New Years with Grandma and Papa Roberts

Cameron's parents came up for the New Year to see the kids and play with us. This is the first time they had seen our little Kaitlyn so she got a lot of attention. It gave Nicky and wonderful break. All the kids loved having Grandma and Papa up to visit and spend time with them. Caleb had a blast sitting with his Papa and of course causing trouble with him. Kaitlyn was right at home in Grandma's arms and Grandma was eating it up. Mackenzie got her new bedding over the weekend too and was having a lot of fun in her new Princes bed. She wanted to go to bed just so she could be a princes like her bed.

Visit with Santa

It's been a very eventful weekend. We had two Christmas parties that we went to. One was for Cameron's work and the other was for our ward. It was good to get out and go to both. The one for Cameron's work we only took Kaitlyn so it was a nice night out without worrying too much about the kids getting into anything. Everyone wanted to hold Kaitlyn so we were able to enjoy ourselves and dance a little too. At the ward Christmas party Santa showed up to visit with all of the kids. Caleb and Mackenzie both were excited to see him. We even had to hold Mackenzie back because she kept trying to run up in front of everyone to jump in Santa's lap. Even Kaitlyn seemed to be having fun with Santa. Although I doubt she had any idea what was going on. She did do good with everyone though. Marlena had fun holding Kaitlyn and is really good with the kids. We like to have her babysit for us. Hilary is with Nicky and Mackenzie. She lives not too far from us and is expecting her first baby. The really cool thing is she also happened to be one of the nurses that took care of Nicky while she was in the hospital with Kaitlyn. We hope you all have a very Merry Christmas!!

Early Christmas Present

Grandma and Grandpa Roberts decided they wanted to get something for our new home for Christmas. One thing that we have always wanted was a big lounge sack and that is what we got. It's microfiber so that makes it easy on the clean up. Caleb and Mackenzie can't get enough of it. They love to play on it and especially sit on it with their daddy and read or watch TV with him.

Phoenix Fire Volleyball

Cameron is on a rec league co-ed volleyball team through work. Last night they had a game and won which put them at 5-0. Undefeated and loving every minute of it. Players on his team consist of co-workers and spouses. It's nice to be able to get out and have fun and get to know people from his office outside of work. Nicky is enjoying being out with the kids and supporting the team along with others. It's been a lot of fun playing and building team unity with co-workers.

Bath Time

Kaitlyn likes her baths for the most part. We get a kick out of it because she fits so well in our downstairs bathroom sink. It is nice not to have to bend over to bathe her. We'll enjoy it while we can cause we know it won't last long. She is such a little cutie.

Halloween

Good thing this is not a family picture cause that would be scary. We had a great time this year going out trick-or-treating. We went back to our old neighborhood so our friends could see the kids and there was hardly any kids out knocking. People were giving our kids hand fulls of candy. Both Caleb and Mackenzie ended up with their bags almost full to the top. Caleb had it down pretty good with saying trick-or-treat and Mackenzie was really good at say just treat. Caleb was of course Mr. Incredible, Mackenzie was a Princes, Kaitlyn was a pink bear, Nicky was a ghost, and Cameron was a redneck hick. Overall we had a blast getting dressed up and hitting the doors. Cameron got to dress up at work and no one recognized him. His students that happened to stop by got a good laugh to when he walked out. Hope you all had a great Halloween.

Kaitlyn Marie Roberts

Kaitlyn Marie Roberts was born on Wednesday, October 22nd at 7:10 am. She was 6 lbs 8 ounces and 20 inches long. Both Nicky and Kaitlyn are doing great. Nicky started having contractions around 9 pm on Tuesday night. After they were consistent for a couple of hours we had a friend come over to watch the kids. We went to the hospital and they said she hadn't changed since her appt earlier that day with her Doctor. We had to walk around for an hour and then they checked her again. She had gone from being dilated from a 3 to 5. They admitted her at about 2 am and she progressed till our little girl came. The doctor and nurses were all wonderful. We got a call later that afternoon from our Realtors that our house had funded and that we had a new house too. That night after Nicky and Kaitlyn were asleep I went and picked up the keys and moved our bed over to the new home so she could rest there while we moved. Caleb and Mackenzie seem to be doing really good with their new sister. Caleb wants to hold her all the time and is very gentle. Mackenzie just wants to point at her eyes, mouth, nose and ears and tell us what they are. We have to remind her not to poke her face and be gentle but overall she is doing good.

We have a New Home!!!

Its official, we have a new home. We funded on our home Wednesday and got the keys to move in. We spent the weekend with the help of Nicky's parents and some guys from the ward moving everything over. Saturday some women from the RS showed up and cleaned the house we were in. It helped so much with the move. As soon as we get things organized I will have some updated pictures of the inside.

Friendly Visit

We had our friends Ben and Mickey come into town with their kids. Mackenzie fell in love with Mickey instantly. Mickey and I met up at Ricks College back in 2000 right after my mission and we have kept in touch ever since. It was a great weekend and we had a blast catching up and hanging out. They live out is Rexburg, Idaho right now but can't wait to get out and might end up out this way. In the first picture you can see our little Mackenzie with Mickey, her son Kenyon, and her daughter Mackenzie. It got confusing a for both girls. We had to call them Big Mackenzie and Little Mackenzie. Of course Mickey had a little more fun with it and called them Dark Mackenzie and White Mackenzie. Mickey is married to a white boy and she is so happy cause she got her milk chocolate babies.

House Week 11

We are starting to count down the days till our house is done. This last week was the installation of the carpet and sinks. It is really starting to come along and look like a home. This next week they will be doing the finishing touches and then on Friday we have the pre-walk through. As long as everything has been completed to our liking then we should be able to officially close on the house a week later. Our appliances should be in this week and of course the touch up work through out the house. Both Caleb and Mackenzie had a good time running through the house now that there is carpet all over the place. Caleb has already started to tell us which room he wants. At this point I don't think Mackenzie has a preference. She just likes to hide in the closets.