Palmer Family

Update...

2011-11-02T20:54:00.007-07:00

Halloween at the Reynolds' is NEVER boring! (above)

Levi, Travis, and I went to St. Johns and build this shed for our awesome sister, Deanne (below).

Jake LOVES helping with the dishes

This is the result of no back yard!

So proud of Kami. She made these cool snowmen!

This picture seems odd, but Emily hardly ever falls asleep cuddling! She is not a cuddler at all!

Jake is laughing ALL THE TIME now and is keeping us laughing too!

Picking pumpkins in Willcox with our good friends, the Collards.

Quading on Mt. Graham... a blast!

July 6, 2006

2011-07-06T16:31:00.000-07:00

5 YEARS!!

2011-07-06T15:26:00.006-07:00

Happy anniversary Steven!

Thank you for making the last 5 years so great! I love you!

Emily

2011-06-25T15:41:00.003-07:00

We just love this sweet little girl! She has been a great baby and we are so grateful we get to have her!
Jake has been a great big brother. He loves to give her kisses that are especially hard. :) He has only tried to pull her out of her swing once, and almost stepped on her so we think we are doing good so far! I thought this was pretty cute when I saw him holding Emily's hand. We also caught him the other day giving her "knuckles", it was so cute, I wish I would have caught it with my camera.
It's summer time so that means it's time for a buzz! This is Raylee (left), Emily's cousin. They are 6 weeks apart.
Steven is such a great dad! He is so helpful and willing. He loves each of his kids so much and does everything he can for them! I love that man!

I know... I know... we are slackers!

2011-04-08T19:12:00.008-07:00

So we haven't posted in a while. Sorry about that. Just as a little update... Steven (me) is trying to get hired into seminary full-time. Actually, we will find out one week from today whether I am going to get hired or not. We are nervous but excited for the possibilities. Kami is 8.5 months pregnant and cute as ever! Any weight that she has put on is all in the stomach. Jake is cute and fun and smart as ever. He is trying so hard to talk and is doing really well at it. For example, he tries to say, "trash" but says, "Bul ssh". We're working on that one before he starts saying it in nursery! Here are a few updated pictures from our life right now.

The other day we went to the airport and ate dinner in the truck and watched the planes land & take off... it was a blast!

Tucson Zoo

Kami opened the fridge to get something and when she turned back around, this is what she saw!

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron... Nuf said.

We went to Pima and re-did our roof. Jake loved having a yard!

He wanted to sit in this seat (which he doesn't fit in anymore) AND shoot the ball. Jake will shoot on this hoop for about 2 hours a day! (I love it!)

He wanted to use his fork while eating his Burger... this is the result.

We have the cutest kid, hands down!!

2010-08-13T09:57:00.005-07:00

Jake Broke his leg a couple weeks ago. (we are really behind) He was a trooper though. He wore the boot for 3 weeks and then it was healed! Kids are amazing. It didn't stop him at all! We love this little Man!

2010-05-11T16:56:00.002-07:00

Steven and I have made a goal to once a week do something fun as a family! We sometimes find ourselves getting caught up in the rush of school, work, callings and many other responsibilities that seem to take over. Our first fun outing was to hike "A" mountain. We had a blast! We rode the tram to the mountain and then enjoyed the journey up to the top! We were so glad we had our baby carrier so that Jake could come with us. We really did enjoy it and it wasn't too hot!
Jake now sleeps like this always! We will try and put him down on his side or back but he immediately gets in this position! We even try and just pull his legs down so he is completely on his tummy, but he doesn't like that either. He pulls his legs back up right away! We love this guy!
We went to the Suns game and had so much fun. Steven is a Suns fan all the way and I am trying to be more of one! :) Actually I have really enjoyed the playoffs this year! We are so excited for the Suns vs. Lakers! GO SUNS!!!!!!
Steven got Jake ready for church last week and this is what he looked like! What a handsome dude!
We also bought a bike seat for Jake so that we could all go bike riding together! He loved it so much and it was nice to hit some yard sales on the ride. It was a little difficult at the end of the ride to keep his head from falling because he had fallen asleep.

2010-04-07T13:54:00.003-07:00

We went to Thatcher on our way home from Carlsbad and we had to stop by and see Uncle Levi's horses!
This isn't the best picture of us but we sure had fun on our first family trip together. This picture is of us in white sands New Mexico. It is really very pretty. Jake wasn't to happy with us because you will notice in the next picture he ate it in the sand. We ended up not staying as long as we would have liked but he really wasn't to fond of the sand after that! : ) I of course had to get a picture before we could wipe it off!

I sure love my little FAMILY!! Life is hard but it's worth plugging through when you are surrounded by the people you love and who love you!!!!

2010-04-07T13:46:00.003-07:00

Here are some pictures of our cute boy! Jake is so much fun and has such a great personality!

He loves making funny faces at us! Everyday he has a new one. I have no idea where he gets them from. I hope that's not what I look like everyday and he just is copying me!!!

Happy Birthday Aubrey!!

2010-03-07T15:27:00.002-07:00

Today My Sweet Aubrey would have been turning 2 years old! I have mixed emotions as March 7 comes around every year. As I watch Jake grow up and learn new skills and become more and more fun and exciting a piece of me aches for Aubrey to be here. I wish I could see her growing and developing too. Lucky for me I know I will get to see her do the very things Jake is doing! I am very grateful for my eternal family and for the plan our Heavenly Father has for us! I have so many more thoughts and emotions running through my head right now but I will leave those for her journal. I just needed the world to know that she was born to our family and she is just as much apart of us as Jake. Happy Birthday Aubrey!! We love you!

Put your mouse over images to see the captions...

2010-02-12T20:08:00.000-07:00

Long overdue post...

2010-02-12T19:16:00.005-07:00

So it has been quite a while since we last posted... sorry about that.

Well Kami is taking 3 classes at ASU, babysitting a boy named Max three days a week, taking care of Jake, doing her new calling (Beehive Advisor), and taking care of me! She is a babe! The amazing part is that she does it all with a smile.

Jake is getting so big and so fun! We love the little guy like I never thought possible. He is very healthy and strong too. He is sitting up on his own now which makes things easier and funner! I am also going to school full-time.

I am going to be working as a Supervisor at a Chick-Fil-A on the 20th of this month. I've also been trying to do some videography on the side (just basketball highlight films right now).

Life is good! Hope you all are well!

Dave took these pictures... back in December! We are barely getting them on here, but I had to put them on... he does such a good job!

Here is a link to my highlight film that I created for one of my favorite people in the world.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffrpEFwqlsA

I'm just going to make a slideshow so.... see you later!

Jake Thatcher

2009-11-21T08:48:00.010-07:00

Photos taken by Sarah Pace for us... except a few at the bottom....

This wasn't one of Sarah's... it's just a cute one!

Here's a little note to Sarah for doing the pictures!!!

2009-11-02T13:31:00.003-07:00

Look at my two cute boys! They were both very tired after a night of candy and trick-or-treaters!

This is Jake and his cousin Nash. They are 5 weeks apart and going to be the best of friends!

Me and my little Giraffe! He is sooo Cute!

Jake was so tired and really not into Halloween at all but we sure enjoyed dressing him up! Next year will be better!

2009-10-21T08:49:00.001-07:00

Jake was blessed October 11 and I am just now getting to the pictures! It was an awesome day for us. We have been anxiously waiting for this day for awhile. We had a lot of family come and support us and Steven gave a beautiful blessing! He looked very handsome in hi outfit!

This is so neat to see all the men that will be and are great examples to Jake! I am so proud that they all hold the priesthood, especially my sweet husband! He is such an amazing father and I am so glad that he chose me! I am so blessed!

Fun @ the Palmers

2009-10-04T10:33:00.002-07:00

This is one of the best videos we have of Jake! Kami will stick out her tongue at him and he will copy her. It is really cute.

We love this kid!

2009-09-20T18:28:00.004-07:00

Here are a few more pictures of Jake!

Leslie was asked to watch Jake for 10 minutes. He started to make noises so she freaked out and tried to pick him up. She was afraid to break him! So after about 2 minutes of trying, she managed to flop him onto her chest in this position. She was so worried that she just sat like this until help got there! She is so funny! And she'll eventually make a GREAT mom!

He fell asleep like this!

The priests in our ward came over for mutual and they love Jake!

This video is of our dog, Max. He is such a wuss! Every time we start the lawn mower or weed-eater, he runs for his life! Even when he first sees them, he hides. It makes us laugh every time so we thought we'd share!

Jake is so cute when he sleeps. He makes these noises when he breathes. He does it sometimes when he is just tire too! We love this little guy!!!

2009-09-06T16:41:00.002-07:00

First walk to the post office!

Jake's sunday outfit! He looked so handsome!

My sister-in-law Tonya got him to smile for the first time! What the heck he hasn't done that for me yet!!!!!! : )

More Pictures of Jake....

2009-08-25T20:43:00.003-07:00

I used to think that people overdid the baby pictures on their blogs..... now I understand!!!! I just want to show him off to everyone!!!!

Jake, Kadi, and Nash

First Bath

He didn't like the hat... but we did!

Cute Kid!!!!

Jake Thatcher Palmer

2009-08-21T10:01:00.004-07:00

Jake is here!! We are so excited to have this guy home with us! What a miracle it is to have theses sweet babies come to earth the way they do! He was born August 17 at 12:17 pm. After 19 hours of labor and 1 1/2 hours of pushing he finally came and he was perfect! He was sunny side up but because of great nurses and a fabulous doctor they were able to get him to come correctly with no problems. (not the best picture of me but who really looks good after delivery)

Grandpa Reynolds AKA: Big Daddy D!

Jake weighed 8lbs 9oz and was 21 3/4 inches long! He is going to be very tall like his dad! He has very long feet and big hands which Steven is so excited for because he just knows he is going to be a great basketball player!!! He is just adorable and he is so good too. We can't really tell who he looks like but at first I thought he looked just like Steven but he keeps changing so much that I just don't know anymore. We think that he looks like his big sister in his lips and chin which is fun to see.

This has been such a neat experience for Steven and I. We are so grateful for the Plan that our Heavenly Father has for us. We are so grateful that we are an eternal family!! We are blessed to have a sweet daughter that we get to raise in the next life and then to have a handsome son we get to raise here in this life!!!! I feel such overwhelming gratitude towards my Heavenly Father for trusting us with his children.

Tomorrow is the BIG DAY!!!!

2009-08-15T19:17:00.003-07:00

Tomorrow is the day this little guy will get here! I am scheduled to be induced Sunday at 3:00 pm. We are very excited and nervous but we are sure everything will be great! We will post pictures as soon as we can.

2009-07-30T22:01:00.003-07:00

Steven and I are getting very anxious and excited for our little guy to get here! We have about 2 1/2 weeks left and finally we got our crib. Now he can come and we will be ready. Steven was so cute putting it together and it really was so fun to actually be putting a crib together for our baby!
I am feeling pretty good. I am dilated to a 1 1/2 and I am 50% effaced so we are making some progress!! I have another appointment Monday and hopefully I will be even farther along.

This isn't the best picture of the crib but it will do for now. We still aren't sure on a name but hopefully when we see him we will know what his name will be!

2009-06-14T11:09:00.002-07:00

Steven and I are so proud of ourselves that our garden is actually growing! I was a little worried nothing would even come up but it is doing better then we expected! I just hope we actually get something from them. Pregnancy is going great! I am feeling really good, just hot. This baby is very healthy and is growing right on track. We still have about two months left and I am starting to get nervous as I think about what I will have to do again. It is definitely worth it but hard work! We still haven't come up with a name for this Boy. Steven still calls him Gus so until we come up with something we will call him Gus. (Don't worry that won't be his name!) I really feel akward when taking pregnancy pictures so I haven't put any on here yet but here I am in all my glory! My brother Craig comes home from his mission this Thursday and I am so excited to see him!!! Other then us waiting for our garden to grow, this baby to grow and Craig to come home we aren't doing anything too exciting!

We need your help...

2009-06-06T09:53:00.004-07:00

Hey all,

My my brother-in-law, Craig Reynolds, is coming home from his mission soon. We are trying to compile a bunch of CDs for him of songs that have come out over the last two years. We have a pretty long list so far but we want more. If anyone can think of other good ones please leave a comment. Also, if you have any of these songs, I would love it if you emailed it to me @ stevenandkami@gmail.com so that we don't have to buy it. Thanks y'all!

The Time of My Life David Cook
Light On David Cook
Love Remains the Same Gavin Rossdale
Come on Get Higher Matt Nathanson
Leave Out All the Rest Linkin Park
Fall For You Secondhand Serenade
Love Story Taylor Swift
Fearless Taylor Swift
White Horse Taylor Swift
Should Have Said No Taylor Swift
Ping Pong Song Enrique Iglesias
Wait For You Elliot Yamin
Pictures of You The Last Goodnight
Viva La Vida Coldplay
Right Now (Na Na Na) Akon
With You Chris Brown
No Air Chris Brown
Forever Chris Brown
Keep Bleeding Leona Lewis
Better in Time Leona Lewis
Crush David Archuleta
See You Again Miley Cirus
Put a Ring On It Beyonce
If I Were a Boy Beyonce
If Everyone Cared Nickelback
Gotta Be Somebody Nickelback
When You Look Into My Eyes Jonas Brothers
Stop And Stare One Republic
Apologize One Republic
I’m Yours Jason Mraz
Realize Colbie Caillat
Bubby Colbie Caillat
One Step at a Time Jordin Sparks
What About Now Daughtry
Live Your Life Rihanna / T.I.
Here Rascal Flatts
I’ll Walk Bucky Covington
Chicken Fried Zac Brown Band
You’re Gonna Miss This Trace Adkins
I’m Still a Guy Brad Paisley
Letter To Me Brad Paisley
Don’t Blink Kenny Chesney
All-American Girl Carrie Underwood
How ‘Bout Them Cowgirls George Strait
International Harvester Craig Morgan
Shiftwork Kenny Chesney/George Strait
Stealing Cinderella Chuck Wicks
I want to kiss a girl Keith Urban
This Town OAR
Pictures of You The Last Goodnight
Halo Beyonce
No Surprise Daughtry
Not meant to be Theory of a Dead Man
Come back to me David Cook
Take a Bow Rihanna
Then Brad Paisley
1, 2, 3, 4 Plain White T's

"It all works out"

2009-05-23T09:12:00.004-07:00

"It all works out, don't worry. I say that to myself every morning. It will all work out. If you do your best, it will all work out. Put your trust in God, and move forward with faith and confidence in the future. The Lord will not forsake us. If we will put our trust in him, if we will pray to him, if we will live worthy of his blessings, he will hear our prayers."

- Gordon B. Hinckley-

I know that there are some people who found our blog during the pregnancy and birth of our daughter, Aubrey. Alot of you are having similar trials to us. I have been thinking and I just want to say to all of you, things will work out. Kami and I went through hell after Aubrey died. It was the hardest thing ever. It wasn't really hard at the hospital or even right after. It got hard when everyone went back to their normal lives and we were expected to do the same. We wondered how life can go on when ours had just ended?!

If you are going through hard times, I'm sure you feel the same thing. A year, two months, and fourteen days later I can finally say that it will be ok... all will work out. Don't get me wrong, we still cry for Aubrey some nights. We still feel a hole in our hearts that will never be filled. However, there is light at the end of the tunnel for those of you going through your hard times.

If I can be so bold as to give advice... (of course I can though... this is my blog, right! :) ... my advice would be to let yourself be sad. In the scriptures, it says that Jesus wept when his friend died. All too often, people think that crying over trials shows a lack of faith... that's a load. Let yourself be sad, but then realize that in Christ, there is hope and there is a future.

Aubrey is in a wonderful place and in the best hands that we could ask for. Thank you all for your support over this last year-ish. It would have been so much harder without you. Please remember the quote at the top of this page. "It will all work out," we just need to be patient and sometimes go through hell first! Best of luck to all!

Wii Sports!!!!

2009-04-12T11:45:00.003-07:00

Madison (Kami's sister) bought a Wii. She brought it to our house and we hooked it up to a projector and had a ball! Some got more animated than others when playing :) As you can see. I have awesome In-laws.

2009-03-29T21:02:00.004-07:00

This has been a very busy month for Steven and I. First off we celebrated Aubrey's one year birthday on March 7. I was afraid it would be a tough day for us but it turned out to be a good day. We drove to Mesa and spent time in the Temple and then went to her grave. We were able to spend time with both the Reynolds and the Palmers. We really just enjoyed remembering her and thinking about what she is doing now! We sure love that girl and think about her every day! We are better people because of her.

Steven and I then celebrated our birthday on March 19! (yes we share a birthday, how crazy is that) The problem is that we both want breakfast in bed but neither of us want to get it because it is both our big days. We ended up not eating a great breakfast but we went out to eat which was fun!! I really do love sharing my special day with my Love! He is the best and I am so glad I found him!!!

Lastly we went for our big sonogram on March 23 and our sweet baby is HEALTHY!!! We are so happy and relieved to know that everything is ok!!!! That was one of the most stressful days of our lives and we are glad to know things are good!!! We are very excited to have a little BOY coming to our home and blessing us with his sweet spirit! We feel so blessed to be able to get pregnant and to help in the great plan to bring these children to earth to gain bodies! We know that our little Aubrey is in Heaven right now with the other kids especially this boy telling them all kinds of stories! We hope that all of our kids feel the love that we have for each of them individually. We are excited to have this cute boy in our arms in 5 short months!!!!!

Update

2009-03-01T09:23:00.003-07:00

Thank you all for your input on the names. It looks like Lufanda and Max are unanimous. Ok, just Max. Lufanda is still under discussion. Kami is doing well. We had our second appointment and everything is going well. It is so awesome to hear that everything is going well! On March 23th, we get to find out what we are having. We can't wait.

Also, I am sorry if your names aren't on the side of our blog. We didn't delete any on purpose. When I switched backgrounds, some of you got deleted. It's not personal. I'm trying to put them all back on. :) If you don't mind, please leave a comment if you are not on there. I am having a hard time remembering everyone. Especially Kami's friends. Thanks y'all.

Details...

2009-02-08T11:54:00.003-07:00

Sorry about the missing detail on the last post. I forget how much women love details. We have been incredibly busy over the last little while. Kami has been sick (not just pregnancy sick, but a bad cold also), and I have been busy with basketball.

But on to the things you guys want to hear... Kami is 13 weeks along. She has been such a trooper this pregnancy. It has been a whole different ride than las time. Last time we were just enjoying the ride during this point in the pregnancy. Until we found out about Aubrey's condition, that is. This time, we are so afraid that something is going to go wrong. We sure appreciate things more this time.

We went to our first appointment and found out that everything looks good! With Aubrey, she measured too small and that is how they found out that something was wrong. This time, our baby measured just right! Our due date is August 18th. We got to hear the heartbeat as well. That is probabl the coolest thing ever!

Thank you all for being such friends to us and being so excited for us about the things that we get excited about. We are truly blessed to have great friends and family!

Yes, it's true!

2009-02-01T09:44:00.005-07:00

Aubrey is going to have a sibling!

2008-12-28T18:21:00.005-07:00

It snowed!!!! I can't believe it we went out to eat and then came out and it was snowing! It snowed for quite a while and in the morning we had some that even stuck to the ground. Of course as soon as the sun came out it melted but it was cool to see! We definetley are not used to this snow and the freezing weather! Merry Christmas!!!!!!

I love Christmas! I am so grateful that my family was able to come down and be with us! We have a tradition on Christmas eve that we make ginger bread houses. We love competing to see who can make the best! Of course Steven and I won!!! Ok, maybe we all did great! Christmas was great for us this year. We were able to talk with both brothers on missions! They are doing great and we are looking forward to Craig coming home in 6 months! We hope each of you had a great Christmas and have a safe and Happy New Year!!

The Palmer's Homestead

2008-11-08T17:27:00.003-07:00

This morning we went garage sale-ing. We expected to maybe buy a tool or two. The first thing that we saw at the first garge sale, were these trees. We have been looking for some good trees and these were perfect! Gotta love garage sale-ing. We are also very excited about our new wall! It doesn't seem like much, but we love it. It makes us want to stay here for a little while longer! (shhhhh) Sorry Reynolds & Pitts! Just kidding.

Just picture a garden between the house and the lovely chicken pen. Then some grass between the camera and the garden. Lastly, one of those new fancy trees to the right of the picture... muah!

Kami and I are debating and we want your input... in this corner, we have two options. 1) Rebuilding the nasty, tin, rotted-wood, old shed that we took down to build the wall and saving a buck. OR Buying a very reasonably priced, brand new car-smelling, stable, strong, eye-pleasing shed from home depot! Is there really a choice? Kami seems to think so, so help me out! :)

San Diego

2008-10-12T09:02:00.006-07:00

This weekend we went with the Reynolds clan to San Diego. It was alot of fun. It was so funny to see the difference between Madison/Me and Kami/Leslie. When we went to Sea World and the beach, we were like deprived kids in a candy shop! Kami and Leslie were having fun, but nothing like when we decided to go shopping on the Boardwalk. Then the tables turned! I truly love you Kami!

The vacation was awesome! It is so nice to get away from everything. Plus, the Reynolds are just a blast to be around.

The water was freezing, but Madison and I couldn't resist!

This was a cool exhibit!

Tears, Scars, Cars, and Food!

2008-09-14T19:47:00.004-07:00

Sorry that we haven't posted for so long! We have not had internet. Finally, I tapped into someone's wireless internet in the area and now we do......

Anyway, my brother Levi left on his mission. He was a huge cowboy who loved to ride in these hills behind my parents' house. Well, as Levi was driving away with my sister (in the black van), my brother David rode up the hill and waved from the top. It was pretty cool. Levi loved it.

I know what you're thinking if you read my sister's blog a few months ago... no, she did not punch me in the face...again. This was just a basketball accident. I didn't want to post it, but Kami made me promise. Notice, I had to shave half of my eyebrow! It gets worse... now it's healed and I still only have half an eyebrow! Oh well, Kami still thinks I'm hot.

Kami and I are taking a cooking class and we love it. I think I'm more into it than she is. She occationally doesn't like to go, but I look forward to it all week. It is a blast! We basically go and make gourmet food and then eat it for a grade! How do you get any better than that, I ask myself? You don't.

Kami and I in our cooking class. This dish was our favorite. It's called Baahmi. It is Indonesian and wow, it's good!

Our teacher showed us how to do this. It was awesome. Unfortunately it was just for looks because the pan is empty... just oil and lemon juice! Oh well, it looks cool!

And last but DEFINATELY not least, my new truck! I have always wanted a truck and I finally got it. We were always borrowing people's trucks and trailors. So finally, we sold my car and bought this. It gets about 25 mpg and is a stick shift. It works perfectly. The only thing is that it doesn't have much power.

We hope y'all are doing well. Thanks for taking interest in our lives (or at least doing a good job at faking it!)

Palmer Family Pictures

2008-08-24T13:23:00.005-07:00

My brother Levi is leaving on his mission to Australia tomorrow. We got together yesterday to take family pictures and just hang out. Levi is going to be an awesome missionary. He is a great example to a lot of younger an us older family members!
Kami and I are going to school this semester and we are really excited about our cooking class we have. Every week we sign up for a different course and then once we are all finished with our assigned meals, we eat!!!
The best news of all is that I sold my car and we bought a truck! It's a 2002 Chevy s10. Pictures will be posted.

Aubrey

2008-08-03T19:13:00.003-07:00

Aubrey's headstone finally came! We just had a conversation about whether to put an exclaimation point or not. It is tough, because it is really "bitter-sweet" for us.

We are excited that now there will be a marker on her grave so that people will know that she is there and that we do have a beautiful baby girl.

On the other hand, it is a reminder that we have lost our child. It has been incredible to see many good things come from our experience. We are so blessed, in so many different ways. However, we miss our Aubrey!

If you are ever in the Mesa Cemetery, stop on by and see her headstone. It is kinda close to the front, ("front" meaning Country Club Ave.) in the baby section!

2008-07-12T09:37:00.002-07:00

YAY!! We got our first egg this week and since the first one they have layed two more!! I am so excited that the chickens are finally laying!!!
It rained really hard last Sunday and Steven and I ran outside to cover up our chickens and we were just soaked, so we decided to stay out and play in the rain! It was so much fun! I love the monsoon season and all the moisture that we are able to get!
Steven and I celebrated 2 years on last Sunday and we decided that we would do something simple for our anniversary so we went to Kartchner caverns the day before! It was so cool to see this massive cave under this normal hill. It truly was amazing to see the stalagmites and stalagtites that have formed over hundreds of years! The tour wasn't more then an 1 1/2 but it was just nice to just be together and not worry about a thing! I love Steven so much and I am so grateful to be married to him for ever! He is my very best friend and I am so grateful for how supportive he is of me and out little family! He is such an amazing DAD, even though he doesn't get to play the normal role of Dad right now he is showing Aubrey how much he loves her by treating me so good and always doing what is right! I love you Steven! Happy Anniversary!!!!!!!

Greer-Property-Camp and Boys Night!!!

2008-06-25T11:18:00.004-07:00

Here are a few things that we have been doing the past few weeks! We bought a piece of land with my parents and we have been fixing it up and are preparing to build a duplex. I am kind of scared but it will be a fun adventure for us. We also had a boys night (plus me) with the nephews that live in Thatcher. We had a ball! I just had to put this picture on because the boys were so excited to help with dishes!! Gotta love those boys!

Steven went to be with his family up at Greer for a week. I was at girls camp and I couldn't go but he said he had a ball! They were playing pit/spoons and if you didn't grab a spoon then you had to get eyeliner markings on your face! Steven and his younger brothers were in charge of cleaning up one of the meals while at the cabin and his younger brothers had no idea how to wash the dishes without a dishwasher! So Steven showed them how and fortunatley they were able to learn!

Girls camp was very fun and I loved being able to get to know the girls better!! We stayed up in Alpine and it was beautiful up there! We have a lot of great girls and I am glad I am in young womens!

2008-05-22T11:45:00.002-07:00

Steven and I are trying to be better with our food storage so we decided to get chickens! I can't believe I wanted to get them because growing up we had them and I hated them so much. You would have to duck to get into the coup and thentry and grab the eggs which usually are covered in poop. They stunk like crazy and I really didn't like to clean out their water. I guess things hange when it's your own home and your own family you are trying to help.Here are two of the mom chickens. They have about 6 babys under them in this picture. It is amazing how they protect their chicks. They really gather them under their wings and protect them from everything! Sometimes we see the chicks sitting on top of the moms its really kind of cute.
We had a rough few days this week because our swamp cooler wasn't working and it was about 100 degrees outside. I was dying of heat and when you are hot you don't want to do a thing, so I would just sit by the fan and watch tv. Finally we figured out what was wrong. We had to get a new pump and new pads and now it is working like a charm!
I really love this time of year because everything is green and pretty! I love working out in the yard!! Just like with the chickens I hated having to work all day saturday when I was young, but now that it's my own house I love being outside planting, mowing, and just making our yard look good. I just love working with Steven to make our home better! I love you Steven!!!
p.s. Thanks for fixing the swamp cooler!!!

YAY!!! WE HAVE A LAWN MOWER!!

2008-05-16T12:10:00.000-07:00

For the past year Steven and I have had to borrow a lawn mower and a weed eater every time we need to mow our lawn. Since our lawn grows so quickly we had to borrow one once a week and it was just a pain. It was a pain for us and a pain for my grandparents and in-laws. So since we have been saving some money (hence me riding my bike and Steven sometimes going with out lunch) we were able to get a lawn mower. FYI.. Steven does eat lunch most days, don't think I am a bad wife! We were so excited to finally have one of our own!! So we broke it in last night! Steven put it together and then he went to town cutting our lawn and it worked wonderfully!!! Our weedeater is also a plus! Now we don't have to call someone every week and ask if we can borrow their lawn mower!!

2008-05-08T10:23:00.003-07:00

Steven and I have been trying to save money and like you all know it is kind of difficult to do. It always seems like something comes up and then you are spending again. Well I decided that I would try and ride my bike to work everyday. I have only been doing it for a few days now and it actually is kind of fun. I really don't like to ride it when the wind is blowing and that happens a lot here. I get a lot of funny looks but oh, well. I'm not sure if I can ride it in the summer because then it will be to hot! Steven and I have gone on a few bike ride together and that has really been fun. I used to love going on bike rides with my family! Hopefully I will be able to stick with it for awhile! Heck, maybe I will get nice legs out of this!!!

2008-05-05T10:15:00.002-07:00

We just can't get enough of the roping at the Palmer's! We love being out there riding horses and roping. I thought I would try it this time and it was a blast. Of course I was more worried about staying on the horse then actually catching the cow!! Steven was doing fabulous out there! He really doesn't like the cowboy stuff but he is pretty good at it. Steven is done with school this week and he is so excited. He will get his associates degree this friday and I am so proud of him for reaching this first step. We are one step closer to getting done with school! We both will go back to school in august. We have decided to stay in Pima for one more year and then we will head to ASU.

Swimming in the Canal

2008-04-29T10:24:00.002-07:00

Steven and I went horse back riding on Saturday with my sisters and his brother Levi. Afterwards we decided we would take a little swim in the canal! It was filthy water but a lot of fun! We had three of our nephews jump in with us and we just had a ball! Steven forgot to take his phone out of his pocket so he no longer has a phone! We love the summer time and can't wait for more swimming!

Cowboy UP!!!

2008-04-25T21:31:00.003-07:00

We love going over to Steven's parent's house because there is so much to do! Steven loves being with his brothers. This is Steven out at his parents roping with his brothers! He did an awesome job. They all take turns either riding or driving the four wheeler. My little sister and I tried it to and it was very difficult. I was more worried about staying on the horse then roping the cow!

Steven's brother Levi just got his mission call to australia and he leaves in August. We are very excited for him and I know he will do a great job!!

Painting our house!

2008-04-20T17:09:00.006-07:00

Sometimes we wish that life would stay still for just a moment but it doesn't work that way.You just have to get up and keep moving even it might be hard. We miss our sweet Aubrey terribly but we know she is watching over us.

Steven and I have been trying to stay busy this past month. I got a job at the Pima town hall working as a receptionist. I work only four hours a day which is nice because I still have my time to get things done at the house. Steven is still working for PLS and really enjoying it. He is getting really excited to be done with school for the semester.

We had been saving our money for awhile now to paint our house, so we finally did it. I don't know how much I like the color but oh, well, It looks much better then it did. We are enjoying the weather here in Pima. It is so nice to go outside and sit on the porch or work in the yard.

We just want all of you to know we appreciate so much your prayers in our behalf. We sure have felt a strength not of our own the past few months. We are so blessed to have so many great friends and family members that love and support us! Thank you so much!!

Do it anyway!!

2008-03-10T16:03:00.007-07:00

Kami and I have had the hardest, most wonderful week of our lives! Our sweet baby, Aubrey has joined our family! On Thursday morning, we had another ultrasound. We were excited to find out Aubrey's progress over the last week. She was expected to be about 4 lbs and possibly breach. We brought my sister and my mom to the sonogram to show them first hand how adorable she is. Well the ultrasound tech came in and took just a few pictures and then left the room. At this point we knew something wasn't right. The doctor came in and informed us that our Aubrey had passed on. Kami was 39 weeks along. They told us that we would need to deliver as soon as possible. Later that day, Kami was admitted into the hospital. They began to iduce her at 11:00 pm and at 7:25 Friday morning beautiful, sweet Aubrey was born! (4.2 lbs 17 and 1/2 inches) She truly was beautiful! She has Kami's chin and nose and my, well, she was pretty much all Kami! Which was lucky for her! Kami did so well during labor and delivery! She was and continues to be my hero and my inspiration! We were able to keep Aubrey with us for about 7 hours. During that time, my family and her family were able to come in and see and hold her and feel of her spirit. We felt so strongly that as we held her beautiful little body, her spirit was also with us. I have no doubt that that is true. Seeing Kami hold her the way that she did confirmed to me that few mothers have ever loved their children as much as Kami loves Aubrey! Saturday afternoon, we had a graveside ceremony for Aubrey. We had planned on immediate family only being there. However, we had many close friends from Pima and Mesa show up and we were so grateful for their love and support. The ceremony was beautiful! Aubrey was and will always be an inspiration to all who knew her and knew of her. When we got back to my in-laws, after the ceremony, we (especially the gradkids) wrote letters to Aubrey and sent them to her by attaching them to balloons and releasing them. It was, as I said, the hardest, most wonderful week of our lives. I miss you Aubrey! I will never forget the time that we spent together for the 9 months you were in your mothers belly and the time we spent with you after you were born! I love you and your mom loves you! We will do all that is in our power to return to be with you for ETERNITY!

Aubrey Ruth Palmer

2008-03-10T16:03:00.001-07:00

Music on Blogs...

2008-03-02T14:29:00.002-07:00

Alright, a few people have asked me how to put music on their blogs so here is how...
1. Go to playlist.com
2. At the very top, click SIGN UP
3. Fill out the information with the * by it.
a. Remember your username and password
4. Some advertisement will show up. Ignore it and press "Continue to my Project Playlist account"
5. Sign in with your new username and password
6. Click on "search for music" near the top
7. Type in a song that you want
8. Results will come up (it doesn't have all songs, so don't get frustrated)
9. A play button and an add sign will appear by every result. Press play to make sure that it works (a ton don't work).
10. If it works, press the plus button to add the song to your playlist.
11. Something will pop us asking you to create a playlist. Click on it and it will create a playlist for you.
12. Continue to add as many songs as you would like (if you want to add more later, you just sign in and add it here and it will automatically add it to your blog)
13. Once you have the songs you want, click on "post my playlist" at the very top of the screen. (If it is not there, press "my account" first and then it will show up)
14. Alot of posting options show up. If you are posting to a blog, you click on the "E" option.
15. Then a page with your playlist name appears. Click on your playlist name.
16. Choose your color and other options and press "get code"
17. A window with a bunch of confusing text will appear. Copy this (either by pressing ctrl+C or copy it into a word doc or however you want to copy it)
18. Now, go to your blog.
19. Sign in and add a page element in the middle column of your blog.
20. Choose the HTML/Javascript option.
21. Paste your confusing text that you just copied from playlist.com
22. Give it a title, save it, and enjoy!

Templates

2008-03-02T14:20:00.001-07:00

I just found this website that has a few free templates and custome templates for a little dinero. Her blog is this...
http://matiekay.blogspot.com/
Pretty cool!

Let the Good Times Roll

2008-03-02T13:49:00.001-07:00

2008-02-26T19:12:00.002-07:00

I was tired of my hair and so I decided it was time to get rid of it! I went to a salon and had them cut off the 10 inches needed to give to Locks of Love. It was so much fun to do. I will have to put some pictures of the final haircut because these are just after they cut it off. Lately it seems I have been making a lot of emotional decisions and I think this might have been one!! I don't know how much I like the new look but it was fun doing it and I know it will grow back quick!

2008-02-26T11:40:00.002-07:00

Ok, I know we are so immature! Steven and I are trying to see who can fit the most grapes into their mouth and sadly I lost by a lot! We try and keep our dinners interesting! I love that guy!!

2008-02-26T11:36:00.002-07:00

This is steven me and Haley going to Mesa for the weekend. Haley is Mary Ann's daughter and she came with us (her favorite aunt and uncle!). We saw some snow in Top of the world so we stopped to take a picture because that doesn't happen very often!

Before, During & Now

2008-02-10T12:44:00.000-07:00

Here are a few random pictures of our house before we bought it, while we were fixing it up & now. We love our little house! It has definately been a learning experience!

Soulja Boy

2008-02-02T14:29:00.000-07:00

MaryAnn and Kami are going to kill me for putting this on here!!! I love you though Mary!!! Remember, this is just when they were learning... they have gotten much better now. Kami hasn't been practicing much, due to the added weight to her abdominal region :)

Family

2008-02-02T13:38:00.000-07:00

I just love my family!!!! They came up to visit a few weekends ago and it just makes me so happy to see them! We sure have a lot of fun together! We miss Craig but we know he is in the right place serving those people in Brazil! I love MY FAMILY!!!!

Aubrey at 31 Weeks...

2008-01-29T19:05:00.000-07:00

We had another follow-up sonogram! Isn't she beautiful!!!! We feel sooo blessed to have her in our lives! Kami is now 32 weeks... it's getting close. We are now to the point where we have appointments every 2 weeks. I'm not gonna lie, I'm nervous as can be. Kami is being a champ! We are both a little nervous, but we are very excited to have Aubrey come into our lives. Thank you all so much for your prayers! We truly can feel them and we do appreciate them!

Weekend with Spencer, Jami & Grace

2008-01-27T22:13:00.000-07:00

Spencer, Jami and baby Grace came down to visit this weekend and we had a blast! They are a load of fun and we are so blessed to have them as friends. Thank you guys for you support and your friendship... it means more than you could know!

Check out my Slide Show!

2008-01-13T19:23:00.001-07:00

2008-01-13T18:39:00.000-07:00

Steven loves taking pictures of the belly! We are so excited that our Aubrey is still growing and getting bigger! I never thought I would be so happy every time I gain more weight! We are at about 30 weeks and are getting more and more anxious to see her! I am feeling really good so far and I really do enjoy being pregnant!

2008-01-13T18:32:00.000-07:00

I am just a very lucky girl! I have such an amazing husband who loves me so much and supports me in everything I want to do! I just love being with him! Even though we are going through a lot right now I know Steven is always there for me. He is there to listen, laugh, cry and love me!!! I am just happy!!!!!!!!!!

just hanging out

2008-01-13T18:26:00.000-07:00

We sure love our nieces and nephews! Hannah loves to have me rub her feet and the rest of the girls just think the world of Steven! He is going to be such a great DAD!!!

Piano

2008-01-13T18:23:00.000-07:00

Steven is the greatest husband for many reasons!!! This is just an example of some of the sweet and thoughtful things he does for me all the time. He knew I wanted a piano so bad (even though I don't play very well) so he searched hi and low and found this one for $20 and I love it!!!!

Puppy

2008-01-02T21:12:00.000-07:00

Yeah!!!! We got a dog. Steven has been telling me for months that we can't get one but then he suprised me on Christmas with a stuffed animal, doggy dish and leash. He then said that I can pick out a puppy anytime I wanted. We bought this one from Steven's sister and we love her!!! Her name is Meg and she is so fun!!!

Steven & Kami

2007-12-31T08:03:00.001-07:00

Aubrey

2007-12-31T07:30:00.000-07:00

Pictures of our Second Sonogram with Aubrey!! Isn't she cute :)

Christmas 2007

2007-12-30T18:21:00.001-07:00

Another picture of "Mary and Joseph"

Christmas 2007

2007-12-30T18:18:00.001-07:00

Our beautiful nativity cast!!! We were Mary and Joseph in Steven's family's little play! The neices and nephews were very cute!!

Conference

2007-12-30T18:11:00.001-07:00

Steven and I went to conference this year. It was Steven's first time. It was a looong drive but alot of fun!!!

Our Christmas Letter...

2007-12-30T18:08:00.000-07:00

Hello Family and Friends!
This has been a very exciting year for Steven and I! In May we bought our first home in Pima, Arizona and since then we have been slowly fixing it up. We had to completely put in new sub flooring and retexture most of the walls. Steven has been working on putting up a picket fence and it looks really good. It has been very fun to have a place of our own but we definitely have had to come to terms with the realities of actually owning a home! We didn’t know that there were so many bills you had to pay!!!! We are very grateful though for the opportunity to have a home and we feel extremely blessed.
Steven and I also celebrated our one year anniversary in July and we couldn’t be happier! We can’t believe how fast time fly’s! We also found out that we are expecting our first baby, in March of 2008 and we are thrilled! We are having a little girl and we finally decided on the name Aubrey Ruth. Things haven’t gone exactly the way we have planned with our sweet little girl. We found out that she has a genetic disorder that causes her to have multiple problems with her little body and so we won’t be able to have her with us very long after she is born. Our main goal is to be able to spend as much time with her as possible before she goes. We are definitely heart broken by the news but we feel extremely blessed to have this special little Aubrey in our family forever!
Steven: is taking classes at Eastern Arizona and is working towards a science degree. He is working at a civil engineering firm called PLS group in Thatcher and loving it. Steven sure has had a very busy semester working full time, going to school full time, fulfilling church callings, coaching the 8th grade boy’s basketball team and of course being a husband to a pregnant wife! Some how he has found time to get it all done and do it all very well!
Kami: I am taking a few classes at Eastern Arizona College to help me get into the Elementary education program at ASU. I also got a part time job at Bashas working two days a week for a few hours. It’s nice to keep busy and we love the few extra dollars. I am now working in the Young Women’s and really enjoying it. I feel like I should still be one of the girls not a leader! I am also just enjoying being pregnant and trying to prepare for a little baby here at our house!
Steven and I have been truly blessed this year and we can definitely see the Lords hand in our life! We are so grateful for our family and friends! We hope you have a great Christmas and a very happy New Year!!

Love,
Steven and Kami Palmer

Tim & Faith Concert

2007-12-30T18:06:00.000-07:00

Just a couple more pictures of the concert.

Tim & Faith Concert

2007-12-30T11:50:00.000-07:00

This was sooo fun!!!

Aubrey

2007-12-30T11:41:00.000-07:00

Here is our Aubrey Ruth Palmer! Kami says that she looks like me. Let's hope for her sake she doesn't! These 4D images are really cool!

5 1/2 months!!

2007-12-30T11:37:00.000-07:00

This is Kami at 5 1/2 months! I can't believe that she is this tiny!

Our baby is a small one and so is she!

After

2007-12-30T11:34:00.000-07:00

This is our living room after the renovations. We love
our little home!!!

Before

2007-12-30T11:31:00.000-07:00

Our living room... it's a dog's life! Just kidding, this is before we started renovating.

2007-12-30T11:24:00.000-07:00

This is our Engagement picture! It's crazy that it was taken over 1 1/2 years ago! It's amazing all that has happened since then! It's a wonderful life!

Kami and Steven's blog

2007-11-08T18:16:00.000-07:00

Finally I am a blogger. I have no idea what I am doing so help me if somethings not right.