Beautiful Days!

1/22/09

Life has been grand lately. The weather is beautiful, we are healthy, and I feel so blessed to have such a wonderful family. We have been enjoying time outdoors - on MLK day we went mini-golfing on the island...we were having so much fun I forgot to take pictures! It was Kaylee's first mini-golfing experience and she loved it! Daddy is a pro golfer, and taught her all the tricks of the trade.

Here are some pics of other fun times recently:

Afternoon at the park with Kaylee's friend, Eva



Aaron's first time on the swing - his girlfriend next to him is also 7 months, if you can believe it. I had to take a picture of both of them because it made me laugh - besides the obvious size difference, it was a classic male/female moment with the beer belly chillin out and the anxiety-driven one watching every move everyone is making!

My two angels

Christmas in Boise

1/8/09

Happy New Year! Our Christmas vacation in Boise was fabulous. Here are some pics and stories:

Visit from Santa (Shawn's dad) - yes that's Larry's real beard! He had a ton of work as "Santa" this past Christmas. He and Dorothy were sitting in a restaurant eating lunch one day and he had his Santa hat on - mothers and children kept coming up and asking to sit on his lap and talk to him! Thanks for our Santa pic for 2008 Larry!

Christmas Eve dinner - my mom outdid herself as usual - we ate and ate and then ate some more. Thanks for all the yummy food and treats mom!

Grandma with a clean and happy little man

Cousins on Wadley side - I think this was Christmas Eve with new jammies on supplied by Mrs. Claus

Cousins on Smith side - they loved playing together!

Fun playing games - you see Balderdash there, but the real hit of the season was Scum, followed closely by Pinochle :)

Kaylee lost another tooth (#6) - Aaron gained another one (#3)

Snow Angel

Right in the face!

Big, tough men and a little lady

Kaylee's first snowman - this was the last day we were in Boise - it had snowed a few other times while we were there, but this was the first time the snow was the right consistency for making a snowman. I was so glad she got to experience this before we came home a few hours later.

Back at ya daddy

4 generations - we had so much fun with Granny J - I'm so glad we got to see her. She always reminds us how fun life is. In case you're wondering what the dark spot is on my shoulder it's Aaron's drool - it never stops.

As I went back thru the pictures I realized how many pics I missed - the time flew by so fast and I wish I would have thought to take a few more in the midst of all the chaos. Luckily we are in the age of technology and other people had cameras when I couldn't find mine or was busy. You get the general idea with these - it was fun, fun, fun! Thank you so much Smiths and Wadleys for such a wonderful time. We love you guys!