Keeping Up With The Willden's

The Latest Happenings

2011-05-17T17:28:00.000-07:00

Well, we are quite the busy little family these days. Cameron just finished his first year of his Masters program, and found out today that he passed his unbelievably hard comprehensive exams. I'm so proud of all his diligent studying and perseverance. One more year of school to go! I am still working full time at Utah Valley Radiology. If you haven't already heard (hopefully you have) we are expecting a new little addition to our family in July, so I'm feeling very large these days. Katelyn is going to be a big sister to her little brother, James Connor Willden. We named him after my Grandpa Connors, and yes, his nickname is Jimmer (per Cameron's request). Here are a couple of prego pics.

28 weeks & 32 weeks

Here is what the crib looks like:

I had a wonderful Mother's day thanks to my sweet husband and this little munchkin:

The next couple of months will be busy and our lives will be changing soon. We're very excited!

A Day in the Life of a One Year Old

2010-10-17T14:04:00.000-07:00

Well, its been a while since I've blogged about anything because I always wait until there's something interesting to share with everyone. There hasn't been anything super interesting going on lately so I'll just share a little bit about what my sweet Katelyn has been up to. She is growing up so fast and learning new things every day:)

Katelyn just recently figured out that she can now climb into and out of things. The first thing that she got into was her toy bucket.

IN

OUT

She also likes to get into this big basket that we have in the living room. But she can't get out of that, so she gets pretty upset.

When Dad leaves his hats lying around she likes to wear them. Very fashionable.

One of her latest obsessions is with balls. As long as she can throw or kick it, its AWESOME! She really likes to go outside with her dad when he's kicking the soccer ball around.

This cute little girl also has a healthy interest in shoes. What can I say? She's all girl. She comes to me all the time with her favorite Nike's and wants me to put them on her. This picture was taken on a Sunday so she's looking especially stylin' with her dress and sneakers. Cameron said that she looks all ready to go to Walmart:)

She's getting really good at using her imagination. She loves to stir things and pretend to eat it. And she always shares with mommy and daddy.

These are just some of the things that this little munchkin is up to. She keeps us on our toes, and is, what we like to call, a funny little person.

Summer Time Fun

2010-08-13T19:30:00.000-07:00

This summer has been quite eventful and we've had a lot of fun! Katelyn turned 1 year old on July 22 and is still the sweetest little girl there ever was:) Between her toothy grin and her wobbly walk, she is stinkin' cute and so much fun!

A couple of weeks ago we went on a trip to Wisconsin for a Willden family reunion. It was a long, crazy trip, but I believe that fun was had by all:)

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!!

2010-07-04T07:17:00.000-07:00

We had a lot of fun yesterday celebrating the 4th! Cameron decided to make the dessert for our family BBQ. This was his very first attempt at making a cake, and I think it turned out great:)
Grandma Willden got Katelyn a very cute 4th of July outfit, so of course we had to have a photo shoot!:)

As soon as I found out that Carrie Underwood was performing at Stadium of Fire this year, I told Cameron that we HAVE to go. So we did, and it was a lot of fun!

Little munchkin slept through Carrie Underwood's concert AND the fireworks! She's such a cutie!

Spring '10

2010-05-18T21:09:00.000-07:00

Well, our little family has been quite busy the last couple of months. We moved to a new apartment the beginning of April. We're happy with our new place and enjoy the extra space.

Cameron graduated from BYU and my family came up from AZ to celebrate with us. We had a great time!

We also got a new addition to our family!

We adopted a four month old kitty. We named him Rooney (well, Cameron actually named him). He's a good little cat and Katelyn absolutely LOVES him!

I also celebrated my very first Mother's Day! Nine months ago I became a mommy and have loved every minute of it! It's the greatest calling in the world:) Cameron was very sweet and made me breakfast that morning. I was then showered with cards, gifts, and kisses:)

The day after Mother's Day Cameron and I celebrated our two year wedding anniversary:) We dropped Katelyn off at her grandparent's house (many thanks!) and went on a much needed date; just the two of us. I'm so lucky to be married to my best friend!

My favorite picture of my little baby doll

2010-03-09T18:54:00.000-08:00

Trip to Cali

2010-02-16T16:27:00.000-08:00

We were lucky enough to be able to take a short trip to California this past weekend! Cameron's good friend Ben was having his wedding reception in Cameron's hometown of Bakersfield so we decided to make a fun little vacation out of it. We visited Hollywood on our first night, and the day of the wedding reception went to Santa Monica Pier before heading for Bakersfield that evening. Here are a few picks of our fun adventure.

Merry Christmas!!

2009-12-14T19:07:00.000-08:00

We hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and happy New Year!

Halloween '09

2009-10-30T14:17:00.001-07:00

This year we all went to the pumpkin patch to pick out our pumpkins!

Who you gonna call? GHOST BUSTERS!

Vegas Weekend

2009-10-11T20:33:00.000-07:00

This weekend we went to Las Vegas to see our Cougars take on UNLV. While there, we also visited "the strip" (can be kinda scary and at times just gross). We watched the water show in front of the Bellagio, had frozen hot chocolates at Serendipity 3, and got some M&M's at M&M World. Katelyn was such a good girl the whole night! Also, because of the fabulous weather, we were able to take a little dip in our hotel pool.

BYU murderlized the Rebels, 59-21. It was a great game and we all had a fun time:)

Go Cougars!

2009-09-27T11:07:00.000-07:00

This little girl is so good at the BYU football games!

We are a BYU football family and Katelyn must have known that from the beginning because we've never had any problems taking her to the games with us. How lucky are we?

Blessing Day

2009-09-21T16:01:00.000-07:00

Katelyn was blessed by her daddy on September 6th. It was a beautiful blessing and she was such a good girl! We were so lucky to have our family and friends there to support us:) We love you all!

Our Little Sweetie

2009-08-24T11:44:00.000-07:00

Katelyn is really starting to develop a cute personality. She smiles a lot lately and has been "talking" too! She had her first experience in the pool a couple of days ago (only lasted a few minutes before she started to fuss). We are having so much fun with her around:)

More Baby pics!

2009-08-06T14:49:00.000-07:00

We took Katelyn to have professional newborn pictures taken last week. She is one week old in these pictures and they turned out great! What a sweetheart:) We love her very much!

Brand New Baby Katelyn!

2009-07-26T22:46:00.000-07:00

Katelyn is here!! This is Cameron writing in place of Summer. We have a baby girl that weighed 9 lbs. 4 oz. and 20 inches long. She is a rather large baby!! We'll post some pictures below so you all can see her.

She already loves her binkies and loves to be on her tummy. She even lifts her own head up off your chest when you're holding her. She makes the cutest little noises. Katelyn also is a wiggler!

Here are some pictures of our little one:

Almost there!

2009-06-07T13:55:00.000-07:00

Yep, the time is fast approaching! But not fast enough for Cameron:) He wants Katelyn to be here NOW! I'm at 34 weeks with 6 weeks to go. We're just about ready for her, though. Her nursery is all ready and the last thing left to do is get the hospital bags packed..

We're so excited! Ready or not, here she comes:)

Let's Celebrate!

2009-05-10T20:24:00.000-07:00

Today I got to celebrate two very special things!

The first, of course, is that it's Mother's Day:) And this year is very different than past years because this year I not only got to celebrate my amazing mother, but I am a "soon to be mother". My husband was very sweet and bought me a beautiful corsage to wear to church, as well as a lovely bouquet of flowers! I'm so excited to be a mommy soon!

I have a beautiful, wonderful mother. She has shown me what it means to be a good and loving mom. I love her very much!

A year ago to day I was able to marry my best friend! This year has been wonderful! I love Cameron even more now than I did then, and feel so lucky to have him for time and all eternity as my husband:)

Baby update & Easter fun:)

2009-04-26T16:43:00.000-07:00

Yes, I'm finally back to update everyone on how we've been doing over the past month. Cam and I had a great Easter, spent at the Willden home in Lehi. Even though all us kids are all grown up we still had a traditional Easter egg hunt in the back yard, and we all cleaned up! In addition to receiving candy, each one of us got a few fun gift cards. One of the cards that I received was to, where else, Babies'R'Us:) I was very excited about that because that is one of my favorite stores at the moment.

I also put together an Easter basket for Cameron. I put a cute little pink bunny in it (okay its not for Cameron, its for Katelyn). I guess that you can say it was more for practice for next year:). Cam actually helped me pick it out. It matches the nursery perfectly.

The nursery is slowly coming together.

The baby and I are doing great! I am 28 weeks today and can't believe that I only have a couple more months to go! Every week Cam lets me know about how much longer we have until Katelyn arrives:) He can't wait to meet his little girl!

Here are a couple of prego pics. The first one is at 24 weeks, and the second is 28.

Well, that should do it for now. I'll keep ya updated on the next couple of exciting months ahead:)

Check out the ultrasound!

2009-03-18T21:14:00.000-07:00

The ultrasound video is now up and and ready for viewing:) Just go back a couple of posts ago.

Hmmmmm...

2009-03-04T22:10:00.000-08:00

Well apparently the video that I tried to post didn't work out. Sorry everyone:( I'll figure out how to get it on here and post it later.

Fun baby stuff!

2009-03-04T20:29:00.000-08:00

So I thought that I'd update everyone on the latest baby happenings:)

Cam and I bought our first crib a few weeks ago. It was so exciting and Cameron had a good time putting it together!

A couple of weeks later we got the crib bedding. So cute (and so girly)! I also bought a couple of outfits and Cam's mom got us some really cute onsies:)

This is me at 20 weeks pregnant. Just a little baby bump.

Little Katelyn's very first video.

Our Little Lady's First Pictures

2009-02-09T19:50:00.000-08:00

Cameron and I found out today that we are having a little girl! It was so fun to actually see pictures of her. It took a while for the ultrasound tech to figure out that she 's a girl because her legs were crossed, like a modest little lady:) I think that she was taking a little nap too because she seemed annoyed that we were trying to get her to move.

Katelyn's profile

Tiny feet.

Her tiny hand

25 ThingsYou Might Not Know About Me

2009-02-04T16:57:00.000-08:00

This was a little note that was started on Facebook but I thought that it would be more fun to put it on my blog:) So here it goes:

My parents named me Summer even though I was born in the fall.
I was in the Price is Right audience a few years ago.
I have a talent for tap dancing.
I've been skydiving.
I'm going to be a mommy in July:)
There are 14 years between me and my little sister.
I started coloring my hair when I was 15 but have NEVER gone blonde.
I was in my high school's Junior Miss Pageant.
I was Smurfette for Halloween last year (possibly my best costume ever).
I love pickles!
I marched in the 2001 Rose Bowl Parade as a colorguard in my high school marching band.
My favorite smell is citrus.
Someday I want to get a Labrador Retriever.
When I was 8 years old I played Jane Banks in a dance production of Mary Poppins.
My favorite candies are Jelly Bellies.
My great, great, great, great grandfather is Brigham Young.
I love to laugh (HA HA HA HA!)
I am very ticklish:)
I really enjoy musicals, especially the old ones.
I met my husband in my singles ward (go fig!).
I grew up in Arizona and love the warm weather.
I have a double jointed right thumb (its genetic).
I've had braces twice:(
I will be giving birth in the same hospital that I was born in (Utah Valley Regional).
I love my family and would do anything for them:)

Christmas Adventures

2009-01-03T10:09:00.000-08:00

Christmas this year was fun and eventful. Cameron and I traveled to Az to spend the holiday with the Young's this year, and really enjoyed a break from the snowy weather! But before we left we were able to celebrate an early Christmas with the Willden's. Marcel & Mary rented a cabin near Heber where we spent a couple of days.

What a fun family we are!!

We were able to visit the Mesa temple lights. So beautiful!

One of the activities that my mom has been wanting to do for years is have a gingerbread house making contest. Little did we know that the competition was fierce! We all paired up and created some pretty amazing masterpieces:)

Decorating the Christmas tree!

Cameron, Samantha, and I took a little trip to the Phoenix Zoo. It was great weather so a lot of the animals were out and about. Cam was having a good time filming the whole thing:)

Christmas eve at Grandma Young's house

Everybody gets new pajamas! Woo hoo!
Cameron got Batman pj's (I think that he was hoping for a cape to go with it). I got some Smurfette pj's. My mom thought of me as soon as she saw them since I was Smurfette for Halloween this year;)

We all took a little day trip to Tombstone (this was per Cam's request). We enjoyed seeing all of the historical sites where Wyatt Earp and Doc Holiday once stood. The crazy thing was that it snowed while we were there. Snow in southern Arizona? It can happen!

Mom decided that it would be a good idea to take some family photos while everyone was together this year. We all got dressed up and went to Freestone park to take some cute pics!

Well, this Christmas really was quite the adventure! Cam and I had so much fun visiting with all of our families and feel blessed to have such wonderful people in our lives! We love you all!

2009-01-02T20:26:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone! Even though most of you have already heard our exciting news I think an official announcement is appropriate, so here it is:

WE'RE HAVING A BABY!

Yes, its true! I could hardly believe it myself:) I am about 12 weeks along and the due date is July 18. Cameron and I found out mid November, but decided to wait until Christmas time to tell our families. That was really hard to do since I was sick for a few weeks (I think some people were suspicious). I'm on some nausea meds now, so I am feeling much better these days. I had my first doctor appointment on Dec 30 and we were able to hear the baby's heart beat. It was so cool! The doc says that everything is looking good:) I'll try to keep everyone updated with baby news. Cam and I are so excited to start our family!

Halloween Fun

2008-11-01T10:12:00.000-07:00

Halloween this year was fun, not to mention very successful. My office had a costume contest and I won with my impressive take on Smurfette. Do you remember the Smurfs? That was one of my very favorite cartoons growing up, but there are few little kids these days who even know who they are. Anyway, the prize was a $50.00 gift certificate to the restaurant of my choice (of course, I have to consult with Cameron on that one since he will be my date). And every person that dressed up received two movie tickets. All my preperation paid off (and it was FUN!).

Cameron is an AMAZING pumpkin carver and created some pretty awesome masterpieces this year. We are big fans of the TV show The Offfice, so he carved Dwight Schrute into a pumpkin. He also did all three members of the First Presidency. That one pretty much blew everyone away! He also carved some of our favorite characters from some hit movies of this year. The Hulk and the Joker. I'm pretty sure that we'll always have the coolest pumpkins on the block:)

Candy Apple Night

2008-10-23T17:15:00.000-07:00

The two of us decided that it would be fun to make candy apples last night! Kinda messy, but very TASTY!

Weezer Concert

2008-10-08T20:53:00.000-07:00

Cam and I have been waiting to go to this concert for months now and it finally came!! Cameron is a HUGE Weezer fan and would drop everything if he had the chance to go to their concert. It was well worth the wait! We had a BLAST! Our seats were about fifteen rows up on the right side of the stage, but just after the concert started we decided to head down and stand at the bottom of the stairs for the rest of the show. No one seemed to mind and it was such an amazing view of the stage so we were able to get some sweet pictures of Rivers Cuomo and rest of the band. They sounded great and they were so entertaining. We'll definately be going to their concert again the next time they are in town:)

Peach Days in Brigham City

2008-09-12T21:09:00.000-07:00

On Saturday Sept. 6th Brigham City, UT had it's Peach Days festivities. Cameron's mom grew up there and a lot of family were in town so we decided to take a trip up there for the day. There was a parade in the morning and a carnival in the afternoon. We had a lot of fun hanging out and spending time with our family.

2008-08-23T20:44:00.000-07:00

Cameron and I were married on May 10, 2008 in the Mesa, Arizona temple. It was a beautiful ceremony and a lovely reception. We were both so happy to be able to share the most important day of our lives with our family and friends!

We've arrived!

2008-08-23T20:36:00.000-07:00

Well, looks like I've finally been convinced to set up a blog page! Who woulda' thunk?! I'll try my best to keep everyone updated on the "glamorous" life of Cameron and Summer:)