Katya's Newest Crush

Katya found a new boy to be in love with. Even though she only had one 20 minute nap today, she was in a great mood. She loved this new toy. This was the at least the twentieth time Spiderman danced and sang and she loved it every time. About half way through, she looks off camera and doesn't seem interested in Spiderman. That was because she saw our friend Stephanie eating ice cream. Ice cream is much more important to her than anything else.

We also took Katya to Nursery for the first time today and she loved being around all the kids. She loves people her size. I put both videos even though they are the same to see which is better, Blogger or YouTube. I know Google owns YouTube, so I would assume they are probably pretty similar, but I am just curious. Indulge me. The Blogger video apparently is not working, so I guess YouTube is better.

New Stuff

I meant to blog about this a couple weeks ago, but I forgot to. Two weeks ago Katya had a major first. We took a snack for her to church. It was so cute. She is growing up so fast.

A Link to the Past

Despite the poor title (extreme, just to get you to read it) and sloppy writing, this article is actually quite good, and brings back great memories of one of my favorite families is Ulan Ude. You can tell they are happy because they look healthy. It is very exciting to see that.

Crib Happenings

We always catch Katya doing the cutest and funniest things. Here are the latest.

She went to bed with both pant legs on and I'm not quite sure
how she was able to get one leg out without the pants coming
all the way off.

When I tuck Katya in for naps now, she likes to snuggle with
her frog and always hugs it. It's pretty cute.

Can it get any cuter?

Yesterday Nya and Katya were wearing matching outfits so I just had to take pictures. They are just too cute together and you can tell they just love playing together. I'm glad that Nya lives close enough that they get to play often. Enough babbling, here are the pics.

Silly girl

Fun times

What a funny Nya

So cute!

These two are so stinkin' cute!

That's my girl!

Daddy's little girl!

I love this picture.

So cute!

Home Depot

Have you ever noticed that the recent Home Depot commercials show ethnic minorities planning to go to Home Depot, but then when they show employees interacting with customers, there are only white people at Home Depot. So, is Home Depot saying that minorities are all about intending to go to Home Depot, but never make it? Do they get lost along the way? Interesting... View two of the commercials below. The second one is pretty poor quality, but it is one of the best examples.

What has Katya been up to?

Katya is developing more of a personality every day and seems to be acting older and older. She is just so cute that I cannot help but take pictures of her cuteness. Here are some of the latest.



We went to Murray Park on Labor Day for a picnic. Katya sure loves the park and had so much fun. She also really likes to play with the grass and pick it and eat it. Silly girl.



Katya's new favorite food is cucumbers. She loves to get a nice slice and then chew on it until it breaks. She gets so mad at me when I take the broken pieces from her. She is happy again when she gets a fresh one though. Good thing we have a ton of cucumbers in the garden so she can eat till her hearts content.

Cougar Football

Saturday as the first game of the BYU football season and we were so excited! Even Katya was excited. We dressed up in Cougar blue and headed down to Provo. Despite the fact that it was way too hot, it was a great game. It helped that BYU beat Arizona. Here are some pics from our day.