FINALLY!

After months of waiting, Kaylee FINALLY lost  not one but two teeth!!

She has been waiting somewhat patiently and was very excited when she realized that she had her first loose tooth.

Monday, Russell was looking at her teeth and realized that her new two front teeth were coming in behind her baby teeth.  Since they were both already loose, he decided to pull them out using his Leatherman.  I was at Water Aerobics with my mom so I missed all of the fun, but the outcome was Kaylee with TWO missing teeth.  She was very excited about it and couldn't wait to go to school the next day to show off.

When Russell sent Kenyon to bed he had to reassure him that he didn't have any loose teeth and wouldn't loose any until he was 6 like Kaylee.  I guess Kenyon was more traumatized by the happenings than Kaylee was!

Evelyn

Places we've found Evelyn sleeping!

Snow Day!

On the night of December 20th we received a lot of snow. We got the kids up and were getting them ready for school, when we found out that school had been cancelled because of the snow. The kids were so excited they had to go outside and play in it right away! They all had a blast playing in the snow most of the day.

 

Christmas Tree 2010

The Saturday after Thanksgiving we went and got our Christmas Tree.  It was a lot warmer than I thought it would be, which is always good.  The kids had a lot of fun playing in the snow while Russell hiked all over looking for the perfect tree.

For Family Home Evening we made Christmas tree  ornaments out of pipe cleaners.  We all had a lot of fun coming up with different things to make.

Russell ended up making glasses for all of the kids,

... and for Blankie Bear too!

The finished product!

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Silly Kenyon

Last week at preschool they had an un-birthday party for Kenyon.  He was so excited about it before he went and when he got back.  He understands what birthday's are, so he announced to me that he wasn't 4 any more he was now 5!  It took me two days to convince him that he is still 4 and that it was an "un-birthday" not his real birthday!

Halloween 2010

We started the celebrations by carving pumpkins for FHE on Monday.

We let the kids design their own.

Here are Kenyon's and Kaylee's...

... Evelyn's (A puppy dog, which was designed by Kyler)...

... Kyler's (Kyler carved it too.  It is a face made out of a rocket!) and Russell's & mine.

My mom was so nice and made some of our Halloween costumes this year.

Kaylee wanted to be Princess Aurora (Sleeping Beauty).  My mom did an INCREDIBLE job on the dress and Kaylee loved it.

It's amazing what my mom can do with a couple of old curtains!

Kyler wanted to be an Astronaut this year, so we ordered some patches online and had my mom make him a Flight Suit.  She even made him a patch with his name on it!

Kenyon wanted to be Handy Manny again this year.  I was worried that when he saw the new costumes my mom made for the others he would feel bad or change his mind, but he didn't.  He loved every minute of being dressed up, and would get really excited when someone called him Handy Manny.

Since Evelyn spends most of her time acting like a puppy dog, we figured she should be one for Halloween.  I think she looked really cute in the costume my mom made for her.

Here we are ready to go trick-or-treating to family and then to the city trunk-or-treat.



THANK YOU Grandma Henningson for the wonderful costumes! 

We love you!

What We've Been Up To...

...Celebrating Our Cousin Braxton's Birthday...

... Having Fun At Grandpa & Grandma Olie's Cabin...

...Shingling Grandpa & Grandma Henningson's Roof...

...Playing With Cousins...

...Celebrating Russell's Birthday...

...Pouting...

...Trying Out New Hair Styles...

...And Watching Movies Together!