Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Some of Katy's biggest smiles appear while

she is on her changing table or naked!

This day, Katy spit up on everything but her socks and shoes...

luckily for Katy, the less clothes she has on, the happier she is.

See! Big smiles on the changing table.

This is Katy's frontpack...she really likes it now. She went to the zoo in this.

Superbowl Party - Katy is at the top with Jeb.

Katy and one of the youth, Elisa.
Katy is staying very active. She has now attended her first Superbowl Party with the youth group and had a great time. (She was cheering for the Colts!!) Katy took her first trip to the zoo last week. Unfortunately, her mommy and daddy forgot the camera so she doesn't have any pictures to share, but luckily she has a annual pass to the zoo and aquarium so maybe they will remember the camera next time. Katy also went bowling for first time last weekend. She got to with her friends Jacob, Megan, and Luke...and their parents. They were all big enough to bowl, so Katy just helped cheer for them. Sadly, her mom and dad forgot the camera again!! They should really be better at that.

Katy wants to wish everyone a very Happy Valentine's Day!

Growing So Fast!

Katy spends lots of time at the church with her mom and dad. Luckily, she has her own little place to hang out (her pack and play) right in mom's office.

This Katy and her friend Nora.

New Year's Eve

A Very Happy Girl!

Katy LOVES her bath time...but lately she has been so worn out she falls asleep.

Katy's first day of 'school'. (This is the END of her first day :)

Katy is getting stronger and stronger. She can hold her self up pretty good now.

Hanging out during Youth Group.

All Worn Out

Katy and Jeb: They love their undershirts!

Momma's Girl

Growing So Fast

Wow! Katy has already been so busy this year! Katy started the new year off at a small celebration with friends up in Rio Rancho. Katy got to hang out with her friends Lilia, Hannah, Cecily, and Rachael. There were five sweet little girls - all under the age of 4!
Katy has learned the art of the smile! She started sorta smiling before Christmas...but now she love to smile at anything and anyone. Although her smile is almost impossible to catch on camera. Katy has also really started to 'talk' alot. She is starting to make lots of happy noises.
Katy has continued her travels. The middle of January took Katy to Sacramento Methodist Assembly. Mindy and Jeb were working an Emmaus Walk for Young Women and Katy's grandparents (Scott and Tena) came up to the camp and hung out with Katy the whole weekend. She had a GREAT time with her grandparents.
Katy also has a really cool friend. Her name is Nora. Nora's parents are friends with Katy's parents. And Nora's daddy is even a Methodist preacher too! Katy and Nora were born in the same hospital on the same day! They got to meet each other when they were brand new...but they have been so busy, they haven't had much time to get together. Luckily, they were finally able to do lunch a couple weeks ago! Katy was so happy to get to see Nora again. Her daddy says that Nora is her 'soul sister'.
Katy recently travelled to El Paso, TX to help her mom and dad lead a workshop at a EDE (Equipping Disciples for Excellence). She had a great time and even spent some time in the nursery at the church where the event was held.
Katy is staying busy these days with school. She started 'school' (daycare) last week. Katy goes to school all day on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. She really likes it and is making lots of friends. Luckily for her mom and dad...'school' is just right down the hall from their offices.
February looks to be a busy month for Katy as well. Her mommy and daddy keep her pretty busy by bringing her to all their events and activities.

A Busy Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve was a REALLY busy day for us. We had a total of 5 worship services at church - two in the morning and three at night. Katy attended 4 of the services - including the 11pm service. During the 5pm service...Jeb preached and led the service...so Katy got to help her mommy operate the comptuer to make sure that everything was up on the screens for people to see. The good thing about going to church so many times in one day is that you get to wear more than one outfit!

A Visit from My Uncle Joe and Aunt Aspen

We had a great visit with Joe and Aspen. They came to see us the week before Christmas. We had lots of plans of fun things to do...but then it snowed and we didnt get to do everything we wanted. We still had a great time hanging out though.

LOVED BY SO MANY!

Katy recently took a trip to Roswell and got to meet her 'Grammie' and 'Pappa' (Jeb's grandparents). She is so blessed to have five GREAT grandparents! Katy has already met four of her great grandparents and will meet her Great Grandma Spitsberg in just a few days. Katy also has a great-great grandma, Bea. Her great-great grandma Bea lives kinda far away, but hopefully Katy will be able to meet her someday.

Katy is a month old...well...actually 5 weeks old! We think we'll keep her!

Thanksgiving with Archeys

The Saturday after Thanksgiving we had our Archey Thanksgiving with part of Jeb's family. Jeb's parents, Uncle Kim, and our sister-in-law, Aspen, plus us -- were all there.

Katy's Aunt Aspen

Grandpa James or as he wants to be called by his Japanese name "Kaga"

Grandma Jan or maybe "Granny Janny?"

More Thanksgiving Pics!

Katy got to meet lots of relatives and her Great Grandparents (Bonnells) house...here are a few more pics of some more of the people Katy got to meet and hang out with.

Katy's Great Aunt Penny

Katy's Great Grandpa Dorsey

Katy and Katie (Mindy's cousin)

Matthew, Lindsey, and Katy ( I think they like her ;)

A Busy Girl

Wow! Can you believe it! Katy will be 5 weeks old tomorrow. It is so hard to believe that we have had her for over a month now. Katy has been a very busy little girl. She has already particpated in her first youth fundraiser (the annual Turkey Dinner) -- She helped with the fundraiser when she was about 1o days old. Katy goes to work with mommy and daddy all the time now(in fact, this past Sunday Katy even helped Daddy do announcements and the advent wreath devotional in worship). Katy is really getting used to being at church. In fact, she has already been to worship services at 3 different churches in 3 different cities. She has also been to an Emmaus/Chrysalis Team Meeting...Katy will be an expert at all kinds of things in no time! Katy also has already traveled to High Rolls once and Las Cruces twice. And this week she will travel to Roswell to meet another set of her great-grandparents and then on to Farwell, TX to visit her Grandma Tena and Grandpa Scott. Katy is a traveling fool! Katy also experienced her first Thanksgiving. First we went to Mindy's granparents house in High Rolls for Thanksgiving and got to visit with lots of relatives. Then after a couple days in the mountains, we headed down to Las Cruces to have Thanksgiving with Jeb's parents.

Katy and her uncle Matthew.

Katy, Mindy, and Jeb...Katy's first Thanksgiving.
Katy's 'almost aunt' Lindsey, her Uncle Matthew, and Mindy's cousin D.J.
Katy's Great Grandma Sue
Matthew, Lindsey, and Katy

Katy's Grandparents

Katy and her grandparents. Mindy's parents patiently waited in the hallway of the hospital while Katy was making her way into the world. (Picture one and two is Grandpa Scott and Grandma Tena). They stayed with us for a few days until a family emergency came up. Katy is looking forward to visiting with them again at Thanksgiving. We loved having them spend time with us! Jeb's parents came to see Katy the Sunday after she was born. They had lots to do with work, but came up to Albuquerque for a few hours just to see Katy. -- She felt pretty special. (Picture three and four is Grandpa James and Grandma Jan.) We were so happy that they came to see Katy. Katy had her first meal out with her Archey grandparents...to Fudruckers.

A Little Sun - Saturday, Nov. 4th

A little sun helps the yellow go away. So we hear anyways. Katy was looking a little yellow, so she took in a little sunshine this afternoon. Jeb also played the guitar for her while she sun bathed.

Friday, November 3rd -- A Day of Firsts

Today was Katy's first trip to Target. She did great -- let's just hope she loves Target as much as her mommy does :) Katy also had her first bath today. She seemed to like it okay.
She had a great night and let us get a good amount of sleep.