Family

Back To The Real World

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If we can even remember what that is anymore?! Well technically we are roadtrippin from Maryland to Utah right now and right now I am so very grateful for hotspots and laptops…anyway I guess we still have a couple of fun things planned because I, unlike most people, love road trips. We are staying in Chicago tonight and tomorrow and Lyle is so excited for deep dish pizza and I’m excited for touristy things. Then next we are going to Green Bay and seeing a Packers game. I must really love that cute husband of mine huh ;). After some other fun stops we will be back home. This past year we’ve lived in our home for less than 5 months…& we kind of miss it. But we just spent the last few days with my amazing family. No but really thats what they are. My parents watched Murphy for 6 weeks and mailed out things when we asked and they were fantastic.

 Lyle & I got to go to D.C. with my family. He has visited so many times and we have yet gotten to show him some of the monuments and things so dad and Sean took off work and we all got to take the metro into the city and the weather has never been more perfect out of all the times I have gone there! We were so lucky. AND it wasn’t even crowded! My Aunt Deb and Cousin Tyler got to come too and its been so fun to grow up near them and see them for so many things. It’s always more fun when they come. “We are so grateful Aunt Deb and Kylie…” #crap.
 
Tylers home from his mission!!!
 
 

 Then the next day Lyle met up with one of his oldest friends Brad for Lunch. Anyone know any LDS babes in the MD, VA area?! #Bradssingle 

And on the way back Lyle surprised my family with Georgetown cupcakes. Aunt Deb where you at?! Pumpkin Spice, Pumpkin Cheesecake and Salted Caramel = Heaven. Nay thought it was so cute that I run to the door and scream and hug Lyle until she heard me say cupcakes and then it wasn’t cute anymore hahaha. But Lyle always gets greetings like that…come on now.


Lyle and I got a glimpse at parenthood being back home too…
One second Bray is helping us pack and the next I turn and see this…She’s fast guys.
Look at these precious faces! Oh my. We are so head over heels for all three of the babies. I don’t think its possible to love them anymore than we do honestly. They have us wrapped around their fingers, especially baby bray. I wish I could be with them everyday. When CJ was a baby I was there for absolutely everything and I miss it. They grow so fast. 
 Then one day Lyle and I were on crack because we decided to take the babies to Chuck E Cheese with just us. Every time we come home we like to take them with just us to do something fun. After almost 3 hours I had a headache but the kids loved every second of it. Uncle Lyle spoiled them with far too many tokens and pizza. At times I would look around for Lyle and find him playing guitar hero and other games like one of the kids. It was so funny.  A little foreshadowing if you ask me. 

 thats one way to do it bray…

lyle teaching the girls how to do it…

and he failed hahaha 

  

The girls loved all my jewelry and hats and clothes. 

 We ran at our favorite place. The leaves were AMAZING.
 I love FALL.
I am so grateful for my parents and all they do for not only me but Lyle too. I know everyone always brags about their parents and mine are ranked up there with the best of them. Our family isn’t perfect but if you wanna know loyalty and love our family has it. Not many people understand how close we are and leaving them over the past 4 or so years hasn’t gotten easier. I can’t wait until I see them again. Why is Utah so far??
Love, Cait

Meet Murphy

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“I thought you were gonna wait?!” whoops…
These are the first words that came out of my dads mouth when I told him Lyle and I spontaneously bought a puppy. And by spontaneously I mean I had spent at least half my day for the past two weeks searching for puppies on KSL, pet finder, adoption websites and so forth….but yeah totally spontaneous…I guess in a way it was because Lyle and i agreed to wait until Summer or so but when we saw Murphy we just fell in love and had to meet him. And honestly if anyone knows me and my love for dogs they understand my lack of patience in waiting all the way til summer & now i have a bud when Lyle goes on his work trips! Murphy is seriously the best puppy- i don’t know how we keep getting so lucky in everything! We don’t let him anywhere in the house with carpet until he’s trained and he has already picked up potty training. He loves to be with us. Having a puppy makes everything more fun- like for instance, doing the laundry.
Caught red handed. He runs right up the basket and not so sneakily runs away with socks or other small things he can trot away with. Its probably the funniest thing ever. I like to call him my little helper although he’s not really helpful at all…but at least he makes things more entertaining. 

here he is stealing other kitchen items for his bed…
yup, that is my brand new mat.

or, going to the park.   

 

Our neighborhood has a couple of parks that we haven’t really gotten to take advantage of and now i don’t feel weird going over to swing or play without children cause we got Murph…although it may be weirder to pretend our puppy is our child… Our “child” is always the quietest one though so i don’t think any of the other mothers are complaining. 
or, watching t.v. or movies
Lyle and i watched Elf the other day (which btw is the first movie we ever watched together) and Murphy loved it. He would pop his head out of the covers and just stare at the t.v. I would try to cover him up again but he would just move around me until he could see the t.v. again. He just snuggles up with us and watches too. Its pretty great.
he helps me do with my hair
Murphy loves my hair or should i say grabbing a strand and then trying to run away with it, not realizing it is still attached to my head. Lose lose situation for both. Its pretty entertaining though because usually he just winds up entangled in it. And here i am being the best mom and taking pictures instead of teaching him that pulling hair is wrong…keep your hair up when you come over ladies.
 xoxo CAIT xoxo