This was such a cute bouquet of balloons. The mickey balloon lasted forever.

Black frosting was such a bad idea. Everyone had black lips for days.

Kenli's Reaction to her first kiss!

Kenli was down at Grandma Bloomfield's playing with a neighbor boy who has become quite a good friend. When they were done playing, Cutler ran over to Kenli and gave her a big hug. Then much to Kenli's surprise, he planted a big kiss right on her lips. Kenli stepped back with a very astonished and worried look on her face and said, "I Did Not Do That!" I guess her dad really has her worried about the consequences of kissing boys. Let's just hope she stays this way!

The Miller Fam!
Grandpa and the Kids!
This picture was just not going to happen no matter what we tried.

Of course it has been 2 months already in the new year, and yes this is my very first post. Pretty pathetic. We finally got a new computer and I am amazed at how fast and easy blogging is now. I used to wait forever for 1 picture to download. Hopefully this will help me be better. We finally had a few family pictures taken and they turned out pretty cute, so I thought I'd share.

Ridge is a little harder to capture that moment but this is pretty dang good for him.

It's never very hard to get cute pictures of Kenli. She is pretty photogenic and will pose all day long.

So I have finally updated my blog with everything that's been going on for the last 5 months. There are a lot of posts to follow but bear with me. I will try to be better.

Tonsils

Kenli got her tonsils out 2 weeks ago and is finally starting to feel better. This was her before picture and as you can tell, she was really happy to be there. She thought it was so awesome that she got this turtle. She was really brave and did a great job.

After her tonsils she was not nearly as happy. I felt so bad and was pretty much helpless. She was so cute though. She just kept trying to share all her stuff with the nurses. She even shared one of her popsicles with her post-op nurse.

Halloween 2010

We had a great time at Grandma Miller's for Halloween. Thanks Grandma for all the fun.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

We took a trip in October to Pennsylvania to see Darin and Janey. We had been planning it for three months and was able to keep it a secret from Darin. Janey picked us up at the airport and when we got to the house Darin's response was priceless. He had absolutely no idea we were coming. We enjoyed the week together and got to see some fun things. We took the kids to the Children's Museum, Schramm Farm, Swimming, and rode the Gateway Clipper. Thanks guys for such a great time. We had a blast and can't wait to see you again.

This was all of us waiting to board the Gateway Clipper. We road the ferry for a tour around the outside of the City of Pittsburgh. It was really cold but so worth it!

The view from the Ferry was amazing. We circled the city of Pittsburgh and were able to see Heinz field and all of the beautiful, old bridges.

These two missed each other so much and had a blast playing together. They totally act like brother and sister though.

We took the kids to Schramm Farm to pick pumpkins. It was really cute and they had a great time.

This is us at the Children's Museum in Pittsburgh. The kids had so much fun. Kenli asks me all the time when we are going back.

We went to this huge, beautiful park where there was this enormous slide. The kids thought it was so much fun. The best part was watching these random adults try the slide. We stayed at the bottom to catch the kids because it was pretty steep. However, the adults didn't have anyone to catch them and it was pretty hilarious to see them fly off the end of the slide to the ground.

Justin had a very fast deer hunt this year. He left at about 6am and was back by about 1pm. Nonetheless he returned with a decent buck. Good job babe!

1st Day of Preschool

Kenli's has been dying to go to school and it finally came. She loves it.

Great Grandpa

My Grandpa came to visit my parents and it has been a long time since we last saw him. My kids absolutely loved him. Kenli wouldn't leave his side for about three days. Grandpa is a man of very little words, so after a few hours of Kenli talking his ear off, I think he really needed a break. He was great though and just let her follow him around.

ZOO

We took the kids to the Zoo for Kenli's birthday. They absolutely loved it, but it was extremely hot. Next time we will for sure go on a cooler day.

So I guess this will come as no surprise to those of you who know his daddy. Yes, he absolutely loves working on the trucks with his dad....and what else besides a FORD!

Happy 4th Birthday

Kenli is turning the big 4 tomorrow and I honestly can't believe that I have a 4 year old. Oh how time flies. We celebrated part of her Birthday on Sunday so her dad and Grandpa could be there. She had so much fun. Thanks Grandma for putting on such a great party.

Everyone thought it would be hilarious to put the head of the pinata on Ridge. Little did we know he would love it.

4th of July

We spent the 4th in Delta this year for the usual load of fun. However, this was pretty much the whole crew, except Jesse and Tash. It was a pretty calm year but still fun nonetheless. We went to the parade, park, and derby, followed by the usual fireworks. Kenli had a blast.

Kenli loves to ride horses and we are lucky enough to have the Myers as part of our family now, and they are always so good to take her. She especially loves them when Hadley is there, seeing as how she has the biggest crush a 4 year old could ever have on him.

This was Ridge the entire parade. It was pretty dang cute.

Just a random day at the park. Oh how the kids love to be outside.

Kenli loves to pose for the camera and this was just one of many.

Daddy stuffed Ridge's shirt with the foam swimming balls and gave him big muscles. He thought this was so funny. He was walking around the house flexing his muscles and growling. We were laughing pretty hard and he thought that was pretty neat.

Easter day at Grandma Millers. Thanks Grandma for the fun Easter!

Kenli woke up first and started picking up eggs and looking for her basket before we were even awake. It's a good thing I heard her get up or we probably would have missed the whole thing. It's so fun to see how excited they get.

Ridge Easter morning. He thought picking up the eggs was pretty fun!

Roberta put together this great Easter Egg hunt this year for all the kids. Since the weather didn't cooperate we ended up hunting in her house. Thanks Roberta for all the fun and for lending your house to such craziness.

It is so extremely hard to get a good picture of these two together, but I thought this one turned out pretty well.

What kid doesn't love stickers! Mine certainly do. They were so happy playing with these and were entertained forever. However, my house was covered in stickers along with them.

This picture is definitely one for the books. It is probably the only time they have and will ever lay quietly by each other.

So Ridge is super wild and very head strong now. He is in to climbing big time and getting whatever he wants. He has quite the little (BIG) personality!

I'm a little late with updating my pictures, but better late than never! These are the kids very cute valentine outfits from Grandma Miller. Thanks Grandma!

Happy 1st Birthday

I honestly can't believe it has been 1 year already. I say it all the time but my kids really are growing so fast. I love all the things they teach me and all the experiences that come with being a mother. Happy 1st birthday baby boy!

I was so excited to give Ridge these balloons for his birthday but little did I know they would be so traumatizing. He was absolutely petrified of them and didn't want to be anywhere near them. Oh well, maybe next year!