Meet Miss Bentlie

As many of you may know we had a loss in our little growing family...
Our puppy Harlie was put down after a bad accident.

I had a very hard time with that and felt like a huge chunk of my life was missing, if anyone has every had a puppy before you know that they become a huge part of your life with all the attention and potty training, pooper scooping and so forth.

It was coming to a time that I really felt like I needed a baby because technically, I lost mine. Well Chase started to panic a little and lo and behold he surprised me with a new baby....


Meet Miss Bentlie (no we do not have a fascination with naming our pets after vehicles, it just happened that way)
Bentlie is now 8 weeks old and has been part of our life for almost 2 weeks. She loves to army crawl under the coffee table, hide under the bed when it is time to go in the basement and chase her little stub of a tail. She is still pretty young and gets really scared/sad when she is alone. We have had a lot of fun with her so far and welcome her into our home.

Tag Your it!

1. Where is your cell phone? On the coffee table.
2. Your hair? down, straight, with a dang cute black headband.
3. Your mother? hard working, creative and determined
4. Your father? patient, understanding and loving
5. Your favorite food? Anything Spicy
6. Your dream last night? Dang I can't remember.
7. Your favorite drink? Diet Dr Pepper soon to become water again
8. Your dream/goal? To continue to move up in the company I work for, have some mini Nortons and live happily ever after.
9. What room are you in? Family room aka the TV room.
10. Your hobby? Running, boating and I am starting to get into making crafts.
11. Your fear? Losing my husband
12. Where do you want to be in six years? A mommy of a couple of kids, a part time Events Coordinator at Zrii, and possibly in a new home (although I'm loving the one I'm in)
13. Where were you last night? Watching the Ugly Truth with my husband.
14. Something you aren’t? Patient!
15. Muffins? Almond Poppyseed from Costco.
16. Wish list item? New Car, a baby and summer!
17. Where did you grow up? Draper, roaming the neighborhood barefoot with my childhood friends.
18. Last thing you did? Rescued my yelping puppy then took her out in the freezing cold to wait for her to do her thing!
19. What are you wearing? Black dress with leggings (typical outfit of mine)
20. TV? Off, but I love the Office and House.
21. Your pets? Bentlie and the late Miss Harlie
22. Your friends? Girls
23. Your life? Very Blessed.
24. Your mood? Excited because Chase just got home!
25. Missing someone? My sister and Niece
26. Vehicle? Mazda 3 yo!
27. Something you’re not wearing? Earings (I really wish I could say undies)
28. Your favorite store? Costco
29. Your favorite color? Blue
30. When was the last time you laughed? Just barley when I thought Chase kicked Bentlie across the room when really he picked her up with his foot.
31. When was the last time you cried? The day Harlie died and the whole week after.
32. Your best friend? My sister
33. One place that you go over and over? Besides work, I'd have to say Costco
34. One person who e-mails me regularly? If IM's count, Chase.
35. Favorite place to eat? Cafe Rio, Yoshi's and Pei Wei

*I tag Jodie and Kelsie!

Dear Miss Harlie...

Dear Harlie,

Last night was tough baby girl, one of the toughest I have gone through in a while, but from each of our trials and hard moments in life we come out stronger, I will come out of this with a greater understanding of love, loss and and never taking any life for granted. You are the first thing I have lost that is close to me, and if the movie is true I will see you again in heaven. Daddy told me that you were up their watching over our little babies, please take good care of them and let them know we can't wait to see them. I am going to miss you Harlie girl, you brought so much joy during the short time we had you. I will always remember our first night together and how you instantly cuddled up next to me. I will miss my lunch buddy and taking you for walks during my hour break. I will miss you licking my legs when I get out of the shower and sitting on the rug next to me until I leave for work. You were always excited to see us no matter if we left for 3 hours or 10 minutes, you would wag your short little tail as fast as it could go. You never got mad at us and anytime you were in trouble you would cuddle up to us letting us know you were sorry. You were learning so well and finally learned how to go potty outside. I will miss racing up the stairs with you and watching you wrestle with Dad. He was so proud of how well you were learning and was almost done teaching you how to run with me. You were such a joy to be around and we will truly miss you. We put all of your stuff away this morning and it was so hard to let it go, but between you an me I kept Mr Giraffe and will keep him safe for you until we see you again. I have never seen Dad cry before but I know it is because he loves you just as much as I do. We know you are in a better place today and are in no more pain. We love you baby girl and will wait for the time that we can be together again.



Harlie Norton
July 26 2009- November 1 2009
"Every Little Thing's Gonna Be Alright"

A Family In Need

A family in Chile that Chase became very close with while serving his mission had an unfortunate accident last week. This family, with parents who work multiple jobs to help their kids through school lost everything in a house fire. Chase has put together a fundraiser to help raise some money to send this family. If you would be interested in donating to the cause please visit http://www.nortechdesign.com/donations.htm Every little bit helps. Please spread the word, copy this link onto your blog, a little bit can go along way, from small and simple things great things will come to pass. THANKS!

Harlow + Harlie = Homeless

While we have been waiting for our house to finish
we have been living with my parents in
Hotel Ensminger.
My sister has also been crashing there because her husband
had a career switch in the middle of her pregnancy and headed off to
sunny St George. On September 11
we added a 6th person to our humble abode and welcomed in my favorite niece Harlow.
About a week later me and Chase had the brilliant idea of getting a puppy, whiling living at my parents house, who are not pet owners, and while caring for a one week old baby. We just couldn't pass up those puppy dog eyes.
The outcome of our new addition.... the Norton's basement floor.
Love truly is a sacrifice, love you Harlie

All about.. Well who else.... ME

For all of my followers you ever you may be
Here is a little post all about ME

-I close my eyes while I brush my teeth.
-If I ever have a song stuck in my head I sing
the primary song A Child's Prayer to get it out.
-I never skip out on breakfast.
(come on its the most important meal of the day)
-I have a tremendous fear of Birds.
-I sneeze in a series of two.
-I always do my hair before my makeup.
-I get a rush when I spend money on something really cute.
(The reason I do not own a Credit Card)
- I am a total "Blog Stalker" and finally had to get my own.
-I absolutely love the way Chase Smells after he
has been Barbecuing.
-I am a sucker for Milk Duds
and Choc Covered Cinnamon Bears.
-I have ridden on an Elephant.
-I love apples.
-All of my injuries happen on my left side.
-I plan out in my head what I am going to wear the next day.
-I have to dunk all of my cereal in milk before I eat it.
-I love watching the news.
-When I am in an awkward situation I laugh to feel comfortable.
-My favorite color is blue.
-I started using 'Mane and Tail' shampoo cause
I heard it helps your hair grow and I'm hooked.
(side note.. it really does work)
-I am a Cinco de Mayo baby.
-I am definitely tone deaf
but sound amazing in the shower.
-My family established the nickname Keent when I was little.
-I broke my hand and have a plate and four screws in it.
-My most missed pre-wedding outfit our my white shorts.
-At one time in my life I had three rabbits
all of which died.
-I used to have a pet duck...
betcha cant guess what happened.
I hate needles and shots.
(wheww I get light headed just thinking of them)
-My least favorite weather is the wind.
-I love the summer.
-I have been to Disneyland 17 times.
-I was bored enough to make a post all about me.
-And you were bored enough to read it.

Back to REALITY...

For the last month and a half we have been learning the struggles of newlyweds... on the reverse side.

-What it's like to have a shower that can host a TEN person bath party
or
-Have a bathroom that is the same size as the master bedroom.
-Standing at the bedroom window and overlooking the entire valley
and
-Having a refrigerator and freezer that could store food for a family of twenty.
Lets just say we lucked out with knowing some very generous people...
But now... we are back to reality
due to a special addition that should be joining our family within the next month
(which I am keeping a secret because I am a firm believer of the jinx curse and can not jinx myself on this one)
We are moving into Hotel Ensminger until the beginning of September

Advantages? Of course

Save on rent
Sneaking food from Mom's pantry
Mixing my laundry in with theirs (difficult bc Chase is MUCH smaller than my Dad)
Pancake Sunday
Alternating cook nights
Boy who thought moving in with the Folks could be so great?

Watch out Mom and Dad here we come.....

It's Like Rain on Your Wedding Day

On June 5th my life changed forever!

I started cooking, cleaning and doing laundry,
sleeping on one side of the bed, constantly
keeping the bathroom fan on and learning
what the word health insurance means.
if you haven't guessed yet I became a wife,
might I note to the most amazing
man I have ever known
(Cheesy? Yes! but people say cheesy things when there in love)
We were married in the Salt Lake Temple and I claimed my theme song "Ironic" by Alanis Morissette. Me along with 44 other brides were blessed with very good luck!

After we shot a 3 hour spread for the "Hottest Couple of the Year"

And "Checked In" to our Hotel
(get your mind out of the gutter)
We topped off the night with the most AMAZING reception.
Planned by the infamous Leslee Ensminger
Thanks mom for catching the "Vintage Vision"

Thankyou to everyone who celebrated with us
and made it a night we will never forget.
Thankyou to my hairdresser
Carissa Lewis
Thankyou to my wardrobe crew
Deja, Ashlyn, Olivia & Madison
Thankyou to the Manager of the Landscape Team
Steve Ensminger
and
Thankyou to our photogtaphers from
Phiz Photography
For the MANY wonderful pictures.

.... and Mom I have to admit you were right...

The Taco Cart was a hit!

Last of my SMALL Stars

For the past three years I have been teaching for Southern Utah STARS two of which I was the show team coach to 10 of the cutest girls!

They kicked butt at all their competitions
and made me so proud when we finished our last competition
taking First at our National competition in Vegas.
I miss all you girls so much and want you to know
how proud I am of how much you
have improved over the years.
Thank you for working so hard.
I know I worked you to death!I love all my little "show stoppers"
keep up the hard work and make me proud.
Love Miss Kaitlin

MEXICAN HONEYMOON

We went on the most AMAZING Honeymoon, to Puerta Vallarta... and didn't even get the swine flu but....

We went repelling down a waterfall, ziplined across the jungle and looked like freakin
professionals while doing it.

Hard hat, check. Gloves and belay rope, check. Harness up my @ss, CHECK!


We had so much fun playing at the beach every day, laying by the pool reading my book while Chase patiently (not so much) waited for me to finish a chapter it was just to hard to put down.
We went snorkeling, saw some sweet sea creatures and our tour guide put a starfish one my head!


We went on the most amazing tour where they served you a buffet dinner on this island that was lit only by candles and tikki torches muy romantico (what can I say I picked up some spanish)

In addition to all the fun things we did during the day (and night)
We ate

And ate

and ate

and ateand ate

and ateuntil we could no longer eat any more Mexican food
and spent our last day eating at
Chili's!

On our way to the Rhythm's of the night tour

Do you really think that life jacket
is going to save him?


Being serenade for $5 a song

(gotta love Mexico)

Thank you Chase for the most amazing Honeymoon!
I love you so much and love being your wife!