Thanksgiving

We had a great Thanksgiving holiday. Joshua's parents and sister came down from Iowa and we spent the day at Joshua's Uncle Bruce & Aunt Jeanette's house. I think there were about 40+ people there maybe. Joshua's cousin Cassie got married on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, so most of the time after that was spent helping them get ready for the wedding.


Here is a picture of Kylee that I took one day when she was having fun on our couch.

The pictures below are at Cassie & Grant's wedding.

Cassie & Kylee (Kylee was eating during this picture!)

Kylee twirling in her new dress.

Grant & Kylee


Kylee

Kylee and I rode back up to Iowa with Dan & Joanna and spent a few days there. Joshua had to work and also had to go to his drill weekend, so he wasn't able to come with us. :-( While we were there, my sister and nephew DJ came down to see us. That evening, Kylee got tired so I put her up next to my sister (she was tired too because she is pregnant!) and Kylee just cuddled up next to her and went to sleep. It was really cute.

After we were at Dan & Joanna's, we went and saw Beth & Jason in Jefferson City for a few days. I will try to get some pictures up soon from that part of the trip.

Trunk or Treat

Last Sunday night, we had "Trunk of Treat" at church. They had food, games, and then people had decorated their trunks and passed out candy to the kids as they walked around. It was pretty cool. Some people got really creative. Joshua wore his Air Force BDU's (camouflage) and decorated his car like a cave. The kids couldn't see him very well because it was pretty dark outside, so they weren't too sure about
sticking their hand in for candy!! We had 80 visitors at church that night that came for the Trunk or Treat, so that was really good.
















I had ordered a St. Louis Ram's Cheerleading outfit off of Ebay for Kylee to wear. The guy sent it out right away and it was suppose to get her on Saturday, but it didn't arrive until today. So, Sunday afternoon, I called my sister and she helped me put together a outfit with stuff she already had plus some felt I bought. So, Kylee ended up being a very cute Minnie Mouse. She did not want the ears on, but oh well. I am going to take some pictures of her in her cheerleading outfit since we have it now, and I will post them to the blog site. It is really cute and will be super cute on her!










The other day I put one of our floor pillows on the floor and laid down on it. Kylee thought that looked like fun and came and joined me. It was sweet. Luckly Joshua was home and took a picture.

Fun in the Fall

I must be on some blogging streak or something. It is a beautiful day out today. It's actually feeling more like fall than summer, at least for the moment. It could go back to feeling like summer tomorrow!!

There is this kitty that started coming around our house the past couple of weeks. The kitty and Kylee like to play when Kylee is outside.

We went to a pumpkin patch with my MOPS group. They had pictures, movie, snacks & story time, hay maze (the picture above), animals, and a hay ride. We had a good time.

Kelsey & Kylee playing with some of the small pumpkins. I couldn't get both of them to look at the camera at the same time!


Here is Kylee with some of the big pumpkins. She was too interested in the pumpkins to look up for a picture.

Yesterday we went to the Rice Festival that they have here in Crowley every year. Here is Kylee with one of her favorite people, Mallory. They were sliding on one of the fun jumps.

Kylee and Joshua watching the parade.

Kylee and her friend Noah watching the parade.

Working outside

We were having a really nice day outside last week, so we decided to get the lawn mowed. Kylee of course wanted to help, so as I raked up the grass into piles, Joshua & Kylee put them into the wheel barrel. Kylee also enjoyed her rides back and forth in her new mode of transportation!!!!!

Trip to Reno

In September, Joshua had to be gone for 11 days for Airforce training in Georgia, so Kylee and I flew home to Reno. We had a great time there with my parents and were also able to see quite a few family & friends.

The day after got there, the Hot Air Balloon Races were going on, so we drove around so Kylee could see the balloons. She thought they were great.


Kylee at Rancho San Rafael Park


Grandma Betty, Kylee, & Grandpa Wayne


Kylee & Me

Kylee pushing her own stroller!! She loves to do that.

Kylee up at Lake Tahoe

Kylee at Lake Tahoe

Kylee and Keeyan (My friend Erin' little boy)

My friend Debbie & me

Kylee at the park

Kylee playing with blocks that my dad made for Christy & I when we were little

My mom, Kylee, & I met up with my Grandpa & Grandma at Mimi's Cafe for dinner

Grandpa Wayne reading to Kylee

Birthday Party Pictures (a month later)

A month later.....here are Kylee's actual birthday party pictures (her last of 4 1st birthdays). We had 26 people there in our house. She had fun playing with all her little friends and opening her gifts. She couldn't understand why she got all these cool gifts and then couldn't play with them right away, but had to put it down to open another. She had fun playing with all of them later though.
We had chips & salsa, a veggie tray, fruit tray, cake, & ice cream. The theme was butterflies & flowers (just like her room)

Joshua decorated her butterfly cakes. The top of the cakes is actually the bottom part in the picture. They turned out really cute and tasted good also.

Kylee was enjoying her cake. She didn't want to get her hands too messy, so that was funny.

Kylee was playing with a bunch of the balloons from the party.

Lots of Traveling & Birthdays

Kylee turned 1 year old on August 5th. This year has flown by. The last few weeks have been fun. Joshua's dad, mom, and sister came down for a week. It was really nice having live-in baby sitters!!!! I got a lot done that week. We also had a little birthday party for Kylee with Joshua's family. That was her first cake (with more to come). On Thursday night, we left for Nationwide. We wern't qute sure how well Kylee would do in her car seat for 20+ hours, but she ended up doing very well. Here are some pictures.

Here is her first birthday cake. Actually there was a bigger one with butterflies on it, etc, but the big cake came with a small one for the birthday girl! Kylee doesn't really like to get her hands all messy, so she decided to try eating it with out getting it on her hands. It was rather funny.
We finally gave her one of her forks and she was happy about that, but then she thought it was more fun to dip Pooh Bear in the icing and eat her cake that way.
On our way to Nationwide, we stoped with everyone near Amarillo, TX (at the mini Grand Canyon). There was an old visitors center or something like that there and we hiked down to it and took some pictures.
My mom and dad came up for a few days to visit us at NYR before they had to go to another camp. We went to a park one of the days and had another small birthday party for her with my parents. We didn't have a candle with us, so one of her new crayons had to do!!

She finally decided that it was ok to get messy eating. :-)
Kylee with Grandpa Wayne and Grandma Betty
Kylee found a table that was her size at NYR
Levi had a bubble maker and Kylee was having fun trying to touch them.
A cute picture of our little girl.
Kylee and Levi
Kylee and Levi hugging - oh so cute
Us and our friends (Jason, Beth, Levi, and Nate)
On her actual birthday we were in Biloxi, MS because it was Joshua's drill weekend. We went out to dinner with some friends there and then went back to their house for her 3rd birthday cake and some ice cream. Kylee is going to be quite experienced when it comes to birthdays. :-)
Kylee and Mara (our friend's girl who lives in Biloxi)
On my birthday (3 days after Kylee's), we were still in Biloxi, so we went out for Korean food (one of my favorites - if you haven't ever had it you absolutely need to).