Trunk or Treat

For Halloween we attended our church's event--Trunk or Treat. It was fun and our little ladybug and her cousin the sweet pea enjoyed themselves. Kate got her facepainted, went "fishing" for candy, played all sorts of games, and even got to go with us through the giant box maze--she slept well that night!

Pumpkin Patch Pals

Sweet smilesWatch your step! Sittin' Up! (kinda)

Cute Cousins!

Great Grins!

I've been Blog Tagged

Ok, I've been blog tagged by one of the cousins...so here are 6 interesting/amusing facts about me.

1. We moved to Guam when I was four--lived there for 3 years while my dad was in the Navy. I went to first grade on the naval base that we lived on. My first grade teacher was Mrs. Cruz...I was one of two caucasian kids in my class. I can still sing "Rudolph the Rednosed Reindeer" in Guamanian.:)

2. I once slept walked outside when staying at my grandparents house in Alaska. I was seven, and my grandmother was soooo worried that I would get charged by a moose that she stuck all the kitchen chairs in front of the door each night we were there.

3. I have incredibly weak enamel on my teeth, and therefore, out of 32 teeth only 8 of them are completely originals. My mom-- to this day --blames it on the fact that she was soo sick when she was pregnant with me that she couldn't keep enough nutrients down to fully form my teeth...who knows.

4. As a freshman in high school I got whooping cough, yes WHOOPING COUGH. Thought I was going to die--got down to 115 lbs--super nasty skinny and sickly. Yes, I got the vaccine, and yes, I still got it, go figure.

5. I was a pole vaulter in high school. Yes, little ol' me. I actually got to go to state and placed fourth with a whopping vault of 9' 3"!


6. In my college dorm, there was a full kitchen on the second floor...my roommate and I got hungry one night and went to raid the fridge/freezer. We found a brand new, unopened half gallon of vanilla icecream (those of you who know me, know I am a chocoholic so you can imagine how desperate we were for a sugar fix)--not only did we steal it (some poor college student had to wonder who would steal a 1/2 gal of icecream at a Christian college), but we literally ate the whole thing by ourselves in less than 15 minutes. YUCK! And I totally couldn't figure out why I went home 25 lbs heavier that year. Justice I suppose.;)


Now I tag Mandy Smith, Kristi Matthews, Cat Hoyle, Amanda Gabriele, and Stephanie Qualls. Can't wait to read 'em girls!

Good eatin' thanks to our Bow Hunter

Last year's kill--about the same size as Kate :)
This year is quite a different story--WAY TO GO DADDY!

Check out that rack!

Pretty Little Princess

First "Real" Haircut

Birthday Pics

It's Terrible--she's already 2!

Kate at her very first birthday!
Kate at her second birthday!

Words can not express a mother's feelings as she watches her baby grow literally before her very eyes! Two years ago on September 15th, Jared and I became parents of a beautiful baby girl. Last year we became the parents of a one year old. A sweet baby who could walk, and was saying about 60 words, who fell in love with kittycats, who has given us her sweet affections since a mere four months old. This year on September 15th we became the parents of a two year old--a sweet little girl who loves to snuggle in the mornings in "mommy and daddy's bed", who uses her manners impeccably (and has impressed me as of late by saying "thank you so much" and "how are you doing?"), who is fascinated by anything and everything that is Tigger and Pooh, who can link her buddies by name to their parents all by name, who when asked who loves you? will say " Daddy, Mommy, and Jesus", who can recite her alphabet like a champ, who when asked to give kisses wants to do "cheek, cheek, minnel *middle*", who asks to read her Bible more than any other book, and though exploring more and more is a sweetheart with a servant's heart. Can't tell you how much each day with you means to me my dear sweet Kate!

Toddler Comic

Jared and I as well as Uncle Jess & Aunt Keke love to teach our lil' munchkin to say challenging or funny sounding words/phrases. For instance, Jesse taught Kate how to say "Sweet sassy molassy!" Kelsey and I try to get her to say "Rootabega"...which usually comes out "Bega Bega". Jared started teaching Kate how to say "Bounce widdit" & dance...pretty funny. The latest though had me rolling the other day. Jared started teaching her how to say "Boom shocka locka". She says it amazingly well. She also knows how to use and say please, thank you, scuse me, etc.

So, Jared and I are playing with her in the living room. She lets out this adult-sized toot--

Me: "Kate, what do you say?"
Instead of the normal "Scuse me."
Kate: "Boom shocka wocka!" with a big grin
Me & Jared: Laughing like crazy!
Kate: Starts laughing like crazy too!

Labor Day Weekend

Fun in the pool with Nonnie!!!


Our lil' swimmer--all by herself (w/the flotation device of course)!

Daddy and Kate!


Silly goggle girl!

Drinks for Kate!

Drinks for Nonnie!

Tuckered out after a weekend of fun!

Sweet thing!

New Furniture...finally!

I am so excited...after 4 months of waiting...my newly upholstered furniture is here!!! WAHOO! My in-laws gave Jared and I the chair and ottoman when we were newly weds and had no furniture of our own, and my parents gave us the couch when they got some new furniture this year. I have to say I'm totally thrilled with the way they turned out. We are finally filling up our house after 2 1/2 years!:)

Durango

Well, a lot has happened recently for the Marley family. Hasn't left a lot of time to blog...or maybe too much so I just keep putting it off. As of the first of August, Jared is no longer working with his dad due to circumstances out of our control--unfortunately...he loved working with Don and will miss him and the job tremendously, but we trust God has a plan for all of us.

All that to say, as of August first, we've had some free time. Timing made it possible for us to join Daniel and Laura (Jared's bro & one of his sisters) on a road trip to Durango to visit their youngest sister and cousins. It was pretty amazing the way it all worked out...Jared's cousin's wife's former pastor (say that 5 times fast) allowed the five of us to stay in a fully furnished apartment below their home for FREE! We got to do some hiking, rock-climbing, coffee-drinking, hippie watching, shopping and LOTS and LOTS of Olympics. It was a really nice break and what a treat to catch up with Jill, Mark, Ashley, Paul, and Erin! A mini reunion!

I've got lots of pics so hopefully it won't take me hours to upload these!:)