tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62898516509447868612024-02-21T00:30:19.988-07:00The Henneuse FamilyKatiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09685373993679427764noreply@blogger.comBlogger122125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289851650944786861.post-654692904145394872012-05-24T22:29:00.000-06:002012-05-24T22:31:13.402-06:00Nick-ism'sI had to write these conversations down before I forgot them:<br />
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One night, while encouraging Nick to eat his dinner:<br />
Me: Nick, if you eat all your food you'll grow up big and strong like Daddy<br />
Nick: I don't want to grow up big like Daddy, I want to grow up big like Grandma<br />
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Nick is a typical boy and has some kind of fascination with peeing outside. I told him several times that he must use the inside bathroom. I caught him peeing outside (again!) and sent him to time out. Before getting out of time-out we have this conversation:<br />
Me: Nick, why were you in time-out?<br />
Nick: Because I peed in the rocks.<br />
Me: Where will you pee next time?<br />
Nick: In the grass. <br />
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And last but not least, one night while I was tucking him into bed:<br />
Me: Guess what Nick? Aunt Natalie and Uncle David are coming to visit soon.<br />
Nick: (after a short pause to think about this)...are they from the planet Earth?<br />
{I should note that he has been fascinated by space and planets lately and is very curious about rockets and if people live on other planets.}<br />
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<br />Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09685373993679427764noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289851650944786861.post-50056503438335348072012-05-21T22:31:00.000-06:002012-05-21T22:34:21.219-06:00What we've been up to...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I haven't blogged much lately, I know. Not that I was ever great about it, but I've just been worse about it the last few months. So here is the great big catch-up. And I will try to be better about catching the little moments, because that is the most fun to blog (and read) about.</div>
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The basement is (seriously) almost done. Brian is finishing up the bathroom and then I will post some pictures. We've moved into most of the areas in the basement and it is so nice to have the extra space.</div>
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So first up, Nick and his two inseparable twins. Nick has always loved Alli and he has loved Tanner since they were in nursery together. Tanner is probably his favorite person in the world. He plays ith Tanner at least 3 times a week. Whenever Tanner comes over they play with blocks first, then take a break for a snack, then play with trucks. </div>
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<br />Alli's preschool is coming to an end this week. Last week was my last week to teach so I took a few pictures. I am happy with how everything has gone this year and really glad that we used Mother Goose Time curriculum. They send everything for a whole month including a lesson plan, a CD, and supplies for crafts and games (minus the paint, glue, crayons etc.). Each day is in it's own packet so it is easy to follow and keep organized. I highly recommend it to anyone who is considering doing a co-op preschool. I know Alli has liked it a lot too. She never wants to leave school and loves the time with Lindsey, Shyler, and Lauryn. </div>
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(They are wearing iguana headbands, if you couldn't tell :)</div>
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Next year Alli will be going to preschool with Nick 4 mornings a week. She is going to be in the frog classroom and Nick will still be a fish. She is so excited and is having a hard time understanding why she has to wait until the end of the summer to go. Yay for me for not having to drive around to two differet preschools.</div>
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Brian took a day off of work and took Nick to a Rockies game. Nick loves his Rockies hat and shirt and was thrilled to get to go the game with his dad (if you can't tell from that huge grin). The actual game was not so exciting for him and he asked to get up every 20 minutes to go get a drink or go to the bathroom and they left in the top of the 8th...right before there was a huge play that turned the game around. When he got home he asked Brian when they were going to go do something special...apparently the game did not qualify. Haha, maybe we'll wait another year before he goes again.</div>
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Easter - we went to the ward Easter egg hunt at Cherry Park and we dyed eggs at home.</div>
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Alli and Makenna are becoming good friends and they play princesses, animals, and dress-up together often. I got them matching zebra pjs and they wear them as soon as they are out of the wash.<br />
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This is Makenna at Lindsey's birthday in her cowgirl costume. She actually rode a pony at the party. So proud of her. She is usually aftaid of any animals bigger than Gracie. Especially horses and giraffes. <br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi67r9CEF_cm6dKSU7UmJONuMYtINRy8Cr1qfO77P9JNgEntmHb-fw__TXqRrDZ8ZXzB-s8hahig1UGI8tUh55NgA_qTIN9CxyZFTlZwALGlhTldA8KUjRhLe7R9QzAhXIf4yXQ5cCGO9Y/s1600/DSCN1212.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi67r9CEF_cm6dKSU7UmJONuMYtINRy8Cr1qfO77P9JNgEntmHb-fw__TXqRrDZ8ZXzB-s8hahig1UGI8tUh55NgA_qTIN9CxyZFTlZwALGlhTldA8KUjRhLe7R9QzAhXIf4yXQ5cCGO9Y/s320/DSCN1212.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09685373993679427764noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289851650944786861.post-38521539413968377622012-03-01T11:12:00.003-07:002012-03-01T11:21:13.654-07:00Makenna's First Haircut<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeYdXeeVOfsL8ZbmRv8DuSqReCTT6eoDY_jH5HvwZM8hw1l2bXs5ri5yH2rukfkcDDQ9X2rAtyY2RGzvQEZnuiP9UyuvgGZ7RbY0JaiTWMuhfNj_FAR6-3kGJhZDH49H6-UHT4ZfRMsU4/s1600/DSCN1199.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 300px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714993733269938530" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeYdXeeVOfsL8ZbmRv8DuSqReCTT6eoDY_jH5HvwZM8hw1l2bXs5ri5yH2rukfkcDDQ9X2rAtyY2RGzvQEZnuiP9UyuvgGZ7RbY0JaiTWMuhfNj_FAR6-3kGJhZDH49H6-UHT4ZfRMsU4/s400/DSCN1199.JPG" /></a>Makenna got her first haircut yesterday when Natalie came up from Boulder. She doesn't have a ton of hair like Alli and Nick do so we waited a while longer than we did with them. She definitely needed it though. It was getting pretty long in the back and every morning she would wake up with a big tangle ball in the back of her hair. I didn't get any great pictures becuase she was being so silly and wiggly so I was trying to keep her still, but here's an after shot. I think it's long enough in the back that I will still be able to do her signature pigtails. She had shorter hair in the front so we decided to cut some bangs. And best of all - her hair is still curly, if not curlier. I was a little worried that we could cut her curls off.<br /><div></div>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09685373993679427764noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289851650944786861.post-10009755915343108672012-02-28T19:46:00.005-07:002012-02-28T20:28:19.113-07:00Makenna's Birthday!What? How could this have happened? The little girl that I've been calling "baby" for the last two years had another birthday? Well, she is definitley not a baby anymore, so I guess I will have to come up with another nickname, dang-it. She may weigh 20 lbs more than when she was born and she may talk in little sentences and have a mouth full of teeth, but she is still such a mama's girl that it's a little hard to let the nickname go. I'm getting better about it, but it still slips out once in a while.<br /><br />For her birthday we had a little get-together with my parent's and Courtney's family. We had everyone over for dinner after church. There was a glitch with the cupcakes so there was a little more last-minute stress than I would have liked, but it all turned out fine. Whew!<br /><br />Here's Makenna in the sleeping beauty dress she got from the Moses family. She's been borrowing Alli's dress-ups for a little while now, so it was time for her to get something of her own.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgyKtMcVVxEjeHdKJr0blxHiPqGfVqcLDjF9xD3M8rxmltQ3HUejUO3bZQKC9JNJapS_FscjHfHMa-RV4fsCopKXoEPmABHS0mQvI08y6yaLccihW3-hbsMqE2DEN-osozyVDO9c95h9Q/s1600/IMG_5578.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 314px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714384386865525874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuaVWtCQWIpFOWn1tKIouGLq6UpJEuRwaX6KiUUBqjBRSH70QmgBTsg2CH-L7pynwr65P7YzlQ6eR2Pnn72drpvEem20TGgmgC9ExNoJEM4FYijk-RpLanZ86fr0YeIjflRDDvDFe9PIQ/s400/IMG_5576.jpg" /></a>Taylor - her best friend, cousin, and crazy girl that found my water spray bottle and "styled" her hair all by herself. Cute! Love that mischevious little smile.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipQf9QSKcj1b-JWk4jgIXUtts9Dsk46udU6jhG2ArroWbnMkf9hJXi6yZ0P4-rzeL-D1m6JE-kLUz5Qi1sLsVS72klZcymNjMiLxY0TrQjYcy2AFtnwGrBz9pWcj02NwL-C_FxKH8uhoQ/s1600/IMG_5582.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 267px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714383983374412882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgyKtMcVVxEjeHdKJr0blxHiPqGfVqcLDjF9xD3M8rxmltQ3HUejUO3bZQKC9JNJapS_FscjHfHMa-RV4fsCopKXoEPmABHS0mQvI08y6yaLccihW3-hbsMqE2DEN-osozyVDO9c95h9Q/s400/IMG_5578.jpg" /></a>Alli was a very big "helper" and showed Makenna how to open her presents (and by showed I mean opened all her presents for her).<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWlvY6bIhM-pyEHe45X-dKY2Zon5P9A6TAYMlboCOd7R8Oa983hNah4rjZMDryv4S9ny3aglhazECyiTtpuRv9AXhcdw_K8_ytMwuQs4sc1A7p5MDEqNyVSmAYMfHgLJixJsP_52IVExY/s1600/IMG_5588.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 267px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714383971253729298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipQf9QSKcj1b-JWk4jgIXUtts9Dsk46udU6jhG2ArroWbnMkf9hJXi6yZ0P4-rzeL-D1m6JE-kLUz5Qi1sLsVS72klZcymNjMiLxY0TrQjYcy2AFtnwGrBz9pWcj02NwL-C_FxKH8uhoQ/s400/IMG_5582.jpg" /></a>She also "helped" her blow out her candles...I guess I'm not the only one that thinks she's still a baby.<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicoJegUaAuI0hVtavt41gxZbQDgZFoz2EOlZwBYYCTrH3f0Gkz-THydBC2uv5sKZjTzREiptPYhIcJKGUzPkUu9r_nxJOgK5naaT6VVBB_3qChxNBPXs4FohZ2O8_04XAA_tpg4JZD7XE/s1600/IMG_5594.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 267px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714383968498489874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWlvY6bIhM-pyEHe45X-dKY2Zon5P9A6TAYMlboCOd7R8Oa983hNah4rjZMDryv4S9ny3aglhazECyiTtpuRv9AXhcdw_K8_ytMwuQs4sc1A7p5MDEqNyVSmAYMfHgLJixJsP_52IVExY/s400/IMG_5588.jpg" /></a>She did manage to eat her cupcake all by herself, though. And I should mention that despite the fact that I ended up making the cupcakes from a generic mix that expired a year ago and the frosting from a recipe that I've never tried before and has a reputation for being a bit temperamental, they were probably the best cupcakes I've ever made.<br /></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdP_ZnS6ktyJ1YvfxeAeWMYrR2MouMX9TbUDtr6u-H0Iz6yhNl8DJq-P3peF1k1Zdc6tQ6r8gnIRlhxTnF02gRif4PjXZj0aNFE9eSxATax72Ef82E0Qzi1ew6bfpzEyJ-gMfC5f3lyX4/s1600/IMG_5598.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 267px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714383963917812690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicoJegUaAuI0hVtavt41gxZbQDgZFoz2EOlZwBYYCTrH3f0Gkz-THydBC2uv5sKZjTzREiptPYhIcJKGUzPkUu9r_nxJOgK5naaT6VVBB_3qChxNBPXs4FohZ2O8_04XAA_tpg4JZD7XE/s400/IMG_5594.jpg" /></a>She loves the horses and stable that we got for her as well as the rocking chair and shoes from grandma and grandpa and the outfit and book from great grandma and grandpa. Happy birthday Makenna and thanks to everyone who made is special for her!<br /><div><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 267px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714383960416200242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdP_ZnS6ktyJ1YvfxeAeWMYrR2MouMX9TbUDtr6u-H0Iz6yhNl8DJq-P3peF1k1Zdc6tQ6r8gnIRlhxTnF02gRif4PjXZj0aNFE9eSxATax72Ef82E0Qzi1ew6bfpzEyJ-gMfC5f3lyX4/s400/IMG_5598.jpg" /></div></div></div></div></div>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09685373993679427764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289851650944786861.post-9474227016428224142012-02-28T15:59:00.005-07:002012-02-28T16:43:55.087-07:00Christmas...finallyI know...I know...I am way behind. I think I will go ahead and blame that on two reasons: 1 - Brian took the Christmas pictures with his camera and he had to take the time to teach me how to get the pictures off and 2 - we (mostly Brian) have been really busy finishing our basement so that exasperates reason number 1. We got carpet in the basement last weekend (woohoo) and everything looks good so we are close to getting our lives back. I cannot wait for a Saturday morning when we wake up and have something other than working on the basement headlining the day's activities. Enough about that for now. I will post some pictures when it's all done!<br /><br />So Christmas was great this year. We stayed home and Brian's mom flew in from New Mexico. The kids were so excited to pick her up from the airport on Christmas Eve morning. I recently asked Nick what kind of vacation he wanted to go on this summer and he said he wants to go to the airport. I thought maybe that meant he wanted to take an airplane somewhere, but no, he just really likes airports because that's where we pick up grandma!<br /><br />After we picked up grandma we went to breakfast at Mimi's and then we hung out for the afternoon while Kenna napped. When she woke up we headed to my parent's house for Christmas Eve. We enjoyed our traditional Italian dinner of spaghetti and meatballs and then the kids got to open two presents from grandma and grandpa - pajamas and an ornament. We missed having Courtney and Russ and David and Natalie with us this year, but it was their turn to see their other families.<br /><br />This first picture is of the kids on Christmas morning in their matching snowman pajamas. We woke up that morning to a cold surprise - our furnace went out in the night. Luckily Brian got it fixed and up and running in no time.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_kXUqJWBrjHWP8AxMrIQaqryST89IMt0xMLRjjXg89gnJe5au0CeK7Wvy0WQvZMqei0TxYGDTVFnWjYfi2vq681NaDsL2-0Y4vF6Vqq95klsBxvDDkw2K7ur10Lxd1Vuk0hY4z8QPe1U/s1600/IMG_5533.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 267px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714326855410190642" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4kR62NPXaNGYvjY1OFj7LKjDIjskd3R1CaaxSNAdezIxWa9BiwF5duQ4SgsVcJ8sB9yus7ME0nNtz_VYlMpnaa9G039FDKczsxRmHfss1QQhW7-oJX_vwE3AagmUUvRnoApXrI7keb88/s400/IMG_5530.jpg" /></a>I love this next picture. I think Makenna was a little tired before we started opening presents.<br /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 267px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714326850878915970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_kXUqJWBrjHWP8AxMrIQaqryST89IMt0xMLRjjXg89gnJe5au0CeK7Wvy0WQvZMqei0TxYGDTVFnWjYfi2vq681NaDsL2-0Y4vF6Vqq95klsBxvDDkw2K7ur10Lxd1Vuk0hY4z8QPe1U/s400/IMG_5533.jpg" /><br />It's present time. Here are the kids opening the Kinect they got from grandma Arens.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ-S_YAnw0wTJ4BSbiAob63od2C7EaNetaa9Ee1p52rAJdyaHRQZqzHvOigpY6LLaKbsxF4b78fecmDysgYZk4_9bQ1PSYYtU_2n7bwwimTHd5Q9puOU9dtSXCxtE4L9mV32PzAWR6M7M/s1600/IMG_5550.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 267px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714326399610798002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPj7qz_0PWTwuRP9GLqAeyY0IgxdTw12h4WzSEpD7pPu8aFQPRiiMgqunB87A7snXdXtf1J58NppcV29GswzoZ2Rs_QDyNCFBw6IGRcSWE_5Z9OQIc_lx6UHZ45g13Ia0z0MlFaMAxl8o/s400/IMG_5536.jpg" /></a>This one makes me laugh, look at Makenna's tongue. We were finishing opening presents. After that we headed to my parent's house for breakfast and then went to church in their ward.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmJw67yDGqNhrdVNJ11qp-Vqmpa4qog1L2LzXIkjBiWX_vYEi_7IOPB2JRlW4bqiwwX8a70XnVa3DsR-_5iKOAxsQXHhScIlQDxsJc01cYqeeItp-BOrJ4hEsalyZTwvRBpCU2pv5IcOA/s1600/IMG_5562.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 267px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714326393123537890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ-S_YAnw0wTJ4BSbiAob63od2C7EaNetaa9Ee1p52rAJdyaHRQZqzHvOigpY6LLaKbsxF4b78fecmDysgYZk4_9bQ1PSYYtU_2n7bwwimTHd5Q9puOU9dtSXCxtE4L9mV32PzAWR6M7M/s400/IMG_5550.jpg" /></a>Nick and Alli were very excited to get cameras for Christmas from Santa. They took a combined 800+ pictures in the week following Christmas.<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpjfEUqUPvKQZwihUqHrOvb6pW94sgXTvozdgXUGp_eYlHcc67Lt20e8bF69c-MCEuFXz-hLy_nSa0QQrMmEhepVnZwRhvjXv-YuXX53Y0uWZMwesCmtTiyV7NrGtQi8w7geE7kvuP8TQ/s1600/IMG_5564.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 267px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714326391999323362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmJw67yDGqNhrdVNJ11qp-Vqmpa4qog1L2LzXIkjBiWX_vYEi_7IOPB2JRlW4bqiwwX8a70XnVa3DsR-_5iKOAxsQXHhScIlQDxsJc01cYqeeItp-BOrJ4hEsalyZTwvRBpCU2pv5IcOA/s400/IMG_5562.jpg" /></a>Here's my cutie Alli opening a present from David and Natalie at grandpa and grandma's house after church.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3kPbY5YYv7yI2VxIJ-L9V_rrmPn3lVD48g0bsNDBXzqLoa9ygOZVZklJi-hywebKNdJVJj-98X_GM8PuL2Pp0-AVTSOkRxw5PQlQ_o4h6JdtZ9fXpo3cRMd37OfpJ1I6jwYNTeYqpfzc/s1600/IMG_5568.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 267px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714326387845231346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpjfEUqUPvKQZwihUqHrOvb6pW94sgXTvozdgXUGp_eYlHcc67Lt20e8bF69c-MCEuFXz-hLy_nSa0QQrMmEhepVnZwRhvjXv-YuXX53Y0uWZMwesCmtTiyV7NrGtQi8w7geE7kvuP8TQ/s400/IMG_5564.jpg" /></a>And here's me, lovely me. We had a relaxing Christmas afternoon and then we had a yummy prime rib dinner and pumpkin pie for dessert.<br /><div><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 267px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714326382352069410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3kPbY5YYv7yI2VxIJ-L9V_rrmPn3lVD48g0bsNDBXzqLoa9ygOZVZklJi-hywebKNdJVJj-98X_GM8PuL2Pp0-AVTSOkRxw5PQlQ_o4h6JdtZ9fXpo3cRMd37OfpJ1I6jwYNTeYqpfzc/s400/IMG_5568.jpg" /></div></div></div></div>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09685373993679427764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289851650944786861.post-59539972047002678382012-01-10T22:09:00.003-07:002012-01-10T22:18:45.902-07:00Zoo LightsWe went to the zoo's Wild Lights a few days after Christmas. Its becoming a tradition for us. It was a great night and all of the kids seemed to like it. Alli and Nick were very excited about their cameras that Santa brought them and took many, many pictures. Here are the best ones... <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696237868786790562" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJQxI1qikmqmPeZtI2M-Agq1n5woqMF9pgRWm3Ira0RvrpCrKHufOIGtPNKUMey-DzL3c9eTY9_bifqSrbsoO-hFTqMza-IJY6iyw38P4vE-8l0rMDyfveUplmSphdAG2E4JDs7y_xjP4/s400/IMG_0105.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696237876902987698" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRn3UaSFHXcMdOBgBmYIbbnZCNh2zed7-JxbBj_WTIdrCocgxQxxdO7ripHOrs2x3tTPYGxEQr10S8nqaDluqqj6Az7c6oNac2atbEAUoHGbankpoqsXn7KWEfjved_y2R-W7_rsKHqSc/s400/IMG_0086.JPG" /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Yl3fFay2MytJs8i-7S3mZ7073vd9OeVnc2tqXHCYuSR1IatsJmpTW5sWYJwXEbPbYbscxwHolgXbPnea-Zeeg2xDTPuFfmnoiu8wzxQN0cGcJWLxG_fzbEZP4RCdgDaAR259n525kpY/s1600/IMG_0108.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696237875347210322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Yl3fFay2MytJs8i-7S3mZ7073vd9OeVnc2tqXHCYuSR1IatsJmpTW5sWYJwXEbPbYbscxwHolgXbPnea-Zeeg2xDTPuFfmnoiu8wzxQN0cGcJWLxG_fzbEZP4RCdgDaAR259n525kpY/s400/IMG_0108.JPG" /></a> <br /><div></div><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC0tYezpQgMSbqlqxfLO1Jt4ya6Beke0yHvbZBjhWkuhrXm-i0vzAGEk5xCLmXXkHvL9Ygtp_FFzhaUWPtpB6kbQILYhttgHep1ZFp2aUTVwSXWaAn9U268tXmgRA5Fq0ocBXA2kfZg4I/s1600/IMG_0100.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696237865657264098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC0tYezpQgMSbqlqxfLO1Jt4ya6Beke0yHvbZBjhWkuhrXm-i0vzAGEk5xCLmXXkHvL9Ygtp_FFzhaUWPtpB6kbQILYhttgHep1ZFp2aUTVwSXWaAn9U268tXmgRA5Fq0ocBXA2kfZg4I/s400/IMG_0100.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisLJVTgT5BFtATUCHpzTSu_8WA59CCHUW4h9pj62XskwZ_Pez9JqWzo-xHPEzZmkTFsa2NBUyGUA4-ycDRxL4GjDN5I760sehFwPxrCZbpMvfDZaqtm97xnil36zLX3NL1nSQDxYb-um8/s1600/IMG_0073.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696237860094419346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisLJVTgT5BFtATUCHpzTSu_8WA59CCHUW4h9pj62XskwZ_Pez9JqWzo-xHPEzZmkTFsa2NBUyGUA4-ycDRxL4GjDN5I760sehFwPxrCZbpMvfDZaqtm97xnil36zLX3NL1nSQDxYb-um8/s400/IMG_0073.JPG" /></a> </div></div></div></div>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09685373993679427764noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289851650944786861.post-59462547971681655882011-12-19T15:10:00.005-07:002022-02-01T20:40:04.588-07:00Getting Ready for Christmas<div>First up, decorating the tree. We are doing an advent calendar with activities every day. This was one of the first activities. One night while the kids were sleeping I decorated the house and put up the tree. When they woke up they ran around the house looking at everything. I'm really glad that I decorated at night becuase it was so much less stressful for me to get things out without all the extra "help" PLUS the kids were so excited to wake up, see the decorations, and decorate the tree...it was kind of magical for them.
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<div>Next (not Christmas related), but this is how I've been finding Makenna a lot lately. And not just in the morning or after naps. She has definitely reached the stage when she knows how to take her clothes off and she does it often. Like sometimes 3 times in a half hour. I usually give up at this point and she goes naked the rest of the day. She is extra sneaky about it and usually hides while taking off her clothes and then hides her clothes too. Luckily (and I am double crossing my fingers here) she does not take off her diaper, so we are safe on that front.</div>
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<div>We went to the church Christmas breakfast and the kids got to visit with Santa. Considering that Kenna is the biggest momma's girl ever, it's not too surpising that she did not want to have anything to do with Santa. Alli was a little shy, but she tried to be brave and she told Santa she wants a scarf for dress-up. And Nick was himself and not afraid at all and told Santa he wants a remote control car.<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687976372339931570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw4nxj8k6eupe4Ar5SQrYLP1PqNVK4RmI7S0dt1Pd1xJtIIwpmiLMc5xrQc8P3v8GTE5SpJ9PD6uErGKZzBj_UUfN4LlBPLDoWx8ylE_UIOO7ua9VNUdWwnH6K8cnp8eLZArFw6Eh9Els/s400/henneuseali2-1.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 267px;" /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687976372330715858" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRcp0xri7nfkdFnxFqplO4GL2GgRr9JFzL_mRgM2_AUXdgbzFCPbdA04A5vSM8We4gLh4U5oLhYyPpJV46F-tv_wU6ZtttgJAOnOksUN5v3GTOuoL0C9Rex3iljjZWU0_dt7Z9MeOsipA/s400/henneuseali1-1.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 267px;" /></div>
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<div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687967095410556594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjULePbXw6ad7uEYoyaNTeuQ71WzaafpZ_t3pQe_Z76WoQiLAqTu2BBAPrxGsp-UNb3PQ6ovYAPGLdbiAqvq7WBYDIBbVewGhwOEHBjG_mb2V_hJy3HCkG6u2Sm_sByOhlFhK9EUt23PW8/s400/henneusenick1-1.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 267px;" /> Makenna...before the terrifying close encounter with Santa.
<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMWI4DBauqRUuvmF5GegLTkDQRw8KUJ0JBQ5VZidKBAq3PSmyRSJEDGqDn-_6hDHGFZ4I8OAX_MnmxyvrrexlCTzmSpK-xbKaY8I6VxueHhxVoASTbMC5UlDAI3vEC_EcF-tTguZXRn1Q/s1600/DSCN1175.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687968209147111330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMWI4DBauqRUuvmF5GegLTkDQRw8KUJ0JBQ5VZidKBAq3PSmyRSJEDGqDn-_6hDHGFZ4I8OAX_MnmxyvrrexlCTzmSpK-xbKaY8I6VxueHhxVoASTbMC5UlDAI3vEC_EcF-tTguZXRn1Q/s400/DSCN1175.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>And finally, at Alli's preschool last week Alli and Nick got to decorate gingerbread houses. It was so nice of Courtney to let Nick come too. The kids loved this project, especially eating candy.
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<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizove895jG8RA-Boyx6ewOqYd4yGCVmKlwVyVz-Fj_BFTHydLRnuZ1-dbXVixNRmbyTC4ADCAhIpLXhyR9yo_xp5gWvqM4arVk82GlvproILvz3RhdYgDxZ39Y6M9bZsoKnKJhHyJCj5M/s1600/DSCN1173.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687967120234750194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizove895jG8RA-Boyx6ewOqYd4yGCVmKlwVyVz-Fj_BFTHydLRnuZ1-dbXVixNRmbyTC4ADCAhIpLXhyR9yo_xp5gWvqM4arVk82GlvproILvz3RhdYgDxZ39Y6M9bZsoKnKJhHyJCj5M/s400/DSCN1173.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>
<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVgLzAbB4n_vl1dfgtwoBWbNPQKXSqYxoExQf_me1kbHsz3U2HRPaPf8q3h0rwquxVHYELfxP2LHC_WuPhK6_246ROGEiPi2CuMjEAcLwu9FZaP1-2IkpK8ekljEb_YB6qaSBRBhVy5lI/s1600/DSCN1169.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687967115398476754" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVgLzAbB4n_vl1dfgtwoBWbNPQKXSqYxoExQf_me1kbHsz3U2HRPaPf8q3h0rwquxVHYELfxP2LHC_WuPhK6_246ROGEiPi2CuMjEAcLwu9FZaP1-2IkpK8ekljEb_YB6qaSBRBhVy5lI/s400/DSCN1169.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>I am excited about this week. Brian has a few days off and other people will be working in our basement, so we should have some fun family time before Christmas. Plus Brian's mom is coming in to town for Christmas and we are all so excited to see her and to spend time with my parents too.</div></div></div></div></div></div>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09685373993679427764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289851650944786861.post-8744655279421602422011-11-26T14:43:00.003-07:002011-11-26T14:51:27.475-07:00ThanksgivingWe enjoyed Thanksgiving this year with my parents and Courtney and Russ and their kids. We made the turkey and had dinner at our house. Alli and Nick were so excited to have everyone over. I think all of the food turned out really good, thanks Brian, mom, and Courtney for all your hard work!<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679423678075619490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifJX40yAIuHTfYM1_b3mil1AONDCLBjxwDzg6nYRBOvposTYKhlyNv7ZWwvjtwhwGRxmQ1vMBHwkDp2DhjLg0Et9urzwXwsRm7JCBKf4q3pECvA6Dgzfn44iOrNEbN1hoFUt4COb1vO-A/s400/DSCN1121.jpg" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgVOfGUgSdB1UtBVeiBc0YZRe9VGc-H0h0hQTeRfZYy2MXmrEBYpPwUEMU1TRjBQDQ2jp0FTExf1dlgdFmwsOlU5zRhUPXdEp8LfU2FNF8oWtz8LwZKvWRf-TxvQaK9L1kQcr_04G7Oe4/s1600/DSCN1122.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679423683428002770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgVOfGUgSdB1UtBVeiBc0YZRe9VGc-H0h0hQTeRfZYy2MXmrEBYpPwUEMU1TRjBQDQ2jp0FTExf1dlgdFmwsOlU5zRhUPXdEp8LfU2FNF8oWtz8LwZKvWRf-TxvQaK9L1kQcr_04G7Oe4/s400/DSCN1122.jpg" /></a>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09685373993679427764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289851650944786861.post-4078199159105553242011-11-26T14:11:00.006-07:002011-11-26T14:42:51.623-07:00Toy Story Birthday PartyWe had the twin's birthday party a few days after their birthday when Brian, my parents, and all of their friends could make it. I talked them into a joint birthday this year. They both like Toy Story and when I told them they could dress up like Jesse and Woody, they were sold. First we made Mr. Potato Head party bags.<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679417837112936098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgivrxydW46Ks6oNAEInFXbQbKBVuuxeI-JERcft37RGBBQGJ24bzzhJdKICAzn7CwRGTt_Q_Cy7T4to95vuWQGvwTRx1yeHqoe5Z9wflGoQGH3FYPEiN7JJpstaSBtY4bPMa0BfCnmyQ/s400/DSCN1104.jpg" />Next, we hid army men in Alli and Nick's room and had them find them. They got a piece of candy for every army man they found (kind of like an Easter egg hunt). Then we played pin the tail on Bullseye. Here is what Bullseye looked like when we were done.<br /><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679417828785392178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHVDMbb6Coss4wZNlD7MtKIXOpWJyTand7Q36jygNd6Xc75uraZ2dfPD19tquegcHByFuaB0wUPF-f848hW5DWRUHHXGkIwRZMcrIMl1ouUr-Chjhvhfsa8950XwicsxY59jxTpS3UNtE/s400/DSCN1103.jpg" /></div><br /><br /><div>The final (and most popular game) was The Claw, where the kids used tongs to pick out toys from a slit in this box. </div><br /><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679417822458664226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrULNDVc8m78TsFchdMkWQxcXp5kfuh13k6KpjAabGP3s_jmH6D5ROC07kDo155ivdIWDQA2t-UtFiycGgAK4KdYnNu3XBgXv8rgVKMNwRnDhZXn66q7x1NDYv6SLy88aFM6T0aqvYtzA/s400/DSCN1101.jpg" /></div><br /><br /><div>Then we had pizza and veggies for lunch. Our kitchen was packed.<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679417819315730674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7KhT1nHq4MURAnyuzKffd1V3QSLc7i4xLUgv5osVoGZoRnXgW7ScHGU-BwyZamGNDRVvnmPamqlmIMQYoyNpIfn6u-DYQO-lz0WybYAKw1fK0NJGcIyh2mmPyGl3vWuElMgwb94zXltM/s400/DSCN1100.jpg" />Next was opening presents.<br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679418187046604930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS_T9AD7NEOWf8RnDq5vC44ijkkG1BAFobnKoyjxr1Y20hDUSXUecqSMcOCQjtmu-xYfZQws5KoAKzIiqijonEXP_ZpC7b2-KpIFXnYJa3K1cDhyphenhyphenS3NlxXop5fTkPcVHWSs1ty74yx1lI/s400/DSCN1112.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679418185498216418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigqEdHXRFTTiB4RGctMza5mvXIoYOIA4j-NbSYU7DoEkXLZTxIcxTvBp8fC5Hslf3G4NyUgpTXgvFQ2yVrWNjqx8zHaZblXAc9TAE3_3sa1657WfJ-6v-VP4jnG-QFQmvjOKBZ6ebaRws/s400/DSCN1109.jpg" />Then we had cake <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679418199348819042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWYcijzGZjunprJrByXEU7PsNeDYXUFABh5uVlcpFU0BhAgw9lLF-tjVvVQA2m0A17e_Okd4bUcwUrQc0Mgj2o4SI1e3cpk79qAxhC-t8NtPyRYJDc7W_lk6hfTKyx1Wb2aMy82_o2BgI/s400/DSCN1113.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679418197439562258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGvRUL_QwnyYGQtFtVv8JWs4pGVD6CSjqD_B3gg2cWyPK3HLLQJLuEopop3yhAooc7pxUMzo-zOFmo46NDwhw-DwUBvElzerHlv7PugMz8fx71amIRL-mQ61S1ejORMlXnSn_4bxO_No0/s400/DSCN1114.jpg" />After everyone was gone, Makenna tried on Alli's cowgirl hat. She is so cute.<br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679418348694945442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi-QoPs8BbWDUE1QA6u0Tm4T_aZoGQVn9i_GOwH5rn0kOpPdYFPHN-0ytnkqaL7WFZj2nyPjhJVK0elbFkQfQ3k-z4AZDBvUFRRLkA2ngsHjFaIeYFrbqoqZqvbXWZ8DgcTSxbxq94BI0/s400/DSCN1119.jpg" />And then we gave Alli and Nick their last present - big kid bikes!<br /><br /><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679418200327672130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFeDDG7URw2Sr_SsoAGkYDZ7Fsip34-VZHWk8Wk34nnegdzAzoJKUBM5uHCaUY62FSGnSrZGkxeiu0HOxU_YIWT1DRjPP9na6u3MkWHM9l7vSe56dq3eGTuMz4jszp3w7W1PuuWULvT44/s400/DSCN1118.jpg" />Alli and Nick are so lucky to have so many friends! We're glad that almost everyone could make it to the party!<br /><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09685373993679427764noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289851650944786861.post-79612245499463732022011-11-26T13:49:00.003-07:002011-11-26T14:10:30.521-07:00Alli and Nick's Birthday LunchThe twins didn't have their birthday party on their birthday this year, so we celebrated by having lunch with Brian at Red Robin. It is our favorite place for birthday lunches. Alli and Nick both got to pick out whatever they wanted from the kids menu. Alli picked a corn dog and salad and Nick picked pizza and carrot sticks. I'm not sure why Alli picked a corn dog; we haven't had them at home in a long time and when we did have them she didn't like them, but whatever, it's her birthday. They also got ice cream for dessert.<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679409934635620594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqoKlJe2MG3Gq56J98-KX8xcU2wov86S4o7Ggssq0b7Q8EfhNL1lFw7IdXzMiU1x3TD8JWX214DaZV6Y9elLWMMCs2ivsdr1rik142eAmIa2NVynHmK8hyHTuHKi-840SghxZq8GjSx7w/s400/DSCN1094.jpg" /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn6clBCj705xWWA4cFFVzdWqq7eoK334jFmA-HLmL0XEhaCC0UtI8vWTS_YBzoAMc5FyH4IyLZKgbkdGwz5x_A6k4lGQ9HxlDLw6NUn3uVjkb24lnarxhr3UxKycSdWzZbsGsUk_M1kbQ/s1600/DSCN1097.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679409945007070786" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn6clBCj705xWWA4cFFVzdWqq7eoK334jFmA-HLmL0XEhaCC0UtI8vWTS_YBzoAMc5FyH4IyLZKgbkdGwz5x_A6k4lGQ9HxlDLw6NUn3uVjkb24lnarxhr3UxKycSdWzZbsGsUk_M1kbQ/s400/DSCN1097.jpg" /></a>Makenna was so funny. I shared lunch with her, but all she wanted to eat was ranch. She just kept dipping the same french fry over and over again in the ranch and when she got tired of that she tried to drink it out of the cup. Red Robin does have good ranch, but seriously? Good thing we don't take the kids out to eat often!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYjGipeVhj6fnJDhYJFIRuP0ejWQ9IjLzgC5x8x9BOHpOXGULu-FrPcTJ64X4roRmqfBoRME6JNFjlbngpzjU4pkBsBic5jLayjxRz3Rq0bSlnApCnTdlJLSSSUaKFMtXvduDQx4oT5go/s1600/DSCN1096.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679409941373003682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYjGipeVhj6fnJDhYJFIRuP0ejWQ9IjLzgC5x8x9BOHpOXGULu-FrPcTJ64X4roRmqfBoRME6JNFjlbngpzjU4pkBsBic5jLayjxRz3Rq0bSlnApCnTdlJLSSSUaKFMtXvduDQx4oT5go/s400/DSCN1096.jpg" /></a> <br /><div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh21vgHgUyjXzGj9aCBz4sg7tsQ0_Wv3IqU6JE8mrBhfBmJqvrvsJk-TnsjVsCAe3zozXtTJRs8l8tx1SpElDq_x6KWgkVqLFWvG62evOBhpzaxJ4hHo4mpXObxxjLbbQo44AWRpDdfB_M/s1600/DSCN1098.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679409932976516914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh21vgHgUyjXzGj9aCBz4sg7tsQ0_Wv3IqU6JE8mrBhfBmJqvrvsJk-TnsjVsCAe3zozXtTJRs8l8tx1SpElDq_x6KWgkVqLFWvG62evOBhpzaxJ4hHo4mpXObxxjLbbQo44AWRpDdfB_M/s400/DSCN1098.jpg" /></a> I can't believe that Alli and Nick are 4! Time flies. Alli is already plotting her next birthday. She says, "In a few days when I turn 5 I will have a butterfly birthday". I try to explain to her that it is a lot more than just a few days. Time (months, years, weeks, etc.) is such a hard thing for the twins to understand right now. We talk about it a lot and they are trying to figure it out, but it hasn't clicked yet. But, she is probably right, it will only seem like a few days and then it will be their next birthday. <br /><div></div></div></div></div>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09685373993679427764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289851650944786861.post-79222999628234474662011-11-01T20:08:00.005-06:002011-11-01T20:40:08.769-06:00HalloweenHalloween was very much anticipated at our house this year. After I put our decorations up during the first week of October there were many teary moments (mostly involving Nick) where someone (he) could not understand why Halloween wasn't today. The decorations were up, it must be Halloween, right? We had many talks about the calendar and how many days were left, but to no avail. It helped take the edge off when Nick and Alli got to wear their costumes at their school parties and when we went to the ward party. Then finally, Halloween came! (Side note, it is a definite possiblity that we will not have any Christmas decorations up at our house until the week of Chirstmas).<br /><br />Like every other year, we went to Courtney and Russ's for dinner and then went trick-or-treating afterwards. Thanks Courtney and Russ for hosting us! The Jacobs fam also stopped by just as we were getting ready to leave so we got to go with them too. So fun!<br /><br />A rare picture of all our kids together. Alli is Rapunzel, Makenna is a monkey, and Nick is a dragon.<br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670218017962473794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtNmAbgs7PDN8AQgQbKIwcLnFKZe3kVBRD4xLnARA0HLtqfn_VvoDsouHyNMJNa95Aj7k1yszJCM4EMWj5P1YzDOcsjWkYeVRKySVJqcACNd26m6OLuhs2fhcfYzgM6DIQZS3L7Ib_QAQ/s400/DSCN1074.jpg" />The princesses - Alli and Lindsey<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPmSpiuz6wFZtC4JDk2Z1bbLpt2iU7dMx2oPczLqAIM0Gc8IBdlrxnA7HV3ONGDbEpcufJ-HXACxFnyXFyerkhPRAD-0C8NtQNZDCn-XXnVXK6LfDf8x7ZyH9i9Pg2kKtL7YDMFmMttwg/s1600/DSCN1081.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670216931420561954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPmSpiuz6wFZtC4JDk2Z1bbLpt2iU7dMx2oPczLqAIM0Gc8IBdlrxnA7HV3ONGDbEpcufJ-HXACxFnyXFyerkhPRAD-0C8NtQNZDCn-XXnVXK6LfDf8x7ZyH9i9Pg2kKtL7YDMFmMttwg/s400/DSCN1081.jpg" /></a>My little monkey. If you remember, Nick and Alli wore this costume for their first Halloween. <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbL4NdgKHSkX3Vj2bkovLM21e79FXuGpXV2r-5CkCnkjLcSykeCtwM5Fg-CceQ6zAB_tHOmX4RFN_KAlSjMFE7-PpP6j0zSbhzy0-jLANdVPA_lTIk8koVx-JfpxXIDx9Q-U-R0r8alck/s1600/DSCN1079.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 313px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670216908559029634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbL4NdgKHSkX3Vj2bkovLM21e79FXuGpXV2r-5CkCnkjLcSykeCtwM5Fg-CceQ6zAB_tHOmX4RFN_KAlSjMFE7-PpP6j0zSbhzy0-jLANdVPA_lTIk8koVx-JfpxXIDx9Q-U-R0r8alck/s400/DSCN1079.jpg" /></a><br />Nick the dragon, commonly confused with a dinosaur.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJdvKvkUz5c-q9u99ztmf3FlHH9nNtZO3fP0FIKd0dNfRIBE5qH8_g35S1fIYz3e8Pb4Btr7Npv_rbBM5amnLbvTuCOSvUN_EL5ycl06o55chcGF9dno6Ab_D7Z_lPJLp5dddaHxBHKTs/s1600/DSCN1078.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670216904431214050" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJdvKvkUz5c-q9u99ztmf3FlHH9nNtZO3fP0FIKd0dNfRIBE5qH8_g35S1fIYz3e8Pb4Btr7Npv_rbBM5amnLbvTuCOSvUN_EL5ycl06o55chcGF9dno6Ab_D7Z_lPJLp5dddaHxBHKTs/s400/DSCN1078.jpg" /></a><br />My beautiful princess. She was so excited to get to wear her costume and she always makes silly faces for the camera. <br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 226px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670217208782834546" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjumVkklUHwhMfPRf42CnAiYcxJr3WoB8B5XwzjxFe4RS_otk9st5al4tI0uD8DmrnuWJBaiKxsEhXEgw7AdiyxoWCrJFtvSzFcYTxqueZOBL_gKMxANnSXy4sCQo3yzUPgTwvlWwYGR08/s400/DSCN1082.jpg" />And the babies, Makenna and Taylor. They aren't really babies anymore, but it's hard not to call them that when they are the youngest.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiQxrg547q57IXb6Weg0d9kAXNrNGLxqT-p64LNQhlowmMeDRex8H9DWNI0VZeD_TNgDryaD4N-rollL8evHK7fokeOAWm3n5OCFsIwD1MLrkP3TE_MmQS03C2SqjechLq6TJa125BjFg/s1600/DSCN1083.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670216893641986274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiQxrg547q57IXb6Weg0d9kAXNrNGLxqT-p64LNQhlowmMeDRex8H9DWNI0VZeD_TNgDryaD4N-rollL8evHK7fokeOAWm3n5OCFsIwD1MLrkP3TE_MmQS03C2SqjechLq6TJa125BjFg/s400/DSCN1083.jpg" /></a> <br /><div>Hope that you had a fun Halloween too!</div></div></div></div></div></div>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09685373993679427764noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289851650944786861.post-40653799344070343002011-10-30T21:52:00.003-06:002011-10-30T22:03:08.305-06:00Carving PumpkinsOne of the (few) benefits of afternoon church is that we get to do some fun things together as a family in the morning. After we ate a yummy pancakes and bacon breakfast that Brian made, we carved our pumpkins in our pajamas. The kids tried to be really helpful with getting out all of the seeds and strings. Then they wanted to help with the cutting, but we had to draw the line. Nick and Alli each got to pick a design. Alli chose a Boo ghost and Nick chose a monster.<br /><br />Yes, Nick and Alli are scraping out seeds from the bottom of the pumpkin. Brian saw something on the news about doing it this way and it worked out pretty well.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSY7VI547pIIUM0mbCFNhHu9yLzXLFMVgG_PPBNFymgomPo9uStgO2M4vHzbtfjgvM7wiDphGm3CdvKPcjrSdpCs0o0iXZlmevxD-3RiOcJvInRtkd80Y9r2HjTYZdWUvwgSkZoRD5TCE/s1600/DSCN1072.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669499407880684466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSY7VI547pIIUM0mbCFNhHu9yLzXLFMVgG_PPBNFymgomPo9uStgO2M4vHzbtfjgvM7wiDphGm3CdvKPcjrSdpCs0o0iXZlmevxD-3RiOcJvInRtkd80Y9r2HjTYZdWUvwgSkZoRD5TCE/s400/DSCN1072.jpg" /></a><br />The finished product. My favorite Halloween tradition.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_BLtPuR0pMWmvb-_QT7rv-uv1xyocJ28_kI5VsT3peDZKg2-YcUkSG5166waVA3Xhys1bB8D-DywmZixyhDRd1-9RrN0BboJXn9PYFlQG7YiWM6PKZOtTh9UDcijFhH1r40qAUUr_ka4/s1600/DSCN1073.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669499410080236914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_BLtPuR0pMWmvb-_QT7rv-uv1xyocJ28_kI5VsT3peDZKg2-YcUkSG5166waVA3Xhys1bB8D-DywmZixyhDRd1-9RrN0BboJXn9PYFlQG7YiWM6PKZOtTh9UDcijFhH1r40qAUUr_ka4/s400/DSCN1073.jpg" /></a> <br /><div></div></div>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09685373993679427764noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289851650944786861.post-44068543232453309382011-10-29T22:38:00.004-06:002011-10-29T22:48:06.219-06:00First Snow<div><br /><div><br /><div>Our first snow this year was a pretty big one! Makenna got to play in the snow for the first time. She was so cute and she had so much fun out there. The kids begged me to go outside all day, but since they had friends over all morning I made them wait until after Kenna's nap. They still played outside for an hour and a half and I could only lure them in with hot chocolate and cookies.<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669141355318746162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUiFIk7Dk58akuxAls_OBa-jOQqf10czeHLEIOBEF5OXW7UxI39XxEJQVvXRTa70rT8Nc4D4UIia7MogYKhFs9f-upXG1890fVuyBim5J3RLxZFF2RGNHrlgHGxTZ9T5sjy3BD53jQ0Js/s400/DSCN1064.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669141346917018514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEYE1P_Zxh8pfcXYwm8IdX5FiC4f4daifD9pTKYLJn1H0f2V3jCEucl9JaFkeJT9arI0jW9PTD4upxGqMh35jIOboDCtsEJZPt9KTL2CfgSKuuNKKdSribG9VrSqDqr0ZhVYmu6-4Rous/s400/DSCN1062.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669141359503855634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKZLt1omn7qUAJb9f9ofL4zLnJwhsRgHPFW5EQ_4hPV2B62eVi32TFOh1fBfM5c0xslFlkDMzuGogFct-Q2sE2NAEyPsEPlrnB8nWj8IEX8ONxoyxB4jJ-XemU5JWj68jZPkJ8Os12muw/s400/DSCN1066.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669141344194683250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOuUpUS3fUc2rpARKciRAtehmBoTUgn-5fXqdCW8blngEx3Hd7aFTYs7mR3BwfLPjN3slaS6hEwQGPIfmANeSCjq1y7zNEV9SxfhqA-6utz0VUufVXGUZxj_7VKLSe8BEthW3PEXSuVqg/s400/DSCN1058.jpg" /></div></div></div>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09685373993679427764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289851650944786861.post-14455526490099630292011-10-29T22:15:00.003-06:002011-10-29T22:37:29.788-06:00Miller FarmsA few weeks ago Alli's preschool (plus Nick, Tanner, and Lisa) went on a field trip to Miller Farms. It is a local farm where you can pick your own produce. We had heard good things about the farm before, but we'd never been there. For $14 I got three grocery sacks FULL of potatoes, onions, carrots, corn, cabbage, and tomatoes. Plus we got 3 pie pumpkins. It was fun for the kids to be able to pick there own produce. They were so excited to bring it home and eat it.<br /><br />Here we are loaded up and ready to go.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQJvqiSfisYHPPYXVGeBbDJuXvKUByeEDa88YJrGQP_qbqG7OZrvGJNOymN7PIC1AHg2AJuWlHHLjI-an__bspm88TkyDWVoIk3zq2ejmH6qBOb_8PAf0q2PWm40KruyVR6LahLTxmg8E/s1600/DSCN1038.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669134660933452994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQJvqiSfisYHPPYXVGeBbDJuXvKUByeEDa88YJrGQP_qbqG7OZrvGJNOymN7PIC1AHg2AJuWlHHLjI-an__bspm88TkyDWVoIk3zq2ejmH6qBOb_8PAf0q2PWm40KruyVR6LahLTxmg8E/s400/DSCN1038.jpg" /></a><br />Nick and his best buddy Tanner.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-svyqvIr-ufu6CiWeE1SsDe1wOcLUratLcUf_t6EltlKNw4-5w-WT123WUkX89AyQsOnjEdX2kN8Y35kaa1M1NJyiNnIkYH-B1qIiS5hib3FnBHg6s44g9IGuvFWM642HpPh5O-F7-E0/s1600/DSCN1041.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669134657779134194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-svyqvIr-ufu6CiWeE1SsDe1wOcLUratLcUf_t6EltlKNw4-5w-WT123WUkX89AyQsOnjEdX2kN8Y35kaa1M1NJyiNnIkYH-B1qIiS5hib3FnBHg6s44g9IGuvFWM642HpPh5O-F7-E0/s400/DSCN1041.jpg" /></a><br />Alli with Lindsey and Shyler<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhv4ia0ImqOrxeApneRb72Lv1dwHq1ybfDtu-RmSPvnJCZ3U1BzmSfALmniIRv-vAJYc_lqYJcbRxyIvCxjLB06Z9maEbbQTzCkJWYz6ikEivMvuaWgg7MQvUcwqSXEaisG3iFZEbQePc/s1600/DSCN1042.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669134654463760642" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhv4ia0ImqOrxeApneRb72Lv1dwHq1ybfDtu-RmSPvnJCZ3U1BzmSfALmniIRv-vAJYc_lqYJcbRxyIvCxjLB06Z9maEbbQTzCkJWYz6ikEivMvuaWgg7MQvUcwqSXEaisG3iFZEbQePc/s400/DSCN1042.jpg" /></a> They also had some fun things for the kids to do. Nick loved this airplane. We could not get him out of it.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6kftk2g0k7N_VoUsL31kxoShlXbqO7L8Wd0t1Wx1kCUzSTM-CWqDcP07I5d0X-z4vhl75hxS0bWLV-FV16B0M1mmxSxuHK_eXVWEiDSdosnWXt3DJi9XlFF0YDAQAK4n5nDlxqHt-_4Q/s1600/DSCN1045.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669134649631824642" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6kftk2g0k7N_VoUsL31kxoShlXbqO7L8Wd0t1Wx1kCUzSTM-CWqDcP07I5d0X-z4vhl75hxS0bWLV-FV16B0M1mmxSxuHK_eXVWEiDSdosnWXt3DJi9XlFF0YDAQAK4n5nDlxqHt-_4Q/s400/DSCN1045.jpg" /></a> I'm still finishing up using my potatoes and onions. It has been nice to have so much extra (and delicious!) produce.<br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09685373993679427764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289851650944786861.post-35866743715530932302011-10-05T20:50:00.004-06:002011-10-05T21:06:54.424-06:00Alli's New Haircut<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj51KmUacna1oI_ZiytHn_IAML7dVfz9ciaLNoILxCmdgi2J1yA16LbFMwcYp_4zqQxUzhvJ_bU6s28BCs4FnU23WEv1Whys9XHzTZWFRA4EksA1oZ6PURb1iY_ytsVSZfNRHExheu9Iyw/s1600/007.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660209888138890162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj51KmUacna1oI_ZiytHn_IAML7dVfz9ciaLNoILxCmdgi2J1yA16LbFMwcYp_4zqQxUzhvJ_bU6s28BCs4FnU23WEv1Whys9XHzTZWFRA4EksA1oZ6PURb1iY_ytsVSZfNRHExheu9Iyw/s400/007.jpg" /></a> <br /><div>This was not planned at all...in fact every time I talked to Alli about getting her hair trimmed she would beg me not to get any cut off so that she could have long hair like Rapunzel. She is going to be Rapunzel for Halloween and she was dead-set on having the longest hair possible. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Natalie came to cut our hair (we love Natallie, at home haircuts are so nice when you have little kids). Linsdey went first and got several inches trimmed off into a bob. When it came time for Alli's turn I asked her just to confirm, "you want just a little trimmed off, right?" Well, apparently she wants to be just like Lindsey and she changed her mind and now she wants her hair chopped off. After confirming with her like a million times I agree, but only to her shoulders. Then Natalie says that if she cuts an inch or two above that she can donate her hair. So that's what we did. I almost cried, I was totally unprepared to cut off that much. But it is so cute now, I love it!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>And Alli will still be Rapunzel for Halloween, but like at the end of the movie when her hair is short.</div>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09685373993679427764noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289851650944786861.post-71004823221273750912011-09-08T21:19:00.001-06:002011-09-08T21:19:34.575-06:00Alli's First Day of Preschool<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2uup75yTF2YT_41ow5y6Nj-n3PvVD9IS5UHb7w0dUd4hjYnw95Vb3Y1gi7mSrwe0Z9mZBitLnKZgLDMu_btVjgjSJ3VSgGU-kxjEyKidC_aVK6ojNlNvgXtyGa127kSeILrUTyiGRYWM/s1600/DSCN1029.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2uup75yTF2YT_41ow5y6Nj-n3PvVD9IS5UHb7w0dUd4hjYnw95Vb3Y1gi7mSrwe0Z9mZBitLnKZgLDMu_btVjgjSJ3VSgGU-kxjEyKidC_aVK6ojNlNvgXtyGa127kSeILrUTyiGRYWM/s320/DSCN1029.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
Alli started preschool this week and she loves it. This year I am doing a co-op preschool with 4 other moms twice a week. We all have girls and I think it will be so much fun. We are using the Mother Goose Time curriculum and it will be so nice because everything comes in the mail once a month. I don't have to think of any ideas so that will take a lot of pressure off! We've gotten the first packet of stuff and it looks great. Alli loves being with her cousin Linsdey and making some new friends too. Yay for Preschool!Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09685373993679427764noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289851650944786861.post-61874765810904583152011-09-08T21:19:00.000-06:002011-09-08T21:19:12.163-06:0010 Year Anniversary<div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiErG4RmqWENknnEd3iMymqyv00tbfq9q-xcVkekgy9pgGwiQkr6igaIC6_FKkOZY1cti7rVALaEH4JvBmO0VjQh2vMBGSRKyeZtHuchliNPRzG8TCDiG0AeVFf6YklZ05MAjHzEmNTxN4/s1600/anniversary.jpg"></a>We recently celebrated our 10-year anniversary. My wonderful mom watched the kids overnight so that we could go on a mini-getaway. It was so fun to get to spend time together, going places we can't go to with the kids and to remember that we really do have more in common than our children.<br />
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Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09685373993679427764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289851650944786861.post-12512036916252174122011-09-08T21:17:00.000-06:002011-09-08T21:17:02.270-06:00Berry Patch Farms<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is one of my most favorite things to do at the end of the summer. It was a perfect day, finally starting to cool down. Brian was off from work and Nick was in Preschool, so we took the girls to pick some berries. Makenna ate every berry she could find and would get mad if there weren't any left in her basket. Her face was dripping red when we left. Alli was a good helper and a very serious berry picker. As soon as we got home Alli started eating berries. I would find her in the fridge every few minutes grabbing one.Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09685373993679427764noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289851650944786861.post-33878456042149764422011-08-30T14:01:00.003-06:002011-08-30T14:24:48.583-06:00Nick's First Day of PreschoolNick started preschool and he loves it. He goes to the preschool program at Riverdale Elementary twice a week. He is in the fish room. School starts early at 7:45 AM. I know it's really not that early, but the kids and I are used to leaving the house at 9 at the earliest. So it's been an adjustment for me to wake up at 6 and then to have to wake the kids up and try to get them to eat breakfast and get dressed before 7:30. Not to mention the crazy parking situation around the school in the morning. Hence, not the best "first day" picture below. We barely made it in time and we were lucky to get a picture.
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<br />Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09685373993679427764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289851650944786861.post-27160221012424538342011-08-25T20:22:00.008-06:002011-08-25T21:42:39.260-06:00Camping at Mueller State ParkWe decided early on in the summer to go on a camping trip this year. I am not the biggest fan of car camping, but with kids it's really the only option. We read an article about Mueller State Park and it sounded like a good place to visit - lots of family-friendly features (flush toilets, playground, walk-in tent campsites) and only 30 minutes from Colorado Springs. We made our reservations very far in advance because this place fills up quick.
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<br />The trip turned out way better than I expected. I hate to say that because it sounds like I have low expectations, but when it comes to car camping with kids, I guess I DO have low expectations! But, surprise - everyone had a great time and no major calamities. We all came home a little tired, but it was totally worth it to have some quality family time.
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<br />Day #1 - Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
<br />We heard wonderful things about this zoo from friends and it did not disappoint. I wouldn't say that it is better than Denver Zoo, it was just different. And different is a good thing when it comes to zoos because we go to the Denver Zoo a lot. Our favorite things at this zoo: feeding giraffes and seeing them up-close, all of the kid areas (caves, tunnels, playgrounds, petting zoo), and the amazing views of Colorado Springs.
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<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUNfdiBQkrOGPeMCHgrISsYI9sZELG7lM_n4T2ruAKhgD2z7bSRDrCkmg_XEQFZFxpnXeMSM3FsMmKm5SIiqP37mqEWmANL4wJaPJVzi12TS5XvFOyt3WTwWXLKgNK_6uuLojdNG_xHVc/s1600/DSCN0941.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644986919302124754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUNfdiBQkrOGPeMCHgrISsYI9sZELG7lM_n4T2ruAKhgD2z7bSRDrCkmg_XEQFZFxpnXeMSM3FsMmKm5SIiqP37mqEWmANL4wJaPJVzi12TS5XvFOyt3WTwWXLKgNK_6uuLojdNG_xHVc/s400/DSCN0941.jpg" /></a> Alli is petting a baby wallabee
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<br /><div>We drove around the Garden of the Gods and then did a short hike around the main area. The rocks are amazing and it was fun to see the rock climbers. Nick insisted that I take a picture of him and Alli in the "circle". Temperatures were in the mid 90's that day, so we weren't out hiking for too long.</div>
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<br /><div>Day #3 - Dragonfly Trail and Drive Home</div>
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<br /><div>We stopped at this children's trail on our way out of the park. Alli and Nick loved it. It was just the perfect trail for them. They got to read signs, see how far they could jump, go over bridges, and go through tunnels. So fun...I wish we had something like this close to our house.</div>
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<br />Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09685373993679427764noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289851650944786861.post-11738227791909269902011-07-21T21:03:00.010-06:002011-08-01T20:20:01.997-06:00Ballet, Swimming, and FunNote: I tried first posting this about 2 weeks ago and finally just figured out the problem and was able to publish it.<br /><br /><br />If you live in Colorado you know that almost every afternoon for the past few weeks we have been getting thunderstorms. Sometimes really big thunderstorms. On Tuesday night our power went out for a couple of hours. Luckily I was just finishing dinner and the only thing that was still cold was the corn. We have been getting way more rain than usual. I don't think we've even had to run our sprinklers, which will be nice when the water bill comes. It does put a little bit of a damper on our afternoon plans. But, Makenna takes an afternoon nap, so its not too big of an inconvenience.<br /><br />We tried a new-ish park this week and it was so fun. It is a combination splash park and playground. We stayed there for 4 hours. All of the kids were happy and the weather was perfect so we had no incentive to leave.<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632012838398501634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2VyazbTHmXwViI8ydtJKObV3oWWrGHW8Lutk9DBonOqOME0dVMXCinXgATpGhzr6FgisH2q-2R3k2PFWN5ql9r_99ZpOqRQhPlxuoYT1rIY8sg_Ta26W6NWe38sII7Y2PMpmeGQy44_A/s400/DSCN0920-1.jpg" /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2VyazbTHmXwViI8ydtJKObV3oWWrGHW8Lutk9DBonOqOME0dVMXCinXgATpGhzr6FgisH2q-2R3k2PFWN5ql9r_99ZpOqRQhPlxuoYT1rIY8sg_Ta26W6NWe38sII7Y2PMpmeGQy44_A/s1600/DSCN0920-1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632012843365588866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiSX5NYqKAHFSLDwRlWiPBnVcxatwB_5xon9gfjLcZT7smlhW4kVyMqMSJRp586FsOV301KrRoXfZv9zGErFLK1ImVDpsMfBbv4zR5UHY1xSQjaLuAcZo8qcQv4aTFrj-eaRxuyNl5cf4/s400/DSCN0921.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyyrEKmimU5J11aB-URFvcTNO6Izvxfap40oM0hwoxN3KI3ZcZ0Ozp54-NBREoMWlAuKN_eO9Xd7IKXY4qbzeq7WdE8-qlVJWbhXSikNFb0lhHwHCpoHiz1xKXDCi5ZkhsZXbKpK2NitE/s1600/DSCN0917-1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632012835020817794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyyrEKmimU5J11aB-URFvcTNO6Izvxfap40oM0hwoxN3KI3ZcZ0Ozp54-NBREoMWlAuKN_eO9Xd7IKXY4qbzeq7WdE8-qlVJWbhXSikNFb0lhHwHCpoHiz1xKXDCi5ZkhsZXbKpK2NitE/s400/DSCN0917-1.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUEPv-DhyphenhyphenZV7njB7UBWiE1L8b2ipiQ7hR8wcCiDBln7Zt5jpHlqg3mx1p_oH_dGyjNQfPItKxDbQhz6hvq3YGIpjgrONDxLW4ZD459TlkqcjlzjGlx8p3EtdeTRUnfEEoQUWK8m3H2Mp8/s1600/DSCN0915-1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632012828306729522" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUEPv-DhyphenhyphenZV7njB7UBWiE1L8b2ipiQ7hR8wcCiDBln7Zt5jpHlqg3mx1p_oH_dGyjNQfPItKxDbQhz6hvq3YGIpjgrONDxLW4ZD459TlkqcjlzjGlx8p3EtdeTRUnfEEoQUWK8m3H2Mp8/s400/DSCN0915-1.jpg" /></a>Alli took a month-long ballet class in June. She really enjoyed it and has been showing all of us her twirls and jumps.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXqXxYfaLEUeDSak1ZMI0SK0EdQcPNsncgaFq7Wma4WEP0eBUPb73UNh4Lt2ljQWqpwnlsswyNWVT54_gIdy2MCBq1MI5cBWsnWx9ypMRiSMeTFrMVP_YLFUdqR4pYWtCZ166ZX4s3InM/s1600/DSCN0906.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632012416631463874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXqXxYfaLEUeDSak1ZMI0SK0EdQcPNsncgaFq7Wma4WEP0eBUPb73UNh4Lt2ljQWqpwnlsswyNWVT54_gIdy2MCBq1MI5cBWsnWx9ypMRiSMeTFrMVP_YLFUdqR4pYWtCZ166ZX4s3InM/s400/DSCN0906.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFKtQ1QAdCV8efsYKqaF2s6VrIBuICBl3CEBP-dVPXi8sxBEEHIS1HfT4b9ZH6LkSThz-9fWTB0GKsmAmjM0OZPgDNadR78l0gXPntHDmkdslK9oNGfsrHnG1mKMlJKMAR2ubVThoXCNc/s1600/DSCN0900.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632012409265677730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFKtQ1QAdCV8efsYKqaF2s6VrIBuICBl3CEBP-dVPXi8sxBEEHIS1HfT4b9ZH6LkSThz-9fWTB0GKsmAmjM0OZPgDNadR78l0gXPntHDmkdslK9oNGfsrHnG1mKMlJKMAR2ubVThoXCNc/s400/DSCN0900.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAykUdznFDhj4lgKErjFOJt3hRZxyZaLITHIK1R2qLK3VCR09LBi8yAEENMAuR4x4nRToWNuUJmjSs_kkwbW9YO6IilF1_yMMgf_YeKRZpvXp0-5nVBbQayc3lKH9frp4bA1ROJQYoA-E/s1600/DSCN0910.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632012403330046818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAykUdznFDhj4lgKErjFOJt3hRZxyZaLITHIK1R2qLK3VCR09LBi8yAEENMAuR4x4nRToWNuUJmjSs_kkwbW9YO6IilF1_yMMgf_YeKRZpvXp0-5nVBbQayc3lKH9frp4bA1ROJQYoA-E/s400/DSCN0910.jpg" /></a>Alli and Nick have also been taking swimming lessons at the Rec Center with their cousin Lindsey. They are halfway through their second 2-week session now. They are learning so much and progressing really well. These pictures are from the last day of class last session. On the last day they get to go down the big slide and play in the kiddie area. I am looking forward to a year or two from now when they are swimming well enough that I will be able to take all of the kids to the pool by myself. Nothing better than a summer day by the pool!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhycYx6qU_SKUDj2gA4u9J-k0XD1YALrSR6PXI_gNvF14uUydors38nKb9bbrjIPoDebkQ-4bQJi_OUr_9arA95e23_y5HgtnjchX-YJcBLPrYdmjFdnSUkhX3zl2VKlLgHSExs_wg1iSA/s1600/DSCN0912.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632012396531177426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhycYx6qU_SKUDj2gA4u9J-k0XD1YALrSR6PXI_gNvF14uUydors38nKb9bbrjIPoDebkQ-4bQJi_OUr_9arA95e23_y5HgtnjchX-YJcBLPrYdmjFdnSUkhX3zl2VKlLgHSExs_wg1iSA/s400/DSCN0912.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtuIO3Bt87XyZxeYNqm8oobbm0L1TK82mKjDFc7S5P8iJolNuFHNktH0vAzk40Jb7S0maEYuSJ25swj4z47ZaCTE825HjcgWTl9d8TAiRuuagMGjJyJx3qjqCvm6FVkgOma1r3F3ljKr8/s1600/DSCN0913.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632012393551124450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtuIO3Bt87XyZxeYNqm8oobbm0L1TK82mKjDFc7S5P8iJolNuFHNktH0vAzk40Jb7S0maEYuSJ25swj4z47ZaCTE825HjcgWTl9d8TAiRuuagMGjJyJx3qjqCvm6FVkgOma1r3F3ljKr8/s400/DSCN0913.jpg" /></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09685373993679427764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289851650944786861.post-7767152556413825182011-06-13T20:24:00.005-06:002011-06-13T21:30:11.809-06:00San Francisco<div><br /><div><br /><div>Before my birthday a few months ago I told Brian I only wanted two things: 1) Nick to be potty-trained and 2) Makenna to sleep through the night. Brian helped me get Nick potty-trained and Makenna's ear infections cleared up and we were able to do sleep training with her. I was so relieved to have gotten over these hurdles. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Of course, I recieved some other gifts for my birthday. But then I got a huge surprise from Brian, my mom, and my sister - a weeked getaway to San Francisco with my mom and sister to visit my brother David and his wife Natalie! I haven't been away from the kids except for a really quick 24-hour trip to Salt Lake when my brother got married a couple of years ago. I love the kids so much but I was feeling a little burnt out. I needed a short break and I was so excited when the time came this weekend to go.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>We ate at so many amazing restaurans, tried some new things, and had a lot of fun. Here I am at the top of the highest hill in San Francisco. Amazing views, even with the clouds.</div><br /><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617899175496387202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikkyb9ZeDBJqJ0ZS_Ch7vc-7F_jVrdqIfi7P7aLCv3ZQ7yiEil6-SflgnjH32iKo4L5M7o1-mYtbdonHy40-aNrK0QUwh24t7URKtoRQze5yVKIgfGWYYiYgPG7-FcNhxJjbP0NqEU8KA/s400/DSCN0895.jpg" /></div><br /><div>One of my favorite parts of the trip was the Alcatraz tour. It was so interesting. Here are my mom and my sister on the boat.</div><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617899167104279202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoWCyHAeMUFo0cAHuGXxrQBVDSn7tv4FpRs04ujWbDXNQoShk3LREf9MSUsL8Q7y_UPy2jTzH3mWfZl2-RCvwMlBeuj2jvOEl-zMB29_V2A5fyRTWlKYMrLqeqMGaFpXVmU0WG4J8LVao/s400/DSCN0893.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617899151951779282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj38lyVUKQoBKodplDQ4tEXqhac_B3DZujvddPRGG_9sWLWf395T1B3frfCfNVp7FMf7Iju5NXdqXE1DpfO0BLMEmFYCtoOYDsqqYTXiM3c5jQuqQNuopzdAAHeEYSLaB_GBxtAG0pFqik/s400/DSCN0890.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617899156117488210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhwSZA5VysLl_potc3Wpll0j6dR56b7rkXL6nh7sWXjuFH1lWWqG-BYIicA630hpGHN3CCRx4suQS7atyBk94WNM5UQTlkNufKTuIeRnYOauTpzm-heAnNv-3DYKG8q3fpSlYtZzCy7eo/s400/DSCN0892.jpg" /></div>Here's the family hanging out at a park on Sunday. It was a beautiful day and we loved the sun.<br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617899142020371362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFMzlXYfHOk26nRkbHAi6GLe4dU42KCHS4LC10ReXvxjAzarR2viDT2ln4QCjj0czaSYc-DlVkvhI_GxHEQGhQp9SAsm6iHfq-hPNsdd1Dp-aIi6Wg93gt3jfAaErQ16-F7-t9Kq1COKU/s400/DSCN0898.jpg" />Thank you mom and Courtney for the best birthday present ever! Thank you so much David and Natalie for driving us around and hosting us. And an extra big thanks to Brian for doing such a great job watching the kids all weekend! </div></div>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09685373993679427764noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289851650944786861.post-87612651777630602602011-05-16T20:31:00.003-06:002011-05-16T20:42:32.727-06:00PicturesBrian snapped some quick pictures of the kids before church. Aren't they cuties? And I love that the grass is green and the trees are starting to bloom and leaf out. Hooray for spring!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjix_it0WegLYakPHzJBAdYHW8GaPj3T895T1ygHlMjC3kxVi1RB0IHPUjtN79ZJU1MDhTOvnQN41vXJLasP8i1u7Fw3yfKDl8mkAMYnAr2JDsK_Q0DIuydEkQc0XGanG9uUM9tvQ2ykfg/s1600/IMG_5411.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607508935632343074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjix_it0WegLYakPHzJBAdYHW8GaPj3T895T1ygHlMjC3kxVi1RB0IHPUjtN79ZJU1MDhTOvnQN41vXJLasP8i1u7Fw3yfKDl8mkAMYnAr2JDsK_Q0DIuydEkQc0XGanG9uUM9tvQ2ykfg/s400/IMG_5411.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBOMJcNejo5DcImf4Y5Xs7QyWNFa-iNq_VdfsoRMOdOae5TSqy_EE3KMJ75WXQ1_ajAf7th5V534q5oKF6ypx7b3SBV65Bo3XSJZYX7GOGNrRT3BofmbWmTt2ze1iJQArkQiUSIFUApYQ/s1600/IMG_5398-1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607508925504710914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBOMJcNejo5DcImf4Y5Xs7QyWNFa-iNq_VdfsoRMOdOae5TSqy_EE3KMJ75WXQ1_ajAf7th5V534q5oKF6ypx7b3SBV65Bo3XSJZYX7GOGNrRT3BofmbWmTt2ze1iJQArkQiUSIFUApYQ/s400/IMG_5398-1.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOpTA2cS_9DyZcICWpJbUOZ8l6EG1MRgmCwlj9oeZuvPXuj2UfUM92cuOGShad9mkTb4og1MH6x85oBpgyoYl5Bu9kxkKvORah_LIIP3WSOb0ddkpXCFKtIZPU9Nj-LHjwlKWnvr6wL4Y/s1600/IMG_5375_1-1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607508917194809922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOpTA2cS_9DyZcICWpJbUOZ8l6EG1MRgmCwlj9oeZuvPXuj2UfUM92cuOGShad9mkTb4og1MH6x85oBpgyoYl5Bu9kxkKvORah_LIIP3WSOb0ddkpXCFKtIZPU9Nj-LHjwlKWnvr6wL4Y/s400/IMG_5375_1-1.jpg" /></a><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607508920317091842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwPdh2o4rOgcbOBEpYXK20djmaGecSo1oC8hH1z6wkcbTb063Ukk3oJYNFKHJEb21afefFKgfQCthBjGOGoFh0vHbrehoxDiZFMZyS-n2lEhRDW3bSiD-UhIAFSaTfcq2Rj3eTIUbKseU/s400/IMG_5388.jpg" /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGOQy8TnPczEjacEd_g5BR8i9fdbvozcjtiJnikhp9qVLAFDuwYxuU8js8WuGQHH3oQdcr-s55xWXxgowIHXVFIY1AlGhgKZ2kuLxQKU3M0qEIHhIVwElzPSM55vkEaGiNAHw62gs6eJI/s1600/IMG_5440.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607508911587235394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGOQy8TnPczEjacEd_g5BR8i9fdbvozcjtiJnikhp9qVLAFDuwYxuU8js8WuGQHH3oQdcr-s55xWXxgowIHXVFIY1AlGhgKZ2kuLxQKU3M0qEIHhIVwElzPSM55vkEaGiNAHw62gs6eJI/s400/IMG_5440.jpg" /></a> </div></div></div></div>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09685373993679427764noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289851650944786861.post-42670731846120139202011-04-30T21:35:00.002-06:002011-04-30T21:43:04.748-06:00Swimming LessonsI can't believe it, but swim lessons are already over! Alli and Nick both learned so much. Alli loves the water and can even swim a little on her own. Nick's favorite part of swim lessons was jumping into the pool and going down the crab slide at the end of every lesson. He has no fear! <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601586499002142322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh24xdLLn_WeyQ4l8-qhrPRG_5XdbbZ6TCct5AC1y8MBOWKd23odDZ86uvb6q3rWJHUZqWkdMM2_zBCbCPuGCKwZpschLLFUMRicxoEVviKKGS6_hpXp52nhr6N_Rk2WPsn1_7k9hrtPw8/s400/DSCN0870.jpg" /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvUJce0BU3bdC_rtFuHwYEKAyOxrWKE48X7tGXE9SxBQ1yEMg4eMdX5BdF6u-u0gBtbyCZDcKbY_6Lj003j042_xFtJhOQRA3WTzWdBJcKcsn0TOBC0rNHvXPTq3ptdw22HDrzMUpQeBI/s1600/DSCN0878.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601586513197244866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvUJce0BU3bdC_rtFuHwYEKAyOxrWKE48X7tGXE9SxBQ1yEMg4eMdX5BdF6u-u0gBtbyCZDcKbY_6Lj003j042_xFtJhOQRA3WTzWdBJcKcsn0TOBC0rNHvXPTq3ptdw22HDrzMUpQeBI/s400/DSCN0878.jpg" /></a>On the last day of classes they got to go down the big slide and play in the kiddie area. So much fun!<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601586522617692066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMU_48oJoXAu9cWAud42gCK8_acUycsSlF1ktH8FM58w6jtXH5QwNm6rbeYXTWDjwyDHjHZxFHv3ZHQe_gfCc6dXs7Ug3ufyp_jUST-Iv2p_hEzFROKIGGBDkbcLbhJfPb6XpiJAGy-k0/s400/DSCN0879.jpg" /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ_2E335ySxLUlD0PGKj9xPyQaqLHcKqPL-R-Z6qtaO7ZZNOKFXZysDfph0XQ5gt3CQIcMOBg1AzpOlebFDigKrS0Ix8mDGGG48GjMlulhVbVkJF1gGiifgDrY9tsH-kcItIekDbnl5ZY/s1600/DSCN0875.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601586504305370194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ_2E335ySxLUlD0PGKj9xPyQaqLHcKqPL-R-Z6qtaO7ZZNOKFXZysDfph0XQ5gt3CQIcMOBg1AzpOlebFDigKrS0Ix8mDGGG48GjMlulhVbVkJF1gGiifgDrY9tsH-kcItIekDbnl5ZY/s400/DSCN0875.jpg" /></a>We will be doing more lessons this summer. Can't wait!<br /><br /><div></div></div></div>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09685373993679427764noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289851650944786861.post-89653063075497800052011-04-30T21:14:00.003-06:002011-04-30T21:35:11.895-06:00EasterWe had a fun Easter. We went to the twin's club Easter egg hunt this year. It started snowing when we got there, so we didn't hang out for too long (just long enough to do the egg hunt) and we didn't get any pictures. Makenna participated this year and even picked up one egg (Alli was happy to help with the other 11!)<br /><br />This was also the first year that we dyed eggs with the kids. We did 10. Again, no pictures. Having cups of dye out with two 3-year olds was a little stressful for me...but here's the end result. Some turned out kind of brown because Alli insisted on adding more dye to the cups after the first round.<br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601581979586416418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBs5zhMXEmQFoWJoRGHY6frPW8EkQs92qPDfw3VQuS4O_d6FKZHt1S_zW8swh_cdXAX18QBAAk8PhIaHhpym6-f_HSSdWplH5vW_CKiDlP55o3IESCcr3OdicAxRv-JB4_RGz9vvMWqUk/s400/DSCN0868.jpg" />And yes, the Easter Bunny did visit our house! He hid eggs all over inside and left a baseball bat and mitt set for Nick, a Barbie and Snow White shoes for Alli, and an animal book for Makenna. Don't you just love these morning pictures?<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601581994721719570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU9LTGfOmZE34dc4J03uTU-VTQ9D8ciB1ou_BOWEQau65rXWCTarJTOMl-bZKrZpJ0SGRnLaMzqjiSxbfpdnifbiD1T8HZBft0PT0wuE2m1YbYX4ReOvxlHwYamI0bj4cOoNG67rk4sb0/s400/DSCN0864.jpg" /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMwMD8KuEuL5sJSFaWsG4prJQLXWAid-phqDkeSiP0gXszKH6IXZ4S49MOWcoua4JKb_ZwsW3q7gWxlzNvLFY1VNkP02aeecBunlfJLCQR8eppb_hxNHjQCZKB_rgq8ydoyAiS1L3tqlM/s1600/DSCN0865.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601581990287084898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMwMD8KuEuL5sJSFaWsG4prJQLXWAid-phqDkeSiP0gXszKH6IXZ4S49MOWcoua4JKb_ZwsW3q7gWxlzNvLFY1VNkP02aeecBunlfJLCQR8eppb_hxNHjQCZKB_rgq8ydoyAiS1L3tqlM/s400/DSCN0865.jpg" /></a> <br /><div>And finally, we went to dinner at my parent's house. Alli saw a picture of a bunny cake a week before and wanted me to make one. Because I am such an amazing mom (right?) I made her one to bring for dessert. My mom used to make these for Easter and it was fun for me to do it. <br /><div>Of course the kids loved it! <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601581983186261698" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRd0RJIR5X6IdMt5TePg3mhiNPCOA-qur4iMmaztgXN1CV1gmmQc3nhNlHwH6S3lzOU1FSrfJOVSDXcJSu9Hb6Hi5TAaENj0hPbVv1H0B2AvbNa2RLs9eNvc7FuISWyft5uBt9XBMYy-s/s400/DSCN0867.jpg" /> <br /><div></div></div></div></div>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09685373993679427764noreply@blogger.com0