Camping with our BEST FRIENDS

Jady, Brady, Kale, Me, Kyle, Kobee, Jared

I just want to tell you, how much I love the friends I have made since I met Kyle. 

I love how close they are with Kyle. 

I love how much they already love Q.

I love how they have made me feel like one of them.

This last weekend was my 23rd birthday... AHHH!!!

No, camping wasn't my first choice of activities I would like to do on my birthday, but Kyle had a downhill mountain bike race and I had to support him in that... SO COOL, RIGHT??

Jared, my cousin Ryan, and Kyle all raced.

Friday, we drove down after Kyle took a math test. 

When we got there, everyone said, "HAPPY BIRTHDAY." 

We went and got milkshakes, and headed up to Kale's grandparents land near Panguitch Lake...

NOT EVEN KIDDING... One of the most beautiful places I've seen. 

They took me out to a 'dive' for dinner, which was super fun. 

On the ride to Panguitch, I told Kyle that this was going to be the first birthday I didn't have a birthday cake.... Poor me, right? 

WRONG... Kyle talked to Brady and told them to go get me one. 

That night, we were sitting around the campfire, when Brady and Jady brought out my cake...

I felt so blessed at that moment... All these macho boys and Jady singing 'happy birthday' to little ol' me. I have the most amazing friends and the most amazing husband!!!

Saturday, the boys got up at 5 to go fishing and came back at 9 with one fish... haha. 

They had a small boat with no ores, so they used SHOVELS...

WHO ARE THESE BOYS?!! They seriously never seize to amaze me. 

When they got back, Kyle, Q, Jared, and I drove to Brian Head, for the downhill race. 

The others came right before his race. 

Kyle's family showed up to show their support.

My cousins, Ryan, Kaylyn and their little girl Maylie were there as well. 

The boys went down for a couple practice rides and waited for their race...

THEY DID SO GOOD!! According to me... I don't know according to professionals, but I think they did AMAZING...

After the races, some of us went fishing... I caught one!!! 

THE BIGGEST ONE... Kyle will deny it, but mine was bigger!! ;)

That night, we played cards... I HATE CARDS, but that seems to be a lot of what these ALAMO people do... Maybe I should start getting used to it... 

It was actually really fun though. 

Sunday, was just relaxing. 

They boys played a little catch with a football.

Jady and I played games.

We ate, then ate again, then again.

We shot some BB guns.

Brady and Kyle pushed over trees.

BEST OF ALL, they boys did just about everything. Cooked every meal, built all the fires, did anything I really asked of them... I'm not demanding, but they literally would do anything for me and my family (at least they have so far). I honestly can't say enough good things about these people. 

ALL IN ALL... great weekend, great birthday, with great friends. 

I LOVE Kale, Kobee, Jared, Brady and Jady SO much... 

Thank you for making my birthday and the weekend one I won't forget!
I am so IN LOVE with Kyle and Q, my boys!!

Love

    My family has always meant the world to me... 

I've always been close with my family.

Now I have a family, that I made!!! How cool?

I can't even begin to explain how much Kyle and Q mean to me. 

I even told a friend, when we were on a walk and this dog came running behind us (scared us half to death, it was a HUGE dog)... I am pretty sure if a dog tried to attack my family I could take it out with my bare hands!!! Don't get me wrong, I am a dog LOVER, but that was just an example of the what I feel I could do to protect my family.

Motherly love? Right? 

Crazy?... Maybe...

In the last 5 months since Q has been born, so much has happened... 

-Q was blessed in Alamo on May 3.

-Kyle started mountain biking... ahhhh!

-We took our first family vacation to Lake Mead

-Q got to meet his Great Great Grandma Ikhamal

-We celebrated our first 4th of July as a new family

-I started nursing school

-Kyle got a new job

-At around 3 months Q rolled from his tummy to his back for the first time, and around 4 months he rolled from his back to his tummy. (This is a BIG DEAL guys)

It seems like Q is already getting so big, and I just want him to stop for just a minute.  I am loving every second (well almost every second) of this whole parenting thing. Kyle and I have adjusted and its been the biggest blessing. Can you believe I am sealed to these to amazing boys for time and ALL eternity?? I am one lucky girl. 

So much more has happened in these last five months, but I don't think I could get through them all. All I know is that Q has so much family that loves him. He has the most amazing grandparents who are going to spoil him rotten, and the most incredible aunts and uncles. 

BUT HEY WHO COULDN'T LOVE THIS BOY...

Our baby Q!

I decided... Instead of catching up from the beginning of mine and Kyle's relationship, I am going to try and stay on top of my life, as of the NOW. Also, being a new mom... I kind of want to start working more on myself and my appearance, so more to come on that.

So, as of now, I have a beautiful baby boy, Q, and the most handsome and amazing husband, Kyle.  They are literally my world. Everything I do revolves around them and their lives, and I absolutely love every minute of it. I'm not going to lie, it gets hard at times, but the feeling of being a good wife and mom makes it all worth while... although, I could work on both of them.

Q was born March 10, 2014. I cannot believe he is already 2 months old. Time has flown. He was 5 pounds 15 ounces and 18.5 inches long... now he is 10 pounds 7 ounces and 21 inches long. He has almost doubled in size!!! Ahhhhhh.... He has been such a blessing in our lives for many reasons, but the biggest reason is not even a year ago we thought we couldn't even have kids.

I will never forget the day I told Kyle I was pregnant. We had been going through the process of In Vitro for the last two months and that morning I went in for blood work. They told me they would call me around lunch time... So I was thinking, ok, maybe 12 or 1.... They didn't call me until 4 o'clock!!! Kyle was home from work by then, but I wanted to be the one to tell him. So when they called I went into the back room and answered the phone. They said, "Hi is this McKenzie." I said, "Yes, How are you?" They said, "good, guess what? You're pregnant." I couldn't scream or cry, because I didn't want Kyle to have any ideas. So I thanked her calmly, got off the phone and went into the kitchen where Kyle was pacing back and forth. He turned around and looked and me and I said, "Guess what? We're pregnant!!!" He looked at me in disbelief with the coolest expression you could ever imagine. We both were in awe... We were PREGNANT, something we thought impossible only months before. I jumped in his arms and we kissed and hugged and cried. Seriously the greatest feeling I have every experienced. Q is literally our miracle child... He is an In Vitro baby. It was a long and rough process, but we ended up with the perfect baby. He is our beautiful, brown hair, blue eyed miracle.

Crazy Boys. Random Adventures.

Friends.

Fun.

Randomness.

YOLO

Kyle and I love our lives, but its always more exciting when our friends are with us. Kyle, me, Josh, Molly, Brady, Jady and Kobee drove 3 hours to jump off a bridge into a lake. The boys heard it was scary and that they couldn't do it...

So of course...

They had to prove everyone wrong. 

The boys jumped.

The girls watched. 

Then we swam for a couple hours, ate at a cute little dive, then drove home.

Worth it, you ask? 

If you ask the boys, HECK YES.

If you ask the girls... Not so much! 

Looking down to his death!!

Not only did we get an entertaining day, to say the least, we got to see the coolest rainbows ever!! 

Good weekend with great people

Happy birthday to me!!

ITS MY BIRTHDAY!

I have such a great family. My mom, her boyfriend Danny, Dru and Kyle got together to throw me a little party. It wasn't much, but we had lunch together, I got presents :) and the best part about it was that just about everyone was there. 

Thanks everyone. 

I LOVE YOU!

Weird Family

Ok so my family is really weird!! Really really weird!!! I don't understand how people could be so weird....
Here is something to help you understand the weirdness I am talking about.

So this is our family reunion photo. We decided to dress up like my granddad and grannie when they were younger. The men grew out their mustaches and bought a lot of plaid and polyester. The women poofed their hair, wore 70's clothing and a lot of make-up. 

Funniest moment of my life was watching Kyle walk out in his outfit. Check it out!!

We have these family reunions every 4 years and this was my dads turn to plan it.  We stayed in an amazing cabin, played many games, went on adventures, and spent the whole weekend with the family. These family reunions are unforgettable, not because its fun, not because of the places we get to stay, but because of the crazy, weird, tight knit family we are and always will be. 

Here are some of the adventures we got to be a part of. 

We are the anti-social type :)

Good Job Dad!! W

Yes!

I have a weird family!

But what's not to love?!

Hmm...

Time To Make Our Own Traditions!

Last year, we brought our niece and nephew to stay with us. Now, again, they are staying with us. I promise these kids are the best kids in the world. They listen to everything we say and rarely ever complain about anything. They aren't birth control anymore, they are making me one a million kids of my own!! I love these two freakin munchkins. We had so much fun. We went to chucky cheese's, the zoo (AGAIN), a trampoline place, Seven Peaks, the movies, bowling, mini golf, ate a lot of junk and we got fishy's. We want the week they spend with us to be heaven to them. I think we do the trick, at least most of the time they are here!

THE coolest fort!!

I will look forward to this every year!!