Katie, Lately

* catch up post *

 

these baby diet cooooookes.

 

here he is, in all his glory: our brand new jeep compass, Crosby. okay so I wanted a jeep patriot, actually. you know how most people's dream cars are like... foreign sports cars that cost half a million dollars? my dream car? is a jeep patriot. i know. i'm very realistic. so when we went to the dealership to talk about trading in our altima, we debated a lot. and then i told devin that if we were gonna get a new car, we should just go for it and get what we really wanted. we had driven this compass for the day (they let us keep it over night, and we actually really did love it), but then we told the sales guy about the unrequited love for the patriot, and we test drove a few. and i'm not kidding, i had like, tears welling in my eyes being in that car because it's my DREEEEAMMM. so we went inside and looked at numbers. and then we laughed and bought the compass instead. ha! (it's not that they are a gazillion dollars. it's that we don't want a car payment that costs the same as our rent, so... maybe next time?! haha) but seriously, i love this compass. it's the best car i've ever owned!

 

look at my adorable sunbeams. evie, korver, aniston, carson and libby. i wish you could all meet libby so somebody could finally agree with me that she is JUNIE B JONES IN THE FLESH. i love her. i love these sunbeams SO much. and i miss them! our ward split a few weeks ago and i didn't get to keep any of them :(

 

so one time, i was like 7 weeks pregnant, and exhausted... ALWAYS. and i came home from work one day and finally had a tiny bit of energy, so i told devin to hurry up and let's go on a hike before i remember how tired i am! we were dogsitting koda and riley at the time... so we hiked. and it was great! and then all three dogs found a creek. and all three dogs took a swim. so all three dogs got a bath. it was the worst idea ever.

 

but they're so dang cute and they were so happy to be adventuring!

 

koda is the sweetest little old lady. she makes the happiest squeals whenever you see her.

 

i'm so glad i got some cute photos of my sunbeams because a few weeks after this picture, our ward split, and i didn't even get to say goodbye and i don't even want to talk about it. i miss them SO much. now we teach the CTR 4 class, and after a couple weeks, these kids are growing on me too, but my sunbeaammmmssss :( audrey, mckenlee, evie, sophie and libby

 

loved the way these chocolate and blue raspberry macarons turned out for the baby shower for Sarah! it was such a fun afternoon and i'm so glad everyone liked my macarons. they can be a pain sometimes, but i think they're totally worth it!

 

this was one of those TGIfreakingF afternoons.

this kettle is only $10 at ikea, but don't buy it.

i have a mug hoarding problem.

harney & sons is HANDS DOWN the best brand of tea.

i still don't know for sure how to pronounce "agave"...