Happy Valetine's Day 2013

Its hard to get Tate's picture these days, well one where he's looking at the camera. This being his first Valentine's Day at school he was pretty excited about all the candy.

The Young Women at church taught us about Heart Attacks, and McKenna loved finding this surprise from Tyler and Tate when she came home from school.

 

It's a very loving No Boys in the Room sign.

Happy 6th Birthday Tyler LeAnn

A few words to describe Tyler: Happy, Independent, Peacemaker, people pleaser...Still Our Lil Ray of Sunshine.

To describe Tyler's past year:
Finished Preschool and started Kindergarten which she loves everything about. Music, Library, PE, the kids, her teacher Mrs Brennan-and learning she loves to learn. She'd go to school everyday if she could, well other than the fact that sometimes she still misses her mom. :)

She's not afraid of work. She loves to help-clean the stalls, the house, her room, especially if there is a reward or an allowance of some sorts. She's also a bit competitive.

She is our Peacemaker-Loves to make other happy. Tate loves that she's only in school for half the week because that she means she can play with him on Thurs, Fri and every other Wed-Legos,  jumping on the trampoline, running around in the Fairy Forest, riding bikes, playing in dirt.
McKenna is hardly beside herself when Tyler doesn't play with her and nothing beats an afternoon in their room with the door closed playing Barbies. Tyler loves McKenna so much that sometimes she just wants to copy her every move and word.

Tyler learned to ride her bike this last year, she loves going on special dates with Daddy, making Cooper smile and laugh, watching "The Wild Kratts" learning about animals. She's also started horse riding lessons and a little piano. She also has discovered her love of Singing and Taylor Swift. She just can't get enough of Taylor Swift and was thrilled to get her very own CD of her. Now she hoping to get her perfume next.

To Celebrate Tyler's birthday we had a small family get together for Cake and Ice Cream. It turned into a Lalaloopsy kind of birthday as she received a Small doll from her cousins, a mini sister set from McKenna and a Lg doll from Mom & Dad. After food and gifts we broke out or rather borrowed a Karaoke machine to sing...but for Tyler it was all Taylor Swift.

  

We love our Tyler and I think its safe to say she had a great birthday and we all had a very fun night.

Happy Halloween 2012

Halloween celebrations started on the 30th with a quick carving of the pumpkin. We are very proud of our very own home grown pumpkins. This is mostly funny because of the fields and fields of pumpkins across the street from us. 

 

Neither McK nor Tate were fans of the goo.

 As you can see Tate is more the Supervising Type.

Ready for Trick or Treating

Ms. Marvel (Super Hero Squad), Dash (Incredibles) and Brittany (Chippette)

 Very proud of the kids for coming up with their own costume ideas. Very unique!

McKenna with and without her Chipmunk Cheeks.

 

 With Tate this is about as good as it gets-blurry due to movement. he never stops.

Christopher Robin and Tigger? 

 We decided to hit a neighborhood up the hill from our house where they block the cars out. The same neighborhood we visit for Christmas lights each year. It was fun to get out and Trick or Treat a real neighborhood.

 At the Trick or Trunk we found the Disney Princesses. The lil girls were Thrilled.

Another great Halloween.

Earlier today while waiting for the bus Tyler began to cry because tomorrow October would be over and she would miss it. October has been fun, we look forward to its return next year and embrace Novembers entrance. :0

Pumpkin Patch-Maris Farm

 Eliza, on of my Laurels who was working the corn room.

 This year they had mechanical bull riding. Everyone had a turn. Unfortunately the ones with Tate & McKenna were too blurry, but it was great fun to ride and watch.

Annual Pumpkin pictures:

 

Tate, he's still a rookie, 3 years old, and refused to look at the camera. 

 Grandpa Taking a different angle

 My way of making him...and exposing myself in the process