Friddle Family

baby update

2009-07-10T11:51:00.002-06:00

Well, amongst all of the craziness that has been going on we did find out yesterday taht we will have a grandson in December. We are thrilled for Michelle and Jacob and excited for this wonderful blessing that will come.

Mothers Day

2009-05-15T13:51:00.002-06:00

So last year on Mothers Day we got the wonderful news from Cameron and Cary that they were going to give us a grandbaby. We absolutely love being grandparents and Kylie is just the cutest she could be. Well, this Mothers Day we got another surprise. Michelle and Jacob announced that they are going to give us another grandbaby. She is 11 weeks pregnant now and is due on December 2nd. We just are so excited to be receiving another grandchild. We couldn't believe how long they kept it a secret from us. They have known since April 5th and all this time didn't even let on to the good news. Michelle was laughing about our Moab trip and how she was sure it was going to be given away while we were there. She even reminded me of what I told her as we were hiking up to delicate arch. I said that next year we would be doing this again unless she was pregnant. She said that she was grumbling in her mind "I am doing this now and I am pregnant". We are so excited for them and for us to get a new grandbaby.

Moab

2009-04-27T13:25:00.000-06:00

We just returned from our annual Moab trip. This year we were able to have the entire family join us for fun and the car show in Moab. We arrived Thursday night after a long drive, and checked into our hotel room which would eventually hold 10 people. How we all managed to fit in there is beyond me. Thankfully it was a large room. It had 3 queen beds and an area were Nik and Keren had an inflatable mattress.

On Friday Tory, Christopher, Cameron, Carly, Kylie, Michelle, Jacob & I drove through Arches National Park. It was a nice windy day. Cameron, Carly, Michelle, Jacob & I hiked up a not stroller friendly hill to see delicate arch. We didn't do the whole hike that day just one to a look out point. Because it was not stroller friendly Cameron and Jacob carried the stroller up parts of it. Kylie loved it. She was like a queen. She would smile nice and big when they picked the whole stroller up with her in it. That night Nik and Keren arrived and we had dinner at a wonderful restaurant that we usually go to. It was great to have the whole family there.

Saturday was the car show. We had the 67 and 07 Shelby's on display in a park with hundreds of other cars. Some of the Friddle fam came to see the car show and hang around with us. Most of the day was really nice weather but as the car show was winding down it started to rain. When we got back to the hotel Michelle and I went to the store for BBQ supplies. The hotel had some nice gas grills available to guests that we took advantage of. Hot dogs and rotisserie chicken were the menu items.

On Sunday Cameron, Carly, Kylie, Christopher and Tory took off in the morning for the drive home while Nik, Keren, Jacob, Michelle and I hiked up to delicate arch. It was a cool day so thankfully we weren't dying of heat. We all made it up to the top and got some great pictures. The hike is well worth the effort.
Here are some pictures of our trip.

1 month

2009-01-19T11:37:00.000-07:00

Kylie is now a month old. She is growing fast and doing great. Her proud mom has taken some cute pictures that are posted above. Hope you enjoy them as much as we do.

Engagement

2009-01-05T17:01:00.000-07:00

With the new year comes some new changes. We are happy to announce that Nik is engaged to Keren. They will be getting married on March 14th 2009 in the Bountiful Temple with a reception to follow. More information on that to come soon.

Kylie Loree Friddle

2008-12-22T13:14:00.000-07:00

Cameron and Carly Friddle delivered their first baby girl "Kylie Loree Friddle" on Friday December 19 at 1249. She weighed in at 7 lbs 15 ounces and is 22 inches long. Everyone is doing well and we are the very proudest of "Grandparents"

Happy Thanksgiving

2008-11-28T14:41:00.000-07:00

We hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday. I know we sure did. It was a busy day with 45 people coming to share our Thanksgiving dinner with us. We had a lot of fun catching up with family and just spending time together. We missed having Grandma and Susan with us.
It was fun to see Jeri and her family again. They have been living in Canada for last couple of years and are now residents of Colorado. She has a cute little baby that I enjoyed cuddling.
The food turned out well. Thank you to everyone who helped out with it. Michelle vows that she will never make rolls again. She made 10 dozen for Thanksgiving dinner.
We are grateful for our wonderful family and friends, for good health, and this land we live in.

Home from Russia

2008-10-23T09:27:00.009-06:00

Nik is finally home!! After two years of missionary service in Rostov Russia Nik has returned. He looks great, a little pale, but great. Last night around 8:30 pm we picked him up at the airport. It wasn't a quick pick up either.
We were waiting at the airport in the baggage claim area with two other families for Nik and the other missionaries to come down the stairs. As we waited we saw passengers arrive from the Atlanta flight they were on. We continued to wait and we saw the pilots came down the stairs. One of the pilots asked if we were waiting for passengers from the Atlanta flight and we told him yes. He then informed us that they, the pilots, were the last off the plane but assured us that Nik and the other two missionaries were on the flight and that perhaps they were just in the bathroom. So we waited some more. Finally after there had been a lull in the people coming down the stairs we saw the three missionaries. It was like they planned on posing for their grand entrance, all smiles as the escalator brought them down. Us moms were the first to break the ranks and run to our sons to receive the long awaited hug. Tears, smiles and hugs were shared as we greeted him home.
Once we got the luggage we took Nik straight to the stake presidents office to be released. He reported on his mission. What a great missionary he was. The respect he had for the service and the love he had for the people (mostly) was evident. It took an hour for him to report and we loved every minute as he took us through a brief synopsis of his time there.
When we finally got him home one of his first phone calls was to Keren, his girlfriend. I think she was more excited to see him than anyone, except me of course.
It is so wonderful to have him home and safe. We are now going to spend our day at the doctors and dentist to make sure that we kill any bugs that were making him sick and that his teeth are ok.

Bump Watch

2008-10-13T10:33:00.004-06:00

Here is the lasted up-date on Carly dated 10/12/08

Hello again! Here is the update for our visit last Thursday with the doc. So I have finally started gaining weight and the grand total for this month is.... 2 pounds. I promise I've been eating & have even tried fluffling by having more snacks (even chocolate). I guess it's helped a little. My doc said as long as I keep going up a little bit instead of down then he won't worry. He measured my belly & I'm exactly 29 cm which is where I should be for 29 wks along. He was very happy about that. So the ultrasound still showed she was a girl so I can still keep looking at the pink stuff in the store. We could see all four chambers of the heart beating. It was slower now at 130 beats a minute. But the heart looked really good. So did the spine. We saw her two little feet & legs & arms again. At one point it looked like she was sucking her thumb, it was cute. She was head down, but she still has a lot of room to move in there so she's not stuck in that position yet.The last few days I have been feeling pretty yucky. My doc reminded me to keep drinking a lot so I don't have contractions too early & have to be admitted to the hospital. So the top shelf of our fridge is jam packed with drinks so I don't get dehydrated. I'm starting to feel better today & hope it was just a bug...We are both getting really excited. I can feel her move a lot more now. I'm hoping Cam can feel her soon.

As of now Cameron still hasn't been able to feel the baby kick or move but the other day he did feel her head poking into the side of Carlys stomach. Michelle and Tory have been placing bets on when the baby will arrive. Michelle says it will be the 23rd of December and Tory says it will be the 3rd of January. We will just have to continue to wait and see.

Welcome

2008-10-07T12:34:00.004-06:00

Welcome to the all new Friddle Family Blog. We wanted to get this started to make it easier for people to see what we are up to. Blogging is new to us so be patient as we learn and start to enjoy the process. We hope that you will check back regularly for new post and new pictures.
Sincerely,
Kim & Tory Friddle