Monday, April 20, 2009

Easter

(side note: my kids refuse to smile at the camera)

Kaia in her Easter outfit






































Cade's Easter tie




















The best picture of the two of them















The runner up picture
















The best group picture with cousins














Cade finding his basket from Sperry's (rob in charge of Cade pics)



















Kaia finding hers (me in charge of Kaia: note the difference)


















































Baskets from the Easter bunny





























Cade opening animal shirt pj's














Kaia's new pj's and dress up stuff (more interested in candy)














Giant candies from the Nielsen's

































Easter egg hunt and party earlier that week (thanks Lisa & Summer!)
























Thursday, February 12, 2009

Holidays Finally

Finally getting around to Holiday and cruise pictures. But first some of Kaia who already likes the idea of "new clothes" too much. It's innate I tell you. Whenever I get her something and show it to her, she does a high pitched squeal and wants to put it on right then. Here she is in her playing around in her new tankini for the summer, even though it's the dead of winter...





































I was worried that it wouldn't cover her big belly, but it does, until she does this..



















Thanksgiving
We had Thanksgiving in Arizona this year, which is always so fun. Did the usual, big family feast, football in the backyard, shopped the rest of the weekend. My dad took Cade on a hunting trip. It was his first time camping, so I told my dad to take pictures and sent him with my camera. These were what I got...





























Thanks for trying dad.




















from Daniel and Cassie: before(above) after (below)















Christmas

















I was taking too long to decorate the tree so Cade decided to do it himself


















Opening presents Christmas morning













































Cade got dinosaurs



















Kaia got a shopping cart






























Opening presents at Rob's parents













































Cade trying out Kaia's new curling iron
















Kylee helping out















Cruise (the short version)




















































Cabo San Lucas

































































Met up with the McCanns


















































Matzalan













































at the market















New Year's Eve






























Peurto Vallarta
























































On the ship


















































Kind of a weak run through of the trip but it was a blast! The food was soooo good, we ate like crazy. We laid out, worked out, swam, ran, rock climbed, read, played games, played in a game show, danced, sight saw, shopped, sand surfed, ate, saw shows, watched movies, drove throught the jungle, slid down waterfalls... I loved every minute of it and highly reccomend a cruise with a fun group. Thanks to Rob's parents for an awesome Christmas present.
( My sister-in-law Tiff did a thorough job of recounting the trip if you want to see more pics.)