Broadbent Bunch

Kate Turned 5!!!

2009-12-11T09:58:00.000-08:00

Kate had a Super fun Birthday, filled with a huge Hay Ride with her cousins and even fun in the snow, and best of all a Big Girl Bike, that's what we call it at our house.

Still catching up....

2009-12-11T09:26:00.000-08:00

This was a sight that we saw often on Thanksgiving, Macey licking the whip cream off the pie, never eating the actual pie.
Cute girls and yummy pie!!!

This adorable niece of mine loves to hold Alli at all times, she is such a great cousin and is going to be the best big sis ever to the new baby on the way. Thanks Abby for always being ready to hold the baby even when she's fussy.

For Family home Evening we made homemade suckers to take to friends. We made Cotton Candy flavor and Cinnamon, The cotton candy was a hit because the cinnamon basically burned our mouths off, Jeremy was the only one who enjoyed them.

Kate had a Veteran's Day Celebration at ther school and got to invite her Papa for a special lunch and ceremony honoring our Veteran's. She had so much fun spending time with her Papa and showing him her fun school territory:)

Catching Up

2009-12-11T08:56:00.000-08:00

Alli was an Adorable "Alli Cat" for Halloween and
Kate and Macey were Hula Girls and it was so cold they had there jackets on the whole time at our ward trunk or treat. The girls also had a blast carving a girl skeleton face in our pumpkin with their dad!

The Quick Story

2009-10-31T11:13:00.000-07:00

Here Alli and I are before she actually got here, I think this might be the only pregnant picture of myself that I have, and I seriously thought that the baby inside me was atleast 9 pounds because Macey was a nine pounder. Super sad that was not the case, I was just huge, not the baby:)

Daddy's first feeding, she is probably not even a half hour old. They took her straight to the nursery after the c-section because her blood sugar was low, so Jeremy got to give her a bottle, I was in recovery for over two hours before seeing her, kinda weird but they wanted her "levels" to be fine before bringing her to my room, so Alli and dad got some good bonding time in the beginning.

Super Cute

First bath, the nurse sad she was super cheesy, whatever that means.

Alli and Noni hanging out.

Home from the hospital outfit, the nurses put that adorable bow in her hair and little did they know that it matched perfectly for her outfit:)

Kate and Macey meeting her for the first time, helping with the booties.

Kate and Alli

Macey and Alli

Jeremy's Birthday Fun On October 9th!!

2009-10-31T10:48:00.000-07:00

Jeremy's Birthday was the day after we got out of the hospital, so much fun for him I'm sure. I hope it was a good day for him, he got to go on an early morning birthday jog, chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast, present opening time and then a German chocolate party that night. Not too bad for having a five day old baby in the middle of it all:)

I had to take a picture of his favorite gift, yes we wrap up soda pop and call it a present at our house. His outfit matched the caffeine free coke can perfectly. You can only see half of Macey but she is as excited about the pop as Jeremy.

And thanks to my mom, Jeremy enjoyed the traditional three layer German Chocolate Cake from scratch.

Alli Ann Broadbent is here!

2009-10-15T17:59:00.001-07:00

This is just a sneak peak at how cute our new little girl is. She was born October 5th and weighed 7 pounds 10 ounces and 19 inches long.

I love this picture, it's like she's saying, "I shake my fist at you" for all the silly pictures we have been taking of her. Don't worry more to come, but I thought I would show a few until then.

Random pictures of the Girls...before there are three!

2009-09-19T19:33:00.000-07:00

Playing at the park, obviously by looking at these it is much easier to take a picture of Kate than it is to take one of Macey. She will not look at the dang camera for longer than a millisecond....

... but she is still cute in her 12 month pj bottoms and Nike hat.

Fun Sunday pictures, and don't worry I got this dress in an 18 month too, so sometime next spring of summer all three will be in them to continue my matching problem, which will probably stop soon cause Kate is out of 4t size, so sad.

Darling Girls

Just proving how much easier it is to take a picture of a 4 year old compared to a 2 year old.

Ward Campout

2009-09-05T22:39:00.000-07:00

Jeremy and Kate got to go to the ward camp out just the two of them!!! Jeremy tried very hard to get his 8 month prego wife to go, but I won in the long run with a little help from Macey who seemed like she was getting a cough:)
Kate was voted cutest dressed camper because of her hat, belt, and new shark watch. Her dad sure makes sure she is set when he takes her camping.

Summer Cousin Fun and Cousin Choir

2009-09-05T22:05:00.000-07:00

We got to have Andy and Joni's, Seth and Halle overnight for a couple nights while they went out of town on a nice get away. They got to fish with Jeremy, ride bikes, and ride the long board at the park. I actually think Jeremy did most of the long board riding and the kids just watched, but they loved every second of it.

Cousins Choir was every Friday during the summer, and we finally found a Sunday that worked for everyone to have a performance, and it was at good old Krazy Sub.
The youngest groups "A Bushel and a Peck" number was a hit!

Macey really wasn't in the choir, but how can you not be when you attended every practice and you are so cute.

Kate and Halle in the "Seize the Day" song. I think this was the best number.

It is tons of fun when all 22 cousins get together, but it can get a little crazy. Thanks Grandma for all the hard work!

Sister's Trip

2009-09-05T21:52:00.000-07:00

Our sister's trip this year was in San Diego at the end of July. It was tons of fun, and it's always the relaxing weekend everyone needed. It was great to go to the San Diego temple with everyone, even though I'm super uncomfortable sitting anywhere for too long, but it was worth it:)

A good chick flick, can't remember the name, but something Jeremy would not have wanted to see.

Spent a whole day at the beach, I could stay on the beach forever just watching the weirdness around me and also the other moms struggling with their little ones, thinking: I know exactly how that is, and I'm so glad it's not me right now:)

We give a "sisters prize" to everyone every year and this year my mom made us these cute bags, for whatever you want to with it. If you look closely at the one on the bottom right you can see my name embroidered on on the pink strip of fabric, too freaking cute.

Meet the Teacher and 1st Day of School

2009-09-05T20:58:00.000-07:00

Time is flying by, and I can't stop it. I know when most people get to the end of their pregnancies time can't tick fast enough, but it seriously is the opposite for me this time around. Kate has already been in school for a month and I have less than a month before this baby comes! What?!!
Kate's Teacher's Name is Mrs. Lane, and she told her teacher at meet the teacher that her middle name is just like her middle name, Laney. So for the first week of school she called her teacher Mrs. Laney. I think she's figured it out and now calls her Mrs. Lane, which is sad cause I loved every second of her calling her Mrs. Laney:)

Classic door pic!!!!

Very official hand shake meeting the teacher for the first time.

Inspecting the classroom.

Picking the desk, Kate and her dad were very particular when it came to choosing the perfect spot in the classroom.

Kate is loving school everyday. It is so fun to see how serious she is and what a rule follower she is. She loves her teacher and I think she is one of the nicest teachers ever, you have to be, to be the boss of little ones everyday.

Indigo Girls Concert

2009-07-16T00:03:00.001-07:00

Tons of fun, I enjoy the Indigo girls and they played in Flagstaff, so we took a tiny road trip up to nice nice weather, and enjoyed the music, except they didn't play my favorite song, "Ghost" but I'll live.

This dude was out of control when they sang "Chicken Man" I wish It was on video, cause it was super spastic and crazy, but my point of this story is that men enjoy Indigo Girls too.

Fourth of July

2009-07-15T23:39:00.000-07:00

Sorry out of order and all over the place, but I lose patience after awhile. The holiday was fun but super hot.

Kate in the hair chair, that's what we call it at our house, and the girls fight over who has to go first everyday, it's tons of fun.
Swimming in our neighborhood pool, Kate showing off her skills, Thanks to aunt Geri.

And Lastly, Chik-fil-le had free breakfast all week, so the whole family partook. The rest of the day was quite low key and relaxing, we watched 1776 at my parents house and then saw the fire works from their back yard.

Things that make us Happy!!

2009-07-15T23:02:00.000-07:00

SLEEPOVERS!!! Kate is a little bit obsessed with sleepovers and she got to sleep upstairs in the hall in her new tent, I did not think the tent would fit and I did not think Halle and Kate would sleep all night in the tent, but it did and they did.

Macey got to join the movie fun but she had to go to bed shortly after watching the movie, it's sad to be two.

Jeremy is happy because he finally got his digital camouflage/trico quilt. I know that is quite a mouthful but Jeremy would appreciate me describing it to it's fullest. One year my mom helped us make trico quilts and I made one for Mary. Then a couple of months ago Mary wanted to make one for her husband Tanner, and it was not until then that Jeremy realized he could have a trico quilt of his own, but he had a few stipulations, the side opposite the trico needed to be digital camouflage and the quilt strings needed to be extra long, What?? Who knew you could ask for specific things on a quilt when someone else is making it for you. Anyway, he is happy. And thanks again to Glenna for really making it happen.

And now.........................Why I am happy.

It happened, we got a car and it is fantastic, I finally talked Jeremy into the Honda Odyssey and I got a black one, and I think I'm in love:)

Macey Turned 2 already!!

2009-06-23T01:01:00.000-07:00

Nothing is better than Peter Piper on your B-day, especially when your 2. We let her run around and do whatever she wanted. Quite tiring for us, but she had a ball.

My giant cupcake started collapsing about 10 minutes after construction, but it was sure cute while it lasted.

Happy 30th to me!!

2009-06-23T00:24:00.000-07:00

Blowing out one candle, thank you.

The big 30 is quite an interesting one, but thanks to this guy for making a perfect big deal out of it, when I said I didn't want any sort of big deal made:)

The Big Surprise!!! I've many times talked about how I'm the only Krummenacher girl without a Bosch, and that is why I don't make homemade bread. Well it happened: Every Krummenacher girl owns a Bosch now and it is time to start baking! I really am excited to master the art of homemade wheat bread.
This was the first baking attempt in the Bosch, and they turned out divine, I've also attended a wheat bread class at Shar's and then Kelly and Amy and I had a bake off and made three different recipes of wheat bread and then everyone tried it at my moms that Sunday. It was fun and only the beginning. And lastly the annual Corn and Tater party was last Saturday and I was asked to make Cinnamon rolls. I have yet to master those, but they weren't too bad.

Nashville, Tennessee

2009-06-22T23:16:00.000-07:00

Jeremy had a conference/reward trip to Nashville and he had the fantastic idea for me to come along for an early 30th Birthday celebration, No Kids!!! It was sooooo much fun. We stayed at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel, which that alone was amazing, it had a river inside with a boat that took people on tours, and tons of shops and so much more that I'm sure I didn't even see. The hotel had a shuttle that took you to a huge mall, and tons of other cool sites in Tennessee.

Another shot from inside the hotel. We took tons of pictures and these are just a few.

The Country Music Hall of Fame, was amazing. Jeremy probably took 10,000 pictures in there, but just to list a few: Elvis's Gold Cadillac, Johnny Cash's long black leather jacket, Faith Hill's lovely shoes, tons of personalized cowboy boots, and much more.

This is the General Jackson Steamboat, a fun ride with dinner and a show, a huge hit with the tourists.

I couldn't get Jeremy to stand by the little one:)

The Hermitage, Andrew Jackson's Mansion, seriously one of my favorite things. When you don't have little ones to make you stay on napping schedules you really can enjoy yourself. We walked the entire thing and listened to every little audio story on our head phones. It is crazy to think about our history and see part of it that still looks just like it used to so long ago.

Another big hit is a restaurant called the Wildhorse Cafe, It has live bands playing and everyone is fantastic in Nashville, and then when the bands are on a break they teach line dancing on the dance floor, so much fun, but I couldn't get Jeremy to join me. Big Surprise:)

And we can not forget the little ones at home, and the prizes brought back for them, And I did not tell both of them to kick their knees out so fantastically, but they both did. Green and Yellow boots, a perfect prize from Nashville. Kate loves hers and wears them everywhere, swim lessons, the park, church, and much more. Not so sure mom loves how much she loves them!

Macey likes them but they are not always her first choice out of the shoe basket, since she changes her mind about 5 times before we go anywhere.

Anyway it was such a great trip/break for Jeremy and I. Well deserved for Jeremy, he even got a nice award at the dinner on the last night. Someone made a video of the night and the picture of Jeremy receiving his award slowly morphed into Mr. Incredible. His work eats that up and uses it every chance they can get, I think secretly Jeremy loves it.

Good Ol' Duncan, Arizona

2009-06-22T22:51:00.000-07:00

My mom's side of the family (The Arnett's) had a mini reunion in Duncan, AZ. I braved it and took both the girls by myself and lets just say it was not relaxing but tons of fun. Five of my siblings were there with their kids and my parents so the Krummenacher's were well represented. The reunion was held in an old ward building in Verden, AZ and since our group was so big we got to stay in the "Hard nock Life" room, a long room with eight beds lining both sides of the walls. I'm not going to give details but lets just say I was not a little boy and I do not have little boys, but their feet do not smell very good at all and can consume a long rectangular room very quickly and effect your ability to sleep.

This is the first house my mom lived in, it is totally still there.......but

This is a picture of the back of that same house and it is now a barn!! Very huge pigs live inside it. It was really fun to see the highlights of Duncan, we caravaned around and saw the schools, cemetery, and businesses where our grandparents and great grandparents grew up.

Swimming and hanging out

2009-06-22T22:41:00.000-07:00

We got to meet Uncle Christian at a Resort in Scottsdale one Saturday at the end of April, It was tons of fun to catch up and swim with him, I'm sorry that I didn't get a picture of him, I think he was hiding from me:)

Pat's Run in April

2009-06-22T22:14:00.000-07:00

Jeremy has a special place in his heart for both ASU and Pat Tillman, he has run the race religiously every year since it has started, I myself have taken a few breaks due to three lovely pregnancies that seem to get in the way of my enthusiasm for paying to run a race, but anyway are you wondering what Jeremy is holding in this lovely picuture? Yes it is a trophy, he got 2nd place in his weight class, which we won't reveal. Everything about this is fantastic and humorous, and I think we have created a small obsession and I'm sure you all can't wait to see what happens next year, and the next, and the next:)

Macey not amused with Sparky.

The cutest tatooed cheek ever, Kate got to run the free kids run and got a shirt like her dad. She was so serious about the race that I couldn't even keep up with her, Jermey had to take over for me.

Jeremy and Greg getting siked for the race, we met Greg at the new metro on the border of Mesa and Tempe. It made parking and everything alot easier than past years, and it was our first experience with the train. The girls loved it.

We met our Walker Cousins for the race, and hung out after. It was such a fun and eventful Saturday.

Christmas Day Update in April?? Why not!

2009-04-23T13:53:00.000-07:00

Christmas 2008 at home and at Nonni and Papa's

Isn't it funny how your kids love one gift and It's never the one you want it to be, well this race track was the hit of Christmas morning and not the 10 dollar art easel which I was so proud of the purchase.

Not so sure Hairspray was a hit for Kate?????

I love the classic picture of Christmas morning before it is torn apart by the little animals.

Breakfast With Santa

2008-12-15T11:37:00.000-08:00

Kate and Macey got to sit with Mr. and Mrs. Claus on Saturday at our annual ward: donuts with Santa breakfast. It was tons of fun, Kate had a ball playing with the kids and making her baby Jesus ornament, and Macey was very happy roaming all around as long as she was sucking on her candy cane.

Kate had a Birthday, Shout Hurray!!!

2008-12-10T09:19:00.000-08:00

Kate turned 4 years old on December 6th, and she already can't wait until she is 5 because she knows that means you go to kindergarten. This year was low key compared to last year's 16 children showing up to my tiny house. Kate invited 5 friends and cousins(as she likes to call them) to good old McDonald's. And her one request was spider cupcakes. The kids played and got happy meals with pirate toys and had a ball. I recommend it too all looking for an easy/fun B-day idea. Notice in the picture with her friends Kate is holding up a bumble bee game Cooper gave her, it must of been her favorite toy received, right Kelly:)

On her actually birthday Kate got a fishing pole, which she has been wanting for a while and her and Jeremy went fishing at Discovery Park by our house, and they actually caught something....you might be thinking a fish or something like that, but no, she fished out a Frisbee and proudly brought it home for macey and me to see. She finished off the day by choosing to go see Madagascar 2, and loved every second of it.

NOVEMBER: Graduations, Weddings, and Thanksgiving....

2008-12-05T11:58:00.000-08:00

Amy and Mitch got married on November 21st. It was such a fun day and a great way to start the crazy holiday excitement! Congrats to you both, and we love you tons!
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Thanksgiving started with a kids turkey trot at my moms and Kate was in heaven (notice that an actual turkey(it might technically be a chicken) runs the race also, just like the real Turkey Trot. That's me in the the white visor behind the turkey. I had to make sure Kate stuck to the course:) Then we had one of the most fantastic Thanksgiving dinners I've ever had at the Broadbent's this year. My in-laws home was filled to the brim with relatives we don't get to see very often, it was tons of fun.

And also in November Jeremy got his Masters in Business (MBA) at the University of Phoenix. I'm so proud of Jeremy for all of his hard work and everything he does for us. A master's degree is a big deal and he tries to keep everything on the DL, but sorry that you married me, the open book. We love you and are so grateful for this milestone in your life!

Good Times!

2008-11-06T09:54:00.001-08:00

The Broadbent's on Halloween with Super Girl and Bat Girl! My mom always sets up a "picture station" at her house on Halloween, this year it was a black sheeted background, she doesn't mess around.

This is one Super little girl. She is not into the girly stuff at all, so when I held up this costume, she was quite excited.

It's so interesting to me how a one year old can steel the show when her costume is a borrowed mask from the Huber's, Pj top shirt, and her own black dress out of her closet.

Sister Amy K was who knows what, I asked if she was "mod" and I'm not even sure what that means but it sounded good. She did say she was a character from some movie, but I don't remember what it was.

And Last my little bro Adam was a member of the Blue Man Group, I thought they turned out pretty darn good.

Amy K's Red, Black, and White Fun!

2008-11-01T16:19:00.001-07:00

The treat table, need I say more! Everything had to be red, black, or white, and my mint brownies and oreos were more pink and brown. Still DARN DELICIOUS.

This is the only picture that I ended up in. Amy and her presents and our fabulous Grandma Hipps. It was way fun to see Amy in the limelight.

My mom is so darn creative, she had this fun idea for all the nieces to dress up in every bridesmaid dress Amy ever wore to the tune of "Wishin and Hopin". Those are her own sister's bridesmaid dresses and the pink top with the red bottom was from my wedding, I thought it was fantastic 6 years ago, now I'm not so sure:)

Just showing off the card holders telling people what exactly they are about to be putting into their mouth, just because it's cute.

Updates and New Family Pics!!!

2008-10-15T13:45:00.000-07:00

So my goal is atleast monthly to update the blog. A few updates for us are that Jeremy just had a birthday on October 9th, and it was a great day. We got to go out that night and the next night I surprised Jeremy with a boys night out with the old roomates from back in the day. He loved it. The other BIG fun thing is that Macey is officially walking!!! She has been taking about seven steps and crashing for a bout a month and standing in place for crazy amounts of time, but the stubborn little girl would not take four seconds to settle down and just go for it. So at 15 months old, she is finally legit, it is totally cute. And the last thing to shout out about are our family pictures, here are just a few, and some of Kate's favorite people, and I'm not talking about Jeremy and I, I'm talking about the COUSINS!!!

The Infamous Cousins!

"The Girly Girls"

Precious

Fun picture of the Mother-in-law and sister-in-laws,except for the the 6 foot tall girl sitting on the right about to tip the whole couch over, What???

I Love To See The Temple

2008-09-14T19:46:00.000-07:00

So this is my first attempt ever to get a picture off of the internet for a blog, we'll see how it goes.(so I messed with it for a while and thanks Carol for teaching me the "easy" way to do it.) Anyway my sisters and I sang in my sacrament meeting, a fantastic version of I Love to see the Temple and it ended up being really nice. I need to give my sisters a shout out and thank them for making it sound good, seriously what would we do with out each other in so many ways, I love them tons.

I'm also way excited about the Gilbert temple going up less than two miles from my house, a friend in our ward is going to be the engineer working on the site(I know he has a more smarty pants title but that's all your gonna get from me). He was telling us what an honor it is and more details about what he will be doing. We realized how great it is going to be for our friends and neighbors who have always wondered about our church to walk through the Temple before it is deticated. I'm so grateful for the Mesa Temple and I think I didn't realize how lucky I was to have one so close my entire life until the rumors started buzzing about the Gilbert Temple. It's amazing how many are being built all over the place and I'm glad I get to see it happening.

Macey Turned One!!

2008-09-12T14:55:00.000-07:00

So I'm finally posting again and who knows how long it will be until the next one but I've needed to put Macey's Birthday (June 20th) party up for over two months now. It was way fun and this is Kate and Jarrett enjoying their grandpa in the pool.

Two of Kates fun girls cousins that she talks about non-stop!!!

Kate and Macey's dad is more fun than their mom cause he actually gets in the pool when we go.

Obviously there was a sub in the shape of a number one. After being teased often by my family that Kate's first birthday was a miniture wedding reception, I toned Macey's down just slightly.

Isn't that the cutest one year old in the cutest green suit ever!

Macey enjoying her cake, also shaped like a one, props to me for piecing together a normal 9 by 13 cake.

Still enjoying...

She is so dang fun and I've forgotten how busy one year olds are and this little one seems quite busier than Kate ever did. She is ridiculously happy if she is eating, sleeping, being held, or you are up in her face messing with her, which Kate likes to be doing every second of the day.

2008-07-24T13:49:00.000-07:00

This is Amy,
I have decided to post some random pics for lisa because it has been far too long. Her last post was from my bday which was almost 6 months ago.

So here are some random pics I have of her and her family.

This is Kate Halloween 2006

Ok, now I am having a problem posting so it looks like one random pic is all you get for now.

Happy Birthday Amy, 30 and still Hot!!!

2008-02-28T15:38:00.000-08:00

We had a fantastic party for Amy on Friday night, it was tons of fun and the theme was 30 and still hot. All the food was hot and spicy cause there always has to be a theme ya know, Jeremy likes to make fun of the themes. Our family also likes to make up a silly song to make fun of the birthday girl, but Amy said we weren't allowed to have a program, oh well, we'll really make it up to her at her luncheon someday!! Happy Birthday Amy! We love you!

Diet Coke and Pizza Please!

2008-02-20T16:51:00.000-08:00

This video is so darn hilarious, and I thought I needed some pizzaz added to my blog, the only scary thing is that one of my favorite meals is Diet Coke and Pizza also, so what does that mean??????

Three Months Later....

2008-02-20T15:14:00.001-08:00

Kate Turned Three in December and she was set on having a Penguin and Panda Bear party (a black and white ball). At first I thought what the heck am I going to do with that, but it ended up being really cute and fun. My mom made fun of me for how many kids I invited, she said you can sure tell that this was my first child's, first friend party, and for the future the age that your child is turning determines the number of kids you can invite, never mind that five of the kids who came are kates first cousins. Anyway it was so much fun and she still talks about it. She is still asking why it's not her Birthday anymore and what happened to Santa.

Not much else is going on, we got through the holidays and it was tons of fun to spend time with family. I had a nice run there for a while with the blogging and then I took a ridiculously large break, sorry to everyone who told me time and time again how old the weight loss entry was getting. I wish I could say the lack of blogging shows how much I was focussing on the contest, but truely not the case. I feel like I did well, I got second place for the girls and my team won a couple of times throughout the contest, it was totally worth it, but not so much fun during the holidays to pass on so many tasty meals and treats. I lost 37 pounds, but true weight loss was probably more like 30. I did some silly tricks in the end to lose some water weight. Anyway, just to lose through the holidays is fantastic in its self.

Biggest Loser Contest

2007-11-21T19:44:00.000-08:00

So Obviously I've been out of control lately with lots of crazy things keeping me busy and it has greatly reflected on my blog updating, but the latest thing going down is that I have entered a Biggest Loser contest. We've been in two weeks and I've lost 16 pounds. That actually sounds alot better than it is because I drank tons of water right before the 1st weigh-in, so I'm probably truely down 10 solid pounds. The contest is made up of teams of 3, which makes it so motivating to do well week to week. The team that loses the most percent body fat wins a nice amount of money and then there is an ultimate guy winner and an ultimate girl winner. It lasts for 10 weeks and runs through the holidays. It's going to be interesting and I'm in it to win, ok so I said it outloud so that means I gotta perform. I'll keep you updated.

Finally, Halloween!

2007-11-13T21:38:00.000-08:00

How fantastic are these pumkin bread bowls, we had soup and chili on Halloween with all the Krummenacher's, it was really yummy and adorable at the same time.
Picture perfect in the huge basket together.
Kate was the lovely Snow White (thanks again Carol). And yes she kept the wig on for the ward trunk or treat, and also all night on Halloween. When you asked Kate what she wanted to be she would quickly say A TRAIN! She loves Thomas the Train and when I saw the costume at Target I thought... Hmm? a silly train for $15 or adorable Snow White for free. I was still deciding what to do and my sis informed me that she had a wig from last year no one ever used, I got the wig and showed it to Kate and said, "Do you want to be a train or Snow White, she looked at the wig and with huge eyes said, "Snow White!!!) Who knows maybe that's why she kept it on so well. All in all everyone was happy, Kate got to wear a wig, Jeremy liked a free costume, and I thought Snow white was such a great choice!
Little Macey was the cutest Minnie Mouse I've ever seen, and I'm proud to say I got the outfit at the dollar store, True Story!!! It is a shirt and skirt so I bought an extra skirt so I could make the bow on her head. Thanks to Aunt sal for the fantastic help with the head band.

German Chocolate Season

2007-10-17T16:55:00.001-07:00

So the month of October is a busy birthday month for both sides of our families. Happy Birthday Jeremy on the 9th. When Jeremy first met my family he experienced this three layered German Chocolate Cake that my mom makes from scratch and asked if he could expect that every year on his birthday. It has taken a while for me to master the frosting and only doing it once a year, it's like the first time every time cause who can really remember. So all of the men in the Krummenacher family want this cake on their birthday, so here is how it goes: Happy Birthday Cole on Sept. 11th and German Chocolate Cake, then Jeremy's on Oct. 9th and more cake, my dad's on Oct. 15th and yet more cake (made from scratch), Oct. 19th is Bro-in-law Aaron's b-day and I'm totally serious another huge German Chocolate Cake, next is my oldest Brother Brents on the 22nd of October, and lastly my little brother Adam's is on Nov. 21st. This is a shout out happy birthday to all of those silly men who can't chose a different kind of cake to celebrate their birthday, and It's a good thing I don't love the cake or I'd have problems after the 6th birthday that rolls around.

Kate's Cute Hair

2007-10-10T17:56:00.000-07:00

So I tried a new thing with Kate's hair, because some people act like I don't diversify her hair very much. I know it isn't fancy or anything but it is way darn cute, and easy. All right I know it is not much different than the normal pigtails, but that's ok.
View from the Back
View from the Front, I know I didn't need all those shots but why the heck not.

Camping with the Broadbent's

2007-10-10T17:23:00.000-07:00

We went camping with Kate and Macey's Nonny and Papa and their Walker cousins. It was tons of fun but quite chilly. It rained the whole day on Thursday but friday was much better. This is how Macey had to be just to sit outside, the wind freaked her out and she acted all crazy like she couldn't breathe if she wasn't bundled. We kicked it in the camper for alot of the time and I played High School Mucical Uno with my Elle and Mason, good times.
What is a camping trip without smashing your finger in the camper door that kate wouldn't leave alone. Dad made sure she could still move it up and down, I think she'll live.

My neice elle had a fun time taking pictures with my camera and I will say she did a super job!
Kate and Jack love every second of each other, especially telling each other what to do.

Who doesn't love glow sticks in the woods! Even though Kates face says otherwise, she really is haveing a blast with her cousins.

Playing baseball with cousin Jack and Aunt Amy. They are both still trying to learn the art of sharing, and it is hilarious to see them slightly struggle with it.

So this is Jeremy in his element chopping wood, He sereiously would have done this the entire time if we let him, it was fantastic to have tons of wood to burn due to the fact that the weather was freaking freezing.

Family Picture Fun!

2007-09-29T18:56:00.000-07:00

We don't have a picture of all of us since Macey was born and I saw that Sara shared her family picture adventures on her blog, so I thought it would be fun to show you how silly my girls faces were in this particular one. Lets be honest I don't love myself in ANY picture I take right now, but the girls are adorable even with funny faces and Jeremy seriously looks fantastic in every picture. So BOTTOM LINE is that I didn't even love the one I picked for the reunion bio, but it will have to do.

WARD CAMPOUT, WHAT!!!

2007-09-16T20:44:00.000-07:00

This is Kate having a blast by the campfire.

But Really she was happiest being everywhere she wasn't supposed to be!

Kate and Jeremy really did have a fantastic time. This is my first ward campout and I think Jeremy is darn happy that he finally has a little partner that actually gets us to go now. I'm still not quite sure how smart it was to take a two month old on a ward campout because I truely just held her the whole time, but soon enough she will be running after Kate, who will be running after her dad.

This is one messy little camper and this is the only way we could keep Kate from running off while we tried to pack up, Snickers bar in the car seat, it worked wonders.

SISTERS!!

2007-09-04T16:17:00.000-07:00

I thought I would put a picture of Kate and Macey together to show how much fun it will be when Macey gets a little older.(hopefully) Kate is still wondering why her little sister can't throw back the ball that keeps hitting her in the face. I'm kidding, Kate is really sweet with Macey, but I'm the one that can't wait until they can really play together. I love every second of all my sisters and sister-in-laws, so it makes me happy when I look at my two little girls.(sort of sappy but true)

Macey's Blessing Day

2007-09-04T16:04:00.000-07:00

We blessed Macey on September 2nd. It was a fantastic day. I realized that if you spend a full two days getting ready for an event it can go smoothly, who would have thought? I think that's called being prepared or not procrastinating, something I need to learn more about. Macey really is a nice baby, I can't complain, we love every second of her.

Kate's First Day of Pre-Pre School

2007-08-24T21:36:00.000-07:00

Kate is in a fun playgroup on Thursdays where all of the moms feel like our kids are too young for legit pre-school but they could use some structured play if you know what I mean. I made a big deal out of this day because I think Kate has been thinking her life stinks ever since Macey arrived.

Macey Jane Broadbent Has Arrived!

2007-08-24T18:55:00.000-07:00

Macey was born June 20th and weighed 8 pounds 15 ounces. Just one more ounce and she would have been 9 pounds but Jeremy couldn't talk the nurse into it. Ok, so she is already 2 months old and that just shouts out how long it takes me to get back in the swing of things after having a baby. Now that I've had both my kids c-section I guess I could say I'm a pro, but I'm not quite sure at what. Oh ya, I'm a pro at getting fat.

First Timers

2007-08-24T18:32:00.000-07:00

After exploring tons of other people's blogs, which was extra fun and interesting, I'm ready to begin. Poor Mary has to teach me every darn step but hopefully I'll be a pro before long.