Kyle's Birthday!!!

For Kyle's birthday this year Grandma Pam and Auntie Carly got to come and celebrate, and we had a great time!


Our day started with Green (Incredible Hulk) pancakes, with M&Ms.



Then it was off to Chuck E. Cheese for lunch and playing fun games with Auntie Carly.

Payton even got to play a few games!!

We got some really cool little toys with all the tickets we collected.

The next day we had to get ready for Kyle's Transformer, bowling party!

Derek did a great job getting all the decorations set out before the birthday boy arrived!

We had hot dogs, corn dogs and grilled cheese and french fries for all my friends!

Then it was off to bowl!!

I got to hang with my best friends!

A Month!!

For me and the kids our Christmas travels began a couple weeks earlier than we had planned, due to the passing of my Grandpa Kesler. We are sad because we miss him but know that he is in the place he has longed to be "Home"! Being able to head to Texas a couple weeks early gave us some time to relax and enjoy ourselves!


We helped Nana Stone put up her Christmas tree, Kyle was the biggest help of all. Kyle got to ride his 4-wheeler and did an awesome job controlling it. He is not quite ready to be on it all by himself but he was in full control- speed racer!!




The only time Payton would let Grandpa Stone hold her was when he would bribe her with washing her hands, silly little girl! We enjoyed making Christmas cookies with Grandma Stone, and did not forget to have our ice cold cokes near by!

The kids looked so sharp in their Christmas outfits. The first picture was the Sunday before Christmas and the second picture was taken Christmas Eve!

On Christmas Day we went to Fort Worth to spend time with Jeremy, Hillary and Nana, Papa Stone. Kyle and Payton were quite the little helpers with wrapping paper. We enjoyed one last meal in Papa Keslers house, having his dining room table crammed with people around it is exactly what he loved!

The next day we jumped on a plane and headed for a little colder weather in Washington State. The kids did amazing during our 4 hour flight!! We were very blessed!

To Kyle's unbelievable excitement we had Christmas number two at Grandma Pam and Grandpa Randy's house!! Kyle did not know what to think about having a whole other Christmas and even more toys! Uncle Jason was a hero helping put together all of the transformer toys that Kyle got. Payton fell asleep before she could attack the gifts, but she had lots of fun opening them the next morning.

Kyle had so much fun with Auntie Carly. They threw snowballs at each other and got to decorate cookies! I must say they turned out pretty cool! Kyle got to enjoy a few of those before bed time! I snuck a few myself, it is the holidays!!

We put a little hair piece on Payton and she looked like a little "show baby"! Both Kyle and Payton enjoyed playing with their little auntie pugs, Annie, Mo, Tess and Abby!

We had a wonderful Christmas Vacation, a little exhasting, but a lot of fun and well worth it!

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!!