Picture Recap

Well hey everyone.  I'm in the blogging mood which doesn't come around too often.  There is a lot to say but I'll just let most of the pictures do the talking.  First and foremost we'll start with the move.  We moved. To vernal. And built a house.  At first I thought what most of you are thinking...BUT, we love our neighborhood and our ward and so far so good!

this is our home :)

 



Easter

Next is my son.  He is pretty awesome. We are best friends and we have our own inside jokes. He is beautiful and is happy 90% of the time. This will all sound a little cliché, cheesy, petty, bias...because I am his mother. But if you had the chance to hang out with him for one second, I think you would agree with me :) He's just cool.

My husband. Never a dull moment. I swear there is always a "season" for something.  Right now we are in shed hunting season. We just got finished with ice fishing season and before that it was elk/deer hunting season. Did I mention that my husband and his brother FELL THROUGH THE ICE? We are very fortunate that everything worked out the way it did but next winter I'll be a little more hesitant to have him go out. Him and J.J. are clones and best of friends. The kid doesn't stand a chance on his decision whether he like the outdoors or not.  Oddly enough I think he'll grow to love it just like his dad.  



Clones getting their haircut by Mama

 

As for me, I'm just learning more about how to be a mom and a wife everyday.  I went home during February for about 10 days. I had a blast but Jeremy was still in Vernal working so it wasn't as great as it could have been.  I was asked to help out with a video shoot for JJ Cole. Random but a fun experience. I also got to see some good friends and spend time with my mama. Ever since spring has rolled around life has been much MUCH happier!  Winter was hard, a little boring at times and depressing not knowing anyone and being cooped up inside. I love the warm weather and being able to go on walks...twice a day.  I have a couple good friends here now and have met a lot of good people around us.  I think I've covered the latest in our lives. Hope all of you are happy!

 Love,

The K-Trins

 

 

P.S. Keep praying for this soldier! He's almost home!!



Jaxon Jeremy

In 11 days my baby boy will be turning...5 months.  I know this isn't the most significant mile stone but time is going by so fast that I thought I would take a moment and reflect. Here's the latest snap shot of him so you can have a mental image of the preciousness I'll be talking about:

Irresistible right? So now that you know what his pretty face looks like..here are a few things about J.J.:

4 1/2 months

17 lbs

25 inches

Very ticklish

Smiles any chance he gets

Laughs when you unchanged his clothes

Lights up the whole room...when his daddy walks in (jealous mom? yes.)

Smiles after he sneezes...which usually come in 3s and 4s

Master at grabbing objects...like his mamas hair

Extremely easy-going 

Loves to cuddle

Like I've said before, the love you can have for your child is overwhelming. Obviously I never quite understood what mothers meant when they would say things like that before I had him.  

If I could go back in time where it was just me and Jeremy...I wouldn't. 

Sometimes, like yesterday, when I look at him sleeping while I'm pushing the grocery cart down the diaper isle I start to cry. Why? Because I'm just that in-love with my son.  

We love you Widda J!

                                              

Love,  The K-Trins

The Baby Story

I know...2 posts in one day? I'm in Manila...my husband is ice fishing, the babe is asleep, and I'm actually not tired. Just really bored :) So I thought I would share with you how everything went down..and out ;)

I was induced on the day of my 38 week appointment because long story short my blood work came back positive as to where I could actually receive an epidural.  So Jer and I were completely in shock that we were going to be parents..that day!

This is a picture before the contractions came and before getting my epidural that ended up not completely working. Thats right folks...not working. Ugh. Little J's umbilical chord was wrapped around his neck twice so they had to get him out fast. They snipped me and vacuumed him out and we still came out with a perfectly shaped head and most importantly a healthy healthy body!  

Oh yeah..Jeremy did not pass out! He was a great supporter! We are so so happy as parents! I would never want to go back to the days where Jaxon wasn't here! He's really an easy baby and all the nerves of being a mom calmed down the instant he arrived.  If only husbands could lactate parenting would be even better :)  Here are a few more pics of J.J.(we don't really know what we're going to call him yet) from the photo shoot that I didn't put on facebook:

Knock ya Naked!

You've gotta make these brownies...NOW! Jeremy's little sister Emily made them the other night and I fell in love! I asked where she got the recipe and of course it was from my favorite blogger slash cooking goddess Ree Drummond, The Pioneer Woman.  Another great thing about these brownies are what they go by...Knock Ya Naked Brownies!

I don't post about little things that happen or thoughts or something that I really like...usually it's just an update of the past few months since I am horrible at blogging. But that's just how good these are! Speaking about being horrible at blogging..my background and page set up is under construction. Don't judge :) ANYWAY...go to her sight, get the recipe, and start baking! Ready...GO! Here's the link: Knock Ya Naked Brownies!

WIN A FREE PHOTO SHOOT!

My really good friend Stephanie Hyde is having a contest for a free photo shoot! She has been doing photography for over a year now and she really is QUITE talented.  She did J.J.'s newborns, my brothers wedding, and some practice bridals with me.  Go check her website out here and find out more details! Here are a couple pictures she has done for me:

Isn't she great?! Go check it out!

He's here!

Jaxon Jeremy Catron (J.J.) 

 December 21, 2011 

7lbs 10 oz 20 in



Things went great and we're so blessed to have such a beautiful healthy baby! We absolutely love being parents. I've heard it said for 22 years "You can't explain a mothers love", and they're right.

Happy New Years everyone! We hope 2012 brings you all a great year!

Much love,

The K-Trins

Tis The Season

Here's just a little recap of the latest:

Brett got married November 26th to the cutest girl ever! Look how happy they are! Our family is so excited for these two and feel so grateful to see our Brettsky happy again! We wish them the best!



Jer and I have been living back and forth between parents until he finds a job. He's had a few interviews lately in Vernal so now it's just the waiting game. Our last trip out to Manila we fished and read Hunger Games all day long. Right now we're living the life that we know we'll never have again...just soakin it all in :)

This is Duke....the beloved dog of the Catron family.  He does no wrong.  He thinks he is a human. It's great.  When we take him fishing he also enjoys to do a little fishing himself. He knows when Jer is about to unhook the fish so he gets on the other side where he knows they will swim off and gets in a defensive position to catch them in his mouth.  No worries, he lets them go unharmed after feeling the satisfaction of being able to catch one.  Him and Jer are the bestest friends in the whole wide world.





 



Well if we haven't seen each other recently this is what I've been looking like as of late. Things are going great and hopefully we'll be having a little one soon! Right now I'm dilated to a 2, 70% effaced, and dealing with contractions here and there. I think I'm a little further along then what we had planned so hopefully we can see our little boy soon! We'll keep you informed!

Last but not least....I graduated!!!! Woohoo!!! Jer and I are now both Aggie Alumni and it couldn't feel better! I did this last semester all online and everything went pretty smooth.  I am so relieved to be done and not have to worry about finishing while being a mother!  When I walk in the Spring I'll have a little 5 month old boy cheerin his mama on from the crowd!!

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Love, The K-Trins







Recap of our Summer

Well I promised that I would post soon, so I'm keeping my promise..for the 6 of you that follow me ha.
Naturally a lot has happened since the elk hunt..a lot! Jeremy finished up school in December with his degree in Outdoor Recreation Resource Management and I couldn't be more proud.  He started work in May for the Forest Service fighting fires and was gone for the beginning half of the summer fighting in Texas

I was only 6 weeks in this picture but in April we found out that I was pregnant and were a little shocked but more excited to start the next part of our lives! I just finished a summer semester and have only one more semester to go! Hopefully our little guy will wait for me to finish up finals before he comes!

We just got back from our river trip on the Gates of Ladore.  I'm not sure how to descibe the location...below flaming gorge and next to Vernal? Wherever it was it was BEAUTIFUL! We stayed for 5 days and 4 nights, and just camped along the banks each night at some awesome campsites.  Here are some pics for y'all.....

 Big Horn Sheep: These aren't them but during the trip I was walking around the mountain with my 4 year old nephew because we had to sit a dangerous rapid out..as we were making our treck back to the group we came acros a heard of big huge ginormous Rams...the ones on the dodge truck logo....yeah they're huge! And they're even bigger 20 feet away! All I could think about was the National Geographic shows of these guys charging each other as they bump heads...luckily that didn't happen to us and they kindly ran away after 10 minutes of waiting and starring me down.

 Fortunately/Unfortunately however you want to look at it, we celebrated our 2 year anniversary on the river! So so much has happened in our lives during these last two years: marriage, me going back to school, living in Alaska, Jer graduating from college, me nearing the end of my college career and the craziest of all getting pregnant and facing parenthood in 4 months! I couldn't have asked for a better husband to have in my life and I'm so grateful for all the hard work that he does to keep our family going and happy.  I love him and the two years that we've experienced together! It's been quite the journey with still a lot ahead of us to come!

It's a BOY!

BABY CATRON!

 My blog silence breakthrough!

I'm almost 17 weeks

Due date: January 1st..HAPPY NEW YEAR!

It's a boy...

and we couldn't be any happier!

More posts to come..

I promise.

The Elk Hunt!

I am stoked to write about this post, the elk hunt this year was extremely exciting.  Jeremy keeps reminding me how lucky I am to have experienced such a great hunt.  We hiked up the night before so we didn't have to run up the mountain opening day (I was very grateful for Jeremy having our stuff in a spot when we got there).  The picture below is a picture of one of my latest outfits...yeah.

That morning we got up around 5:45 and walked about 200 yards to our spot.  After a little sitting we heard the herd of elk start coming our way, Jeremy started telling me to get my gun ready...I was so nervous! All of a sudden he started shooting! "What are you shooting at?" I asked.."The ELK!...SHOOT!" If you know Jeremy he has eyes of an eagle and I could be considered blind as a bat.  I couldn't see the 7 bull elk 250 yards away from me.  Then I got another chance...a spike came about 75 yards away and I had him in my scope. I was about to pull the trigger on him when I noticed I couldn't get my finger through the trigger hole.  I left my mittens on! Oops! So there went my chance.

This is the spike Jeremy was shooting at that I didn't see.  It was so fun to see how excited he was not just about getting his elk but how excited he was all of September and October for this day.  I am relieved to know that I can enjoy this and we can have something else we can do together. It's quite the bonding experience if I do say so myself.



This is the 5x6 that Ross shot. He hadn't shot at an elk for almost 15 years because of helping his 4 little boys all growing up trying to get the experience in and teaching them the ways of hunting. He got this elk about the first 10 minutes of our hunt one morning. It was crazy and exciting and nobody deserved this elk more than Ross did! Jeremy had to hike 3 miles back down to the camp to go get the packs to carry it out, so I stayed with Ross to gut the elk out. Lets just say it was a great bonding experience between a father-in-law and his daugthter-in-law. 

Sorry this was a very long blog, I couldn't have done it any shorter.  Those were the highlights of the hunt that had to told.  Also his brother John got a nice elk, and his brother Jeff got a huge one but another hunter claimed it when it really wasn't his to claim but Jeff is way to nice to put up a big fight when the guy had a son with him. That pretty much wraps up the elk hunt and I cant wait for next year..I'm just glad it's only one month a year..:)

The Adventures of AK

We're home! Jer and I got home from Alaska just a week before school started and I couldn't be more excited to see some familiar faces! Jeremy on the other hand was a little sad to be leaving a fishermans dream place.  Where we lived didn't have wi-fi so we had to drive down to the public library to get online, therefore my blog has not been updated since May when we first arrived to Girdwood.

Just a few minor adventures happened this summer like...all night fishing trips in the rain with my lovely persuasive husband, running into bears on my way to work, my birthday, our one year anniversary, and selling our car the exact day we left for the lower 48!

This is my 28 inch fish that yes I caught! This is a picture of our first all night adventure fishing...there were two all nighters this summer.

And this is Jeremy's 30 incher! He got to be quite the fisherman this summer..even more so than what he already was! Toward the end of the summer he would wake up at 5:30 drive down to his fishing whole, catch his limit for the day and be to work on time at 7:30. He absolutely loved every minute of it!

Unfortunately I can't put the video of the bear I came across on my way to work form my phone to the computer but lets just say I'm still alive even though this bear was only 15 yards from the walking trail I was on! It was awesome and surprisingly I wasn't too scared!

My birthday + 3 different cakes = One happy birthday!

Our cute little branch bought me a cake, my supervisor made me a cake at work, and Jeremy had dinner made, wild flowers picked, and a cake coming out of the oven all by the time I got home from work! Happy 21 to me! Funny thing...you know you're not in Utah anymore when people ask how old you are turning and when you say 21 you get congratulated! "How old are you?".."21"..."YEAHHHHH! How are you still at work? I didn't even show up to work the next day when I turned 21, just so wasted!" ..."Yeah it was preeeetty wild last night eating ice cream and watching a movie with my husband..?" haha it was great.

Our one year anniversary at the Tepenyaki Sakura Restaurant!
The year flew by and I wouldn't have chosen to spend it with anyone else!
To make a long story short, we tried to sell our car all summer and it didn't sell. We had friends from our old ward who moved to Anchorage that were going to let us keep our car in their garage so that we could fly home. Bless their hearts!! The day before we flew home a guy called and told us he wanted to buy the car. He didn't even need to test drive it because he liked Honda's so much so...we sold our car! We have been receiving blessings after blessings and couldn't be more grateful for how everything turned out!
As crazy and fun and crazy fun our adventures were it feels so great to be home!
Dorothy couldn't have said it better, "There's no place like home!"

Here are some more pics that I thought were pretty cool ya'll might want to see: