Christmas 2008!

Christmas was so fun this year! We were not able to make it down to Arizona because Cal is having a really rough time, but it was nice to just be at home. Keston was so excited to open presents and Calon was so excited to play with all the wrapping paper. It was a happy day! Here is a slideshow of the morning....

Getting ready for Christmas

So, gingerbread houses are a lot more fun to make in theory, or maybe this kit was just too planned out. Plus it wasn't a very tasty kit.... maybe we'll make one from scratch next year. It turned out pretty cute though.













Keston's letter to Santa:
Dear Santa,
Do you have a Wii?
I want a velociraptor and Doc.
Love, Keston



















Keston's picture to Santa:
Santa with a steering wheel for Wii and a green path leading to a racecar inside a giant green chair. Top right in red is milk and cookies and bottom right is presents.

It's beginning to look a LOT like Christmas!

Here is a slideshow of our snowy adventures, as well as some inside fun! Click on it to make it bigger.

Let it Snow!

We have SNOW!!! It is now officially Christmas!



























Chad pegging the neighbor boy!













Comfortable inside the garage

Bed Fun

One of the boys favorite things to do is play on the bed. Here are a few shots from their fun...







































And an after picture of Keston drinking his yogurt.

Cute pics

A couple cute pics I had to add

Calon really loves the screen door.













here is a snowman Keston made- he's so excited about Christmas!

Grammy Visit

My mom just came to visit- it was great-Yay Mom!! We had lots of fun, it was a short visit, since she is a working woman now, but we still managed to pack a lot in....

We saw Madagascar 2, which was pretty cute- Keston loved it and Calon didn't mind it too much either.















She was also able to help me finish sewing our stockings.













And able to catch the first snow flakes of the season with Keston.













We also got some holiday shopping in- well she did (we're done shopping...yippee!) and we got to just hang out and play and talk- it was a good visit! Oh ya- she also babysat so Chad and I could go out to dinner!!!

Holiday Cheer!

We just love this funny website! Keston helped pick all the pictures to use- he didn't want a silly picture for himself- he wanted him and Calon to have cute pictures:)

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Thanksgiving

Yeah, I am no longer a holiday hostess greenhorn. Thanksgiving went GREAT!! I made some of the food Wednesday night, Ina and Chad helped and we didn't eat til 3:00, so there was no stress or rushing- it went really smooth....We had so much food leftover- but that's what's good about T-Day.

We had a super time with Ina and Steve- Keston especially. He really loved going on adventure walks in the rain with Mimi and Papa and teaching them the ways of the Wii....

On Friday we decorated for "the best Christmas ever" in the words of Kes. It is so fun to prepare Christmas when the kids start knowing what it is- it is seriously magical.


Papa and the boys checking out Keston's new Indy Racecar.













Mimi and Kes on an adventure walk in the rain.



















Calon looking at the Thanksgiving Rain.













Tank is enjoying the rain too.













Keston putting up the star.













Calon helping touch the tree.

Picture Links and slideshow

I'm still figuring out how to get slideshows and links perfected and figuring out what photo site is the best to do that from- so here are my first attempts:


Here is the slideshow of our veggie harvesting:


















Here is a link to more of our pictures from Arizona in Oct:
http://www1.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=246631016/a=140529500/t_=140529500















Here is a link to more of our Halloween pictures:
http://www1.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=246630063/a=140529500/t_=140529500

HI there!

Ok I think I am actually going to send this blog out this time..... Halloween went great- Keston loved trick or treating and Cal chilled except for when he saw Dad in his mask- then he freaked out. Chad had fun scaring all the "customers".

We are now getting ready for T-Day, Ina and Steve aka Mimi and Papa are coming, Keston is so excited to see tham and I am excited about hosting my first Thanksgiving- I'm a big girl!

Calon is in full speed crawl mode- he can get anywhere he wants really fast and is loving it! He has 4 teeth with one on the way but at least the grouchy weeks are over!

Keston has mastered the art of playing Mario Cart Wii, with the steering wheel and all I hear all day is "is it time to play Wii?" he's funny.

And Tankie just had her 5th B-day on Monday.

Well that's it for now...LOVE!!!

Flour children

a little update

Everyone is doing great.

Chad is really busy at work- he is handling what 3 people usually do all by himself and doing it without mistake.

Ange is trying to keep everyone learning and having fun.

Keston has become quite the chatter box- no matter where or when- he has something really important to say. He still loves dinos and Cars and recently got upgraded to a big boy room, new bed, new dressesrs, new Lightning McQueen bedding- he loves it! He is so helpful with Calon too- he likes to try to feed him and is always on alert if Cal gets into something he shouldn't (namely Keston's favorite toys). He is wonderful! When he watches TV he is really into Mickey Mouse right now and has mastered using the mouse to play games (educational) on the computer- his favorite site is starfall.com. He is going to be a dinosaur for Halloween and loves everything ghoulish right now, ghosts, pumpkins, bones- he can't get enough.

Calon just cut his 3rd tooth and man oh man has it been a rough one. Talk about grouchy..... He has fussed more in the last two weeks than he has in his previous 7.5 months. I'm sure it will pass, but lets hope it's quick :) He is almost 21 lbs already and ready to go- he has mastered rolling to what he wants and is pretty good at crawling backwards, but he is ready for full movement- I think if he could he would be walking already. It won't be long- he's pulling up and is ready for forward crawling- he is so cute. He loves eating and thinks when someone blows a puff of air is hilarious.

And Tank is Tank- she lovingly/annoyingly follows everyone around, cleans up any snack dropped anywhere and waits patiently for anyone- including Cal to throw her ball.

pumpkin patch 08

Here is a link to a few more fall pictures:
http://www1.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=246631011/a=140529500/t_=140529500

we're back

I know it has been quite a while since we have sent out an update or pics- so here we go. We've dropped the old website and are now venturing into the blogging world- wish me luck