Cameron, Leah & Ike

Baby Tyler

2009-11-24T20:37:00.000-08:00

Hi, we are still alive, well, and a little chubby

2009-11-06T11:15:00.000-08:00

I know, I know it's been a while! I have just been a little busy! Here are some recent pics of the boys. I have pictures of pumpkin carving, corn maze, and trick or treating, but I have been really good at forgetting my camera lately so they are on Cam's phone. Sometime when he is home I will put them on the blog. Love you all! p.s Ike has been insisting on picking out his own clothes and dressing himself lately so, I swear we aren’t homeless... yet.

Ike serenades his new brother, Tyler.

2009-08-31T18:32:00.000-07:00

Guest post by Cam:

This video was taken at the hospital three hours after Ty was born. I love how he's watching Ike.

New Baby!

2009-08-30T16:57:00.001-07:00

We are so excited to announce the birth of our second Baby! Tyler Dean Knighton was Born On Thursday August 27th. He weighed 7 pounds and 12 ounces. He is 20 inches long and has big Cheekies! All went well with the delivery. Isaiah is being my "best" little helper he is so excited.
I am so grateful that my sweet mother was able to stay with me. She did so much! Thanks again!

Just a few things we have been up to

2009-08-08T08:38:00.001-07:00

This summer has been really fun! We have been keeping ourselves quite busy. We went to a Salt Lake Bees game. Ike had a blast! There was a train ride and he got to hang with his Grandma Ali and Grandpa Greg. He is a lucky boy.

We went and hung out in park city where Greg and Ali have a time share. It was so fun! Cameron and Ike went down the Alpine slides. I'm pregnant and due in a few weeks so I waited at the bottom to see if I could catch them for a picture. Cam got the whole thing on video. It is really funny. Ike asks me everyday when he can go again.

The 4th of July Parade was a big hit. Isaiah loved it! We went over with Cam's family and watched. Aunt Abby is so fun. Ike loves her. She made sure he got lots of candy and could see all of the fun.

One of the rainy days we had this summer Isaiah had to get all of his lighting Mcqueen rain gear on. (Including his umbrella that grandma Colleen bought for him while we were in Seattle.)My Neighbors already know that we are crazy, so I figured what the heck, we can dance in the rain for a minute.

Having fun in washington!

2009-06-17T18:37:00.000-07:00

The worst part of living away from your family is feeling like you are missing out on stuff. This trip we were able to be there for many fun Events!

Ike's first stand up show with his cousins in grandma's car. They think he is so funny. He just needs to learn not to laugh at his own jokes.
Bayley's 11th birthday party! I can't believe she is growing up so fast! The cake is supposed to be a flip flop and a juice box. Yeah that didn’t work out so good. Sorry Bayley I love you!

The birth of the beautiful, perfect, healthy baby Brityn! I miss her so much!

Uncle Cam is still getting used to having so many nieces and nephews.

Grandpa Larry and Baby Brityn's siblings were the first on the scene after her birth they were so excited!

Ike's birthday was a huge hit at Grandma Colleen's.

Hanging out on Neeley's new patio furniture drinking lemonade.

Breanna's prom night was a success! And as always, she is just gorgeous!

So beautiful!

Isaiah's Birthday Extraviganza!

2009-06-17T18:11:00.000-07:00

I Have decided that Ike is one of the luckiest kids in the world! He has so much family on both sides that care about him so much. While we were up in Washington we threw a Cars (the movie) birthday party. Grandma Colleen hosted it. It was complete with a swimming pool, squirt guns, water balloons, cake, and best of all, FAMILY!

Here he is opening Kobe's birthday card. He still has it and carries it around. He says this is from my friend Kobe.

I was trying to get a picture of all the guests at the party but there are a few missing. They were all moving around like crazy.

This is Ike's Lightning Mcqueen cake. Don't look too close I am no "Ace of Cakes."

This is Ike's Utah Birthday Party Thrown by Grandma Ali! He had so much fun and even got his very own Thomas the train cake! He was so happy to spend time with his Family.

Ike got so spoiled with plenty of gifts. Avery was so polite and just looked on as he opened them.

2009-04-14T18:09:00.000-07:00

We had such a great Easter this year. We woke up to the sun shining and blue sky. We read the Story about Easter Sunday to Isaiah when he woke up. He was so interested he had me read it twice. How grateful we are for the knowledge of the Atonement and all the blessings it brings to our lives. We are also grateful to have Cameron's family near by. After Church we enjoyed a yummy dinner prepared by my mother in law and a cute egg hunt for the cousins. P.S these are also the first pictures of Ike's new hair cut.

This is Ike at the neighborhood egg hunt on Saturday. My camera ran out of batteries so I was not able to get all the pictures I wanted. We all had fun and enjoyed hanging out with all the neighbors. We really have a fun neighborhood.

Let's Go Fly a Kite!

2009-04-08T17:14:00.000-07:00

Today was a really windy day! Our garbage can even tipped over! I learned a few things about flying a kite with a 2 year old: Even if there is only one tree in the whole neighborhood they will run right to it every time, when you tell them not to let go they will try it at least four times so you end up chasing the kite all over. I will Have to say, it was really fun and we both laughed a lot. I noticed we were putting on a show for the whole neighborhood. It was embarrassing. You can a imagine, fat and pregnant Leah running around all tangled in a kite with the wind blowing my hair in my face so I can't see clearly, Laughing hysterically with Ike saying "whoa mom it's windy" a billion times.

2009-03-17T22:32:00.000-07:00

Hello Everyone! (or all two of you.) We are still alive we have just been busy trying to help Ike figure out what he should do when he grows up. Also, I am pregnant! So, I just started to feel better and so I am skipping Christmas and New Years pictures cuz I'm sure everyone is over that. Any way, this first one is Isaiah's attempt at construction. He calls his safety goggles his "gobbles."

Pro Snowmobile Man, he does not only ride fast he rides "super fast." At least his name isn't chubby, cuz whoa daddy went way too fast.

Actor/comedian, this was good but not when you are trying to teach him not to bite and kick people. He just might think everything is a joke. Too late.

Pro bowler: this one might actually be realistic, he bowled a better score than me that day.

Santa Clause: He is getting fattened up for the job, It also runs in the family so he just may be the next Santa.

Sorry so random and strange, I hope to keep up better in the future.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

2008-12-08T21:12:00.000-08:00

This was our first snowman of the year. Ike really wanted to use oranges for the eyes.

We had fun playing in the snow and decorating our tree! I love Christmas time!

Thanksgiving

2008-12-08T20:13:00.000-08:00

Thanksgiving was really fun! Cam's dad, Shannie, Sharsti, Tanner, Jessica, and Layla were all able to join us! I should have taken pictures before dinner everyone was mad at me for taking pictures after.

Layla is pretty confidant she will pose no matter what she knows she is beautiful.

Ike holds everyone that comes to the house hostage, he make them read books over and over. Papa Greg is his easiest target.

Ike loves to make stuff with me cuz he gets to lick the spoon. He is naked because he wanted to pour the vegtable oil in the bowl. Instead, he poured it in his lap.

Haapy Halloween!

2008-11-03T09:04:00.000-08:00

Guess who?

I made cam a man in the yellow hat costume. I forced him to wear it. Ike was curious George!

Oh and I was my mother in law Ali. Yes, that is my real hair.

So cute Avery and Wes were little bow beep and a lamb.

Halloween is the best day ever! Ike and Avery were in like a candy eating coma for an hour.

My boys looks so cute I love it. Ike kept saying all night " come on ted."and "where's my man in the wellow hat go?" So cute!

Carving Pumpkins oh yeah!

2008-10-28T20:52:00.000-07:00

We carved pumpkins, ate doughnuts, and drank home made hot apple cider. So much fun! Ike kept saying he wanted a spooky spooky spider pumpkin. So we made one pretty spooky. Oh and yes Ike is wearing underwear because he went potty in the toilet for the first and only time that day. I may have jumped the gun, but I just got excited because it was his idea.

2008-10-28T20:45:00.000-07:00

Ike's hair cut # 2. Sorry the order is backward. Turns out I'm really good at posting blogs.

After
During

Before

Before close up

Day with Dad at Lagoon!

2008-10-28T20:34:00.000-07:00

Cameron took Ike to Lagoon the day I went down to Provo for Sharsti's birthday. He met Lindsay Brett, Avery, and Abby there. They had so much fun! Ike still asks almost everyday when he gets to go back. I have the best husband in the world he is such a fun dad.!!!!! P.S Ike had to change into his jammies mid way through due to getting soaked on a ride cam took him on.

wha?

2008-10-12T19:59:00.000-07:00

Yes, I know I haven't blogged in ages. We have had some computers issues lately. But here are some random pics I had left on my camera.

Sharsti is a BYU cougar! We are so proud of her and we get really excited that she lives closer! Woo hoo! Go Shar!

What if little kids could drive?

What if Big kids Could ride miniature carousels?

Wouldn't it be so silly if 2 year olds shaved?

Or made dinner? What a crazy life that would be.

What ever happen to predictability?

2008-08-08T13:09:00.000-07:00

So after the Redwood forests we headed down to good old San Francisco. We had so much fun! I kept singing the full house song. Cam kept saying he wanted to search for Stephanie Tanner. I was surprised though, it was only like 65 degrees there the whole time. I would have thought it was gonna be warmer. We rode the trolly, went over the golden gate bridge, rode the carousel, ate lunch on pier 39, walked went down to fisherman's wharf, oh and lost our car. Yeah we forgot where we parked. Searched forever in the freezing cold at 10 0'clock at night in the dark alley's of down town.

I thought this was funny because I heard crunching in the back seat and I said "Ike what are you doing?" He replied "Mine eatin' chips." I looked back only to find that he had found the bag of snacks, took the chips out, opened the lid and helped himself.

"This land was made for you and me."

2008-08-08T12:55:00.000-07:00

After our surprise trip to Washington we decided that we enjoyed this life of surprise so we set off down to California. We went and stayed in Crescent City and the next day drove down the California coast. It was so much fun, and the Redwood forest was beautiful. Isaiah had his three guilty pleasures, Cars movie, Binki, and blanky. He didn't make a peep in the 36 hours total driving on the whole trip! That was surprising!

More Washington Events!

2008-08-07T09:04:00.000-07:00

We were so lucky to get to be there for many fun family events! Breanna was so cute dancing in the festival! We also went to dinner for my Dad's birthday! We able to be there for Breanna and Ethan's birthday's as well. I hate missing stuff.

"Surprise!" We came to visit, let's go to the Lake!

2008-08-07T08:40:00.000-07:00

Cameron and I, well mostly I, planned a surprise road trip to Washington to visit my family. We decided to go on saturday and were on the road at five o'clock on Monday morning! So weird I know, but so fun! We went to the Lake with Joel, Sarah, and there four children, Neeley and her three kids, Tanner, Jessica and Layla, Sharsti, and Alicia and her boys. It was so cute to see all the cousins play together.

Nap Time!

More Fun at the Cabin

2008-08-05T11:45:00.000-07:00

I feel bad because Cam's entire family was there and I didn't get pictures of everyone. We really had a great time though. We had a talent show complete with whip cracking, costumes, fire, cow noises, dog tricks and much more! We should really join the curious. We also went boating, shot guns,went to a rodeo and ate way too much yummy food! So fun!

Trip to Yellow Stone

2008-08-05T11:27:00.000-07:00

Cameron's whole family was able to go on a Family vacation. We Stayed at Lindsay and Brett's Fancy Cabin in Island park and drove into Yellow stone for a day. It was really beautiful there. We also had a really funny day and spent the whole day laughing. So much fun!

4th of july at Bear Lake!

2008-07-08T21:32:00.001-07:00

We got invited to go up to a cabin in Bear lake by our friends Liz and Russ for the 4th. We had a blast! We played on the beach all day ate yummy food, watched fire works, played games and Cam went golfing with Russ and his dad and brothers. It was so fun!

They also had some beach golf clubs for playing around.

Me and Liz.

Ike tried to run away you can kinda see him and cam was way behind running after him. I'm glad it was really shallow water over there.

Ike was so excited to sleep at the cabin with "Diz and Wuss" (aka Liz and Russ).

Isaiah's first haircut and thank goodness the Cars movie has arrived!

2008-06-25T21:04:00.000-07:00

I finally got the guts to cut Ike's hair, someone thought he was a girl so I had to do it.
This was his hair after the cut not to drastic but a little less girly. Oh, and Ike saw the cars movie for the first time and was obsessed! We had to take it back so grandma Colleen sent it in the mail.

He was so excited! We had to check the mail multiple times daily until it arrived.

Thanks Grandma Colleen!

Happy Birhtday to Us!

2008-06-25T20:51:00.000-07:00

Cam's birthday is a day before mine so we kinda celebrated together. Although, being the awesome wife that I am, I did make Cameron birthday french toast for breakfast.Cameron's dad took us to lunch for his birthday that was fun, thanks papa Joe!

Cam took me to Park City for my birthday it was so fun! We rode this roller coaster thing down the mountain it was so fun!

This was us going up. You can't really tell but it was so steep!

This was our hotel. I took the picture from the mountain.

Hanging in West Yellow Stone

2008-06-25T20:41:00.000-07:00

We got the chance to sneak away for the weekend and go to Lindsay and Btrett's Cabin in Island park Idaho and then we went into Montana and hung out in west Yellow Stone it was a blast! Thanks for the invite guys!

My brother in law Brett and his baby Wesly.Lindsay and Ben

Abby and Avery.

In was so funny Ike Kept running around saying " Bite a mine?" to everyone.

They are such good friends and they are so cute!

Cabin in Island park

2008-06-25T20:30:00.000-07:00

Avery and Ike were having a blast! Being swung and pulled around in a sleeping bag

We are so rad and daring.

Yeah! So bad!

Happy Birthday Isaiah!

2008-06-04T21:48:00.000-07:00

Ike turned 2 years old on May 28th! I can't believe how fast that two years went by! We threw him a fun party complete with grilled pizza, home made cheesecake, party hats, tractor rides and one crazy game of volley ball! Emily looked quite festive in her party hat as she attempted to wrap herself as a gift for Ike.

Ike in his cool new sun glasses just like pa pa Greg.

Ben, Abby, Grandma Ali, and pa pa Greg taking position.

Isaiah found a tractor in the front yard and tried it out with Uncle Brandon.

Yeah! Go volley ball.

All Ike wanted to eat was pineapple for dinner.

Oh, and cake.

Great grandma and Grandpa Mcreary were able to come out for the party, They bought him some blocks and played for a while. They are so sweet to Isaiah, He is so lucky to have so many people that love him.

Ike in his new shades. He knew right what to do with them.

Baby Wesley has arrived!

2008-06-04T20:11:00.000-07:00

We have been so excited for Cameron's Sister Lindsay to give birth to her second baby! He is so cute and we are so glad that he arrived safely! Lindsay looks great and Avery doesn't seem to mind the extra attention being taken away from her. We love them!

Farewell Washington!

2008-06-04T20:03:00.000-07:00

This was the day we were leaving My mom and Dad's to come back home we miss everyone and hope to visit again soon. I love my Parent's house because it was where I grew up and I will always love it.

Happy Birthday Mom and Jessica!

2008-06-04T19:38:00.000-07:00

It was so fun! While I was up in washington My sister Neeley threw a birthday party for my mom and sister in law, Jessica. We had a BBQed salmon, the family baked beans, and yummy cake. Best meal of my life. This is me with my gorgeous lil' sis Sharsti.

My Beautiful sister in law, Sarah and her Fourth baby, Ethan.

My Nephew Max, What a handsome little devil.

The four Sisters, they are some of my most favorite people on this earth I love spending time with them. And they are all so Pretty!

The Two Birthday girls! What can I say, there are just really ridiculously good looking people in my family.

Just having a blast at the party! Party animals!

This looked like so much fun I wished I would have brought my swim suit.

My Mom and Layla

Ike thought aunt Neeley's was heaven! He got his own tray, bib, table and sippee cup!

This is me and my Grandma Dickson. She is the sweetest, cutest, most special women. I want to be just like her. I love her and was glad that I could spend some time with her as well.

Trip to Washington

2008-06-04T19:00:00.000-07:00

This time that I went to seattle I took lots more pictures this picture of the space needle was taken on an earlier trip but I thought it was appropriate for this blog.

We always have so much fun when we go visit my family. Ike was trying to be like baby Layla and crawl with her.

Baby Layla is so darn cute!

The weather was pretty nice when we were there and the kids had a pool party at grandma's house Baby Ethan, Emma, Isaac, and Ike.

Ruby took advantage of the nice weather as well, by sporting her cheetah swim suit. It was featured in this year's sports illustrated swim suit addition.

The Kids out playing my mom's super fun back yard.

Ike kept trying to climb down the moss/slug infested stairs at my mom's. No offense, moss and slugs are just very common.

Aunt Neeley pushing Ike, Ruby, and max on the swings. seconds before disaster struck and max jumped off his swing and it hit Ike in the Face at full speed. No hurt feelings though, we knew it was an accident.

Ike was playing in bowls filled with water at my mom's house before she got the built in swimming pool.(aka the wading pool featured in the previous pictures.)

Ike is such a baller, he was on the "skins" team.

Racing his car down grandma's slide!

My beautiful Niece, Miss Bayley Colleen Reed!

Ruby and Ike playing in the play house. Well they were kinda having an argument over who was to cook dinner.

Ruby looking out the playhouse window.

Jordan's Graduation!

2008-06-04T18:32:00.000-07:00

Well it has been such a long time sense I have blogged but I can't pass up brag, I mean blogging about my older brother Jordan graduating from law school! We were all so excited for Jordan!

Neeley and Daryl couldn't wait to stand up and cheer for him! It was funny though, we really went nuts when they called his name I think everyone thought we were drunk or something.

My Dad and my brothers, I love them and I am so proud of them all!

My family, what a lovely bunch.

I just thought it was so cool that they had people playing the bag pipes while the graduates were walking out.

Joel, Bree and Tanner are all so excited for Jordan to come out they are just itching.

My cute little parents. They are so proud of all that Jordan has accomplished.

Happy Anniversary!

2008-05-07T11:57:00.000-07:00

It is our third wedding anniversary today! I love Cameron so much and have never been happier! We love our life together and I couldn't ask for a better husband and father to our son!

Here we are when we were engaged.

This was our first Halloween together. I was supposed to be Tina Turner if you were wondering. Oh, and we were just friends at this point. You gotta love cam's costume.

This was at a BYU football game, we were still just friends at this point but it's so funny how young we look. Cam looks 12.

This was in the Bahamas on our honey moon! So fun! I love you cam!

Ice cream cone!

2008-05-06T20:53:00.000-07:00

Ike takes after his mom, and loves eating ice cream!

Big boy licks!

"No Ike, Don't run around with it, you might..."

"Drop it."

Uh oh so sad.

Noodle Head!

2008-05-06T20:42:00.000-07:00

Ike is a noodle head! Here he is in the top of the closet shelf thinking he is so silly. And then we had mac'n'cheese for lunch. He has had it only a few times but loves it! So, about an hour after lunch I notice he has a macaroni noodle stuck in his fro. Ha ha I kept wanting to sing Yankee doodle for some reason. Oh and then he was mad when I chased him around the house trying to get it out. Most likely one of my most interesting/best blogs ever, I know.

I have been tagged

2008-04-24T18:14:00.000-07:00

Okay so I have been tagged, here goes...

Hubby Tag!
1.What's his name? Cameron

2.How long have you been together?

Three years and 8 months counting dating and engagement.

3.How long did you date?

About eight months I think. Well, it's funny because I think Cam thought we were dating before I did. So maybe longer depending on who you ask.

4.Who eats more? Cam has me beat I have to say, but not by much. I really love to eat.

5.Who said "I love you" first?

Cameron did. Only he said and I quote " I think I'm in love with you."

6.Who is taller? Cameron by far. I am a midget.

7.Who sings better? This is a hard one, we both love to rock out in the car but I think I have to give props to my man cam.

8. Who is smarter? Is it smarter or more smart? I wouldn't know because cam's got me beat on that one too. Although every once in a while I can prove him wrong and I love it when that happens.

9. Who does the laundry?

ME and Only ME. Cam did wash a load while I was out of town because he ran out of clean underwear though.

10.Who does the dishes? Once again, ME! Thats okay though I don't mind.

11.Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Cameron does. I make him. I feel bad that he has no choice but I always have to sleep on the side by the door. (I'm weird)

13.Who mows the lawn? HOA people. It's so nice. I wouldn't know how.

14.Who cooks dinner? I do. I love to cook. Cam doesn't, but he does do cafe rio runs really good.

15.Who drives when you are together? Cam does. I am the worst driver in the world how did I ever get my license?

16.Who is more stubborn? Um Cameron by far. But there are a few things that I don't budge on and i guess I can be pretty stubborn at times as well.

17. Who ask who out first? Cam did, I said "No." the first two times. Ha ha but I am glad I finally said yes. Third times a charm.

19.Who proposed? Cameron. On New Years day.

20.Who is more sensitive? ME! I hate it too. I wish I just would just be like "alright cool" and walk away but no I always get mad over stupid stuff. I have never even seen cameron cry. I wish I had so I wouldn't feel so dumb when I do it.( like every day)

21.Who has more friends? Well if you can count cousins, me. But if not, cameron. I'm a bit of a loser. ha ha

22.Who has more siblings? Cameron does. He has eight kids in his family and two step sisters. I have seven.

23. Who wears the pants in the family? I hate this question. I think we both do. Some days him some days me.

Well there you have it I tag Neeley, Jessica Steveson, Liz (if you haven't done this one already), Emily, and oh I don't know will ya? ... Taylor. Just copy my questions and answer them on your blog so I don't feel like a fool.

Ben Folds Concert!

2008-04-24T17:33:00.000-07:00

So, yeah Cameron and I Met with our friends Andy and Ginger at a Ben Folds Concert. We went with Cam's brother Ben and his brother Jon was there as well. It was really fun! Ben Folds plays the piano so well it was amazing to watch his hands they were just a big blur because he was playing so fast. If you are wondering why there are no pics of cam's bro's they ditched us to get a little closer to the stage.

Ben Folds in the the one in the red shirt on the piano. (If you didn't figure that out already)

Cameron and I just about to get the mosh pit going.

Ginger and I, we are just too wild!

The lovely Andy and Ginger.

Look at the guy behind us ha ha.

Trip to Seattle

2008-04-24T17:20:00.000-07:00

I feel really bad because I didn't take hardly any pictures while I was in Seattle but here are some from a photo shoot I tried to do with Ike I my little niece Layla. Ike didn't want to be anywhere near her so this is all I could come up with. Anyway, I had so much fun while I was there and I think that is why there are no photos because I was having to much fun to pull out the camera! I think Isaiah had the most fun. He played on grandma's swing set and in her playhouse all week long. I am going back in a few weeks and I promise to take more pictures.

2008-04-09T16:37:00.000-07:00

My two Jazz Fans! We went to the Jazz game on friday! They played the San Antonio Spurs and smoked them! It was so funny because if you didn't know already cam is a big time Jazz fan, But I think Isaiah is an even bigger one! When we got there he was yelling GO JAZZ! When the crowd would say "oh" He would be like "almost." We had tons of fun, Ike and Cam both had to get a shirt.

My New House

2008-04-03T08:04:00.000-07:00

Family Room
Entry way
Ike's room
Our master Bedroom

Neeley has been wanting me to put pictures of my new house on my blog so anyway here they are. I haven't done any decorating, but it has been really fun so far just living in a new place.

Day at the Tree house

2008-04-02T21:33:00.000-07:00

Charlie and Ike's arm.

This weekend was really fun! My friend Liz and her nephew Charlie came with us to the children's museum called "The Tree House." It was really cute there was a fire truck and a music room and a train room. There was so much stuff for the kids to do. I was sad that I didn't manage to get any pictures with Ike and Charlie next to each other because Ike kept running around like crazy! Anyway, thanks Liz for thinking of such a fun Idea!

2008-03-27T17:50:00.001-07:00

Easter egg hunt

2008-03-27T17:32:00.000-07:00

We went to the neighborhood easter egg hunt and Ike had so much fun! He picked up two eggs and his third one popped open and he discovered that there was candy inside. So that was the end he just wanted to sit and eat candy!

2008-03-27T16:53:00.000-07:00

I am still really new to this whole blog jazz. So you all are more than welcome to make fun of how ghetto this all is, but oh well.