In the last 4 months . . .

(These are a bit out of order, oh well)

THE MEIKLE'S MADE A VISIT!

Kent's sister and her family came all the way from Boise for a week long beach house vacation. Lucky for us, we were on the way. We got to spend two days hanging out. Carter had so much fun with his two older cousins, Caleb and Luke. They were so good to play with him and let him tag a long. He kept talking about Luke and Caleb for days after saying, "you know those guys, my friends . . ." (pause). I'd say, "Caleb and Luke?", "ya, Caleb and Luke. I want to go to their house." It was really cute.

RYAN AND WHITNEY TIED THE KNOT!

On July 25th we added another member to our family. What a great day! Whitney was such a beautiful bride. I kept thinking, "Ryan is one lucky guy!" It was so much fun to be a part of it all. Everything from the sealing to the reception turned out perfectly. Welcome to the family Whitney.

In the last 4 months (cont.). . .

WE FOUND EMPLOYMENT!

In April, after 6 months of sending in resumes and doing interviews, Kent got a job! As you can imagine we were thrilled and soooo grateful, especially since it was with the firm he'd been most interested in and excited about. The firm is Call, Jensen and Ferrell and they are located at Fashion Island in Newport Beach. So far, Kent has loved it there. I would to if I had a view of the ocean from my office window!



WE LEFT THE NEST!


On June 6th we officially moved into our own place- a cute little condo in Irvine, only 10 miles north of Kent's office. It has been so awesome to be so close to Kent. His commute is only 15 minutes-no freeways. We love being able to meet him for lunch or picking him up after work to go down to the beach- things we never imagined doing when he was working in LA.


WE PARTIED IN POWELL!

We spent the last week in June on Lake Powell, eating, jet skiing, swimming, sleeping, eating, wakeboarding, playing games, watching movies, eating, sunbathing, boat cruising, hiking and eating. We always bring so many good treats we all feel fat and sick by the time we leave, but for us, it's part of the fun. Carter's favorite part of the trip were the jet ski rides. He was always begging someone to take him. The trip was over way too fast and it was hard to come back to reality.

Tyson's Blessing Day

Ok- so we blessed Tyson over a month ago and I'm barely posting pictures. I'm obviously still adjusting to two kids. We blessed Tyson the first Sunday in March. Kent gave a beautiful blessing and Tyson was quiet the whole time. Carter however, was not. I think he felt a bit left out. He wanted to be in the circle with daddy and Tyson. So when I went up to bear my testimony he decided he was coming too. Kent held him back as long as he could, but when he lost his grip Carter fell to the ground and began crawling up the aisle turning his head to growl at the people in the pews (I'm sure he was channeling Scar from the Lion King). I was so focused on what I was saying I had no idea he had made his way up the stairs and was standing an inch a way from me at the pulpit. According to Kent Carter popped his head up looked out over the pulpit with a huge grin then disappeared and crawled all the way back to Kent. It wasn't until I was sitting back down that I learned about all of it- I really had no idea! Thanks to all the family that came to support us.

Cuddly,Chubby Ty!

Tyson is plumpin' up, just how we like them.

Baby Tyson is Here!

Baby Tyson, as Carter calls him, is already three weeks old! We can't believe it. The time has flown by. Tyson was born at 6:05 am on Tuesday January 13th. I was scheduled to get induced that morning, but around 2 am I started having regular contractions. By 4 am my contractions were five minutes apart so I woke Kent up and told him we better get to the hospital. I tend to be overly cautious and a bit dramatic when it comes to pain, so I don't think Kent took me too seriously. In fact he decided he had time to take a shower before we left. Meanwhile my contractions were getting closer together. We arrived at the hospital around 5, not a moment too soon. Before I knew it, and before I had any pain meds, I was pushing out a kid! The whole rest if the day Kent had this silly grin on his face. He thought it was so funny that me of all people would be forced to have a child all natural. Ya, real funny. Anyway, Tyson was born a healthy little boy, 8 lbs. 4 oz. and he has been such a pleasant, sweet baby. Carter has been so good with him. Whenever Tyson cries Carter says, "Tyson needs his mommy." We feel so blessed to have TWO amazing little boys now.

Some of our 2008 Highlights!

6 years of wedded bliss . . .

4th of July with the Lancaster clan

Lake Powell

A sister-in-law!

The annual girls trip

St. George with Paul, Nat and Tate

Our boardwalk bike ride

Celine Dion concert at the Honda Center

A visit from Santa Claus

New Years Eve- "Wicked"

Carter the cowboy

Carter's 2nd Birthday

We didn't really plan a birthday party for Carter this year. I just wasn't up for it, but we did celebrate with the family at a Chuck E. Cheese in Vegas of all places. We decided to drive up for the day to see my brother Blake's wife, Kristi, play in the Mountain West conference for woman's soccer. After the game we spent an hour driving around looking for a decent Chuck E. Cheese. We finally found one and Carter almost had as much fun as his dad who spent the whole night trying to beat the high score in "pop-a-shot". Carter made out pretty good in the gift department. His grandma and grandpa got him a new scooter, which he rides everywhere, we got him some action toys, and his uncles got him swords to fight with (He likes to pretend he's Peter Pan).