Thanksgiving Morning

Granny and Grandpa sent the kids some presents for Thanksgiving. They loved their new books and their Reindeer.

Spencer loving his reindeer.

Mackay and Spencer finding Rudolf in their new book.

Sophia reading her new book.

Mackay showing off his new reindeer.

Happy Halloween!!

This Halloween was fun, fabulous and freezing cold. The temperature was about 30 degrees with chilly wind as a bonus. Sophie went as Sleeping Beauty, Mackay was a knight with a skeleton face and Spence was a pirate. Mackay told us he didn't want to be a knight he wanted to be something scary this year. So we had to compromise to get one more year out of the knight costume. This was actually the third time Danny painted his face because of some other parties we went to. Spencer was facinated with the paint and kept trying to grab his face all night. We took these pictures just before we bundled them up to go trick or treating. Danny was the lucky chaperone and I got to stay home with Spence and hand out candy to all 6 of the trick or treaters. We acutally left at 7 o'clock to hang out with some friends. We had some great food and tried to play a game while Spence crawled all over the game board. By eight thirty Danny and I were exhausted.

Sophia's Costume Parade at Bethany Nursery School, Monday, October 30,2006

Sophia's preschool had a little costume parade the day before Halloween. She went as Sleeping Beauty. The best part for her was that she got to wear blush, lipstick and "eyelashes"(mascara). Her friends with her are Hailey, Ellie R., Ellie K.,and Alexa. She has had such a great time with these girls in her class. After the costume parade they walked across the street and paraded their costumes for the residents in a nursing home. 

Family Night October 30,2006

Tonight for family night we all pulled out our pumpkin carving skills. Mackay practically did his own pumpkin this year. It was great. He made a bat. Sophia on the other hand needed a bit more help. Her pumpkin had a witch and a crescent moon on it. We put them to work scooping out all the guts. They were a little shy at first, but as you can see the shirts came off and they got nice and slimy. After we carved pumpkins we all decorated sugar cookie pumkins and ghosts. Dessert is always the best part!
Spencer enjoying (mutilating) his sugar cookie.



Mackay is really into this!




Sophia helping Mom push out the pieces we were carving.

Trunk or Treat October 28, 2006

Trunk or treat was fun and a little stressful this year. I was in charge of helping the young women organize a spook alley. It was fun but lots of work. Ellie K. and her family came with us to the party and they had a great time eating, playing games and going through the spook alley.

Sophie and Ellie

Spencer and Danny were buddies all night while mom ran around like a crazy lady.

 

Pumpkin Patch October 7, 2006

Sophia's friend had a birthday party at a pumkin patch and needed me to drive some kids so we ended up inviting our whole family along. They didn't seem to care too much and the kids had a great time picking apples, manuvering through the corn maze, and petting baby farm animals.

Mackay seeing how tall he is. Almost 41/2 feet WoW!

Sophia and all the other kids in the party group.

Sophia and Mackay on top of the hay bails. Of course it was a beautiful sunny day with a roaring wind. Welcome to Minnesota. It seemed to be mating season for the Japanese Beetles also. They were all over the place, I mean in swarms.

Danny, Mackay, Sophia and the birthday girl, Hannah, going on a hayride to go pick apples.

Spencer's First Haircut October 26,2006

Spencer was starting to get a little mullet. So of course I had to fix that. Here he is with his sucker. He was so into his sucker and watching himself in the mirror that I don't think he even noticed me cutting his hair.






Spence after his haircut. Notice--he is still smiling!

 

Spencer's First Birthday October 4, 2006

It's hard to believe it's already been one year. It was a hard couple of first months, but we made it and he is a health and happy baby. We feel so blessed to have Spence in our home! He is such a sweet boy and is always ready to give us loves and hugs. He is quite the jabber baby--he makes us all just laugh with his wacky language. And I can't say enough about his cute toothy grin. He loves his walker toy and buzzes all around the house with in. He has just started making this wierd girgle sound in his throat and he does it all the time--pushing cars, playing toys, riding in the car. . . What else can I tell you about Spence? He hates strangers still but now loves his Daddy. He yells DaDa down the stairwell when Danny is at work, thinking he is down working on the computer. Sophia tells him, "Dads at work you silly boy". When Mackay leaves for school he stands by the window waving his hand and yelling Kay Kay. He definately keeps us entertained and on our toes.


For Spencer's Birthday we went out to eat at Green Mill. Spence did not like the wait for his food. He was starving and kept boobing on and off until he got his dinner. He amazed us by almost eating his whole plate of mac and cheese. When we got home and had cake and icecream he wasn't too interested in eating so he just played in it.

Spencer opening his presents.

Spencer having help opening his presents.

Spence and his dinosaur cake.

That was some good icecream.

First Day of School--September 5, 2006

Mackay on the first day of second grade.



Sophia and Mackay on the first day of school. Sophia was pretty jealous that Mackay started school the day before her. She is really excited to see all of her preschool friends again.

 

Danny's 31st Birthday

For Danny's Birthday we went to dinner at Dos Amigos--mexican of course. After we came home and had the best Chocolate Cake EVER!! Danny got to shop for his own birthday present this year. He pooled all of his birthday money and finally bought an MP3 player. He practially stalked the mailbox for a week waiting for it to arrive.




Danny, Spence, Sophia, and Mackay waiting for their cake.





Spencer trying out a candle.

They all agree--its the best Chocolate Cake EVER!!

 

Spencer and Popsicles

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Spencer loves popsicles. He has a fit everytime he sees one of the other kids with one. He is getting too smart.

Mackay's 7th Birthday Party--August 26, 2006

Mackay had a Movie party. We took him and six of his friends to the movie "How to Eat Fried Worms". It was funny and gross and the boys loved it. We came back to our house and had corn dogs and cake and ice cream. Mackay has been playing baseball so he picked a Minnesota Twins cake--chocolate of course! What a crazy fun day! 

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Picnic at Clif and Emily's House

We arrived at Clif's house Saturday afternoon. We had a great time eating and getting caught up with each other. The kids had fun playing games outside with Granny. They were so excited to see Granny and Grandpa, Uncles, Aunts, and cousins.


Sophia getting reacquainted with Whitney and Emma--that didn't take long.



Mackay and Skylar had a great time playing Uncle Clif's Video games. Mackay kept wanting to go back to his house everyday so that he could play.


Dad, Danny, Mom, Emily and Clif just chatting.



Jared and Kirsten. Look at those pearly whites!

 

Family Photos on Ryan's Blessing Day

After baby Ryan was blessed we all took pictures out in Jared and Kirsten's front yard. It was a joke getting all ofthe kids to stay still. It's not a perfect picture but it speaks volumes. They were all having a great time being together.




Family Photo
Back row: Danny, Kirsten, Ryan, Jared, Brecken, Clif, Emily
Front row: Spencer, Anna, Mackay, Emma, Skylar, Sophia, Whitney

 

Family Night --August 7, 2006

Photo Sharing - Upload Video - Video Sharing For Family night we went to Mr. Biggs to bowl but there ended up being a wait. Kirsten's Mom and Dad found this great bounce room down the hall from the lanes and the kids had a great time being wild and crazy.

Cheyene Mountain Zoo--Colorado Springs

On Wednesday we headed off to the zoo with Kirsten and Emily. We had a great time hiking up the mountain and checking out all of the animals. We have certainly forgotten how beautiful the mountains are and it was great to be close to them again.

Danny and Spencer at the begining of the day.

Emma, Sophia, Mackay, Whitney and Ryan just hang'n with a Gorilla.

Sophia and Mackay being buddies with the orangatan.

Sophia and Mackay had such a great time with their cousins they can't wait to see them again. Sophia tells us all the time that she wants to go live by Whitney and Emma. She had such a great time playing with her "girl cousins".