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Aren't these the cutest leggings ever???





Besides wanting to show everyone those cute leggings (courtesy of my Auntie Denise), I decided maybe I should update what is going on in our lives. So here it is, an update on the members in the Payne household...

Casey (AKA Daddy, Dada, and Case)
- Working over 40 hours a week at Cole Chevrolet
- Taking 16 credits of Business classes at ISU
- Comes home at night and tries to study... unfortunately he usually doesn't get to start that until after 9:00 when the little princess (AKA Olivia) goes to bed.
- Entertains/plays with/chases around the little princess
- Celebrated 3 wonderful years of marriage to his wife on September 8th
- Got a beautiful new dining room table for his anniversary and dinner at Chili's
- The little extra time he has, he tries to make visits to people in the ward for his calling.
- As you can see, my poor husband runs, runs, runs, all day. He works so hard but still makes time to have fun and be a great daddy and husband.

Kristi (AKA Mommy, Mama, and Kris)
- Working only about 15 hours a week at Syringa Wireless
- Only taking 9 credits of education classes at ISU (which I LOVE...not ISU, just my classes)
- Chases/cleans up/entertains/bathes/plays with/etc the all ready named princess the majority of my days.
- LOVES that I get to chase/clean up/entertain/bathe/play with/etc the all ready named princess the majority of my days!
- Celebrated 3 wonderful years of marriage to my husband on September 8th
- Got a beautiful new dining room table for my anniversary and dinner at Chili's (can you tell we did joint gifts?)
- Looking forward to student teaching in the Spring and going to find out where I get to go in about 6 weeks!


Little princess (AKA Olivia, Liv, Livie, Olive Oil, Willis, and Lou Lou)
- Is getting TOO big TOO fast
- Now has 4 teeth (3 on bottom and 1 on top) and about 4 that are going to be making their debut very soon.
- Does not walk but RUNS every where (she gets this from her dad, I guess when he was little he ran every where too)
- Is still silly and goofy and already has a great sense of humor
- Says many words including hi, hello, Dad, Mom, Lou Lou, blue, yellow, red, Angel, Dex, flower, hot, cheese, teeth, eyes, and a couple of others that are not completely clear but we know what she is trying to say
- Still loves her books and reads them all day
- Can get herself up and down Grandma's couch... thank goodness ours is still a little too tall for her
- Knows what her head, toes, eyes, and tongue are
- Still gets babysat by Grandpa Randy while Mom is in class on Mondays and by Grandma Terri when Mom is at work.
- Climbs the stairs at church and then bangs on the door to the Nursery... man, I can't wait until she is 18 months!!
- Still has her Mommy, Daddy, Grandparents, Aunt, and Uncle wrapped around her little finger!!!



Livie "helping" Grandpa with his pontoon boat