Happy Halloween

Halloween 2010

We had a great Halloween. We had the babies paint there own pumpkins this year. Meghan was very focused on her masterpiece.

When she was done she decided Maddy needed some decoration too

Maddy was more interested in eating her paint brush but then she decided this was fun.

Brooklyn slept through the painting and we were in a rush to carve her pumpkin we forgot to take pictures. Poor kid.


We went trick er treating with Brooklyn's boy friend Tyler and his little sister. We are keeping a close eye on them for the future :) They were a little slow and very cold in the rain. We only made it to a few houses. The babies thought it was great and tried to get in every ones house when they opened the door. They loved getting the candy out of the bowl. I think they got more than Brooklyn.


We went up to Matt's parents house later to see the cousins and do a little more treating. The rain had stopped and the girls were much more excited about it.

The whole family. If you cant tell Matt and I are the little boy and girl and if you don't know who the girls are you are seriously lacking in your education and should promptly go out and get the Cat in the hat book :)

The cousins up at grandma and grandpa K's


Overall I think it was the best Halloween I have had since I was little. We could have done without the rain but in the end a great day!

Birthday Fun!

We have had a fun filled month of birthdays. August 10th Brooklyn turned 3. We spent the day at the zoo she had a blast. We had some friends and family that joined us there.




Later that week we had a birthday party. Brooklyn shares her Birthday with her unca Josh and Only 40 minutes to late Cousin Graham. born on August 11th.




Time for Cake:)






The babies love cupcakes!



September 16th Double the pleasure double the fun two little girls Turned one :)
We had a little party with the friends.
The proud uncles Tommy and Jake





Yummy Yummy

Colorado

Packed up all the kids and drove to Grand Junction, CO for Kira's grandpa Tige's memorial. It was really great to see a lot of the family we don't get to see often. Tige's memorial was excellent. Kiras dad Jim spoke and did a great job. It was very interesting to learn a lot more about Tige and the great man that he was.

Kira's dad and step-mom

We had just enough time to visit the Colorado National Monument. I recommend it if you're in the area. 4 miles up an unbelievable canyon to some spectacular views. The road at times is right on a cliff face and I got a little white knuckled behind the wheel. Luckily I didn't notice one curve labeled "Dead mans curve" on the map until later. The road continues in a giant loop but we decided to use our time to take one short hike.

Kira and her sister on the trail with all the kids. This hike was only 1/2 mile roundtrip and the kids did great. I did have to carry Brooklyn (as well as Meghan in the front pack) towards the end.

The view point at the end of the hike. The railing is right on a cliff and we never let go of Brooklyn's hand while out there. Only one really scary section of the hike right at the end where the trail is 3 or 4 feet from a sheer drop. I would say 400-500 feet straight down. This is Alecia, Kira's sister, and her kids, 2 of which were very dedicated to becoming "Junior Rangers". I wasn't there when they took the oath but I hear they completed all requirments and in record time.

The whole family with nothing but a chainlink fence between us and certain death.



Way, way past due for a haircut.

July

New Hair

I needed a change and so a change I made. Chop chop



Cooking Cookies
The girls love to get involved. They have a very important job...you could call it watching

They really love the ending :)



The 24th of July Parade.

We go every year and this year was a little crazy I'm not sure how much of the parade I got to see. Next year might be a little better. The girls had a lot of fun anyway



Just some fun with the babies

Family Pictures

We finaly pulled it all together and got a family picture. We also got the twins 9 month and Brooklyns 3 year pictures. It was quite a joke Brooklyn was pulling her best attitude and the babies were hard to keep still. I was surprised we got some good ones.