Winter Wonderland

This is what we woke up to!

Kaelyn LOVED it!!!!

Austin HATED it!!!!!

Austin was SO happy to be back inside!

Kaelyn wasn't ready to come in so she went out on the balcony

We had our first official snow of the season!!! We got close to a foot of snow! Kaelyn absolutely loves it and could play outside all day! Austin on the other hand, not so much. He cries as soon as you get all of his gear on and continues to cry the whole time outside unless you pick him up and hold him. But they both look pretty cute all bundled up! We got Austin's snow suit from an old co-worker of mine. It is 18-24 months so it is a little big, but it was free so it works!!! Kaelyn is actually wearing the jacket and snow pants we got last year which are 18 months. It fits her perfectly!!!! So we have been enjoying building snowmen and sledding with all of this white stuff outside!!!! It has been fun to actually be able to enjoy it this year!

Looking back....

So Austin and Kaelyn are 15 1/2 months apart. Austin in now 15 months, so I have been thinking......I am SOOOOOOO glad I am not 9 months pregnant right now!!!! Or even pregnant at all for that matter!!!! I love my kiddos, but they keep me busy enough right now!

October 2010

Well, it's been another crazy month for our family! We started off the month with a 10 day vacation to Idaho and Utah. Joe served his mission for our church in Boise, ID from 2001-2003. We started our trip flying into Boise and having lunch with the Teuscher's. Judy was like Joe's mom when he was on his mission. Then we drove out to Parma which is very close to the Oregon border. We stayed with the Jeffers who have a farm. The kids had an amazing week with all of the animals!! Kaelyn really bonded with one of the dog's named Wally and Austin held his own with all of the big wagging tails!!!! Joe got to do some shooting and even got to wrangle up a sheep to bring to slaughter. We drove into Oregon and got to see some of the areas where Joe served during his mission. It is a beautiful part of the country! At the end of the week we stayed with the Teuscher's daughter and her family for a night. Their kids watched our kids and we were able to have a night out with grown ups!!!! It was great!!! Then we drove down to Utah and stayed in Orem for a few days. We were able to meet up with our friends the Russell's who live here in MN. They were visiting family out there. We were also able to see an old friend Joe grew up with and one of his Tongan mission companions who is now married and living in Provo. At the end of our trip we had to drive back up to Boise to fly home, so we stayed with the Teuscher family again. It was actually a pretty nice and relaxing time because we just went with the flow and took it easy. The kids did really well on the airplane rides and we were sad we had to come back to reality!!! We had a fun Halloween with the kids this year. I don't think Austin really knew what was going on, but Kaelyn was able to go trick or treating with her cousins and absolutely loved it!!!! Kaelyn has been loving going to school twice a week and being able to do lots of art activities. She is very independent and loves to help with anything she can. She is talking in full sentences, but still has a lot of jabbering in between so it is very interesting to carry on a conversation with her! She loves to tell stories and sing too! And she climbs on everything! Austin is really starting to come into his own. He is very talkative and has a few words: Mama, Dada, ball, Dora, and fish. He loves Elmo and trucks. He is still very into books and can now climb up on Kaelyn's bed. He has started pushing back when he gets pushed and is very strong. We are definitely in for it with these two!!!

Idaho 2010

Utah 2010

October 2010