Playing with Christmas stuff (photos)

Kristin got into our tree decorations. She really had fun playing with them, enought to get a couple shots of it.

Christmas Tree Shopping...Night 2

Well it was a success! We brought a little peice of Oregon into our home last night after going to 4 different tree lots, we found our perfect tree! Photos coming later today so check back!

Christmas Tree Shopping...Night 1

After church Justin, Kristin and I decided to head out and get a Christmas tree. We went for a drive to Ramona to a pick it and cut it down place and realized when we got there...we dont have an ax to cut it down with! We were pretty deep in a conversation we were having so it was no big deal lets just drive to Home Depot for a 20 buck tree!

We went inside first to grab some more lights. Because of Kris and a fear of her eating one of our glass ornaments we opted for a lights only tree this year, so we wanted to have some really awesome colored lights to really make Kris say "Wow!". While J and I are looking at Christmassy decorative things, Kristin has been eye-balling one of the tall snow men you put in the house or right outside your door as decoration. The snowman is smiling, and looks very nice. He is about 2 inches taller than Kris and after studying him for a few minutes she walks right up to him and says "Hi!". I think she was wondering why he wasn't answering her back!

Checking out tree's was interesting. We found one that was just beautiful, but just too big (tall and fullness) for our little home and all the others were pretty much on the way to the chipper! By the time we were heading to another tree lot it was going to be too dark to see if the tree was dead, almost dead or living. So we are going out tonight for another look. So we headed to Family Christian to get the Willows Nativity that we have been wanting the last 2 years. We had a coupon this time so we were able to get the basics, Mary, Joseph, a Shepherd, 2 sheet and of course..the Donkey. Of course Jesus was there, but in Mary's arms. We are hoping each year we can add a little bit to our new collection : ). Kristin loves getting attention from people, and she pretty much draws it wherever she goes. The cashier handed J the receipt and he said thank you and bye, and Kristin just stood there waving at her and saying, "Bye,...Bye...Bye,bye..." all the way to the door of the store. I practically had to drag her out there. lol.

We're hoping tonight we will have a better chance of finding the 'perfect tree'.






We broke out some of our decorations when we got home and Kristin was so excited over the 'BALL!' with glitter inside it!

Today Kristin is 16 months old! WOW!

Come here vacuum, come here!

This is just one of those silly things I want to remember, but if I dont write it down I know I wont remember it in a few months...maybe even a few weeks.

Kristin is a fan of the vacuum. She use to cry when I would turn it on, but once it got going doing its job she became quite interested but always kept her distance. Well the last couple of times I have vaccumed with her around she tries to pet the vacuum. It is very entertaining to watch. She treats it the same as she treats seeing a dog or a cat that she wants to touch. Very careful, kinda steps forward and puts out her hand, kinda squats down so she is at their level and when the vacuum moves away she tries from another angle to see if she will get the vacuums attention. I about died laughing today becuase she will talk to it too! Its is so funny. I wish kids would remember things like this so when they get old enough to explain themselves I can ask her, "What did you think the vaccume was?!".

Cousin Katie's Dedication...Well, the after party anyways...

We spent the night at Jason & Kelly's to go to their church's early service to watch Katie be dedicated. We found out when we arrived that their Pastor, Jack, was unable to do the dedication due to the fires and actually his home was evacuated earlier that morning.

We were sad we didnt see Katie dedicated but the rest of the day was a lot of fun. The message Jack taught was on "Saying Thank you" in Luke 17:11-19. It was very encouraging and a real reminder that Jesus truly gave us everything and how much I truly dont thank the Lord enough.

After church we went to Debbie & Ed's house (Jason's mom & step-dad)had wonderful, awesome burritos (great job Jason and Kelly!) and hung out watching the girls play in the yard and on the little slide they have. Kristin had so much fun running around with Keilah laughing and playing with toys she had never played with before like the big red and yellow car and learing to go up the latter and down the slide! We were so proud of her. (I know goofy parents).

We had a great time with the family and look foward to getting together on Christmas Eve!

PHOTOS - updated 11-12-08

This is going to be my random photo post. Its photos I think are cute, funny and incredibly random and I just want to share them! So keep looking back to see if I have any new ones!







Can you do this? ha ha! My lil gymnast is coming out of her shell!

Playing a Joke on Mommy & Daddy

I never stopped to think that our little 15 month old could play a joke on her mommy and daddy...but last night she did! I dont know if this is a good thing or not, but Kristin loves to be scared. Not horrifying scared but like sneak up behind you and say "Boo!" scared. She laughs and laughs. So Justin and I do that a lot to her. We will be washing dishes or cleaning up something and all of a sudden we jump and look at her and yell "Boo!" and she LOVES it! She cracks up every time and her eyes get huge, its adorable. Well last night while we were eating dinner, Kristin was really quiet and I didnt think much of it and all of sudden she jumps in her seat and yells "Boo!" at me and Justin! I could not stop laughing! It was the cutest thing I have seen her do yet and at the same time I was so amazed that she did that! I dont know why, I guess I just never expected my 15 month old to play a joke on her parents. But thats the best first joke ever!

Snow Day

...Well, not really a snow day, but a day that reminds me of it, lol. Our 2 youngest nieces were over at our house, Lauren (LaLa) and Katelyn (KK). Justin was working on stuff for the church and had to take a phone call. The girls were playing in Kristin's room and Kristin comes running out to see Daddy and he notices that she smells really good for some reason (not that she smells bad, but typically not this good : ) He heard some laughing in the back room and decides to go check out what they were up to. To his horror and surprise Kristin's room had turned into a winter wonderland, showered with baby powder. We dont use baby powder but I had 2 larger containers of it that I had placed in Kristin's room to figure out what to do with them...now we know. Lauren thought it would be hilarious to flig the baby powder all over the room. I have to say, the phone call I received from Justin was absolutely hilarious. I could not stop laughing and I couldnt wait to get home and see the damage. He did great and getting a ton of it cleaned up but the room is just dusted with it. Its going to take some major clean up to get it all out. Kris has been sleeping in our room the last couple nights because of it. We are able to laugh about it now but we were pretty upset because this is not the first offense of this little *almost 3 year old. : ) Last time she flung milk all over the walls of our hall way. LOL. I have to remember these stories to tell the girls when they are older, stuff like this is totally priceless.

Oh, and for our next baby (whenever that may be) please...no baby powder! : )

Family Fest 2008

This Halloween Kristin & I went up to Kelly's to attend their church's yearly Family Fest carnival. This was our first time going with Kelly and Keilah and it was a lot of fun. Kristin didnt do much, we rode the train with Keilah, which once we got going was pretty fun for her (but of course, just like disneyland she didnt show any emotion whatsoever : ). After that Kris rode in the ergo on my back. She loves watching people and I think it was especially cool because of all the costumes and huge astro-jumps. Keilah had a good time, she got her face painted, went down some slides, went jumping, and won some candy!

After we parked the car I was reapplying Kristin's wiskers and kitty nose with Kelly's eye liner; as I was doing that Kristin sat so still and I wispered to her "You are such a good girl" and she responded back with wispers in her own special language. I love this age because she is so observant and wants to copy people around her.

Dancing Kristin, LETS GO DODGERS!

Uncle Doug's 18th Birthday & Old Poway Park

Saturday we celebrated Doug's 18th birthday with the family and some of his friends at Old Poway Park. It was a fun time, Keilah and Kristin running around everywhere, seeing how big Katie is getting, Doug smokin his first cigar (so weird!)
After eating we all went on the Old Poway train. We thought the girls would really enjoy that. Kristin of course didn't show any kind of reaction. Just her little serious face. but she seemed to have a good time. She loved the park. She loved running around in the grass, chasing her cousin and trying to keep up with her.
Kelly made an amazing cheese cake for Doug, we made him pretend the candles were lit (cause the wind kept blowing out) and we say Happy Birthday and he blew them out, lol. what a good sport! We hope you had a great birthday Doug! Cant believe your 18 already! We love you!
Here are some pictures for the day!