A Walk About

You probably can't tell by looking at me but I try to walk every week day. I don't get to do it everyday BUT like I said, I try most days and today was no exception. What makes today special is that Kira asked to bring my camera along. Now, i don't normally like her to use my camera. We got a good deal on it but I still don't like the idea of it breaking... so I told her she could use it IF she kept it around her neck. She agreed, so I made a make-shift necklace for her and off we went. Kira usually talks almost the WHOLE WAY...sometimes she sings, usually the ABC's or some not quite right version of "Give Said the Little Stream" or You are my sunshine....but today she took pictures... and I'm going to share them with you...





On the way down.


On the way out.

Her very first pair of Chuck Taylors.....

Her steering wheel... she does drive sometimes too



Walking down Patrick

I'm not sure these walks are really helping me.... but even if they don't.... I'm glad that I do it everyday... cause I get to spend time with my Boppa and THAT IS DEFINITLY ACCOMPLISHING SOMETHING!!!

Cousins

I have said this before but one of the things I love most about being part of a good sized family is that Kira has cousins... and she has a lot of them! I didn't have cousins growing up not really. Had some step-cousins who were fun but we didn't get to see them much and then no other cousins until I was 17. So the 3 cousins I do have are more like nieces and nephews. On the Anderson side she is number 7 of 8 so far and on the Winfrey side she is 3 of 4. She has 3 cousins that are less than a year difference in age, two who are a bit older and 1 who is 9 months younger.


She loves all of her cousins but is great friends with her cousin Mikey who is 5 months older and she is close to her cousin Corrinne (Rinny) who is 9 months younger.

Recently with the wedding and some other things thing going she has been able to see alot of her cousins. And I got lucky with some camera shots! Uncle Wade brought Rinny and Garrett with him up to Utah and stopped her on Sunday and I got these fun pictures.



You know how kids are, one thinks something is fun and the othersw join in. Rinny thought it would be fun to play in the tub so Garrett and joined her....



....and made silly faces


and other silly faces



Then on Tuesday as Wade was coming back through town they stopped in Vegas again so we could go see the Lions and the MGM. A popular stop for us, I have showed you pictures of this before but this time was different, this time we got to see some cubs... Not itty bitty cubs but cubs all the same AND we got to see them play!!!

I had a great video of the lions playing but google reader is taking FOREVER, so I'll try again later!

I got these on the way back to the car.... aren't they too cute?!

Makes me wish I had cousins........ we sure are thankful for them!

Halloween in Vegas

This year Kira picked Ariel. This was the first year she was old enough to realize what "dress-up" was and what "trick-or- treating" was. We talked it over with her and she decided she was going to be Ariel... her favorite princess, because "we both have pink hair" (or so Kira says)

On Friday night we went to our wards trunk-or-treat/soup potluck competition. She had a great time going from car to car and getting some candy (her favorites are the suckers) and then once she went around the one time she had fun handing out candy to those who "re-visited' or hadn't come around yet.

(This is her handing out candy)

On Saturday we were supposed to join a friend in their trunk-or-treating but they came down with colds (they are all on the mend) but we already had Kira dressed up and ready to go so I looked on-line real quick to check out some free options and we decided to hit the government building in Las Vegas. Kira had a great time moving from table to table collecting candy AND someone was even handing free trophies. Like real trophies... below is the only picture we could get of her with her trophy which she thinks she won for being Ariel. (Anyone else have a 3 year old going on 16?.... the attitude of this girl amazes me!)


All in all it was a great Halloween. On Sunday, actual Halloween, we hung out with cousins and she got to give out candy to the 8 kids who came to our door. We may try real trick or treating next year, when it's not on a Sunday and she isn't wearing plastic heals .....

'Til next time....

Uncle Butt got Married!!

Uncle Butt and his love Amy Browne got married on a stormy day in October 2010. Love was felt all around and the stormy cool air felt warm with all the love that radiated off of the two of them...... a little mushy.. yeah but it was such a great day!


This was my first sealing since ours almost 6 years ago and I love all the things the sealer (the guy who married them in the temple) said. It was so nice to be reminded of the things we can do to make our own marriages strong... simple things like putting your spouse first. Not to lose yourself in your marriage but by putting your spouse and their needs first we can grow as individuals and as couples.



After the sealing and the pictures, we joined Brett and Amy for a scumptios lunch at an Itilian place in Henderson.


The Monday and Tuesday before Brett took over my kitchen to make his wedding cheesecakes. There were beautiful and tasted great! Kira had a TON of fun cookin' with her uncle.


She got to help him butter the cheesecake pans and she had more fun when she got to eat the butter off her hands...... ew!



While at the resturant, we got some family pictures done by the cool photographer Korie.... I'm so excited to have these... with Jacob taking pictures like he does we don't get a lot of family pictures cause he's usually behind the camera... so I LOVE these!





SO we are so HAPPY that Brett got married and that we have a new sister!

Just saying .....

SO I have been enjoying Project Runway since it changed over to Lifetime. I had heard a lot about it and wished that I had Bravo... now it's on Lifetime and even though some people don't like it as well since it's move, it's fun!

BUT this season I'm annoyed by Heidi Klum's contradictory fashion sense. She's judging people's designs and clothes with this haircut......

And EVERYTIME I SEE IT I THINK ABOUT THIS ......

Now, I realize I have as much fashion sense as ...... well.... a 60 year old Mormon Woman BUT REALLY HEIDI? The Dorthy Hammell, Toni Tennille Haircut has .. GOT... TO ....GO!!!

...just sayin'

Kira's 3 and other late stuff

Kira turned 3... almost 2 months ago now... (SO late getting this but we have had computer problems and since I only blog off the desktop it's been a while coming)

She was VERY excited. We did an impromptu party with just a few friends (the only other kids there were Grayson and Sully who were 9 months and Trevor who was 10 months) We spent the day making cupcakes, shopping for a few decorations, cleaning the house and then waiting for friends to head over. We had cheese stuffed crust Pizza Hut Pizza (mmmmm) salad and cake... SUPER SIMPLE but a ton of fun.

Kira got some great things for her birthday but her favorite by far was the skateboard from GramJan and the Helmet that Jacob and I bought her to go with it. She tries to skate in our kitchen and ALWAYS wears her helmet! It's hard to believe that she's 3 already since time has just flown by!

Pretty soon she will be in actual Primary and NOT Nursery (which she is protesting a little bit) She is funny and stubborn and cute and smart.

Lately one of her favorite things to do is to tell stories about something that just happened and Usually starts these stories with, "REMEMBER?" She loves to sing and count and color and dress up. She can't wait to be Ariel for Halloween! She often get's out of trouble by saying, "But Moooommmmmm, I need a cuddle!" or "It's not okay to hit BUT it's okay to tickle right"?

Sometimes it's really hard to discipline her because she just so darn cute about it.

The potty training is going well and we have had very little accidents as of late. She asks every night before bed where we are going tomorrow and love to be out and looking around.

I just wanted to share this picture... she's actually sleeping here...

sometimes kids just amaze me

Also wanted to share these video of her singing with Lilac her little pony.... she's so funny!

I know the lighting isn't great but you can hear her which is all that really matters right?

Next entry should be about Uncle Butt and Aunt Amy's wedding here in Las Vegas... what a great day! 'til then....

September

September was a pretty crazy month for us! As you can see by my last post. I wanted to finish up with our September adventure.


On the third weekend down we get to attend the beautiful wedding of our friends Danielle and Mike. It was a wonderful ceremony. Jacob and I took a quick picture of them to finish out our wedding gift to them.(Wish I would have gotten a picture of it) and ran to Sam's Club to try to get it printed. We needed an 11x14. We put in the order then checked to see what time it would be ready (we wanted to make it to the reception on time)and the Placentia Sam's Machine was broken... so we ran to Jacob's parent's house and I ordered one online for 1 hour photo, got Kira dressed for the reception and off we went to the Sam's Club in Stanton. Jacob ran in and I got a text that the order had not going through.... (UGH!) but the guy told Jacob that he wasn't busy and it would be 10 minutes. So Kira and I ran to CVS to buy some ribbon and a card, drove back to pick up Jacob and off we went. The reception was so fun, they had a live band and great music.





Kira danced all night and we had a great time.
Sunday we spent at my sister and brother in-laws. I made the second part of dinner, Swedish Meatballs. (My mother-in-law mixed the meatballs for me). Kira got to play with her cousins who are all growing up SO fast!!!

The next on Friday, we hit the Henderson Car Show, the weather was good ( a little warm I thought)and we had a great time walking around looking at all the cool cars. At about 4 we walked over to our friends, Ryan and Shelly's and had a "fakesgiving dinner" (just like thanksgiving but in September) and it was great!! Then we all walked back to the car show, although Jacob, Kira and I had to leave after about 45 minutes to get me to the airport so I could fly to Salt Lake.

Grayson and Sullivan (Shelly and Ryan's boys) at their first car show.

Kira taking her pony out

On Saturday morning, I was blessed to be able to go to the Ogden Temple with my little Brother to take out his endowments, (for those of the LDS faith, this just means we went to the temple to be there while Brett made covenants with his Heavenly Father) It was an awesome experience and I'm SO glad I was able to be there! I flew home that night so we could make it to church at least ONCE in the month of September. Uncle "Butt" Brett is getting married here in Vegas on the 20th at the Temple here and we are just so excited!!! We love Amy and can't wait for them to enjoy their lives together. Next post will probably be their wedding, since school and retarded computers are making blogging life frustrating... Until then!