playgrounds and chicken fights

While my all-too-smart little bro Brian is in town from Philadelphia Nathan's family have been coming up a lot to see him. Grandpa, grandma, uncle Brian, Nathan's kids, Kate, and I took a little walk after dinner one night. Kate valiantly tried to keep up with her cousins. Little ducks in a row...We stopped for a bit at the playground and had some fun on the slides and swings.

Of course there's my daughter who prefers the dump trucks...

On the way home the kids decided they needed to be put on some shoulders. Kate, who usually doesn't want to be up on shoulders, decided she would allow herself to be on my shoulders since her cousins were up there... uncle Brian was running with Meghan and Grant was upset that he was being beat in the race, so he insisted on switching to uncle Brian's shoulders. It didn't pay off though. Meghan and grandpa took home the grand prize. Grant wasn't too happy about it.

afternoon in the gardens

kate, grandma and i went to temple square to take some pictures of her in the beautiful gardens. the flowers were in full bloom! kate fell off a little ledge and grandma caught her with her leg (go grandma) but other than that she was absolutely lovely. she waved to the tourists like a little parade beauty queen, followed kids around, and tried to pick all the flowers. we had a grand time.

doodads and such'n'such

april, as most other months, was full of many interesting moments. how could it be otherwise with a little fireball like kate after all. there was the day of chocolate... yes, she looks suspiciously like the bearded lady but it really is just chocolate.

this is the best bedhead i think i've ever seen, impressive given the very small quantity of hair she has.

kate has gotten significantly better with the cats over the past month; she has learned how to pet them and they, in turn, have stopped bolting at first sight of her. she especially likes maggie. the affection is not normally returned...