Our Colorado family. (Bowen's and Bett's) We miss you guys so much!!!

Baby Kate's tiny hand next to our BIG (6ft.7in.) friend Gabe's hand!

This was the day we brought Kate home from the hospital. The boys were so cute!! I had to dig through boxes to find baby blankets and clothes. As far as we knew, we were moving to Idaho with baby Kate still cookin'. We were so glad to bring her home even though our house was completely boxed up. Thank goodness for a good friends and an amazingly supportive ward!!

My 3 boys lovin' on our baby Kate.

Okay, I look scary...but I have a good reason for that. Look at my cute 3 kids. It's crazy that I have 3!!!

So I missed some picture that I really wanted to post. Even though they might be old, here they are... here's Andy with his two best buds from Denver (Brandon Bowen and Jon Betts). We already miss them and their cute families.

Okay. I can't get that one picture to turn. I'm so not good at this blogging stuff. However, isn't this one of the cutest babies in one of the cutest outfits you've ever seen? It's from my sister Melanie. Although they've had flooding and have been trapped in their house in the Seattle area, she still managed to mail off this darling outfit. Thanks Melanie!!!

So all I've done is just rag on Pocatello since we've been here. It really is a crappy town with pretty much nothing to offer in my opinion. Hopefully we're not here more than a year. BUT the truth is that family is one of the huge reasons we moved. My brother and his wife Celena came up just for the day a couple of weeks ago. They live in Salt Lake so they just came and spent a few hours with us then went home. It was so fun to have them here. That's a luxury we didn't have in Denver. Here we are right smack dab in the middle of my family and Andy's family. 272 miles to Taylorsville, Utah and 273 miles to Hammett Idaho. It'll be so fun for our kids to be closer to their grandparents and cousins.

There's something else I MUST add. You all probably know that I was expecting to have the baby AFTER we moved to Idaho. December turned out to be super crazy. I had to be induced due to pregnancy complications. We moved to another state 2 days after I was released from the hospital after giving birth. I left my most favorite job (24 hour fitness), our amazing ward and friends who were practically our family out there. Andy was in a car accident and totaled the 4Runner. December was just SO incredibly tough. In fact, the toughest time in my life so far.
HOWEVER, the other day it occurred to me that we have been blessed with all that we have been praying for. For the last year or so we've been praying that we would be blessed financially. We've been praying that we would have the opportunities to be closer to family. I've been praying that some of our burdens would be lifted. In Pocatello we have it all! We live in a great house that suits our family perfectly! It's new. It's clean. It's beautiful. (As a side note, it even has a nice, big soaker tub-my fav) It has a perfect yard for a 3 and 4 year old. Andy was blessed with a promotion and a great raise. Although our car was totaled, we came out on top and we now have two new vehicles. Andy was not injured at all! We live a hop, skip and a jump away from tons of family and we were blessed with an amazing and healthy baby girl. We've got it all. Now if we could just make some killer friends, we'd be set!! Why do I complain so much when we have been incredibly blessed? Change is hard but we are tough. AND we are grateful for our blessings.

Look at my three handsome boys all ready to go to church!!!

New Years Day

We had a tradition in my family growing up to go bowling on New Years Day. We've tried to keep up on that tradition. The boys had a ton of fun!!!

Weather

Tomorrow the high in Pocatello is supposed to be 37. The high in Littleton is supposed to be 58. That's what I miss about my home. I could still go on walks in the middle of winter. I could still take my kids to the park. We could still do some shopping and not freeze our butts off between the car and the store. Here we are trapped inside. Our street is a huge sheet of ice. It's freezing!!!

A few Christmas pictures

Santa Baby

My cute little "Santa Baby"

I've had some of my Denver friends wanting to see pictures of our house here in Idaho. So here's one picture. Read's looking out the window. This is probably 1/10th of the snow that we have now. We got dumped on! And unlike Denver, it doesn't melt the next day. We're probably going to have this snow until May. AHHHH!!!! HELP!!!!

Car accident

Here's a picture of my Toyota 4Runner after Andy was in his accident. He's doing a thumbs up because he's still alive. We're so grateful that he wasn't injured at all in this accident. We know that the Lord was definitely watching out for him and our family. Now he's driving around an Audi with all wheel drive. It seems to do great in the snow which is exactly what we need in this winter wonderland.

This is the very last class that I taught at 24-hour fitness. It was the day before I went to the hospital to have Kate. I love these ladies!!! I know all but one of them by name. Denise, Lynette, Diana,?, me, Jill, Lisa, Joni, Laurie, Lily. I miss my job like crazy!!!

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I totally forgot to post this in December...I was a little busy that month. This is the last evening aerobics class that I taught (two days before I had baby Kate). I became close to a lot of these awesome, super tough ladies. I miss them and miss my job like crazy already. Tomorrow I am auditioning at Gold's gym, but there is MUCH less opportunity for teaching here since there's only one gym to teach at rather than 15 within driving distance like there is in Denver. If I'm lucky I'll teach one class a week compared to the 6 that I was teaching.

Sweet Baby Kate

We will be blessing Baby Kate on February 1st here in Pocatello. Friends and family are welcome if you are interested in coming.

December is almost over!!!

We've had the most busy month that a family could possibly have. We have had a baby, moved to another state, started a new job, celebrated Christmas, totaled our 4 runner, bought two new cars and are settling into a new house. CRAZINESS!!! I don't think that life could be more eventful than it has been. And the month is not quite over. Ahhh!

We are loving our new little baby Kate. She is 3 weeks old and is just a little angel. She rarely cries and is almost always content. Read and Gage just love to hold her and kiss her and, of course, they bug her too. We feel so blessed to have her in our family.

Our house is coming along. Thanks to help from family, most of our boxes are unpacked and it is starting to look like a home. We even have pictures on the wall (Thanks Dad!) My parents, Andy's Mom and my sister Jamie and her husband have been out to help. Thanks so much guys! We've even had some company in the two short weeks that we've been here. Andy's sister Amy, her husband and two kids stayed with us for a night. My brother David and his wife, Celena came up for a day to visit and see our sweet baby. My good friend Darci, whom I know from Colorado brought her two kids to come visit too.

Andy is enjoying his job although it's lots of work. He is with the same company, Spring Communications, working as a regional manager for the Idaho/Wyoming region. Needless to say, he travels a lot! He's got stores in Twin Falls, Burley, Pocatello, Idaho Falls, Blackfoot, Jackson Hole Wyoming and several others that I don't remember. He comes home tired and is on the phone A LOT!! We're thankful that he's been blessed with a good job and that he's working so hard to provide for our family.

On his way to work a week ago, Andy hit a patch of ice and slid right into the guard rail keeping him from going into the Snake River. He was pretty shaken up but was not injured amazingly enough. We are so grateful! Our Toyota 4Runner was totaled in the accident. Our family doesn't fit in our Honda so we had to buy two new cars. I am sad to say that I am now a "minivan Mom."

Our newest addition...Baby Kate

Baby Kate Warner was born December 5th, 2008 at 11:37 am. She weighs 5 Lbs. 15 oz and is 19 inches long. She has some beautiful brown hair and just the cutest little body you've ever seen. What an angel she has been! Read and Gage were excited to "carry" her. It was cute to see the connection that the boys had with her. They love her. She is such a joy and we are excited to be taking her home Sunday morning. Then Wednesday we will drive her to our new house in Idaho. CRAZY times!!!

BABY TIME!!!

I just got home from a doctor appointment where I had an ultrasound to check the growth of the baby. Now I'm headed to the hospital to be induced. Baby's growth has stopped so the best thing for her is delivery. Wish me luck!!

A while after Andy layed Read down for bed tonight, he went up to check on him. He had built this cool thing out of legos. He said, "Look Dad! I built Idaho." These kids are so excited to move closer to cousins. That's all Gage talks about when we bring up Idaho. I'm glad they are looking forward to the move. If I wasn't 37 weeks pregnant, I might be more excited about it. Will the baby be born in Colorado, Wyoming or Idaho? Hopefully not on the way through Wyoming. Ahhhh!

We're MOVING! Ahhhhhh!

So the latest news from the Warner clan is that we're moving. "What great timing" you may say! Yes, I am 37 weeks pregnant and moving to another state in one week. What crazy lives we have right now. Andy is accepting a promotion within his company to be a regional manager with Spring Communications over the Idaho/Wyoming region. He is both excited and nervous for the new challenge. We found a great house in Pocatello and are excited to have a little more space for our kids to play outside. We will be closer to my family and closer to Andy's family. The boys are so excited to live closer to Grandparents, aunts, uncles and especially cousins. I am still teaching aerobics until two days before we move. Hopefully I don't go into labor. Today our Relief Society sisters came to help me pack up....what a blessing! They are such angels! It's been quite challenging (being so pregnant) to box this house up but keep it in showing condition at the same time. We are so blessed to have an amazing support group within our ward. They are like family to me and we will miss them so much! I'm almost positive that there's not a better ward out there.

Anyway, we'll keep you all posted on our adventures in Idaho. The move date is December 10th (14 days before my due date) Ahhhhh!! For those of you who live near Pocatello, we would love some visitors!

34 weeks and counting

Here I am...34 weeks pregnant and 6 weeks to go. It's crazy how quickly it has gone. Andy took this for me right before my shower. I regret that I didn't take any sideways pictures with my other two pregnancies so I've taken a few this time.

Dang-it! I only took two pictures of my baby shower. This is some of my ladies who come to the aerobics classes that I teach. It was so much fun to have them there. I can't even believe that I got a baby shower on #3, but it is so helpful to get some girl stuff. I had another baby shower with the young women and their Mom's in my ward too. I didn't take a single picture there and I even took my camera. Anyway, how spoiled am I?! I had a great time.

November 6, 2008

So I had another doctors appointment with yet another ultrasound. It sure is fun to see the baby now that I am so far along. We got some great profile pictures of her. Everything looks good. My blood pressure has stayed within the normal range. Only a trace of protein this time but I'm still measuring 3-4 weeks behind. The baby however, is healthy and strong and growing beautifully! I still get to check my blood pressure twice a day. Also, the doctor wants to see me weekly just to be safe. That's fun too! Hopefully preeclampsia is not going to creep up on me. We just want a healthy baby and a healthy mama!

Fun in the leaves

Don't you love Gage's morning hair? He had just woken up from his nap and was so excited that we were outside playing in the leaves.

Read was so excited to play in the leaves that he put on whatever shoes he found first. He has on one brown shoe and one flip flop. They sure had a blast! There were so many leaves that the car at the end of our road was practically buried in them. It was beautiful!

This was a few weeks ago but I had to post it. We decided to make sugar cookies for Halloween and take them to Andy and the spring employees. Can you tell that the boys had fun? They were crazy about making cookies. At least they didn't get very messy. HA! HA!

November 3, 2008

We had a great time in Utah and Idaho on our trip. Andy's boss wanted him to work out of the office there in Salt Lake for a few days so we made a trip out of it. We drove out the 24th after work. We had the luxury of driving half way to Grand Junction and stayed the night, courtesy of the company. The next morning we headed to Salt Lake. We were there for 6 days spending time with my family. Then we head up to Idaho for 3 days to be with Andy's family. Aside from Andy working, while in Utah we mostly played games and enjoyed being with my family. Read and Gage spent quite a bit outside enjoying the beautiful weather, digging in the sand, running free. The boys had so much fun seeing Grandma and Grandpa and some aunts, uncles and cousins.

In Idaho the boys really enjoyed a motorcycle ride on Pacha's motorcycle. That was what they were looking forward to the most. They had fun digging in the dirt and getting dirty. Halloween was exciting as it always is. We attended the Glenns Ferry ward trunk-or-treat with some cousins and then took them trick-or-treating just around one small block.

We got one last family picture after all of the trick-or-treating was done. The kids were tired but had a great time!

October 23, 2008

I had a doctors appointment today. Usually it's in and out and super quick! Today there were some complications. There was protein in my urine sample and my uterus was measuring small. Those are the same signs that I had during my first pregnancy when I had preeclampsia. They immediately took me in for an ultrasound to measure the baby's stomach, etc. She looks great! It's just that my uterus measures 3-4 weeks behind. So the doctor wants me to check my blood pressure twice a day for the next two weeks to be sure that it stays within normal range. That will be fun since we're leaving for Utah tomorrow. Hopefully all goes well.

Early Halloween Pictures

My kids are "jumping the gun" a little on Halloween. They are super excited about their cute costumes. Gage is going to be a tiger for the second year in a row and Read is going to be a monkey. What a fun age my boys are!!!

My belly!!

My boys seem to think that my belly button is their baby sister. They love to watch my belly button move all around when the baby is moving. It's so darn cute! Read decided on the name Kate for our baby. We haven't decided yet. Just Read.

I am officially 30 weeks along today. Only 10 more weeks to go. Hopefully it's more like 8 weeks to go. We shall see!

Today as I was getting the boys in their car seats I said to them, "Mommy loves you so much. Do you know that?" In Read's response to my question he said, "No. Daddy does!" I thought that was so cute. Obviously they are loved! These boys are growing up much too fast! I am trying so hard to treasure these moments which I know will not last long enough. They are so sweet.

The other day I was scrounging all day. I didn't shower until about halfway through the day because I had taught aerobics, then came home and cleaned. I finally got ready and put some make-up on. Gage noticed and said, "Mommy, you look so pretty." I couldn't believe that my 2-year old noticed something like that. It was so sweet and made me feel so good. My boys are two little angels.

It looks like Read is just as excited about football season as his Daddy is. He gather several of the footballs that we had laying around the house and continued to hunt for more. Who doesn't love football, right? Go Denver Broncos! Go BYU!

My side job

Those of you who know me pretty well know about my business that I'm doing on the side. It's pretty funny considering that I am 7 months pregnant. I've been going door to door asking if people want their address painted on their curb. Thanks to my brother Rick, who gave me this idea back when I was about 12 years old, I've been making some extra money. It's quick, cheap and easy and a lot of people want it done. Last time I went out, I hit the jackpot. I did just about every house in a culdesac of about 7 homes. My goal was to paint 5 that night ($75). After my 4th, it was starting to get dark but I decided to knock on one more door. The lady seemed like she was a little confused by some big ol' pregnant lady asking to paint her curb, but she wanted it done. I told her that it was $15 and began painting. When I was finished, I knocked on her door to collect my money and she handed me a check. It was for $50, not $15. I told her that it was only a $15 service. She said, "Oh, I must have heard you wrong" and acted like it was no big deal. I went on to tell her that I didn't feel good about her paying me that much. She said, "Well, I feel really good about it." She was so nice. I could clearly tell that she didn't misunderstand me but that she really wanted me to have the money. I was so touched by that, it brought tears to my eyes. What a blessing it is to have people like her in the world, people who sincerely care about others. I have since written her a thank-you card and inserted a pass along card. I would like to ask the missionaries to take it over to her with a little Halloween treat or something. Maybe there is a missionary opportunity there. Small acts of kindness like that go a long way. I know that blessings such as this are from paying my tithing and being faithful. That night I worked for an hour and a half and came home with $110. Not too shabby! I hope that lady knew how touched I was by her generosity. I am confident that she will receive blessings in return.

My trip to Seattle

Last month I got to go to Seattle to visit my sister, Melanie and her family. The boys stayed home with Daddy and had some help from a friend in the ward. It was so much fun to be with a sister. We mostly had fun just being together and talking but we did lots of fun things too. She drove me around her cute little town of North Bend. We went to the salon. She got a pedicure and I got a manicure. We went on a sweet hike. We went to lunch and talked for hours. We had a bonfire in Bob and Mel's backyard where we roasted marshmallows. We walked along the river behind her house. We attended her church on Sunday. We picked wild blackberries and made blackberry crisp. Her and Bob treated me to a massage at the spa next to Snoqualmie Falls. We ate good food, laughed lots and had a blast! Thanks for everything Melanie and Bob!

Seattle Trip

September 15, 2008

We were so lucky to have Andy's sister, Amy and her husband, Austin here for a couple of days. It was a super short trip but we so enjoyed having them here. We took a walk to the temple like we always do with our visitors. It was great to have some people to play games with! We were also lucky enough to go on a date with them. We went downtown and ate at Chipotle and showed them around down town Denver and 16th street. Then we came home to watch a movie and, of course I fell asleep. I can't EVER stay awake through a single movie unless I am doing something to keep me busy like working on the blog or folding laundry. Poor Andy ends up finishing most movies alone. Anyway, we had a great time with them and only wish that it had been another day or two. We love having company (hint hint!)

September 9th or somewhere around there

After Andy came home from Las Vegas, the day before he let me have some "me" time, he came home from work with a surprise for me. I took dinner over to someone in our ward who had just had surgery and when I got home, there were a dozen roses on the table with a really sweet card that made me cry. He also bought me a chocolate bar and a chick flick (which ended up being really dumb, but that's beside the point). He always knows how to pick me up. It meant a lot to me and I know that he had fun doing it. I wish I knew of something guys liked as surprises. What would replace flowers for a guy? Just thinking out loud.

September 10, 2008

So much has happened in the last month that I figured I better document although I don't have pictures to go with the text. I forgot to mention that while Andy was in Vegas at the beginning of September, I worked on potty training Read. He has done really great with the whole "pee" thing and we are so proud of him!!! However, he will not even attempt to "poop" on the toilet. So we get dirty underwear all the time. It's lots of fun on the parenting end. Andy and I have about had it with cleaning poop out of underwear. Any suggestions?

My day out

On Saturday the 13th, I went out all by myself to do whatever I wanted. It was so nice after Andy having been in Vegas for so long. Needless to say, I really needed some alone time. I went and treated myself to a pedicure and a manicure. I meant to take a picture of my fingernails because they looked so good for once in my life but I forgot. My nails are long and strong while I am taking prenatal vitamins so it was fun to get a french manicure. The first toilet I scrubbed, they chipped. Bummer! What a waste of money. I was gone for nearly 5 hours. The funny thing is that I shopped a ton, but I didn't even buy one thing! I was proud of myself.

Tomorrow I leave to go visit my sister, Melanie in the Seattle area. She really needed some company so I am going for one last "hoorah" before I have the baby. I am really excited for the break even though it's only 3 days. Out of my 3 sisters, she's the only one that I didn't get to see this summer so it'll be fun to catch up and see her and her family.

Andy's trip to Las Vegas

Andy had a great time in Las Vegas with his buddy Mike Dunn from college. They went last week and were lucky enough to be without their wives and kids for 5 days! They, of course spent some time on the strip, caught a roller coaster or two, ate some yummy food and won some money here and there. I know Andy enjoyed sleeping in every single day. These aren't very good pictures taken with his phone but they are better than nothing.

September 11, 2008

I took the boys to the temple the other day to get some pictures by the beautiful flowers. It was a cloudy, cool day and was perfect for pictures!