Adorable.

 How about a little update on our sweet Kenlee girl...the most adorable 15 month old ever! Obviously she likes to play with my iphone. She thinks it's funny to see herself and take pictures. She is talking a lot more lately. She says, Yeah! Shoe. No. Hi. Up! Ah-gah (all gone). Uh oh! And she'll say please with a little help. I just say, "What do you say?" and she says, "peees-uh". She also has started knocking on doors and she'll say,  Nau Nau! (knock knock). Randon taught her how to count down from three. So if one of us counts three, two, one, she'll say "GO!" But she'll also count sometimes, too. Wee, do, one, go! So sweet. She gives high fives and knuckles, which is the cutest thing ever! She now gives kisses with kissy lips instead of a wide open mouth. She has three molars and one on the way. She loves to play in the sand and water at the beach. We went with Daddy last Saturday and it was so fun. Such a gorgeous day. 






She knows some of what her body parts are. She knows nose, ears, tummy, bottom, arms, hands, toes, and feet. At fourteen months she started showing interest in holding utensils. She'll hold a fork and eat the food off of it, but she still hasn't gotten down how to stab the food with it. When we say, "time for prayer" she'll fold her arms and put her head down. Sometimes we can get her to say amen. It's so cute. She squints her eyes at people when she doesn't know them or is upset with them, we call it the "stink eye". She is starting to hit (which is absolutely not my favorite thing) but she will say sorry when prompted and she understands when we tell her to be "soft". When she is on the the stairs now, she will hold on to the wall or rail and actually walk up and down instead of going backwards on her tummy. She still eats very good and sleeps really good at night. But naps are another story...she has gone down to one nap and usually sleeps for about an hour and a half, I'm lucky if she'll do two. *Sigh* She still loves Yo Gabba Gabba and it's about the only thing that will keep her occupied so that I can cook. Sometimes she'll watch a minute or two of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.

She LOVES to dance and dress-up. Her friend Ashlyn was over the other day and they had so much fun putting on Kenlee's tutu's and dancing up a storm!



She got her first black eye the other day. She fell off a slide because she wanted to stand not sit on it. Poor baby. Here are some cute pictures of her with her black eye.



Silly, pretty, adorable, wonderful little joy in our lives.

Family Pictures

We had our family pictures taken by my friend Dana Anderson back in May. I LOVE them. Take a little look see....

A little visit to the desert.

Kenlee and I got to go to Arizona for a couple of weeks in July. We had a Udall family reunion so a lot of the time was spent in Safford. All of my siblings (except Matt, who is on his mission in Italy) were there with all their children...needless to say, it was a MAD HOUSE! We had a blast.
The Udall reunion began at the Cemetery to Honor my Grandparents. We shared fun memories and sang "Love at Home".

Then we headed to the Church Street Chapel for dinner, skits, and a family auction to raise money for the next reunion. It was lots of fun. The next day we ate breakfast at Aunt Jayna's.
Kenlee discovered a new love for sand and dirt on this trip.

And then everyone headed to the river. Kenlee was napping at my mom's so I missed most of that, but I got there just in time for the PVC pipe marshmallow war. It was a blast. The river was super dirty so all the kids were very dirty when they were done swimming (as you can see in this picture of Charlotte and Nathan).

Then we had dinner at Aunt Suzette's and headed to the Pioneer day parade and celebration.


Well, we made it through the parade and then Kenlee went straight to bed. But me and my siblings headed back to the church for game night with cousins. And it was HILARIOUS! Reverse charades, Backwords (and yes I spelled it that way on purpose), Eye Contact, etc. So fun! On Sunday my sisters and I sang a song for my parents that we had changed the words to. It was to the tune of Taylor Swifts "Best Day" song. None of us really sang, most of us just cried. I am so grateful for my parents and their love and support through the years. I think most of us felt that as we (attempted) to sing.
After the reunion, I stayed a few more days in Safford to play. We played games, watched movies, took Cara and Dena's family pictures (here's a couple of cute ones),


did make-up with Charlotte,

played with family, (The Grandkids on the train with Grandma)





ate La Casita with friends, ate La Casita again with family (Kenlee had fun sitting on Grandma's lap and playing with her glasses),



...went to the Temple and did Sealings with my Dad as the Sealer, went to the Temple again for a session,
played dress up (Bella came in dressed like this...so Dena and I joined in!),


went to the Mountain,


(Told you she discovered dirt...)




ate snow cones, and had a marvelous time!


We also got to spend some time with Randon's family in Mesa. 




We saw the new Batman movie, watched tons of Olympics, ate Crazy Sub, went swimming, ate Crazy Sub again, made cards with Mom Walters, went swimming at Leah's, and enjoyed it so much! One night we got to spend some time with Uncle Jadon, Aunt Amanda, Tavius, and Uncle Zach. That was very fun!


Another night Shaylee and Amy came over and we played in the rain and puddles! It was a blast.




Also while we were in Mesa, Dena, Jacob and I went to a Homecoming talk for Elder Parker. Matt's Mission Companion! It was so neat to here him talk about an investigator that they had found together (the one we have been reading about in Matt's emails for so long), and it was even more neat to hear him bear his testimony in Italian.

It was a fantastic jam packed trip!