HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALI!!!!!

Happy, Happy Birthday may all your dreams come true....

Happy, Happy Birthday from all of us to You!!!!

Happy Birthday to my sister! You are getting old, yet you haven't aged a bit! Love you and have a wonderful day!

Love, Kinley

Tanner Snowboarding and such...

This post is about the Tan-man... again!!!

The next one will be about Kate since she is turning 1 this week! Wow, where did that time go?

Anyway, quick thanks to my mom and dad for replacing the camera that they bought us last year. In order to attempt (key word) to prevent any misfortune coming to this new little beauty, we bought Tanner his own little camera for Christmas and bought the extended replacement warranty for ours. Hopefully this works because they said that they won't buy us anymore cameras... (my fingers are crossed)

moving on,

We took Tanner snowboarding a few weeks ago and he loved it, but as you can tell from the video, he had no interest in turning, stopping, slowing down, or dad's help! All I can say is bless his dear preschool teacher because she is so great with him! This was also later in the day and he was getting tired and grumpy! But cousin Morgan came with us and she tried her lot at skiing and did great!

I had brought a bag full of treats for those two and they had eaten pretty much everything by the time we were done! But here is a shot of Tanner and his Pringles. Nana helped him make a duck bill, oh such a classic.

Doesn't he look cute? I love it, he looks like he knows what's up!!!

Well, I should mention, in case you were wondering, we had a lovely Christmas and Kate got her first two teeth for New Years. So until I get Kate's post up, have a good one!

Merry Christmas!!!

Just posting to say Merry Christmas and we are still alive! Here is a picture of Tanner and cousin Morgan on their first Christmas! Tomorrow is Kate's and I am sorry to say that I think Santa is being a little more generous to Tanner than my baby girl, even though according to the rules Kate should be getting more! Oh well, at least she won't know the difference! We are excited to meet our new cousin Violet this weekend...good luck with the flight and both kids Ali! So as a card that I found says..."Be a rebel, have a Happy Christmas and Merry New Year!"

Gobble Gobble

My kids are ready to eat... are you?

Happy Turkey Day!!! From us to you! Eat up, break the diet rules, and wear your stretchy pants! I hope you all gain some weight today! Thanksgiving is more of a Happy Pumpkin Pie Day for me (I think my record is 4 pies, but don't tell anyone!)! So enjoy your day and your food!

Love, Us

As of late...

I do apologize for my lack of blogging... but in all fairness, you have been warned of my inability to commit to this thing! Anyway, it's been a while and life has unavoidably progressed! So to catch you up...

CONGRATS to Morgan for becoming a big sister on Friday! (oh, Ali and Brad to, not for becoming big sisters, but for having another baby!) Here is my pretty new niece, Miss Violet Patricia... that is right everyone, my kids now have 2 cousins!

Also, we had Halloween...

Tanner was sick for two very long weeks and got addicted to Mario Cart while he laid around. So when it came time to decide on a halloween costume, he, of course, chose Mario! (thanks Shannon for the picture... Tanner has recently broken my camera.) Anyway, his little neighbor buddy was Luigi! I thought they were hillarious! Kate was a red mushroom and Luigi's little brother was a green 1up mushroom! Unfortunately they didn't win the costume contest! Oh well...

To mention other things that have recently broken...

We came home from Cory's parents house last Sunday to find that my clock fell off my wall, hit the shelf below it and obliterated my things that were on the shelf (to protect them from Tanner.) Needless to say, I cried... mostly over one thing, but I have such a limited number of nice things... and the number keeps getting smaller, daily. Oh well, it is just stuff, and no one's fault because we weren't home.

The changing table... not sure how, but both shelves are broken through. I am guessing that it has something to do with a little monkey that starts with T and ends with anner! Oh well, I guess it is easier to part with things when they are broken!

The kitchen chair... actually this thing is just old.

The rocking chair... another Tanner special.

I am getting depressed, we won't be talking about this anymore...

Kate is crawling, don't know if I have mentioned that, but she is crawling up the stairs, into drawers and cupboards, under stuff, and Tanner loves it. And she is so funny when you catch her because she gets a sneaky little look and tries to do at least one more thing before you get her. She is turning out more like Tanner daily, honestly, I am a little worried! So until I get a new camera or something... Sorry for the lack of pictures! (I will keep stealing the from other people!)

The annual pumpkin search...

As it is October, we went to find our pumpkins at the pumpkin patch. The first thing we did when we got there was ride the cute little train...
I was on there with them, but it was quite small and I was a bit squished. But Tanner loved it!
We then visited the chickens at the coop...
Then the great search began...

He was in heaven. He really couldn't decide which one he wanted to take home. Then he found these little babies for Kate. They are the "baby watermelons and baby pumpkins for baby sister". We ended up getting quite a few between the kiddos and Nana! Not to mention the caramel apples, pumpkin chocolate chip cookies, and donuts! Yummmmmmyyyyy!!!
So thank you Nana for the fun day out at the pumpkin patch!
Love Tanner, Kate, and Kinley

Recently...

So first of all, I know this happened a while ago, but I LOVE Patrick Swayze. You may not know this about me, or maybe you do. Either way I was very sad that he died, and yes, I even cried during the tribute to him on Dancing with the Stars.

On a different note. We went to the park several times before the weather turned. Kate loves the swings and Tanner loves to push her, or throw balls at her. So it usually works out well!

I also went to Vegas with my mom and Kacey to see Ali and celebrate Kacey's birthday! We had fun and were completely spoiled! (Thanks Jerry!) He got us a suite at the Venetian (AWESOME) and made sure we all had a great time! Here is our room...

I didn't take a picture of the bathroom, but it was quite lovely! It was down the hall thing behind where I was standing! Anway, thanks again Jerry! We went to see this...WOW. Really. WOW.
And lots of other stuff. So thanks mom for taking us. Thanks Ali for moving there. Thanks Kacey for having a birthday. Thanks Cory for keeping the kids and letting me go. Thanks LaNette for keeping the kids while Cory was at work. Thanks Brad and Morgan for letting Ali play with us. Thanks everyone else involved. And thanks for reading all of my thanks!

And finally, we woke up to this today and Tanner couldn't help himself!

Look how happy he is! Oh my little boy!

I hope you all have a nice day and I make no promises of posting again soon, because I wouldn't want to get your hopes up! (because let's be honest, I would just disappoint you, and then I would feel bad!)