Haircuts

This past week was a big one for our family as far as haircuts were concerned!  Three out of four of us made some fairly drastic changes (I bet you can't guess which person isn't included in that number)

Haircut #1 - Kenna has only had her hair cut one time in her 3.5 years of life and it was time to change that!  Her hair had actually gotten fairly long and was in the middle of her back but it was getting thin at the ends.  Luckily, her Aunt Kyla fixed her right up! 

 Doesn't it look cute!

Haircut #2 - Kyla then moved on to Daners...

He has never had a haircut....ever....and I was terrified that his little curls were going to go away forever if I had them cut.  But his hair was getting a little long in the back, and, more often than not, looked a little crazy so it was definitely time to do something!

 And look!  The curls are still there!  It is actually even a little curlier than it was before once we got the extra weight off.  It is too cute when you see it in person!

 He looks more like a little boy now than a baby!

And this is how I know that my parents love me....because I was the "bad mommy" who was on vacation with daddy when her son gets his first haircut, they took lots of pictures and sent him home with an envelope that had a few curls saved inside....thank you!!! :)

Thank you Kyla!!!!!  Everyone's hair looks great!!!

Haircut #3 was me.  I had a little over 12 inches cut off of my hair and it is now shorter than it has been in a VERY long time....maybe the shortest ever!  I will post pictures soon!  (How many of you guessed that Daniel was the one who didn't change his style?  haha!)

Pumpkin Patch 2011

Like a lot of families with kiddos, we took a weekend trip to our local pumpkin patch a few weekends ago.  They had so much fun!!!  Kenna is definitely getting to an age where she really enjoys doing things that are "special" or a "surprise"....anything that is out of the ordinary.  Dane...well....Dane is just along for the ride! :)

We started off with the large pen of goats.

Dane wasn't too sure if he wanted to get very close.....

....but Kenna couldn't wait for more goats to come eat out of her cup!

This was the best picture of the two of them together that we could get....so hard to get both of them to look at the camera at the same time!

Dane was so excited that he found the perfect pumpkin to take home with him!  Love that grin!!

Kenna took the decision very seriously....

I love the look on Kenna's face.... "Mom, I can't get him to sit still!"

They also got to climb all over some bales of hay that were scattered around the area.

But then Kenna wanted to see what was in that hole between the hay bales

And Dane just wanted to jump!!!!

Good thing Daddy was there to catch him!

We had so much fun!  We have actually had a pretty busy month with lots of exciting things happening...guess it is time to catch up on the blog!  Next up....3 out of 4 family members with new do's!



I Wanna Be Like......

 I don't think Dane really knows who he wants to be like.  He is wearing Kenna's necklace, Daniel's shirt, and my shoes.  Imitation is the most sincere sort of flattery, right? :)

(Please forgive his "tousled" bed head and pajamas.  We were about to get ready for church.)

Patiently Waiting

Dane is completely infatuated with phones these days.  Two of the few words that you can understand when he is talking are "hi" and "bye".  Sometimes he will even throw in a "hewwo."  He has a Fisher-Price phone but he prefers to play with the old cell phones that we have had lying around.  A boy can always use a phone (or three), right?

And if you decide that you need to make a call, you can just place the other two phones on the floor and dial the phone that you would like to use at that point in time.  I wonder where he gets his phone love from? (haha)

While Kenna does enjoy talking on the real phone, she would much prefer to play with her kitchen as opposed to a toy phone.  The only problem is that she (with a little help from her brother) feels that she needs to have all of her food, pots, pans, utensils, etc, at her disposal while she is cooking.  She doesn't exactly clean as she goes! :)

 But she loves to bring me some yummy food to taste!

Just had to throw this last picture in for fun.  A few days ago, Kenna was wanting to do something (I can't even remember what now) and I told her that she had to wait until Dane went to bed.  She asked me how long it would be until Dane was asleep and I told her that she needed to wait about 10 minutes.  She was really concerned because she doesn't know exactly how long 10 min would be and wanted me to set the timer on the microwave so that she would know when it had been 10 min.  She proceeded to pull up her chair and stare at the timer until it buzzed.  She did not want him to stay up any longer those exact 10 min...I guess she was really ready for him to go to bed!

 At least she was patiently waiting!



Picture Post

I was going through some recent pictures the other day, trying to decide which ones to print, and found these that I have never posted.  Just thought I would do a catch-up picture post!

Dane still loves his slide and plays on it E.V.E.R.Y day.  I love his little grin in this picture!

Daners has decided that he is big enough to feed himself and he does not need any help.  How well do you think that is working out for him?  Sister K decided they needed beefaroni for dinner and then he decided he needed to do it himself....this is the outcome!

She fared a little better. :)

What kid doesn't love to vacuum!?!  This is one toy that regularly requires some referee-ing....both kids are always wanting it!

Of course, Dane also  likes to take it apart and use the dust buster.  The only problem is that he uses it as a phone instead of a vacuum.  I just missed him having it up on his ear "talking" into the side.  EVERYTHING is a phone and gets his really cute "hewwo"

Kenna was SOOOOO proud of herself the other day for picking out her own clothes.  Daniel said that she got really excited that she found some shorts that matched every color in her shirt!  She told me all about it on the phone (I was at work) and even made sure to list all of the colored dots that had a matching colored stripe.  Lots of brightness!  She is also working on her 'fake" smile that she refers to as her "good smile" :)

I sure do love these two kids....they keep everything lively around here!

Spontaneous Road Trip

In general, I am not a very spontaneous person.  I really like to have things planned and organized and very rarely do I do anything on the spur of the moment. Boring, I know! :)  But this past Thursday night, I decided to break out of my comfort zone.  Daniel was going to work two of the days of the holiday weekend so the kids and I took off and drove to Muleshoe on Friday when I got off work.  Even though my children did not sleep in the car (as usual), they were GREAT travelers!  They just talked, sang, watched movies, snacked....it was wonderful!  We had a blast just hanging out with the family and doing nothing.  Abbye came to play for a few days as well and the girls had a lot of fun together.

Poppy reading a bed time story.....they look pretty comfortable, don't they?

This is what happens when you have really cute, curly hair that your mother hasn't let anyone cut yet and your Aunt is a hair stylist....she couldn't help herself!  Blame Kyla! :)

The new way to swing?

This is how you know your uncle Cade and aunt Kyla love you....they play on the slides with you!

Wheeeee!!!!!

Kenna loved ending the day everyday with her "friend Abbye"...getting all cozy and watching Mickey Mouse in Poppy and Mimzi's bed (before they got kicked out to their own)

 Not a bad way to spend the holiday weekend!  Thanks Mom and Dad for letting us crash at your house for the weekend!

Under Construction

When Daniel and I first built our house the summer of 2007, one of the things that we REALLY wanted was a covered patio.  That was not a standard option for our house and the builder wanted way too much money to add it to our plan.  We decided to settle for little larger pad and then plan on doing our own addition later.  (Of course, six months after we built our house, they added a covered patio as a standard option.  We are now the only house on our street that doesn't have a covered patio)  The time to fix that has finally come!

Here is a picture of our current patio.  Nice sized but, because of the way our house faces, it is ALWAYS in the the direct sunlight!

Did you notice Dane trying to peek out the window in the door? :)

Now my backyard has looked like this for about a week and a half now, but that's okay because it means things are getting done!

 We started off by adding a little extra concrete onto our current pad to make it larger.

Because of the slope of our yard at that point and the additional concrete, we are going to have to add some new dirt and grass. 

A few days ago they put up all the framework....yay!!!

Since I have taken pictures, they have added the decking and are starting to install the lights and fans, etc.  The roofing people are supposed to start their thing tomorrow....both the patio and my whole house that is still in its "damaged state" from the storm in April.  It will definitely be nice to not have blue tarps covering the small holes in my roof! :)

There are still several things that we want to do after this part is finished (cabinets, grill, etc.) but I am so excited that it is actually in the works.....I will keep you posted!