Family Time

So its late and Eric isn't home from work yet and Kennedy is in bed so I decided to get on the computer to do some homework since school started this week.  Instead I ended up here which I'm sure will happen more often then it should this semester. 

This August has been full of so much, which has been so nice!  I don't mind keeping busy especially since it was right before school starts so it kept my mind off of it.  Every year Eric's extended family has a Family reunion with the whole family.  And when I say "whole" that is a big number!  I think Erics grandma told me when I was pregnant with Kennedy that she would be number 84 of her great grandchildren (and many more have come since)!  So yes there is a bunch of us and this year we went up to Tremonton.  It was cowboy themed and so we each made stick horses that we had to ride and do different activities with them for example: barrel racing, we also did rope pull or tug-a-war, etc.  We also had to do some cowboy poetry the only problem was when we were doing it only Eric, me, and Eric's sister Tara were there.  So Tara and I played the guitar and Eric made up a song to Genesis 1.  Everyone thought Eric was hilarious even though it was made up on the spot, luckily (definitely could have been a disaster).  It was fun to watch it all.  We also went to crystal hot springs and went swimming!  It was in all a good weekend and we enjoyed ourselves.

Eric's family doing the tug-a-war

After we were done at the family reunion we all headed up to see Quin play his first football scrimmage in Smithfield!  It was exciting and he did so good!  We can't wait to go see more of his and Aden's football games!

Quin is on the field but he is on the far side

 

Little Moments

Everyday is filled with little moments that remind me that I really do have an awesome life.  Often they are just simple.  I always know how great my life is but these moments just put a big smile on my face.  

Having a husband and baby is the best.  I use to not be able to imagine what it would be like even being married.  Then I met my best friend and we did get married then it turned into not being able to imagine have a baby.  But soon after we were married we found out I was pregnant and 9 months later that little addition entered into our family and she really is a little us (each day i can see more and more how much she really is our child and its not just her looks that give it away).  Now I can hardly remember what it was like when she wasn't here and it seems like forever ago that I wasn't married and didn't get to spend every day with someone that I love so much.  

Like I was saying Little moments happen everyday in our house.  The other day I finally had a chance to get in the shower and actually take a long shower (which I love to do) since Eric was home during my shower time (which is rare with his super busy schedule).  When I finally was out I could hear fin our bathroom from the kitchen: music on, water running which meant Eric was washing our way to many dishes in the sink, and Kennedy laughing hysterically at her dad.  I could only smile at the life that I live.  I couldn't be more grateful for a husband who loves me more then anything and that loves his daughter more then anything.  Kennedy adores her dad, he is definitely her hero.  And that couldn't make me anymore happy!

Kennedy hates to cuddle these days so instead her choice of sleep is just like dads

HOT Summer Days

As usual in the summer we are always looking for ways to keep cool.  And of course swimming is usually the answer.  Lucky for us Eric's family friends were in town visiting and so we got to up to their condo they were staying at in Eden and go swimming with them.  It was so much fun!  It was Kennedy's first time swimming in an actual pool and she LOVED it (much better then bear lake).  I think she just thought it was a big bath tub.  Either way she had fun and looked so cute in her swimsuit (I was a bit jealous that I could never look that cute in a swimsuit).  Here are some pictures of our adventure:

Ok super cute swimsuit huh!

The sun was in all our eyes but its a family picture

Eric was also in our friends Mikes wedding this week as well.  It was exciting to see Mike get married.  I love the spirit that you feel in the temple and the excitement of knowing that by being married in the temple its for all eternity!  They were married in the Bountiful temple, which is the same temple we were married in!  It was fun to go back and think that is where our family began!

They looked so good!

Quickly Flying By

Life at the Castro's house has been kinda busy as of late.  We have had some sudden changes but only for the good so that I am very grateful for.  I can't believe that it is already August! I kinda feel like I missed summer but there is still time I guess.  It's much different when you have a young baby.  Anyways Kennedy turned 4 months as you know and so it meant that she had her 4 month check up.  I was a little nervous because I hate that she hates the shots they have to give her.  But this time she was so awesome, she let out one little cry not even lasting 10 seconds and then was back to her normal smiling face.  I did have to laugh though when she gave the nurse a dirty look, I just told her I guess that comes with the job some times.  She laughed and said she got much worse.  I was a very proud mom that Kennedy did so well.  Also we got an update on her statistics! 

Height: 25 inches (75%)

Weight: 14 lbs 12 oz (72%)

Head Circumference: 41 cm (45%)

(Anyone who has seen Kennedy knows she is not lacking in food!)

Kennedy after her shots

The second pictures is a funny story.  Kennedy is a huge thumb sucker and gave up wanting a pacifier the moment she figured out how to suck on her thumb.  I decided one day to see if she would take a pacifier by chance so I gave her the soothie pacifier (the one you get from the hospital and you can stick you fingers in and feel the baby suck).  She immediately stuck her thumb right in the hole and sucked on both ha ha what a cleaver baby. 

As basically every one knows Batman: The Dark Knight Rises came out a couple of weeks ago and Eric and I have been waiting a very long time to go see it.  We were lucky and got some tickets for the 8:30 PM showing the night before it came out.  We got to go with our friends Chris and Felisha and Eric's family.  We saw it at the planetarium in Salt Lake which was cool because we got to play around there before the show and needless to say Eric had lots of fun. 

We had to take a picture with Batman it was only appropriate

At the end of July we got a great opportunity to move to a house.  It came kinda fast and so we jumped on it.  The only problem was we thought we would have to the last day of the month to move out but our landlord told us we needed to be out by the 28th and this was on the 25th! oh and our house was very close to being finish but not quite finished yet! So luckily the house was done enough we could move our stuff out of our apartment into a couple of rooms in the house and then we stayed a couple of nights with my family.  We are so blessed for them letting us stay there so we weren't stranded.  We are finally into our house now, even though we still haven't finished unpacking, and we love having all the space and privacy.  I think Kennedy is missing staying with my family though since she was constantly being showered with attention! And now we're hoping we can start to get back to normal life and enjoy the last couple of weeks before school starts again :(