trunk or treat

On friday we went to our wards trunk or treat. Kate had a blast! I knew she would. The way she entertains herself all day long is carrying around a bucket of some sort and putting things into it and then coming and giving them to me. So when it came to trick or treating she was a pro! She was little red riding hood this year and was adorable. We didn't take her trick or treating but the candy she got is more than enough. We hardly had any trick or treaters come to our house this year so we still have way to much candy in our house. I should probably throw it away. It isn't going to help me any trying to lose 10 pounds. We had a great halloween and can't wait til next year when Kate really understands the concept. Happy Halloween!

Little Piggy

last night while Kate was eating dinner I gave her her first pigtails! She looked so cute! Kate has a major mullet and thought it was time to do something about it. Only problem is she won't let me put anything on her head. It is probably my fault because I never put headbands or flowers in her hair as baby and is now not used to it. So these only lasted in her hair for about 2 minutes but was able to get some cute pics. After I put them in her hair she kept laughing and thought it was the funniest thing ever. I love that girl.

most magical place on earth

Last week was the very first Wray family reunion! My dad's family has been having one every year for over 25 years and we thought it was a good time to start our own. Where else to kick off our reunion....DISNEYWORLD! Some how I got put in charge of planning it and so of course that is what I would choose. This year we switched it up though. Everytime my family has ever been to Disneyworld, we stay on property at this place called Coronado Springs. We love it. But we wanted to stay at a hotel that had a suite big enough so we could all fit in the same room, only problem is there are only a couple of hotels on property that have rooms big enough. We decided on staying at the new Bay Lake tower, right next to the contemporary and we were not disappointed!! It is steps away from magic kingdom and we could watch the fireworks from our room everynight! We also got to use the monorail which was great!

I was actually having an anxiety attack about going because I thought it would be a nightmare with Kate. A 5 hour plane ride a 15 month old don't go hand in hand. But once the plane ride was over all my worries were gone and glad to have Kate with us. We spent 5 awesome days playing and spending time together. We also ate and ate and ate. When you stay on property you can get the disney dining plan which gives you 2 meals a day and a snack but these meals are massive and you get entree, dessert and drink. We had some awesome food though. Unfortunately my sister, Angela, had to be a wheelchair the whole time but actually turned out in our favor as we could to skip most lines. It was great to get away and be together as a family. Here are some pictures from our trip (mostly stolen from my sister because my camera didn't work most of the time and she took 600 pictures. thanks sis)eating at one of our favorite dinner's, Ohana

Kate is obsessed with toy story and here she is picking out her toy, Woody

To "eternity" and beyond! that was the theme of the reunion

utah

Last week on a whim, I decided to go up to utah. Kate had been really really sick all last week so having been trapped in my house and hadn't really gotten any sleep for 5 days, I needed to get away so Phil got home on Friday at 5 and I said we're going to salt lake. Phil stayed til Sunday and flew home and I stayed til the following Friday. It was nice to spend a week with my in laws and hang out with my sister a little bit. I unfortunately forgot to bring my camera (which I figured out yesterday is broken, so if anyone has a good camera suggestion let me know) so I don't have any pictures. Besides Kate still being sick for the first part of the week and wouldn't let be put her down and let anymore touch her, it was a really fun week and got spoiled with a pedicure. We are now looking forward to our Disneyworld trip in 6 days!!!

very late

Here is my very very late post about Kate turning 12 months. She is now 13 1/2 months and just went to her 1 year check up this morning. She is doing great but she did have to get 5 shots. I was freaking out because that is way to many in my opinion. She screamed just for a minute and is now sleeping it off. She is 31.5 inches and 26 pounds 10 ounces, both in the 95th percentile. She is huge but I love it. She is wearing 24 month clothes. She has been walking for a month now and I really enjoy it. People always told me that I would regret her walking because she would be getting into everything but she already did that anyway and now she doesn't get as dirty crawling around. This is the age I have been waiting for and it is really fun. Here is her last bear picture. Now I am only going to take them every year until she hates me for it. We had it taken when we got our family pictures done. 

lights, camera, action!

So for Kate's birthday we decided as her big gift to get family pictures taken. I figured she won't remember some useless toy, but can have these pictures forever. I have never really liked many pictures of Kate because I think she is way more beautiful and cute in person and they don't do her justice but I LOVE these! My friend in the ward is a photographer and did them for us. Her website is www.allysonkayephotography.com She did an amazing job. Here are some of them. There are so many I love I don't know how I'm going to choose. 

to infinity and beyond

On June 28th we celebrated our 2 year wedding anniversary! I can't believe what a lucky girl I am. We didn't do anything to exciting, but it was nice to go out to a nice dinner without Kate. We went to a brazilian steakhouse on the strip. It was super yummy. It had the best meat of any brazilian steakhouse I had ever been to but the lamest buffet. So overall it was delicious. The only downside was no grilled pineapple. After dinner we went to go see Transformers since that is Phil's favorite. It was a great night and a great reminder of how lucky I am to have an eternal marriage with the love of my life.