Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Thanksgiving and our Arizona Trip!

So better late than never...right?  Prepare for picture overload and they are not in order either!  The week before Thanksgiving we had an amazing time in Arizona!  We spent so much time with the Fish side of the family and enjoyed the gorgeous and I mean GORGEOUS weather! November is a great time to be in Arizona! 

This was all of us(minus Tracy my sister in law- she is taking the pic. Oh and the lil girls at at their own table) on our Thanksgiving(we celebrated it on Wednesday because Thursday we flew back to Idaho)
Madison looked so cute! I made her bow! I made one for Kaylynn too, but the funny thing about almost 3 year olds is they don't always want to have thier picture taken!
We spent a lot of time playing on the Wii.  It was particularly funny to watch Chad and Jeff play Dancing with the Stars!
These pics are backwards!  Lacie, Sadie and Kaylynn had a blast making a gingerbread train with Grandma Fish.  They did a great job taking turns and the train was adorable!  Oh and the icing was big hit with Lacie and Kaylynn!
How many people does it take to put a gingerbread train together...A LOT!
Madison was fussing and we were trying to get everything together to go from Chad's parent's house to his sisters and then she went quiet... she had fallen asleep just like this.  Doesn't she look comfy!
We went to a HUGE playground and had lots of fun, but the big attraction was Dad/Uncle Chad.
There was a Duck pond at the Park and we had so much fun feeding the ducks!  I was just waiting for someone to fall it, but luckily noone did!
We went to a Ranch while we were there.  We had a great time! This is Jeff riding the bull! He was brave enough to do it twice and on the second time he really hurt his thumb, it was swollen for a few days!
Chad couldn't let his Brother in law one up him so he also did the bull.  And the next day he had a huge bruise on the inside of his knee.  Oh the war wounds!
There was a band at the Ranch and Kaylynn and I had fun dancing together!
This was on the train ride at the Ranch, it was okay but we wish they had more stuff to look at.  It was a little sparse.
We now know how to pan gold! WOOOHOOO! We are going to be SO RICH! LoL
Madison was sleepy and fighting it so I found a rocking chair in front of one of the Ranch stores and she concked right out, it must have been the old fashioned rocking chair!
Bath time with the cousins!  Madison barely fit in the sink, but she looked so cute I had to take a picture!
Lacie and Kaylynn had a blast in the tub together! And now we have embarrasing pictures to play on a slide show at their weddings! Yes! (Tammy: I still think I should have had a say in your slide show with our bath picture... I will never forget the shock of looking up at your wedding and seeing a HUGE pic of us in the bathtub projected on the wall! LOL)
Sadie made herself a snack and before we knew it both Lacie and Kaylynn had scooted their stools over to steal her food!
We went to this huge outdoor mall and this is the girls with their loot from the Disney store, Thanks Grandma!
In the middle of this mall was an adorable playground all decked out with flowers caterpillars and butterflies as the slides and stuff!
Kaylynn and Lacie had SO much fun together! 
Chad and I at the outdoor mall.
Madison chillin in her stroller at the outdoor mall.
Silly Cousins!

Madison loved all the attention she got from everyone.  She loves her Grandma so much!
Lacie has the coolest blow up jump house thing, they had so much fun in there.  And us adults would go in and chase them! It was a blast!
Lacie loved holding Madison!
Our trip to Arizona was so much fun, we all had a hard time packing up to leave.  Thanks to the Beck's and Fish's for letting us come invade their lives for a week! 

Saturday, December 6, 2008

Three months of Absolute Cuteness!

I am about two weeks late on this post but here's some pictures of Madison on her three month birthday.  She is such a sweet addition to our family.  She has a very happy disposition, so quick to flash her beautiful smile and cute giggle!  She is a pretty laid back, easy going baby!  She is sleeping completely through the night (this makes mommy VERY HAPPY!).  She loves to hold and grab things.  I love it when she holds her hands together, she looks like an angel.  






Monday, November 10, 2008

Fall Family Pics!

We went out with some friends and took pictures of each other's family.  It was a ton of fun and we ended up with some great pics!  I did learn a few things... hot pink shirts don't photagraph well and black washes pale people out! LOL you live and you learn haha!







Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Do You Know What Santa is Up To?

Well I stumbled across this blog while surfing craigslist and I thought I would share it with everyone.   Santa has a blog!!!  Kaylynn is very into Santa at the moment and loves to find out what he and the elves are up too.  Oraphin is one of Santa's elves and he runs the blog and let's all the kids know what is going on, he also shares yummy recipes from Mrs. Claus.  It's a super cute blog.  
The address is  www.thenorthpoledaily.blogspot.com   So check it out!!!

Monday, November 3, 2008

Happy Halloween!!!


The girls on Halloween morning.  Kaylynn was so excited to dress up!
I love this picture!!!! Madison was the absolute cutest Caterpillar you have ever seen!  My mom is amazing, she made this outfit!
And Kaylynn was the most beautiful butterfly ever!  I made the tutu, it was super easy and really fun to make!
I was lil Miss Madison's leaf! HAHA!
And Chad was a butterfly catcher!

We went to a trunk or treat at our church.  This Kaylynn and her buddy "Bob the Builder"
This is Kaylynn playing ring around the rosies with her "best friend" lol

Doesn't my mom look cute!!!  She handed out candy and Chad and I took the kids around.
We always go to my grandma's house on Halloween.  It's fun to see everyone dressed up!

Our Annual Harrison Blvd Walk!

Last Fall we went on a walk down Harrison Blvd (the historic district) and fell in love with the houses and the trees and leaves were so beautiful that we decided to make it a family tradition.  This year we went with my mom and some friends.  We had so much fun.  We picked leaves, acorns and water chestnuts.  We let the girls play in the leaves on someone's sidewalk...if they were home I bet they got a good laugh at it!  Well  here are some pics of our relaxing and fun walk.
I just love this door and foliage!
Madison all snuggled up with her blanket in the stroller!
I love this style! It reminds me of the houses I grew up with in Germany... beautiful!
Chad and Kaylynn, she made a "hat" out of the leaves and was holding in on her head!
Having fun playing in the leaves!
Kaylynn and her friend Heather had sooooo much fun playing in the leaves together!


Look at all these pumpkins!  And every single one of them was carved!  It was really neat to look at up close!  It must have taken forever to carve all of them!

Sunday, November 2, 2008

Pumpkin Patch and Maze!

We went to a local corn maze and pumpkin patch and had some family fun!  Kaylynn had a lot of fun in the corn maze!  We let her choose which way to go throughout the maze, which probably explains why we went into Phase 1 and came out of the exit of Phase 2!!! Ha ha! There was also a little area with a slide and a corn box (just like a sand box, but with corn kernals) and we picked pumpkins at the patch.  It was such a fabulous day!

We were finding corn in very strange places after our adventure...I wonder why?!?
Kaylynn picked out a great pumpkin!  Just the right size!
Aren't we cute farmers!
There was this huge blown up balloon that you could run and jump on.  Kaylynn loved it!