Christmas 2013

We split Christmas between the Raslasks and the Bevans family which turned out just great. It was the perfect break, we spent our time eating, skiing, shopping and just relaxing with friends and family!

On Christmas Eve we were in Whitefish with my family and we went to a service at the local church by our cabin. They always put on a nativity scene every year and it's their moto that EVERY kid can be in the pagent if they want. So there was the typical Mary, Joseph, Baby Jesus, Shepards etc.. But then there was the extra kids. A pink poodle, a ladybug, a bear and of course Cambree, the bumblebee. It was adorable seeing her walk down the aisle up to the front dressed as a bumblebee present at Jesus' birth!

After the service we went out as a family for dinner and all took turns posing with Cambree by the Christmas tree!

After we got home from dinner we went ahead with our yearly tradition of opening one gift (Always pajamas.. surprise surprise!) before bed. After that we decided we might as well open them all since we had to leave bright and early the next morning.

Christmas morning came and Cambree was too preoccupied eating her sticky roll to bother looking at her stocking. After breakfast we packed up and headed to Cardston to celebrate with the Bevans'.

We spent a few days with Ryans family relaxing, eating delicious food and having fun! We played a game called "Heads Up" which was pretty funny. Here is Ryan and Rustin acting out a "moose".

We also were able to go and visit with some of Ryan's best friends from high school. We all had babies around the same time so we took another picture this year in the same order. I can't believe how much they have grown!

I am so grateful we were able to spend so much time with friends and family and have another wonderful Christmas together!

Family Pictures 2013

Xox Carly

We love Fall in Utah

Here's a picture recap of Fall 2013


We were able to make a trip out to Denver to go see our Bronco's 2013 home opener. To say we were excited would be a HUGE understatement!

When we got back from the trip Cambree had to unpack us right away. Obviously :)

I discovered a new addiction. Dirty diet cokes (Diet coke with coconut syrup) and Swig sugar cookies. Seriously, addicting. 

Our little mischievous girl!

Cambree loved cheering on BYU at every football game. We are already prepping her now to marry an NFL player once she's older. Preferably a Denver Bronco. Too bad Eric Decker is already taken..

We also spent a lot of time watching Ryan's football games. At one point he was playing in a tackle league and a flag football league, so we watched a lot of games!

And... we bought a new car! It is perfect for our little family!

Tates & Bevans take California!

We have made a lot of great friends since moving to Provo last year. The Tates are definitely in that category. They are also our neighbours and it has been so fun having them close this year. Cambree basically thinks of them as second parents and sometimes starts running towards their apartment like she's inviting herself over to their house to play! They were nice enough to take us home to California with them for Thanksgiving in November and we had a blast. Their family might have thought we were a little nuts for swimming in the ocean but we couldn't resist! Plus after having swam in glacier lakes before the ocean in November was nothing! I am working on convincing Ryan that we need to end up in Camarillo, California because it is seriously heaven there!

California 2013 from Julie Tate on Vimeo.

Julie was a rockstar and made this video of our trip! Which turned out great because I barely took any pictures! We are grateful to have such great friends and grateful to my mom who made a special trip down to watch Cambree so we could go have some fun!

Cambree turned 1!!

It's crazy to think that our sweet, curious and loving baby girl is 1! This past year has seriously flown by! We were lucky enough to have some friends let us use this cute building to host Cambree's birthday party, because every 1 year old needs a big party with 20 of her Mom's closest friends... Right?? ;) Right! In all seriousness we have made some amazing friends since moving to Provo and since most of our family is back in Canada our friends have become our family. We call lots of them Cambree's Aunts and Uncles, and it really wouldn't have felt right if we didn't have all of our closest friends there to celebrate Cambree's special day!

The food table set up

When people came in we had each of them pick a piece of paper that had a letter of the alphabet on it. They then had to draw something that started with that letter then sign their name. We put them all together to make an ABC book for Cambree!

Everyone visiting at the start of the party! It started late because I accidentally gave everyone the wrong address! Whoops!

Playing musical chairs

Aunt Jess helped Cambree open her presents!

Cambree blowing out her first candle!

We love you Cambree bug!