CHRISTMAS BAKING TIME!!!

My cousin Alicia, her girls Chloe and Jocelyn, my Aunt Larita, Kiley and I went to my moms house for some fun Christmas baking. We Made sugar cookies and pulled taffy. It was really fun to get together with everyone. we had some great laughs especially at our little ones. we took a table and blocked off the entry way to the kitchen so that the three little ones couldn't escape and we could cook and keep an eye on them. It is amazing how quick they can have toys from one end of the room to the other. our cookies turned out really yummy.

taffy is almost ready to pull!

It is amazing how hard taffy is to pull. At first it is just really hot and then the longer you pull the harder it is to pull it and your arms get really tired. but when it is done YUMMY YUMMY YUMMY.

Kiley wanted to cook too, but she didn't understand it just yet so she wore the bowel instead.

IS THIS HOW MOMMY?

All of us together. Kiley got tired and went to bed when this picture was taken. this was at the end of our fun.

These pictures got out of order but I will still tell the story. Kiley loves paper and found a lot of it and she sat and played in the paper for probably a good half hour or so.

My Aunt Larita was holding Kiley and the twins wanted up too. so she was holding all of them This is where Kiley found the Paper and pushed if off the table that is how it ended up on the floor.

Little Kiley was being held and then Jocelyn wanted up and then Chloe saw the two of them on Larita's lap and wanted up too. so she ended up with all three and seen before.

ZOO LIGHTS!!

Greg and I went to zoo lights with my mom and sister Chelsi. It was such a cold night but we still had a really good time. Kiley was not sure what to think about the cold but she did enjoy looking at all the pretty lights. I was amazed at how pretty it looked. It was really fun to see all the fun and different displays. Kiley was bundled up so much she really couldn't move much and Greg kept teasing me that I was the mom from the Christmas story (the movie) where she dressed her youngest in the snow suit and he couldn't move or get up when he fell. I was worried Kiley would get cold but she stayed pretty toasty. I think we will have to go again next year.

This display was one of my favorites I thought it was really cute.

In this picture you can see how bundled Kiley is. She didn't like the wind so we took her extra hat and but it around her nose and mouth and she (I think) felt better she acted a lot happier. Kiley was such a trooper she didn't even fuss once.

My mom Leann on the left my sister Chelsi on the right.

KILEY MEETS SANTA CLAUSE

Greg Kiley and I went to the Festival of Trees on Thursday Night with My family. It was so much fun to be able to go again after 6 years. It has been a tradition to go every year since I was a little girl and because I have been away for so long I have never been in town when it was going on. Kiley was such a trooper she didn't get to eat her dinner until around 8:oo which is her bed time and she didn't even get to go to bed until 10:45 but she never was fussy once she just looked around at all the pretty Christmas Trees. Kiley got to sit on Santa's lap for the first time and she was full of smiles. When It was time to get her off his lap she had a hold of his beard and I was tempted to let her pull it down, but there were just to many little kids around so I didn't have the heart. Greg and I have been talking about buying a Christmas tree each year from the festival when we got back to Utah so we started this year with our first. We started out small though apparently one of the trees sold for 25 thousand dollars. ya we can't afford that but we started our donations this year by buying a small tree. we were pretty excited. we pick it up tomorrow night so I will post a picture of it later. anyway it was a lot of fun to go again and to pick up the tradition once again.

ALL AROUND AND INTO EVERYTHING

So as you can see Kiley is all over the place crawling and getting into things. This is such a fun age though because she is just so curious about everything. I had to laugh at her because she has discovered how to crawl under her saucer and she will stay there for a while and play, especially if there are things on the bottom for here to get.

CAUGHT RED HANDED. PEEK-A-BOO I SEE YOU!

Kiley has a blue tube that Grandma Lee Lee gave her and she loves to play and roll around in it. She finally figured out how to go through it and she realized she likes it. She spent a good half hour just crawling around through it, rolling around and playing.

Kiley saw Mickey Mouse from the other end and crawled toward it. she saw that the television was on and she stopped for a brief moment to see what was on. (she is my TV junky if you haven't heard she really loves watching Elmo.)

After she was done seeing what was on TV she sat and stared at Mickey Mouse. Then she poked at his eyes. It was pretty funny to watch.

KILEY'S NEWEST PORTRAITS!!!

I have been meaning to update my blog now for awhile, I wanted to post some updated pictures of Kiley. These were her 6 month old pictures but she really was about 7 month old. I though they really turned out cute, especially the first picture which captured Kiley's personality. she was in heaven when they put the boa and beads around her she wouldn't leave them alone she was having so much fun. Kiley was sad when we were done with that picture because she still wanted to play with all the fun stuff. I really liked how these pictures turned out and I wanted to share them. hope you all enjoy!!!

PUMPKIN PICTURES

My cousin Alicia and I took Halloween pictures together with our girls. we love taking pictures holiday pictures together. It can be a pretty good work out though. Like I have said before it is really hard to get three girls looking at the camera at the same time. but we usually get some cute shots of the girls. I wanted to post a few of these pictures because I think they are really cute. This is Chloe and Jocelyn I think Chloe is on the Right but I could be wrong I still have a hard time telling them apart. sorry Alicia. I use to tell them apart from there hair but they both have about the same amount now so it is hard again, but they are darling.

Kiley smiling at the camera. Greg was trying to get her attention so she would smile at the camera. He did a great job but he was standing next to me so of course she wasn't looking at the camera but the picture was cute anyway.

we threw down some candy to help keep the girls happy. They loved it, and Kiley couldn't get enough in her hands. She wanted to eat it all too. luckily it all still had the wrappers on.

this picture was a little blurry but I thought it was cute of the three of them.

This was my favorite picture of Kiley. I was so mad that my camera was acting up and the lighting wasn't very good. Kiley kind of looks like a ghost but it was her best shot. I love this picture.

GARDNER VILLAGE

Kiley and I went to Gardner village with my mom, cousin Alicia and her girls and my Aunt Larita, we took pictures of our girls in there HALLOWEEN costumes and had dinner. we had a lot of fun and laughs at the girls. it was a freezing night but we still had fun.

THIS IS KILEY'S HALLOWEEN COSTUME. MY LITTLE FLOWER!!!!!!!

Kiley loved the pumpkins. I had to put one in between her legs to keep her sitting up she was a little top heavy.

A single flower in the pumpkin patch!

This is one of a hundred of the three girls. We took so many pictures because it is really hard to get all three looking at the camera, there is too much going on around them and they all just wanted to play. The pictures are fun to look at because they tell a story of what the girls were doing.