we did get one picture that she wasn't screaming in.

Ride the Ducks at Stone Mountain...

Our memberships were about to expire and we hadn't gone on this ride yet because it was an additional fee but we deiced that since it was cheaper with our membership that we should do it. This ride took us on a bus that went on land and water. It was pretty fun. Here are some pixs.

Getting our pixs taken before the ride.

Abi driving the bus in the water. :D

Hiking to the top of Kennesaw Mountain.

Thanks to the Challis for letting us borrow your child carrier.

Family pix by the cannon.

Mommy and Abi by the cannon.

Lots of park time....

Slides....

Swings....

Our strong little baby....

Having lots of fun on the playground.

Lots of swimming time....

We bought Abi a pool to play in on our porch.

Water park in Roswell, Abi loved it. We need to go back soon!

Wintergreen

2010-08-24T18:08:00.006-07:00

This has taken me forever to get up... in the beginning of August I was able to go home for a week and visit the Harrops and spend the annual Cutler Family vacation up to Wintergreen in Heber Utah with my family. It was fun to be able to see everyone (although I missed having Kris by our side, especially when my flight home had to take a detour to Tennessee due to a storm in Georgia.) We had alot of fun and it made me realize how much I miss family!!!! It was hard to leave but I was happy to know we will be back in December for Christmas. Here are some pictures of our fun trip.

Sunday I flew in and was able to spend most of the day with the Lowry Family and Papa. Abi and I went to church with Papa and then we went to dinner at Lowrys house. This was a lot of fun.

Abi with the Lowry Family.

Me with my tall nieces, I cant believe how tall they had gotten.

Papa, Stacy, Abi and Davey

After visiting with the Harrop side Abi and I went up to Heber Sunday night to join the Cutler Side party. Here are a few pictures of the fun we had.

Abi with most of the Daw family. I think Carter was off golfing with his dad so we didnt get a pix with him.

Abi was so spoiled while we were there. She loved playing games with her cousins. This is a picture of Quenton and Abi playing a game...

Abi loved this game and kept going back to Quenton to play more.

My really good friend Lynette was so sweet to drive 4 hours roundtrip to see me!!!! It was so fun to see her and I miss her lots! This was the first time I met her little girl Haley, she is a doll!

Lynette, Haley, Me and Abi

Abi loved giving Haley hugs, but she kept knocking her over it was so funny.

We also spent alot of time at the lake. Thanks to Miss and Craig and their boat. We had such a fun time!

Abi playing on the beach with the Harper kids.

Yes Abi loved all the attention she got. The Harper girls were such good mommies to Abi. It was so fun to see them together.

Mommy and Abi on the boat.

Aunt Liz, Kaylee and Abi.

Mommy Wakeboarding......

Mommy biffing.... (typical em picture)..... but thats because..

......Abi was driving!!!! he he he J/K

Uncle Brian holding a sleeping Abi.

This picture does not do it justice but Jonny (Liz's youngest) and Abi were so cute together... they would chase each other around and laugh... it was so fun to watch these two play.

Braden, Em and April... and yes this picture was taken inside of Baby Gap at the Park City outlets. They were taking off and I didnt have a picture with them yet so I made them take a picture inside of the store... ha ha ha it was fun to see the looks we got.

Grandma, Abi, Jonny and JJ and the shopping mall.

Last dinner with Grandma and Grandpa before we left. It was funny at this restaurant I deiced that I would get pasta over a pizza thinking that is what Abi would want more of and when the waiter brought out the food Abi leaned over and took a piece of Grandpas pizza. Thanks Dad for sharing your food!

This trip was so fun and it makes me realize how much family truly means to me!!!! We love you lots and miss you lots.

Tybee Island

2010-07-10T12:34:00.006-07:00

This Wednesday we deiced to take a day trip over to Tybee Island which is right next to Savannah GA. We were planning on going to the beach and then touring Savannah, but we kind of lost track of time at the beach, so no touring of Savannah for us this time. :D

We had a ton of fun, we took our tent and camped on a campground on the island. Abi loved playing in the sand and the water but she was not to sure about the waves. Here are some of our pictures from our trip.

(The only thing I failed to get a picture of was the awesome dolphins that we could see swimming out in the ocean. It was the first time we have seen wild dolphins.)

Daddy and Abi in the Atlantic Ocean.

Mommy and Abi walking along the beach.

Look at that smile on her face! She loved being free and just running all over the beach.

Daddy found a miniature crab inside a shell. If you look close you can see its legs.

I had to write something in the sand... :D

Daddy and Abi building a sand castle.

The finished product....

Just relaxing and I had to take a pix of our feet.

This thing washed up on shore and I thought it was just a big rock. But leave it to Kris to go investigate and I am glad he did. Look what it was....

He flipped it over and it was a Crab!

These are huge boats coming in bringing big crates across the ocean. This picture does not do it justice. These boats were HUGE!

Abi just hanging out in the shade. Kris and I were sitting in the water and we looked back to see where Abi went and she was still hanging out in the shade playing with her toys as happy as can be.

Playing in the sand but staying away from the waves.

Mommy and Abi at the campsite finishing up dinner.

Our family. And yes... Abi is fast asleep.

Abi playing with her bucket... she was taking all the seashells out and putting them back in the bucket.

4th of July Fun!!

2010-07-05T11:58:00.007-07:00

We had a very fun filled weekend. Kris had the weekend off so we were able to go do a lot of fun things

Our weekend included a Parade in Marietta and Festival Saturday morning with swimming in the afternoon at our pool followed by Fireworks at Stone Mountain.

Then on Monday morning we were able to go to Dunwoody's parade and festival. This was a lot of fun. Here are a few snap shots of the fun we had!

Abi's first face painting job... but we had it done on her arm.

Daddy and Abi getting ready to go play on the Adrenaline Rush

Climbing through the blow up place (daddy is a good sport)

Coming down the slide! :D

Abi and Mommy in the pool of bubbles... :D

I left her to get a picture of her alone. Yah the look on her face tells you what she thought of that.

A nice pirate man in the parade gave me a toy! Its a toy pirate.

Oh how I LOVE this picture!! My two love bugs!

Us sitting at the parade....

I had to put this picture in here because it shows you how much Abi loved her balloon.

Swimming in the pool with Spiderman.

Walking back to the car to go take naps. Abi loves helping push the stroller.

My first gyro. Pretty good. We also got a funnel cake but I forgot to get a picture of that.

Abi loved the parades. She just sat and clapped for all the people.