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Sorry some of the images are getting cut off. If you click on the picture, you will see the full image. :)

March 12, 2010

Kierstin and I went to visit our friend Crissy's new baby girls, Kylie and Kaley! They are soooo little!

March 10, 2010

WHEW! I have some catching up to do!! We had a whirlwind 8 day trip to Kansas, and getting ready for that, and recouperating from that has thrown me off my game!!

I'll post a few pics today, trying to catch up a little.

Here's a picture of Brian, wearing his "Danny and the Miracles" tee shirt from the KU 1988 Championship team. My mom bought it for him for his B-Day, and I think he's worn it every day since he got it!

Then, of course, if the camera comes out, Kierstin gets silly!

February 25, 2010

Kierstin hasn't quite mastered writing her own name yet (That "K" is TOUGH!) but she is writing the name of her best friend! Here, she wrote Chopper's name all by herself! (Mommy just spelled it)

February 24, 2010

Our blog today is featuring... KIERSTIN! She's FAR more into being photographed than Jackson these days... I don't love my son less, he just is less of a ham for the camera. :)

Kierstin getting ready for school. She tells me that her teacher says, "One on the hip, and one on the lips" and that's what she's demonstrating. HA HA!


And a picture of her cute hair for today...

February 21, 2010

QUICK! They're sitting quietly! Nicely! GRAB THE CAMERA!

Here's Jackson and Kierstin looking for Waldo together. :)

February 20, 2010

It's a Dog PAR-TAY! Today we had a "dog social" at the local park. We don't yet have a dog park in town, but the city organized a place for the dogs to play today for an hour. They got to go on the baseball field that is all fenced in, and run and play without a leash. Chopper had SO MUCH FUN, and has been snoring away ever since we got home!

February 19, 2010

Tonight, Brian and I went to Toby Keith's I Love This Bar and Grill. There were several live bands, including Steel Magnolias, and Danny Gokey from American Idol. Here's a picture of Amy and I with Danny Gokey. :)

February 18, 2010

For every holiday, Kierstin's Great Grandma Reed sends her a box full of all kinds of goodies! Her box for this Valentine's Day included a feather boa, two watercolor paint books, a bridal veil, some jewelry, and this Spidergirl dress... among other things. Kierstin was so excited with this costume, she put it on right away!

February 17, 2010

Here's Kierstin.... once again "comfy" after getting out of school. She's waiting for dinner to be ready, playing her brother's Nintendo DS (nevermind that she has one of her own!)

February 16, 2010

Jackson's baseball game!

Here's Jackson, ready to play catcher...


A couple of action shots...




And Kierstin playing with Janessa (aka "the baby")

February 14, 2010

Sledding Day 2! Kierstin is FAR more brave on day two! She wanted to go by herself almost every run, and by the end of the day was even going on her tummy face first! Crazy girl!

Again, it was very warm, 45-50 degrees, and was absolutely GORGEOUS!

February 13, 2010

SLEDDING! What better way to spend Valentine's day?!

One of the things that we LOVE about Phoenix is the weather... Not only that we don't have to deal with ice and snow, but that if we do decide that we want to play in the snow, we have a short 2 1/2 hour drive north with snow galore!

Today we drove up to Flagstaff to go sledding. We're going to stay overnight, sled some more tomorrow, and then drive back home. Flag has had 208" of snow so far this year, so there's PLENTY of snow... but even better than that, it was 50* today! So we got to enjoy the snow, without freezing our thin blooded Phoenix tooshies off!

Here's Jackson and Kierstin on the sled together...


...and mama with sissy and Jackson

February 11, 2010

My watch dog, who is NOT allowed on the furniture. BUSTED!

February 10, 2010

Kierstin finally has enough hair to braid!! This was taken right after I did it, before school... The trick will be what it looks like when she gets home. :)

February 8, 2010

It's time to get ready for Valentine's Day!!!

Kierstin is having a Valentine's party at BOTH of her pre-school classes, so she has lots of cards to write (about 40). I thought she wouldn't be too into it, that she'd do a couple, then quit, so we started early to get them done throughout the week. Boy was I wrong! She took her box of 36 cards, and did every single one in one setting! I wrote her name in pink highlighter, and she traced it with a pen. Great practice for her!

February 7, 2010

Super Bowl Sunday! We had a pretty low key Super Bowl this year... Amy brought the boys over, the kids played, and we watched football. It was nice. :) I realized as they were leaving that I'd forgotten to take any pictures... so here are all the kids by the door, getting ready to go home. HA HA. Jackson and Kierstin, Cameron and Caden.

February 6, 2010

Today's picture is of my favorite chef EVER! :) Brian is completely spoiling me today, making me loaded baked potato soup. It's a LOT of chopping to get everything ready, and he doesn't even complain (since he got new knives for Christmas).

Look at these perfectly chopped veggies:

February 4, 2010

Have I mentioned lately that I ♥ having a little girl?!?

Here's Kierstin ready for pre-school today in one of my favorite outfits on her. Notice that her shirt matches her headband, which is also the same print as her shoes! She's Mommy's little doll to dress up.



She looks so grown up in this one...

February 1, 2010

Tonight our friends Cameron and Caden came over to have dinner with us! :)

January 31, 2010

Kierstin helping Daddy cook dinner. We're having breakfast, she's making eggies. :)

January 29, 2010

Kierstin apparently had a loooong day at school today! While I finished my work day, I set her up to watch cartoons. Here is where I found her, on the back of the sofa, at 5 pm. :)

January 27, 2010

Silly pics with the kids today :)

January 26, 2010

Finishing touches on Jackson's room...


Moved the toy bins to this side of his bed, and hung his first soccer jersey.


Moved his dresser under the dirtbike on the wall.


And hung his shelves... Trophies and video games on top, hats and book bags below!

January 25, 2010

Chopper. :) Brian's going CRAZY watching a KU game. The kids are alternating playing computer games and fighting. Chopper has found his "zone" in all of this chaos just chillin on his bed. Yes, it's a very big bed. I love my Chopper.

January 24, 2010

Jackson's room is all painted!! Poster hung on the wall, the only thing we're waiting on is for the blue shelves to dry and get a second coat of paint. Here's a couple more pictures of his room.

January 23, 2010

Here's the beginning of Jackson's new room... I did two walls today, the blue one and one tan. I will do the other two in tan.

January 22, 2010

Did I mention the rain?!? We're turning the back yard into a swimming pool!

That's supposed to be grass... we have A LOT of clean up work to do!