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!

Trip to Ontario

In October Cambree and I did a little trip out east to Ontario to visit my Mom's side of the family. They hadn't met Cambree yet and so we were able to head out there and spend Thanksgiving with them.

Cambree was able to meet her Great Grandma for the first time! It was so special seeing them play together!

As a surprise the whole family had a chocolate cake for Cambree to celebrate her 1st birthday a month early! It was so thoughtful of them and Cambree was in heaven!

Seriously, how great does my Grandma look!

4 Generations!

We loved our time in Ontario and can't wait to go back next year!

Summer 2013

Here's a glimpse into how we spent our 2013 Summer vacation...

I played on a women's soccer team out in Spanish Fork. It was so nice to play soccer again and even though I was lacking skill It was still a blast!

We spent many of days at the pool like this. Cambree loved this floatie because it gave her some freedom and we loved it because we didn't have to hold her the whole time! Win-win

College life at it's best. We had to move our bed into our living room because our apartment doesn't have AC and the living room is the only room with a swamp cooler. Classy.

Cambree snoozing on Uncle Jared's lap during the 4th of July parade

Healthy eats for the 4th! I was so proud of my watermelon cake - You cut a watermelon into the shape of a cake then cover it with light whip cream and fruit!

We spent many days at the doctors office with finger's crossed that Cambree's head was getting better!

We made a few road trips up to Whitefish & Alberta!

Cambree was the best little traveller

Out having some sun at the beach in Whitefish

Tanning. Don't bug her.

With her Nana

With Auntie Lauren

Swimming in Whitefish Lake with Grandpa

Out on the boat

Out for dinner @ Ciao Mambo in Whitefish

Biking in Whitefish

Boating/Camping trip at Tally Lake with the Bevans family

Celebrating our 2nd Anniversary at The Roof!

Cambree was able to have her very 1st ponytail!

By the time August ended we were ready to start the school year off right - By getting All Sports passes and being at every BYU football home game! Cambree made the best cheerleader :)

California Dreaming

Sometimes you just need to get away - A break from everyday life... a break from chores, bills, cooking, cleaning, CARING FOR A CHILD! and just plain ol' responsibility! My good friend Jessica's sister lives in Beverly Hills and Jessica was nice enough to invite our friend Meegan and I out for a girls trip in California. It was a week full of delicious food, dressing up, going to the beach, laughing, dancing and a ton of fun!

We started out the trip by heading to an outdoor mall to do a little shopping! When we arrived there was a big concert going on and we didn't realize it was Capital Cities playing until they played their very last song called "Safe and Sound". It quickly became the song of the trip and it will now always bring back memories from our awesome girls trip!

Our second day we headed out to hike the Hollywood sign...

...And then headed out to Chinatown and a Farmer's Market to pick up some fresh produce for the week!

Jessica's sister Sara and her husband were the best hosts! They were so helpful with everything and one night they took us out to Randy's Doughnuts and bought us a ridiculous amount of donuts, which we ate for every day we were there!

On our last night we went to a Dodgers game then hit up Hollywood and did a little touring around!

**One of the highlights of the trip was when we went to Santa Monica pier for a concert and I was walking to our seats and I saw DES the Bachelorette sitting a few feet away from me with a group of friends! We were all so starstruck since us 3 have a tradition of watching the Bachelor together and we just love Des!!

I am so grateful that I have been able to make such awesome friends since moving to Provo and I am excited to make Girls Trip an annual event!

xox Carly