Apple Picking

We spent the morning apple picking at Gilcrease Orchard... we had a great time, the weather was gorgeous! The girls had so much fun, they both came home and fell asleep...

we need to do this more often :)

Notice how we all match, I'm crazy... but I love doing that!

A Big Girl's Bike

Kylie got a new Princesses Bike this weekend... BIG HIT! She got a matching helmet and pads... that she won't take off even when she goes in the house. She doesn't quite understand that she has to continually pedal, she does it for a bit and stops thinking the bike will keep going.

That's Maggie putting her curious little nose into everything. Maggie wanted Kylie's knee pad.

And, we couldn't leave out Baby Kacey... I'm not sure what she's reaching out too. I think Maggie was over there.

(How crazy windy was it Saturday??? Wow!)

Flashback Friday

Since we're planning another trip to Disneyland before Thanksgiving, I thought I'd post a few pictures from our trip back in March of 2006. The heated pool, which was still freezing :) Matthew was crazy and going off the waterslides. Not to toot my own horn, but I was so sick (and pregnant with Kacey) and I don't look too terribly "green" in this picture.
It hadn't rained in 9 months in Anaheim, and it rained while we were there. It was so cold, but we had the best time!!!
Kylie is getting so excited for the trip. She keeps telling me that her and Daddy are going to ride"The Dumbo," which is her favorite. Since she's really tall, Matthew gets her on practically every ride, including the Matterhorn which freaks me out.

Gymnastics

Okay, so a bunch of you know the 'issues' with gymnastics class that a few of us are going through. But I think I'm going to enroll her again for the next session... she's really getting it down and having fun. Mind you, I'm a nervous wreck the whole time because some of the stipulations are a little too much on a 3 year old (yeah, I'm going to be "THAT" mother!) And MY 3 year old likes to do things her way... But I was so proud of her today - learning to wait her turn and listen to directions.

That's Kylie's friend Adam in the white shirt.

Okay, so that balance beam is super high. Notice the teacher is busy with another student, but that doesn't stop my Kylie. All of us mothers were sitting there freaking out when the teacher showed the kids what to do. There's Kylie, did it all by herself, first time, no help, didn't fall!

Matthew's Post...

The funniest thing about that picture is Kacey sneaking her head in! Look at that smile!!!

On another note...



To all you Eagle fans, I have one thing to say: HA HA 20-12

GO REDSKINS!

FLASHBACK

Look what I dug up... This was 4 years ago, Aaron was leaving for Germany on his mission.

For those of you who don't know, these are Matthew's brothers. Brad, Aaron, and Bryan.

I was pregnant with Kylie. All I remember was it was early in the morning, and Brad drove me home so Matthew could get to work. I thought I was going to puke the whole ride home, Brad you're a maniac driver!

***BTW, Aaron's still not married... Currently taking applications, if interested please contact us! :)

My Crazy Bunch

We actually had time to spare this morning before heading off to church, so we were able to take a few pictures. They're snippets from a few photos because we couldn't get everyone smiling at the camera in the same photo.

What you're missing is her high pitched yell with that big mouth
That's our Kylie! :) Goof!

September 5th

Happy 1st Birthday Baby Kacey!!! This new toy was a big hit, for her and Kylie...
I'm very proud of my cake, the icing is even homemade! I didn't attempt writing 'happy birthday' on it... baby steps. :)
Today was also Kylie's first day of Preschool with Mrs. Tate. She had a really great time, although she came home exhausted! It's rough work to be a 3 year old.
How cute is she-- modeling her bookbag!

Aunt Judy's Visiting

We're having a fun time with Aunt Judy. We spent Labor Day downtown and had lunch at the Venetian. Kylie twirling her speghetti.
She was having a lot of fun with that sunhat.
Kylie wanted to "ride on the boat" and we might have if it wasn't 109 outside.

Daddy's in Reno with President Bush

Matthew's comment was, "The President must have known I was here, so he decided to come and say hello."

The real story, Matthew's in Reno on business and so is President Bush... they are in the same hotel. Matthew said security is crazy. They're both leaving today (Matthew's off to LA), maybe Matthew can hitch a ride on Air Force One.

We miss you Daddy, see you Thursday!!! She kept lifting her hands in the air, I have no clue why???

She's got 4 teeth on top and 3 on the bottom... she's such a cheeser.

Aren't those the cutest outfits!? Thank you Aunt Chiarina :)

See Kylie's little green "ring," it's actually a hair scrunchie... but she insists on wearing it as a ring! Notice the sunglasses in her hand, she's only 3 and she has to be Miss Fashionable when we go out!

Kylie's Starting Gymnastics

How precious does she look?!? She looks like such a big girl now, not a baby anymore!

It's a class for 3 years olds, doing age appropriate circuits and learning listening skills. I'm all about that!!!

She really loved the class. The first part of the class was warm-ups where they have to stand on a number on the mat. Kylie understood that she had to stand on a number, so she was constantly moving around the mat and picking up her number and bringing it with her... so she could stand on it when she got to where she wanted! THAT'S MY KID! She's too smart for her own good :)

Also, after she finished a whole circuit... she put her hands in the air and yelled, "I did it!" She was quite the little actress of the group!

At the end of the class, all the kids were sitting in a circle (on their number on the mat). The teacher was going around giving everyone a stamp on their hands and feet. Kylie realized what the teacher was doing, and how Kylie was going to be next to last because of where she was in the circle... so what did she do???... you guessed it... she picked up her number and moved so she was sitting right next to the little girl who was currently getting stamped... so Kylie would be next... she's so much like her father!!!

Uncle Bryan and Aunt Rosie

Kacey must hate the flash, we took about 10 pictures and she blinked in all of them!
Yeah! Uncle Bryan and Aunt Rosie came to visit us this weekend! The girls had such a great time with them. Every morning Kylie would wake up and ask, "I go wake up Uncle Bryan?" Kacey found herself a comfortable little spot on Aunt Rosie and didn't move for about 3 days :)

We really miss you guys, hurry back to us soon!

Happy 30th Birthday to Daddy

We celebrated Matthew's 30th Birthday... he's getting old! :) He opened his birthday presents, and we had a nice lunch at Chili's. (fyi: with his birthday money, he's going to buy a new fancy ipod) Then movie date night for us while Yaya (my mom) babysat the girls! We saw the Bourne Ultimatium, which was really good. I never saw the first two, but enjoyed it still the same.... it was just great to leave the house childless for a while!!! Kylie was insistent that we all wear the Tinkerbell party hats from her birthday. Matthew wanted to be sure I clarfied that they weren't his first choice ;) And when we were done, we put them back in the cabinet, we'll probably use them again for Kacey's one year birthday next month.
Singing happy birthday to Daddy.

Kylie and I made the cake... if she had her way, she would have licked up all the sprinkles.
Make A Wish!

We let Kacey have at a piece of cake.

I can't believe she blinked! I just loved this picture too much not to post it.

Here's the princess... how tired does she look?! She was up last night from 1:15 am to 5 am, and I have no clue why. She didn't even nap the day before... consequently, she was a little terror in nursery this morning.