little love letters

(casey read these all in jimmy fallon thank you note style, you should too)

dear maxson's naps: sometimes you confuse me. mostly you're 2-3 hours long. sometimes you surprise me and last 3-4 hours long. and then sometimes you baffle me when you abruptly end after 45 minutes because i flushed the toilet, but then again just last week you continued on for 2 more hours after the fire alarm was tested in our house. naps, you are strange sometimes…

dear chiggers: you are worse than mosquito bites, so much worse! the main reason i am excited to leave nebraska for the summer is to get away from you. yesterday i counted 8 of you awful little buggers. (i saw red dots and assumed that's what you were because there's no way a mosquito could get to that area). you guys are awful and i hate you so much. friends in western states: be ever so grateful you don't have chiggers

dear casey: i know you are kinda of sick of going to school but thank you for working so hard for our family. your commitment to learning amazes me and will pay off in time. i love you oh so very much!

dear twins: you still consume my mind, but with a little less fear now. where will we all sleep? how will we make this all work? are you guys ok with pack n plays, because that kinda seems like the easiest sleeping accommodations for 2 more babies at the same time (ya know, because i kinda want to keep max in his cage crib as long as possible…)

dear street outside our house: why must you tempt my little maxson so much? he just wants to be your best friend but we both know that's not possible. be less exciting to him, will ya?

dear stairs: i sure wish there weren't two sets of you in my home. you make laundry a marathon of  a workout especially now that i'm pregnant, geeze.

dear wallet, phone, and keys: will you stop getting lost already? are you in collaboration with each other to make myself miserable? just stay put in one area why don't ya?

dear home videos and photo albums: i sure wish you guys made yourselves. you kinda dangle over my head all month/year long…

dear bandwagon: we have officially joined your team i suppose. we've been watching the USA soccer games with much excitement at our house. not sure why we were very excited, it was soccer, not to bang on soccer, but ya know, it's just not a HUGE USA thing, get my drift? well it was exciting. casey was hooting and hollering at our house. suddenly he couldn't possibly leave the game for 5 minutes to help in the kitchen, because he couldn't miss any of his favorite sports game (eye roll). the seats on your wagon seem to have a little extra give room which i do appreciate. we're sad you have come to an end

dear Facebook: you are so annoying. when i scroll through my feed, 75% of you is links to stupid articles and such that my "friends" share or like that I DO NOT CARE ABOUT EVER (i've become really good at never getting sucked into any of those links). that's annoying. 15% of you is super annoying facebook statuses of "friends". but it's that last dang 10% of statuses of my real friends that i actually care about and what to know about that makes me stay with you, ugh, i don't like you but you force me to stay friends with you. clean up your act, mk?

dear belly: you are growing at an incredible rate. each week i feel like i multiply in size, it's kinda incredible. still can't believe there TWO babies inside of me as i write this. totally wild. although i will want you out sooner than later, please ignore me and stay in there until at least 37 weeks.

dear computer: you are beginning to become unreasonably slow. you have 21 more months to live and then you can choose to do whatever you'd like. but please, last until then, mk?

dear cookies: 19 months ago my friend brought you to me after i had maxson and i thought i died and went to heaven. i begged her for the recipe but she never could remember which recipe exactly you were. well 19 months later she found you, and shared you with me. i created you in my home 2 nights ago and you are just as amazing as i remember. and then i gobbled you up in 3 days time

dear maxson: you just woke up after a 13 hour slumber and were happy as could be when i went in there, few things make me happier :)

also to my only son: your drinking out of bowls skills (ya know, after cereal) amazes me, bravo son.

dear lover buns: we're going to grow old and die with each other one day and that makes me very happy.

little love letters (with pictures)

dear casey,
remember when we were dating and life was so simple?
the only thing we had to worry about was taking tests and when we got to see each other next?
now it's bills, a baby, and much harder schooling.
it's all good, i like it better this way.

dear nebraska,
your crazy amount of green trees and lawns everywhere is making up for your awfully long and cold winter.
keep that rain coming

dear maxson,
after you spit up,
please don't play with/in it,
that's seriously yucky...

dear sky,
thank you for this wonderful sunset last week.
it was so beyond beautiful, too bad this tree was in the way

dear maxson,
you are consistently inconsistent with the amount of time you sleep,
BUT we are seeing leaps of progress in your ability to sleep longer,
thank you a gajillion times over for napping longer and going to sleep by yourself in your crib.
it's kinda made all the difference in the world to this here momma.

dear husband, mom, dad, camille, megan, blair, amanda, and katie,
congratulations.
you should know that you are officially on my favorites list!
be proud of your accomplishment.
to the rest of you, please don't be offended.
ps- katie i fixed the spelling of your last name :)

dear maxson,
remember that one time you fell asleep at 6:30 pm for "another nap" but i had to wake you up at 8:15 to eat but you promptly fell back asleep for what i thought would be the rest of the night and then at 11:30 pm you were like "JUST KIDDING!"
not cool, not cool

dear pinterest,
thank you for being my companion during that last hour of maxson's said awake time.
namely, my friend amber p's fashion board.

dear 2013 photo album,
i'm already dreading you...

dear kitchen and dishes,
i think we need start seeing other people.
it's not me, it's you.
i give, give, and give, doing all the work,
and in return you just give me more work.
when i scream at you "we were on a break!"
i mean for that break to last forever.

dear national donut day,
i wish you were every friday.

dear dental school,
you are so hard,
can't you calm down?
max has had enough of casey's constant studying that he ferociously crumpled study pages and spit up all over them to really show you who's boss.


dear green pepper plant,
my excitement over your little pepper beginning to grow is pretty much my favorite thing ever when walking outside.

dear maxson,
you're starting to show tons of signs of crawling...
ooy, i don't know if i'm ready for that yet!


dear titus,
your grandpa is in our ward,
so by the transitive property we know,
and we think you are so cool!!!!!

dear daddy-newbie tumblr,
you make me laugh so hard.
thank you for a great parental relief.

dear shade,
thank you for making the noon day sun bearable.
too bad you have no power over humidity.

dear karma,
remember when i sent casey a fake parking ticket in the mail for april fool's day this year?

and remember when we visited indiana last month?

well guess what. he got another (real) parking ticket while there.

that was dumbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb.

dear readers,
thank you for reading my little blog and saying such nice things to me through online comments and in person.
i really appreciate it.
it humbles me that you take an interest in our silly, simple lives but i also hope that i can inspire you to see joy in the simple moments of life,  to love and serve others, to appreciate the beauty of this life, to find truth, and to just be happy.
at times, i'll look back at the blog during months of our lives that were hard for some reason or another but because of this blog, it helps me remember the happy moments of those months.
there truly is beauty all around.

little love letters

dear spring,

will you come back?

a few weeks ago you teased us with your appearance,

 but then promptly went back into hiding.

we promise to appreciate you this time around.

see this little baby?

he practically has no idea what fresh air means because of your yucky cousins called winter, snow, rain and wind.

it's so sad...

dear thunder,
lately you scare me
please don't hurt us.

dear dishes,
GO AWAY!!!
can't you learn how to clean yourself?

dear maxson,

when you stretch after naps your cheeks bulge out and you get a nice double chin,

it's utterly adorable

stay cute and chubby and little forever, kapeesh?

dear readers,
excuse the mess going on around this blog here.
trying to update and simplify it for us all,
and MAN is it complicated?!

dear scott, my brother,
thank you for your patience on helping me update my blog.
you are much fast than i...

dear casey,
i feel terribly awful for you lately (when it comes to schooling that it).
i'm pretty sure these next 2 weeks will take about 2 years off your life...
i am sorry.

dear mom,
thanks for coming to play with us in nebraska.
i guess the good thing about not living by you is that it makes me really appreciate you and want so badly to live by you.
and now after your visit, maxson actually smiles at you via FaceTime!!!! woohooo!!!

dear casey,
i guess if you insist on buying me that adorable bike at costco, sigh, i won't object...
cough, cough!

dear neighbor,
i'm sorry you're having to move.
it is most likely due to me complaining about smelling smoke in my home because of your (bad) habits.
but i just can't take it for another 3 years.
it was either you or i and i'm happier it was you...
but other than your (bad) smoking habit, you were a nice person if that makes a difference????

dear maxson,
thank you for suddenly taking way longer naps lately,
it's pretty darn awesome.
and although you're not completely predictable, i'll take what i can get!

little love letters.

dear school,
1 more semester at BYU with you and then we are FINISHED!...i don't know if i can make it though, i don't have near the motivation i started out with freshman year

dear valentine's decorations,
thank you for keeping our home happy and joyful. after taking down the christmas decorations, i looked at our house and thought wow...this house is so boring. before the christmas decorations were officially put away we had you plastered all over our walls.

dear ear muffs,
you're my 1st favorite winter accessory i own.

dear white puffy parka,
you're my 1st favorite winter clothing i own.

dear glenda,
you're still our favorite person living in nebraska right now.

dear cuties,
i love you dearly. i am determined that one day, i will have a whole tree of you in my backyard.

dear hunger games series,
thank you for accompanying us on our roadtrips to montana, arizona, and wyoming. all those miles were incredibly more bearable because of you.

dear inheritance,
please don't disappoint. k, thanks.

dear money spent in 2011,
really?

dear cousins,
how doe we always have so much fun together? i mean really, it's just a hoot with you guys.

dear avacado,
you were brilliant on my buttered toast with salt atop you.

dear mother nature,
you should really think about snowing more often, come on now.

dear landlord and old neighbor next door,
i can't believe at least 1 of you is always home to let me in the house when i don't have keys, it's an absolute miracle every time. thanks for having a spare.

dear bangs,
some people don't recognize me at first, i kinda feel like a spy with these babies on my face.

dear vitamin C chewables,
hands down, you get the award for yummiest vitamin ever.

dear casey cutler,
you're the best. did you know that?

and just because i miss summer:

little love letters #4

 

dear casey, thanks for being hilarious. you make me laugh when i tell myself i'm going to be mad and no one will change that, and then you change it and i laugh lots.

dear arizona, i love you

dear hot steering wheel, why do you have to be so dang hot in the summer! i burned my little digits driving that steering wheel in az!

dear phoebe, thanks for dancing on the coffee table for us during so you think you can dance. you are the cutest little dancer

dear bahama bucks, in a dessert throw down between you and anyone else, you'd win anyday, at least if casey and phoebe were the judges.

dear brooke and amy, being around you two on the wedding day was an absolute blast. i heart you.

dear indiana, in less than a week's time we will be leaving you for our homeland, aka the provo bubble! you sure have some nice people who live here. in some ways this summer did not turn out how we expected it to, but in other ways, it completely surpassed what we thought it could be.

dear glorified attic in provo, we miss you. we're glad we can still call you ours in the fall.

dear fireflies, i wish you lasted a little bit longer. you were so fun. i didn't get enough of you

dear goodwill outlet, you are the best second hand store ever. we will miss you greatly.

little love letters #3

dear mr. cutler,  t-minus 18 days til you take the DAT! show those angles and whole punches who's boss, mk? 
dear new purple nail polish, i love you.

dear biggest loser, we love you! it was so fun watching olivia win, everyone on the show looked incredible!

dear homemade ice cream machine, you rock. your cookies and cream ice cream rocked my socks off.

dear piano, i'm learning to play you (thanks to the wonderful teacher ms. camille)! i know, you were as excited as i was, especially bc i'm your only student who probably plays with nails that click and clack all over you (i'll work on that...) all that matters is we keep going!


dear doubles stuffed oreos, you disappear all too quickly for my liking.
dear jaden, you're quite fun to watch eating. thanks for being so much fun for casey and i to play with.

dear sewing machine, we're becoming friends too! all i ask is that you sew straight lines and not poke me. sound like a deal?

dear indiana, your weather is crazy! tornado warnings and crazy hail all in the same day? goodness gracious! once we saw it getting way windy outside, we hi-tailed our bums into the laundry room and began freaking out! so sad to see all the devastation that has gone on here in the midwest lately.

adios amigos!

little love letters

the husband, in the middle of shaking his freshly made gatorade

 

dear husband, today was wonderful with you. thank you for making me giggle all day. you're terribly funny and you don't even know it. i secretly like it when you tickle me even though i tell you to stop. i'd say we had a dollar well spent today.

dear indianapolis zoo, you were by far the funniest place i sent in a resume to for a summer internship

dear potato bar, you were quite the yummy dinner tonight

dear powdered gatorade, i love you. don't ever stop being made

dear school, i love to learn. really, i do! but i am very happy that there is only one week left of you til the fall

dear mr. sun, i have really missed feeling your heat on my skin. i'm glad you're back

dear friends, thank you for commenting on my blog, it's like little warm fuzzies to my heart

dear pinterest, please accept me to be a member of you. you seem SO awesome!

dear OPI, can you puh-lease lower your price by just a few bucks? that'd be great, thanks

dear dad, i had forgotten how much of an incredibly awesome persuasive writer you are, you rock

dear tangled, let's please set up a movie date soon?

dear tristan, one day you will like me (and the bottle i give you) i promise. feel better baby

dear plants, i love you. so much. even though my house isn't humid enough for you, will you stop wilting? please oh please?

dear casey, your tooth you carved tonight looks wonderful! won't it be fun when you're a real dentist someday and a machine carves it for you? oh the irony...

dear this and that

dear hair,
thank you for being beautifully kind to me as of lately, i know it seems like i pay no attention to you during the summer, but let's be honest, i don't get out much so there's no reason for me to give you some t.l.c. yet you treat me well. these are the best natural curls/waves you've given me since i was 5 so thanks for throwing me a bone hair

dear hot pasta,
ya know, i just wanted to see if you were al dente or not, but you go and burn my tongue to the core so i can't even enjoy my meal that i made of you. grr.

dear hot glue gun,
you're a pretty good/handy friend, thanks for kicking it with me this summer

dear hulu/pandora,
thanks for having so you think you can dance/great music for me to watch/listen to. no thank you for your annoying commercials. please make them go away

dear casey's alarm clock,
you go off way to early i do not like it

dear california,
you put up a pretty good fight i'd have to admit. your summers are way better than AZ's. i don't think i would mind living it up with you for the rest of my life except for the fact that there's about a million reasons (most those reasons have fingers and toes) that i will always and forever love AZ more

dear friends who are getting married SOON,
i heart you wedding invites! i'm so excited for you!!!

dear gmail video chat,
i love you. and that means i love you too my many friends/family who take the time to talk to me on there, THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!

dear christmas songs,
i love when you make special musical appearances on shuffle, it makes me very happy to think about seeing you in 6 months with snow everywhere in PROVO

dear new spice- study like a scholar,
i heart you beyond words. beyond words i heart you
and your behind the scenes part? hilarious.

dear family reunion,
please come faster. we're kinda like way excited for you!!!!!!

dear sister in laws,
please send me more pictures of your kids through out the day i loooooove it, we can count your cats and dogs in that category too if you so choose!!!!! it puts the biggest smiles on my face

dear 2 kitties by the tennis court,
thanks for being so cute and nice to me when i see you after i run, you make me want to have a kitty soooooooo bad!

dear casey,
thanks for doing the dishes when i don't. or taking out the trash when i don't. or making the bed when i don't, oh wait, that's always. thanks for making funny faces all the time and pouting really cutely all the time, it makes me laugh and i need that. thanks for taking interest in our camera so much, that makes me happy. thanks for working so hard for us! i know it's hard but you're amazing at it and it'll be over soon! thanks baby! ps- please put on sunscreen more often!

Snow on east coast= sad kimber in west mountains

Hey! Snow storm in the east! What are you doing over there!? Come to me in Utah! I will love you more! I will snowboard on you! I will sled lots on you and make snow angels and have snowball fights (but mostly i want to snowboard)! I will appreciate you! The east doesn't know what to do with you so come over and play with me! please!!!!!!!

love, kimber

 these are pictures of some of our activities last year on casey's birthday :)

there was so much snow!

so much powder!

so much in fact that if/when we fell it was hilarious bc we could not get out!!

but it was heavenly

i hope it snows before friday :(....

it was heavenly

dear anthropologie,

dear anthropologie,
why is everything in your store so pretty and SOOOOO TERRIBLY, RIDICULOUSLY, UNBELIEVABLY EXPENSIVE!?!?!?!?!

as i was looking at like every category on the site, my thoughts ranged from "oh this is cute" "oh, love it" "goodness, that's adorable" and "that would look great in my house" (but a few times i thought "pshhhhh, i could make that" pshh, i could find almost that exact same thing cheaper" or  "actually those are ugly (the rugs)") And then i thought, hmm, maybe someday if casey and i have sufficient funds for our family i can spend a little extra here and there on clothes, shoes, accessories, and cute things for the house at anthro. and then i was like "ok kimber. let's be real. are you really going to spend large amounts of money on things like clothes and hosue stuff or save that money for trips and experiences and traveling with casey and family (and kids)? yeah, you can bet which was my answer. 

moral of the story: you're dumb anthro. it's not me, it's you. we can never really be friends. sorry  

oh yeah, one more,

dear ikea,

you're more expensive than i thought. boo :(