Summertime 🎶

^^Birthday lunch at Cheesecake Factory with Jill. 

^^Cate's 16 month checkup (normally kids have a 15 month but we've been a month off since we moved). This is Cate signing "help" (or her version of the sign). She was 32" tall and 20.7 lbs. 75th percentile for height and 10th for weight. She must take after her dad....

^^Facetime with Slam AKA Buddo AKA Sawyer AKA World's Greatest Baby

^^Cate playing in her room with her buddy Aiden

^^I drove over a giant pothole that took a bite out of my tire. :(

^^Cate just chilled out in the stroller while our poor car ("Cho Chang") got towed. 

^^This girl LOVES her Daddy. He is pretty fun. :):)

^^Snuggling on the floor when we didn't have a sofa. 

^^Cate brought me her shoes, so I helped her put them on. Then she walked to the door like, Ok I'm ready to go! And yes I know that her 10th percentile is showing in this pic...we're trying to eat more meat and cheese around here....

^^And goldfish. 

^^Sad pic. We got our custom sofa this far before we realized they'd made it facing opposite of what we'd ordered. Glad we didn't haul it up the stairs!

^^We taunted our baby when she was playing in the sprinklers..."Cate, get your hair wet!" She did. :P

^^Cate learned a new skill this week. 

^^Cate's mug shot- I mean passport photo. We booked our trip!!  Chris will spend 2 weeks in southern France for a choir festival, then 4 days in Geneva. Then Cate and I will meet him in London for 5-6 days of vacation. Then we'll meet my family in Manchester and fly to Paris wit my siblings and their spouses (and no kids! scary!) for 3 days. Then back to Manchester for my sister Lauren's wedding!! Then a couple days in Scotland! Then home. It's going to be incredible!!!

^^After they goofed, they made us a new sectional in just 2 days! Hoorah. 

^^Cate learned how to take selfies. Love her. 

Celebration Week

This week I celebrated my 25th birthday, and Chris and I celebrated our 5th anniversary. We also enjoyed some happy day-to-day moments in between. It was a really, really great week. 

^^Our first 5 years in a nutshell.

^^Anniversary date on the deck with Ghidotti's takeout and my favorite people. 

^^Sunset. 

^^Chris's project on Saturday was to hang our hammock on the deck. He haggled for it on our honeymoon in Cabo San Lucas, and we can finally actually use it! 

^^I don't know which if them is more content. 

^^I just thought Cate's cloth diaper bum was extra cute this day.

Chris sang with the Salt Lake Choral Artists Men's Choir at a concert on Saturday night. 

^^Cate LOVED the music but was squealing with delight a little too much, so we enjoyed most of the concert in the foyer. 

^^Shadows on our way into church. 

^^Our new favorite treat. 

^^My family completely surprised me with a birthday party! 

^^Cate is teething again and just LOVED that freeze pop. 

We spent Monday morning (my birthday) with Nana and Papa. 

^^This is 63 pages of handwritten recipes from my Grammy. I couldn't believe it. I can't wait to try every single one!!! 

^^The night of my birthday we ate outdoors at Loco Lizard, and Cate loved taking the pennies out of the fountain and throwing them back in. 

I am so grateful for my family.  

Let's Play Music and Aunt Kelly

Last week, Cate and I spent 3 days in Arizona! I certified as a Let's Play Music teacher (letsplaymusicsite.com), and we visited Chris's sister Kelly, who lives in downtown Phoenix. It was a delightful whirlwind trip!

^^Delta was beyond good to us on the flight down to Phoenix. I left an enthusiastic review on their survey. :)

^^Isn't Kelly's view incredible? She lives on the 14th floor and has wall-to-wall, floor-to-ceiling windows. I loved them, and Cate REALLY loved them. 

^^Cate and Auntie Kelly at a cool, sort of retro pizza place. 

^^Kelly took me to see Mumford and Sons!! It was an incredible concert at a GIANT outdoor venue. 

^^5:00 pm

^^This is the only picture I took at my training. Showing off my name tag. Gotta look legit. The program is incredible, and I can't wait to get it up and running. Send your 4-6 year olds my way!! letsplaymusicsite.com 

^^It was past bedtime, but we couldn't come to Phoenix and NOT swim!

^^Saying goodbye to Auntie Kelly. We love you! M