Christmas Fun!!!

Here is the Gingerbread house that Kyle and I made. It turned out really cute but the roof fell off just minutes after the picture. So Kyle ate a little bit of it and then we tossed it. Kyle had so much fun decorating the house that we defiantly got our moneys worth!

You can see on his face how excited he was to do this!!

Here we are bundled up at the Christmas parade!! We were very warm and had hot chocolate to keep our insides warm!

Daddy and Kyle snuggling!! Kyle really enjoying all the lights!!

Mommy and Payton snuggling!! Look at Payton's face, she is mesmerized!!!

The kids loved it!!!

WATCH OUT FOR WILD TURKEYS!!

In preparation for our Thanksgiving Feast we made these really fun turkey hats. I got the idea out of Family Fun magazine! The kids like running around saying, "gobble, gobble!". We are just staying home for Thanksgiving this year, just the four of us!! We are still having all of our traditional favorite foods!! In fact, as I write the house is filling up with the aroma of pumpkin pie!!



Happy Thanksgiving!!

Halloween Fun!

We started our Family Halloween Fun on Thursday night by carving our pumpkin while watching "Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown"

Of course you can see who actually did all the work cleaning out and carving the pumpkin!

It still turned out great and was ready to light just in time for Halloween!!

On Halloween Day we got dressed up and went to the base clinic for some Trick or Treating, everyone gets into it and we got lots of candy.

Then after dinner we headed over to Will's house for more Trick or Treating and our Halloween party. Here is Kyle, Will, Jillian and Grace ready to go get some candy. Payton was not feeling up for pictures at this point!

Derek dressed up at a Mummy and when we told Kyle about it he said, "I have an idea mommy you can go as a daddy" It took him until Derek got dressed to realize that we were saying mummy not mommy!

This was our first Halloween in seven years that it did not snow, it was even nice outside. So the people came out. We even stopped by the General's house for some candy!



Then we went back to Will's house for some Halloween party fun. The kids went on a scavenger hunt and it ended with goody bags and pumpkins to carve!

Kyle loved drawing on his pumpkin and did a really good job at writing his name all over it!

Everyone had a great time decorating their pumpkins and they all turned out really cute!

Payton decided to take a rest, and a few minutes later decided it was time for bed! So we left sick to our stomachs with sweets and tired from all the fun we had!

Happy Halloween!!

DON'T BE SCARED!!

Uncle Jason got the kids these cute PJs! Pink for Payton, of course! They are really fun and cute and they glow in the dark. It was really hard to keep the kids out of the bathroom they kept wanting to see their PJs light up!

Kyle's "I'm going to get you face" and Payton just thinking her brother really hung the moon!


I'm so cool!!




"We love each other"





Aren't we just adorable!!

Grandma Stone's Visit!

Grandma Stone came to visit while Daddy and Kyle were gone to Washington. So needless to say we had the ultimate "Girls Week"!! We went up to Estes Park where we had to stop at the famous Taffy Shop and buy Grandpa some Texas Pecan Taffy! Grandma, Mommy and I only had one piece each, there was still plenty left for Grandpa!
Great Picture of Mommy but like usual I did not feel like cooperating and even though I was having an awesome hair day I just did not want my picture taken. I wanted down!!
We did A LOT of walking while Grandma was here. I did not get to walk very often but if I cried long enough Grandma eventually let me get out of the stroller and walk a bit.
Here I am showing off the new sweat shirt Mommy got me on the sale rack of Baby Gap. It was a great deal and we were very excited about the price!

Update!!

Not much has been happening lately, obviously the reason for no new posts. Today was the start of AWANAs, Kyle was so excited. He loves wearing his vest and he can't wait to get the stickers. He does such a great job memorizing the verses I am so proud of him.

I also added this picture of his cut on his head that he got from running around church after Daddy told him not to. We actually only spent an hour in the emergency room for them to put a nice looking staple in his head. He was so brave!

This picture I took the other night when Payton fell asleep in front of her door. I went to kiss her good night and I couldn't open the door because she was blocking it. You can see the door handle in the picture.

Oh, and I also added this cute picture of Payton because she is at a cutie pie stage. I am trying to enjoy it before she get to be to much of a toddler!!

Beautiful Wyoming!!

I know it sounds weird to have the word beautiful and Wyoming together, but we decided to take a nice hike today and it was beautiful. We went to Curt Gowdy State Park only 20 miles from our house. Kyle did a really good job keeping up with us! He enjoyed seeing the creek! Payton did a really great job hanging out in the backpack, there was a lot of stuff for her to look at. We enjoyed lunch by some hidden falls!

Christmas in August!!

So the camping trip that we have been planning and looking forward to for the last two months got cancelled. Even though Cheyenne has 360 days of sunshine a year this was the one weekend all year that it rained nonstop! It never rains here for more than an hour at a time, but this weekend it rained the entire time!! So how could we cheer ourselves up, nothing better than cuddling up on the couch with some homemade hot chocolate and watch the Polar Express (aka Kyle's favorite movie). He can actually quote the entire thing!! It defiantly lifted our spirits and after dancing to the "HOT CHOCOLATE" song we totally forgot about not getting to go camping! Maybe, next year we will make it out camping.

Family Fun Day!

We decided to take a day trip up to Estes Park. It turned out to be a fun adventure. We had to make a long stop in Loveland to change a very gross explosive diaper that included a change of clothes and a complete car seat clean out. Thank you very much Payton. Both kids were pretty good sports about the whole thing. Kyle sat quietly and Payton was just happy to finally be dry and clean. We finally made it up to Estes Park and took two steps and it started to rain. We quickly found a place to eat lunch and try to wait out the rain. It continued to rain so we took our chances, we didn't get too wet and the rain kept the kids entertained. As we were walking down the main street shopping my eyes caught a very familiar sign from Texas; it said "Bluebell Ice Cream". I just about wet my pants, my most favorite ice cream that I only get when we visit Texas was available right here in Colorado!! Even though we are on small diets Derek and I treated ourselves to a small scoop of Birthday Cake Ice Cream we shared with the kids so we really didn't go off the diet to bad!! It was heavenly!!! We had a great day and lots of fun!

Payton Update!

Payton has been successfully sleeping in her big girl bed now for a couple of nights. She adapted to it better than Kyle did. It only took about 30 min of us going in and putting her back in her bed before she got the idea that she needs to stay in bed. Now she is a pro! She is also walking everywhere and trying to run! It is really fun but kind of inconvenient when we are out in public and all she wants to do is walk by herself.

Frontier Days

This week we have been enjoying the festivities of Frontier Days. Grandma Pam and Uncle Jason came out to visit. We went to the Thunderbirds Airshow, rode rides at the carnival midway, and this morning we enjoyed the pancake breakfast. It has been a lot of fun!!