Swim goggles and name writing

Kaylynn loves her swim goggles. She got them as a reward for putting her face in the water. She graduated tonight from the Turtle class to the Alligator class. She is very proud!


This past Sunday in Sunday School Kaylynn wrote her name all by herself! See if you can pick it out (the A is upside down)...

Tiny Dancers

Kaylynn started dance class a couple of weekends ago and she really enjoys it! They do ballet and tap. She has two friends from school in her class too, Mina and Paige. They are so cute!


Practicing First Position:


Kaylynn locating the loudest parts of the shoes:

About Time

So, it's been almost a month since Christmas. The tree is down (but not put away yet). The lights are off (but not taken down yet), and the goodies are gone (but not forgotten). It's about time that we get a post put up about Christmas right? We had a great holiday this year. Jamie's parents were here for a week. Kaylynn loved every aspect of the whole thing.

The first thing we did was head to the zoo for ZooLights. Every year they put up lights shaped like animals all over the zoo. Some are even animated. It was quite cold the night we went, but with plenty of hot chocolate and some extra blankets for Kaylynn it was a good night. There was a guy there doing some ice carving too, which was fun to see. He made a bear out of some big ice blocks. It didn't look that difficult. All you have to do is get rid of everything that doesn't look like a bear.





We also did a little ice skating, which was fun. They have some nice aids for little ones so they can have support as they're "skating" on the ice. It's always good to have daddy there too, though, just in case. Of course, daddy was using the aid almost as much as Kaylynn.



The highlight of the week was the present opening. Kaylynn was very excited about everything she got, including her new bike:

her new camera,

and her guitar (or "tar" as she calls it).


I was also very excited with the Wii that Jamie's parents picked out, much to Jamie's chagrin. It should be noted, though, that she has played it almost as much as I have so far.


Kaylynn even got to make an igloo with grandpa in the back yard.



All in all, we had a wonderful Christmas and we hope all of the rest of you did too.

A busy time of year!

As all of you know, this is a very busy time of year. We have been having a lot of fun the past few weeks and I have failed to put some great pictures up so I am going to try to play catch up. Here's a brief glimpse of our lives over the past two weeks...

It snowed!!

Kaylynn has been a big help in the kitchen...


when she isn't too busy sneaking bites (notice the missing "tree" off the corner of the lot)!


She also helped decorate the tree and took a few mandatory pictures in front of it.


She really wanted Lightning to be in a picture - too bad it is the wrong end...


oh, there we go!


Kaylynn and Mommy had a girls day out to "Disney on Ice - Princess Wishes". Kaylynn's favorite part was...the Dragon!


She has also been busy putting on Christmas programs -

at school


Cheers to a good friendship (with Mina)!


And with her teacher Miss Amy.


and at church where she was a sheep...


And Finally, Happy Birthday Daddy!!!

Hope everyone is having a wonderful Christmas season!

Here comes Santa Claus!

We went to the UCAR Children's Holiday party last weekend and Kaylynn finally braved sitting on Santa's lap! We really talked it up before hand and told her he is the guy that brings presents. She wouldn't talk to him and tell him what she wants (camera and telephone - typical 3-year-old toys, right?!), but at least she sat there! Here is a picture.


And, for one last good laugh, last years picture.

Going to the Chapel

Jenny and Doug's big day was last Saturday. Lots of family and friends in town. The entire weekend was a lot of fun (of course). It all started on Thursday with a crew of 14 at our place to celebrate turkey day. Then, it was off to Arvada and Golden for the rehearsal, wedding, and reception on Friday and Saturday. Congratulations to the happy couple. Here are some snapshots from the busy weekend. Some better pictures can be seen at the photographer's blog.

She's heels over head!

Kaylynn did a head stand all by herself today - she was so proud! (OK, there was a little help from the wall, but still!) Check it out.


And even though the Rockies didn't win it all, Kaylynn is still a fan.