Christmas with Oma and Papa Fred!

We got a nice suprise from Oma and Papa Fred the other day.  It was a nice relaxing day.  We ate, watched some TV (the Grinch) and snuggled with the dog! We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas.  It's finally snowing here.  It seems so delayed this year.

Family Photos: Attempt #1

 

We attempted to take family photos today... Its kinda hard to find a day when we are all together during the daylight.  We were a little late getting it done this year but oh well.  Right after I got the girls dressed and we were all ready to go find a fun spot, it started snowing really hard outside! Of course.  Then we find this neat place outside of town by the railroad tracks and start our family photo shoot. Tripod all set up, dog wild, kids freezing and snowing really hard we did our best.  One of my favorite photos Kurt's head was cut off :( I think we needed a longer timer setting.  This is round one and we will try again soon.   If the girls weren't so cold the rail road tracks would have made really cool pictures too.  Kiersten ended the photo shoot with taking a picture of Kurt and I.  For our first attempt this wasn't too bad. :)

Sommer Counting to Ten...

Watch Sommer try to count to ten.  She is so funny!  She is learning quickly.  She had me and Kiersten cracking up!  Kiersten recorded us and I will have to say I think Kiersten is a natural when it comes to the camera.  She always wants me to record her being a "news recorder girl" love it! These girls keep me laughing.  :) 

Thanksgiving!

 

This is my Mother with Nevaeh ( my niece) Kiersten and Sommer. We met up at my brothers house and then went to his mother and father in laws house for a Thanksgiving brunch! It was wonderful!

 

Kiersten is looking so grown up! She is pushing baby Carter in the old fashion stroller with Nevaeh's help.

 

Kiersten and Sommer crammed an entire can of olives in their mouths! The can was gone in seconds!

Before and After

Before and after shot of Kiersten on picture day. I wasn't sure how her hair was going to turn out. She did wonderfully! It is one of her best photos!!!

Scavenger Hunt for Kitty

Tonight right before bed Kiersten was frantically looking for her "Kitty" stuffed animal. Kurt said "I know exactly where it is!" So he drew a map to clue number one and she had to read it. That led her to clue number two! Then she read that one an finally clue number three told her where she could find her Kitty. It was pretty cute and it only took about five minutes. Below you van see Kiersten in the end with her Kitty and all three clues. And bellow that is the map that Kurt drew along with the clues! How clever!!!

More leave!

Sommer posing for the camera. She helped out a little and then wanted to hang out in the tree. :) After we raked the front yard all up it didn't take long for it to look just like it did when we started. "Less work later" I kept telling everyone. Lol. Oh well I think we all had fun! Especially watching the girls play in the leaves.

Leaves!

Kiersten raking leaves! I think she is trying to make a smiley face in the grass.

Before we raked.

After we raked one side!

Kiersten's smiely face!

And the the point was?.... right after we raked the yard more fell. Oh well the kids had fun in the pile.

Happy Halloween!!!

Wow what a busy day! My morning started off by frosting some sugar cookies for Kiersten's Harvest Party at school followed by me trying to put together my costume. Yes I dressed up for Halloween! The best part of the holiday! My friend Tami and I decided to do a Scooby Doo theme. We had a blast. Then after work it was time to do the girls' costumes. Quickly I put Sommers butterfly wing and eye makeup on. She wasn't too patient so it was a fast paint job. She wanted to be a butterfly so we did our best. Kiersten wanted to be a Pirate! Kurt tried to give her a beard but she wanted to be a girl pirate so they washed it off and on came the lipstick.
Then trick or treating across town. We walked a lot!!! It was fun and everyone had a great time!

Spooky Village

This is a collection of Halloween decor that was given to us. The girls absolutely love it! The tree in the back lights up and the main house makes fun eerie sounds. It's almost trick or treating time and the girls are getting super excited!!!!

Face Painting

Sommer sat still through one side of her face but then had enough. Then while I was painting Kiersten's face she decided to go put bright red lipstick on. You can't really tell on this picture because I think she rubbed it with her hand before I took it. 

Kiersten is dressing up as a pirate for Halloween but we still had to play with the face paint! This is supposed to be something for a cat I think. We copied it off the package. 

Cow Girl Kiersten

Kiersten's class took a trip to the fair a little while ago and the made pictures of themselves. This is Kiersten as a cow girl. A friend of mine gave me a great idea to do with all the creations and drawings your kids do. She took pictures of everything and then put it all in a book by grade level. I love that idea because do you know how much they bring home?! With school artwork and daycare artwork and their own at home artwork I think a picture will capture those memories just fine. Of course we can always send some of the artwork to the grandparents which has come handy too!!!!

Carving pumpkins!

Carving pumpkins with two little girls was the funniest thing ever! Every time Kiersten pulled out some pumpkins guts she said a word like "ewe, gross or disgusting." Then Sommer would copy her with her cute two year old pronunciations. The pumpkins stayed gutted without being carved for a whole week then Kurt carved them. Hopefully when they are older they will enjoy or want to carve their own because what you see in this picture is about all the girls did. LOL. I gutted the rest of their pumpkin. Now they are by our front door and we don't have to worry about them but man this year was pretty funny to watch them with the "pumpkin guts".

Really?

Sheriff found a comfy cozy seat and snuggled up with some beanie babies thanks to Sommer. This week we talked Meryl into watching the girls and the dog while Kurt was spending some time with his Dad and Grandpa. Meryl had a little angel Sommer all day. Of course she's an angel for everyone but me! Lol!

Cow Girl!

Kurt was entertaining the girls while I picked out a new pair of boots at Ranch and Home this weekend. This is Sommer striking a pose!

Batter up!

I can't wait until the girls are in softball! I love playing catch. Right now Kiersten is really good at hitting the ball and she catches it 9/10 times. I think she will be a natural! It was a fun little excursion to the baseball field. :)

Hair

Well I love pinterest! I got this idea off of a pin I saw. If you can French braid you can learn any braid. This is Kiersten and she loved her new up-do!

Salt and Pepper anyone?

If you want to see what a bowl of Mac and cheese with an entire bottle of salt and pepper looks like Sommer made a pretty nice display.

Daddy daughter date

Kurt took Kiersten shooting for the first time and she loved it! This is a picture of her target from twenty-five yards away.