Bryce & Laney

September...

2011-11-27T21:32:00.004-06:00

September was busy with school, soccer class and dance starting!
Meet the teacher...

First day of the 3's class!

So excited about our new cubbies!

Soccer drills...

So cute when they do things in partners!

A few more sweet memories of Nana...

2011-11-27T16:54:00.005-06:00

She was great at sewing and made us many things! These Halloween costumes were our favorites!

One of our holiday celebrations... Nana and Papa were always super supportive and came to lots of school events.

At one of my bridal showers...

At Bryce and Laney's baby dedication lunch.

Nana's last picture with all of her Great Grandchildren...she loved them so much! We were celebrating her 80th birthday.

August

2011-10-23T22:00:00.007-05:00

Our August started with a very sad event. My sweet Grandma passed away...just a few months after my Grandpa had passed. We had so much to celebrate about her life though. We all miss them both so much.
The Great Grandkids at the dinner after the funeral.

Later in the month we went to Norman to help host a baby shower. While we were there we went by my sorority house and Kevin's fraternity house!

We got to spend some time some of our favorite people...the Lowry's!!! If only we lived closer and could hang out more. The kids had a blast!

While we were there we helped host a baby shower for the Carpenter's! It was so fun getting everyone together.

One of our last outings over the summer before Kevin went back to work was to the new indoor safari park! Neat place!

Jace's 3rd Birthday party!!! Chuck E Cheese's is always a favorite!

July

2011-10-22T22:46:00.005-05:00

On our 10 Year Anniversary trip to Galveston! It was a much needed weekend away. Thanks to our sweet families for watching Bryce and Laney!

Our first summer visit to the cabin! Fun to try the summer activites. :) We had some great family time as always.

One of our last summer activities before Kevin went back to school...the Sci-Tech Discovery Center.

Such a fun end to July with a baby shower for our sweet friends Chris and Jill!

June

2011-10-22T22:08:00.007-05:00

So I'm very behind on my blogging! :) I'm going to attempt to catch up a month at a time. First up is the super fun sandbox built by Daddy and Granddad!!!

My cousin Matt's Graduation!! So proud of him!

At the Rough Riders field to watch Cars with Grandma and Grandpa!

This year was my 10 Year Anniversary at Southwest. Kevin and I got to go to a fun awards banquet!

Out celebrating June family birthdays!

Last day of school!

2011-07-25T15:16:00.003-05:00

Getting ready for the last day of school (back in May)! I've been meaning to post these for a while now! :)

ACE

2011-06-22T16:58:00.004-05:00

I'm happy to say that Laney has officially moved in the ACE (After the Cancer Experience) program at Children's!! (It provides long-term monitoring for survivors of childhood cancer and health promotion.) We're still following up with scans/sonograms to be sure nothing new pops up. But, the new doctors focus mostly on long term issues due to chemo and specific things Laney needs to do to stay healthy. Our first step is a hearing test in a few weeks.

When I look at this happy, healthy 3 1/2 year old I can hardly believe that she was a very sick 9 month old that had to go through so much. To say that we're extremely thankful is just an understatement. There are no words.

Brunch!

2011-05-29T08:21:00.002-05:00

Fun brunch at Breadwinners for my Mom's birthday...with just the girls!!! We had a great time!

Swimming Lessons!

2011-05-22T07:47:00.002-05:00

I wasn't sure how the first swimming lessons would go.... But they went great! No tears at all. Actually they loved it and we'll be signing up again sometime soon!

Fun at the park with our friends!

2011-05-22T07:42:00.000-05:00

Easter Pics!

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Aww!!

Laney and Cade playing a game!

Easter Egg Hunts!

2011-04-23T17:23:00.003-05:00

Easter Egg Hunt #1 with our LifeGroup from church! It was fun...and chilly!

Easter Egg Hunt #2- Mother's of Multiples Group

Laney only ended up with 3 eggs! She was too busy watching everyone else. :)
She was totally fine with it!

They loved petting the bunnies in the petting zoo!

Cade's 6th Birthday Party!

2011-04-23T16:14:00.005-05:00

We all really enjoyed our nephew Cade's birthday party!! He's growing up so fast!!
We love you, Cade!

Love them!

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Carnival at Daddy's School!

2011-04-02T21:41:00.004-05:00

Chuck E Cheese!

2011-03-11T22:36:00.006-06:00

We decided to have the birthday party at Chuck E Cheese this year since Bryce and Laney absolutely LOVE going there! It turned out to be a great place and everyone had fun!

Waiting for the party to start! Bryce really was excited...just not about taking pictures!

Bryce and Cade had a blast playing air hockey!

Laney's favorite ride...Clifford!

We had such a great time...and they were both exhausted!

Happy 3rd Birthday Bryce & Laney!

2011-02-24T08:23:00.002-06:00

Bryce and Laney had such a fun birthday on Monday! We went to the mall play area with Grandma, Aunt Amy & Hunter and then had lunch! We also had a great night celebrating with Daddy after work! They're looking forward to their family party this weekend. :)

A few from the park last week too!

Silly kids!

Laney's First Haircut!

2011-02-21T22:11:00.003-06:00

It was finally time for Laney's first haircut and she was so excited!

She couldn't wait to sit in one of the cars Bryce always gets to sit in!
Before...

Bryce played with the trains the entire time!

The round brush was her favorite part!

Looking much better!

Checking her hair out in the mirror! She pretty much thought she was a princess the entire time we were there! :)

Laney's First Dance Class!

2011-02-12T21:59:00.006-06:00

So yes, I've been waiting for this day since I found out we were having a girl! I got to dress Laney up like a cute little ballerina and take her to her first dance class!!! She loved her outfit and had fun in class. :)

In typical Laney style- she had already found someone to hold her before she even made it back to the dance room. :)

Visit from the Lowry's!!

2011-02-05T22:13:00.005-06:00

We had such a fun visit with the Lowry's!! Bryce and Laney loved playing with Carter and Greyson!

Carter showing Bryce how to play games on Kevin's phone!

Cute friends! Come back soon!

First Ice Cream Cones!

2011-01-28T16:38:00.002-06:00

They loved them!!!! Way more fun than ice cream in a bowl!

A few Christmas pictures...

2011-01-28T16:20:00.004-06:00

Better late than never... :)

Papa Sam...

2011-01-10T11:05:00.004-06:00

Our sweet Papa Sam passed away on New Year's Eve night. We love him very much and we will greatly miss him.

One memory from our last visit with Papa... Laney brought her magna doodle over to him and asked him to draw a house. He did and she was so excited. He would pick something new and she would guess what it was. They sat on the couch for quite a while doing that and he seemed to just love it.

Here are a few pictures of him with Bryce and Laney. We're so glad that they got to know each other.

Merry Christmas!!!

2010-12-25T17:00:00.002-06:00

Thanks to Clare as always!

www.77prints.com

First trip to the Dentist!

2010-12-21T23:08:00.003-06:00

This week we took Bryce and Laney to the dentist for the first time! It all went much better than we expected! Of course they didn't love it but the complaints were pretty minor. Laney has 3 more teeth left to come in and Bryce has 4. They loved the toys in the waiting room and the prize at the end of course!

Bryce and Daddy reading a book about teeth!

Grandma was nice enough to come along and help with one while we went back with the other! Thanks, Grandma!

Christmas Parties!

2010-12-04T16:35:00.003-06:00

Our annual LifeGroup girls picture! It was a miracle that everyone was there. :)

Bryce and Laney at the PAMOM party. They did a book walk and were so excited about their new books!!

Jumping in the bounce house…well, Bryce jumping and Laney watching everyone!

A few Thanksgiving pictures!

2010-11-28T16:00:00.002-06:00

We had a great Thanksgiving! We didn't take many pictures this year but here are a few!

At Grandmom & Granddad's...

Cousin Hunter who is quite the walker these days!

Hunter giving Laney a stick! So cute!

The boys playing in a bucket with golf balls of course. :)

Weekend at the Cabin!

2010-11-24T21:49:00.005-06:00

Last weekend we went to a cabin in Oklahoma and had such a blast with our family! We went exploring, cooked on the campfire, drove through the Arbuckle Wilderness (fed lots of animals), played games, celebrated birthdays, watched OU win and ate tons of good food. It was a weekend full of good memories!

OU outfits from Grandmom & Granddad!

Laney spent so long making a leaf bracelet for Granddad on masking tape. She had already made herself one...plus a ring. So cute!

Hunter's 1st Birthday Party!

2010-11-22T21:30:00.003-06:00

Amy and Jeff did a wonderful job with Hunter's first birthday party! We all had a great time!

Enjoying his first bites of cake...

Opening gifts...

Cute cousins!

Halloween!

2010-11-03T19:42:00.006-05:00

We had a very busy and fun Halloween weekend! On Friday, Kevin and I took them to my work...

Intently watching the Technology Halloween skit! They loved it!

Playing one of the games!

On Saturday we went to the Fall Festival at the church where they go to Mother's Day Out!

Bryce was so excited about seeing the firetruck and meeting the firefighter! He even got to check out the hose!

Then we were off to visit Grandma and Grandpa!

Sunday was of course the big trick or treat day!! They had a blast going with their cousins, Cade & Jace! Grandmom and Granddad came along too which made it even more fun!

They made these at school!

Laney's Big Girl Bed!

2010-11-01T14:28:00.002-05:00

Kevin converted Laney's crib to her toddler bed last week! She was leaning over the edge so we decided it was time. :) She LOVES it and has done great transitioning. My mom did find her putting a skirt on from her drawer during nap though. Ha!

Happy 1st Birthday Hunter!!

2010-10-28T16:48:00.003-05:00

Our sweet nephew Hunter turned 1 recently! I still can't believe it. We met them for lunch at the mall and hung out in the play area. It was his first time to go! I think he liked it. :) More pictures of his birthday party to come!

The Pumpkin Farm!

2010-10-22T13:14:00.013-05:00

Quite a few pictures...I just couldn't decide!

They were hesitant to feed the animals at first but ended up thinking it was so fun!

On the hayride!

Park Video

2010-10-17T13:53:00.000-05:00

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star...Just for you Pam & Nana!

Fun at the Park!

2010-10-15T15:15:00.002-05:00

Singing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star while playing the "drums" on the bench! I love hearing them sing together.

This totally caught me off guard and made me laugh!! Not sure how she decided to do this but she kept doing it over and over again!

Boomer Sooner!

2010-10-04T06:14:00.003-05:00

We had a fun weekend cheering on the Sooners! Kevin got to go to the game with his Dad! Here's a picture of Laney...Bryce was too busy for pictures!

A few other random pictures!

A rare picture these days...

2010-09-16T09:43:00.002-05:00

A picture without kids! We were out celebrating our 9th anniversary and had a great night!

Ice Cream Social

2010-09-08T06:35:00.004-05:00

Bryce & Laney loved the Ice Cream Social at Kevin's school!

Bryce hanging out with the boys!

Laney loves cooking!

2010-09-03T22:46:00.006-05:00

Since Laney wakes up from her nap first she sometimes "helps" me make dinner. She's so proud of herself and loves to wear her apron that Grandmom made her! Isn't it so cute!! Thanks, Grandmom!

Wrapping up the summer...

2010-09-03T21:47:00.004-05:00

Bryce and Laney spent lots of time in the back yard this summer!

They loved playing in the shark pool...and Laney is always happy coloring these days!

Bryce and Laney have been so silly with each other lately! They love jumping into pillows, chasing each other and hanging out in the pack and play.

We went to Chuck E Cheese and they had so much fun. They were really excited every time he came out to sing. Bryce still talks about going almost every day!

Bryce was able to get out of his crib so he is now in his toddler bed! We were nervous about how the transition would go but he's done great!! He still loves his sleep. :)

Summer Family Birthdays!

2010-08-20T22:31:00.005-05:00

Over the past few weeks we've celebrated Grandmom's birthday and Jace's 2nd birthday!!

We had a 50's theme so of course we had to dance to 50's music!

Happy 2nd Birthday Jace!!!

The younger kids table...

And the big kids!

Jace knew exactly what to do on his new scooter!

Bryce was anxiously waiting for cake...clearly we were taking too long for him!

Singing to Jace!

At the lake...

2010-08-19T21:06:00.002-05:00

We went to Illinois to visit my Grandma this summer! While we were there we took Bryce and Laney to Lake Michigan. Bryce loved the sand and the water. Laney took some convincing!

At the airport...

Bryce's new haircut!

2010-08-01T15:07:00.004-05:00

Kevin took Bryce to get his haircut before we went on our trip. When they got home Bryce had a new hairstyle! Too cute!

Summer School!

2010-08-01T14:55:00.003-05:00

Kevin's summer school drama classes did a great job with "Goldilocks and the Many Bears"! I still don't know how he gets first and second graders to put on a play with such a short time for practice!

The first class...

The second class...

Getting ready for football season!

2010-08-01T14:39:00.001-05:00

4th of July

2010-07-23T16:33:00.003-05:00

On the 4th of July we took Bryce and Laney to the Playhouses/Maze in Allen! They had so much fun running around...especially in the maze. Then we went for ice cream!

Bryce reading his book on the way home! So cute!

Father's Day- Part 2

2010-07-20T21:34:00.004-05:00

Celebrating with Granddad was fun as always too!

The first time for the "kid" table!

Sweet cousins playing "Ring Around the Roses"!

Kevin's Father's Day gift...a new grill cover!

Father's Day Part 1

2010-07-16T15:34:00.007-05:00

I'm so behind!! Anyway, we all had fun getting together to celebrate the Dad's!

We got Matt balloons to celebrate him passing his big Electrician test!!! Congratulations, Matt!

Mother's Day Out!

2010-07-04T16:37:00.005-05:00

Recently Bryce & Laney started Mother's Day Out at a church near our house! They're just going one day a week for now. I was very nervous about how it would go but they've done GREAT!!! We had fun shopping for backpacks, lunch bags and the required tennis shoes. :) Here they are on the first day...

I tried to take them outside for a picture together before we left. Bryce wanted nothing to do with his backpack or a picture. Laney wanted to carry her backpack but it was too heavy for her and she couldn't stand up!! This was the best I got in between her falling down! She was not too happy that I had to carry it for her. :)

Leaving school...no problem carrying the backpack minus the lunch!

Thankfully Grandma was there to help after school and we got a few pictures!

Bryce clapping for school!

Thanks for coming Grandma!

Tim & Beverly's Baby Shower!

2010-07-02T16:01:00.002-05:00

Congratulations Tim & Beverly!

We had so much fun at the shower and can't wait to meet little Ellie!

Splash Park with our LifeGroup!

2010-06-29T21:28:00.004-05:00

Bryce and Carson giving each other 5's!

They loved Courtney's yummy cupcakes!

Playing in the pool!

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Soccer Star Cade!

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Cade in action!

Uncle Kevin practicing with him!
Laney getting pushed around by Granddad!

Chatty Laney...

2010-06-17T22:09:00.004-05:00

This is typical Laney these days...very chatty!

Slam Dunk!

2010-06-17T16:39:00.003-05:00

Thank you Anne & Larry for the fun basketball goal!! Bryce and Laney love it!! They've been perfecting their slam dunk. :)

Help Daddy!

2010-06-06T00:32:00.006-05:00

How cute is this! Laney having Daddy help her put a diaper on her teddy bear. Plus she's wearing her tutu that she insisted on wearing even with her pajamas. So cute!

Checking Daddy's work...

Cool toys at Grandmom & Granddad's!

2010-06-05T23:49:00.003-05:00

The cousins all had a blast with the new tunnel at Grandmom & Granddad's house!

Hunter's Baby Dedication

2010-06-05T23:48:00.006-05:00

Hunter did a great job on stage at his baby dedication! He didn't make a peep! He looked so cute and we were glad we could be there with them.

She was on a mission...as usual!

Bryce was on the move and having a blast while we were waiting!

Mr & Mrs Ballard

2010-06-05T23:33:00.006-05:00

Jodie and Spencer got married at the Arboretum on May 1st! Jodie is my sweet friend from work and I'm just thrilled for them. It was a perfect night and they did an AMAZING job with all of the planning. It was one of our favorite weddings! Congratulations Jodie & Spencer!

Grandma & Bryce

2010-06-05T23:25:00.003-05:00

Grandma reading to Bryce at the doctor's office! I wouldn't make it through these appointments for both of them without help from Grandma or Grandmom!

College Roommates

2010-06-05T23:18:00.002-05:00

I got to take Laney to have lunch with my college roommates a few weeks ago! It was great to catch up and spend time with Trinity & Pierson and Holly & Dylan. Laney really did have fun even though we couldn't get a smile out of her for the picture!

Peek A Boo...

2010-05-23T08:36:00.003-05:00

2 Year Old Pictures!

2010-05-11T16:20:00.004-05:00

Several weeks ago our friend Steve braved another photo shoot with us! He did such a great job as always. :) We had them wear their birthday outfits for the first part...

This was from the day before...
Fun Facts About Laney:

~Favorite Toy- Her Baby
~Favorite Book- Goodnight Moon

~Favorite Food- Ketchup

~Clothes- 18 months, Shoe size 3

~She's still quite the character and loves to be very silly. She spends most of her day taking care of her baby (feeding, changing, swaddling, rocking, giving stroller rides, etc).

Fun Facts About Bryce:
~Favorite Toy- Books, Handy Manny Tools
~Favorite Book- Brown Bear Brown Bear
~Favorite Food- Any bread or cranberry sauce
~Clothes- 24 months, Shoe size 5
~Bryce is full of energy and loves to run! He's very affectionate and gives lots of hugs. He also really likes music and can sing lots of songs on his own.

Bryce and Laney both:

~Take one nap a day from about 2-4 and go to bed around 8:15. They get up around 8.

~Love playing outside

~Are really starting to enjoy playing with each other

~Steal toys from each other

Tyson & Alisa's Baby Shower!

2010-05-11T16:13:00.003-05:00

Tyson & Alisa are getting ready to welcome Baby Annie! We're so excited for them and had a great time giving them a shower! We always love getting to see our college friends!

Being Silly & Baby Crazy!

2010-05-09T23:03:00.004-05:00

Bryce and Laney are really into finding things they can wear on their heads! The hats are from Jace's birthday party last year. I've also found that the best time to get a picture of both of them is when they're on the trampoline!

Laney is officially baby crazy!!!! She has one main baby (the one in the stroller below) and lots of other babies around the house. She feeds them, gives them the pacifier, walks them in the stroller, sings to them, helps them jump on the trampoline, puts them to nap, and sleeps with them herself. If at any time she isn't doing something with a baby, she walks around the house asking "Where's baby?".

Laney's hair

2010-04-16T21:24:00.002-05:00

Laney's hair is finally long enough for little ponytails! Her hair is still really fine so it only stayed like this for maybe 5 minutes but it's getting closer!

Already trying to take them out...

Easter!

2010-04-07T21:10:00.005-05:00

This Easter was fun because Bryce & Laney really understood about hunting eggs!

Happy 1st Easter Hunter!

Laney giving Hunter an egg...so cute! She adores him. Bryce found a few of Grandpa's golf balls too!
Our not so great family picture but a picture at least!

All of the grandkids with Grandma & Grandpa!

Good Friday

2010-04-03T16:08:00.003-05:00

Here a few pictures before Good Friday service at church yesterday! They had fun and enjoyed having dinner with Aunt Renee too!

Passing along the Exersaucer!

2010-04-03T15:57:00.002-05:00

Now that Hunter is 5 months old he was ready for the exersaucer! We went to Amy & Jeff's to hang out and bring it over. He was so cute and had fun right away!

Chuck E Cheese!

2010-04-03T15:43:00.003-05:00

Bryce & Laney had fun at Chuck E Cheese! It was their first time to go. It's great because they had fun with all of the games and didn't even need money to actually play them. I'm sure that won't last for long!

Felt Board

2010-03-28T09:10:00.003-05:00

I was inspired to make a felt board after they had so much fun playing with the felt board after storytime at the library. Bryce & Laney have really enjoyed it and Bryce has most all of the shapes down now!

Playing at the Library

2010-03-19T08:22:00.007-05:00

We checked out a new library near our house and it has lots of fun things that our other library doesn't have!

Going to the Grocery Store!

2010-03-19T08:17:00.001-05:00

Bryce and Laney love riding in the car at the grocery store!

Tutus & Ties 2 Year Old Birthday Party!

2010-02-25T21:08:00.004-06:00

Last weekend we celebrated Bryce & Laney's 2nd birthday! They had a blast and there are lots of pictures to prove it. :) Here are all of the cousins...

Some of the decorations...

Sweet Laney in her birthday tutu!

Handsome Bryce in his tie!

Umm...Daddy in his tutu that he rounded up at school? It was hilarious when he walked in. It was a surprise to all of us!!

Grandpa got the fun job of opening all of the new toys!

Bryce and Laney LOVED the cake and ice cream this year! They ate every bite and both cried when I took their plates away. They made a huge mess too!!!!

The new trampoline from Grandmom & Granddad!

Mitchell Carnival!

2010-02-20T15:16:00.006-06:00

Saturday was the annual carnival at Kevin's school. Bryce and Laney had fun hanging out with their cousins, playing games and seeing Daddy's classroom! Cade also really enjoyed seeing Kevin's room and learning about him being a teacher. :)

They love school already!

Bringing Daddy a book to read!

Lots of snow!

2010-02-20T15:02:00.005-06:00

Bryce and Laney had fun playing in the snow! Ok, well Bryce had more fun than Laney. :) She liked it until she got her knee wet!

This is the knee incident!

Laney loves necklaces!

2010-02-10T21:11:00.003-06:00

Baby Showers!

2010-02-10T20:59:00.003-06:00

We've had two LifeGroup baby showers recently! The first one was for Anna and Charlie! Last week they welcomed Baby Adam. Congratulations!!!

A few weeks later we got to celebrate with Melanie and Toby too! We can't wait to meet Baby Camden!

First trip to the Library!

2010-02-10T20:56:00.006-06:00

Bryce & Laney had SO much fun on their first trip to the library. We went with our ECI speech therapist, Natalie. They went to storytime and played with the toys/puzzles/puppet stage! We'll be visiting the library often!

We went back the next week with Grandma!

A few family pics!

2010-02-10T20:44:00.004-06:00

Amy and Hunter stopping by our house after a doctor's appointment!

A visit to see Bryce, Laney & Hunter's Great Grandparents! They gave Laney these slippers and she LOVED them. She wouldn't take them off!
Hanging out with Hunter at Grandma's house!

Visit from the Lowry's!

2010-02-07T20:55:00.002-06:00

Our sweet friends Travis & Amanda drove from Norman to Dallas and back all in one day (with 3 year old Carter and a 4 month old Greyson)...just to hang out with us for a few hours! So nice! We had fun watching the kids play together and catching up. Amanda and I even got to sneak out for a quick trip to the mall. Thanks guys!!!

Greyson is so cute and happy!

23 Months!

2010-01-30T21:07:00.007-06:00

Well, this will be my last post in months. Bryce and Laney's 2nd birthday will be here in 3 weeks! I haven't done a Mr. Bear post since 17 months so it was time. It was a little more challenging since they think it's fun to stand on the couch these days...

Laney at 23 Months:

Verbal- She has long conversations on her play phone! Sometimes for 15 minutes or more...
Eats- She eats almost anything that we eat...but doesn't like any other vegetables except green beans and carrots.
Sleeps- From 7:30pm to 7:30am, takes one nap for 1 -1 1/2 hours around 1pm
Diaper Size- 4
Wears Size- 9-12 months or 12-18 months
Shoe Size - 3
Favorite Toy- her phone
Favorite Book- ABC book
Favorite Song- Ring Around the Rosie
*She's quickly become a pretty steady walker. She is very funny and loves to do things to make us laugh! She enjoys getting out and is really social!

Bryce at 23 Months:

Verbal- He knows lots of words and especially likes the animal noises.
Eats- He is getting better but is still a little picky. Green beans are the only vegetable he will eat! Sleeps- From 7:30pm to 7:30am, takes one nap for at least 2 hours around 1pm
Diaper Size- 4
Wears Size- 12-18 months or 18-24 months
Shoe Size - 5 or 6
Favorite Toy- Elmo, Abby and Cookie Monster figures- Books
Favorite Book- Curious George and Elmo
Favorite Song- If you're happy and you know it!
*He is running and climbing on everything. He loves music, dancing and being chased! He's also very affectionate right now...especially with Laney. So sweet!

Bryce climbing his first tree!

2010-01-13T14:37:00.003-06:00

I guess little boys (and I'm sure some little girls) just have an instinct about climbing trees! Today we were playing outside for the first time in a while and Bryce walked right over to a small tree in our back yard and was trying to climb it. :) I didn't get the best pictures by the time I ran in for the camera but you can kind of see what he was doing!

Laney was hanging out playing with the leaves!

Cute Laney!

2010-01-09T21:17:00.002-06:00

Laney's new jacket...she insisted on wearing it all night after I had her try it on...even though she was burning up! She was also much more interested in putting her fingers in the blocks than building anything. :) Laney LOVES to clean everything these days.

Such a fun Christmas!

2009-12-29T21:10:00.010-06:00

This Christmas was so fun! Last year we couldn't do Christmas with the cousins since Laney couldn't be around other kids. This year we had no restrictions!!! It was great!

Grandma and Grandpa with all 3 grandkids! Little Hunter's 1st Christmas!

There's just no way to get everyone looking!

Christmas Eve after church...
Jace & Laney...such sweet cousins hugging!

Aunt Renee with Jace!

Thanks to Granddad coming out in the ice we have pictures from Christmas morning! So nice of him! Here's the new kitchen!

Laney washing her hands in the sink...

Grandmom with the kids!

And Granddad too!

The best one of the 4 cousins we could get!

Cousin Cade sitting so nicely...

Not so lucky with the other boys!

This is my favorite one though!

Laney's Walking!

2009-12-29T19:08:00.002-06:00

We're so excited that Laney started walking today!!!! For the past few days she'd been walking holding just one of our hands. This morning she figured out that she could stand up from sitting by herself and stay up for about 15-20 seconds. Then tonight right before bed she got brave and took 4 steps without us prompting her. We convinced her to do it about 5 more times! I think we have another walker... :) Watch out!

Happy 3rd Birthday Ava!

2009-12-23T20:23:00.003-06:00

My friend Shaina's little girl Ava turned 3 last week! She's the one in the back in the red long sleeve shirt...so cute! Her party was at Pump It Up and Bryce & Laney loved it. Here's the group picture that Bryce was too busy for. :)This picture is so funny to me! Bryce was having a blast and smiling bigger than I've seen him before!

Laney also loved to bounce!

Thanks for a great party Ava!!!! Happy Birthday!

LifeGroup Christmas Party!

2009-12-21T11:59:00.003-06:00

We had another fun party this year! Thanks Toby & Melanie for planning and hosting!

We love the xylophone!

2009-12-20T12:01:00.004-06:00

This is my first attempt at posting a video! Bryce and Laney both love playing the xylophone!

Merry Christmas to you!

2009-12-17T07:14:00.004-06:00

Our good friend Steve braved another photo shoot with us a few weeks ago. He did such a great job...thanks Steve! It's not easy to convince Bryce and Laney to stay still for long these days. We were grateful for help from Grandmom too! Here's the link for Steve...he's such a good photographer and reasonable too: http://www.stevenhodgsonphotography.com. I also added it to the sidebar for future reference. We hope that everyone has a great Christmas!

Bracelets!

2009-12-14T20:07:00.003-06:00

Aren't these meant to be bracelets?

The Allen Playhouses

2009-12-06T15:01:00.003-06:00

This was a few weeks ago but after Kevin's birthday lunch we took Bryce and Laney to the Allen playhouses! They're perfect for the stage that they're at. Here they are in the bank!

They also have a maze...Bryce had a blast pushing Laney through it in the stroller! He's so helpful...

Our first Thanksgiving with Hunter!

2009-12-06T12:04:00.003-06:00

We had a great first Thanksgiving with Hunter! He looked adorable and was so good the whole time. Even with 3 kids under 2 years old we all managed to sit down and eat together! Hunter took a little nap and Bryce & Laney ate with us this year. They loved Thanksgiving food!!!

Laney waving bye to Hunter!

Playgroup at our house!

2009-11-27T19:25:00.006-06:00

We hosted our first playgroup recently and it went great! Sadly I didn't get any pictures with Laney but she was there and had fun!

The little table in the kitchen was perfect for eating lunch. Shane and Cambry hanging out while the older kids were eating!Carson and Bryce playing with blocks and puzzles.Bryce watching his friends leaving! He stands in the window every time someone leaves until they drive away. It's so cute!

A Year Ago...

2009-11-14T09:41:00.002-06:00

I have a really pretty engraved frame that Kevin gave me for my first Mother's Day. For the past year it's had Bryce and Laney's Halloween picture in it. Today I replaced it with this year's. Of course that made me think about all of the events since last Halloween. Whew! We're very thankful to be where we are now and hoping for a much less eventful 2010!

Look how much they've changed!

I can't imagine what they'll look like next year!!

Trick or Treat!

2009-11-09T10:23:00.006-06:00

First stop- Grandmom and Granddad's house!

Bryce is clapping for Granddad...clapping is his favorite thing to do these days!

Playing with Grandmom! She's so fun!Laney kept crawling in Aunt Renee's lap...so cute!

Now that's a cool costume, Granddad!

On to Grandma and Grandpa's! Bryce had this down!

Aww...Laney and Grandma!Trick or Treating in our neighborhood! We were only going to go to a house or two but ended up going to probably 10 after we got started. It's a good way to meet your neighbors...plus, they were having fun!

Look at all of our candy!!! The good news is that they're just fine playing with it and not eating it!

LifeGroup Halloween!

2009-11-09T10:13:00.002-06:00

After LOTS of pictures this was the best one believe it or not! At least it shows all of the kids together.

Halloween at Southwest!

2009-11-09T10:05:00.005-06:00

This year Kevin took off to take Bryce and Laney up to work with me for the Halloween events! They had fun seeing everyone and playing some of the kid games. It was a great day!

The Arboretum!

2009-11-04T06:41:00.004-06:00

Our playgroup decided to check out the Arboretum and we had a great day! Here's our attempt at a group picture.

Cambry with her cute bow!
Parker...

Carson and Shane...

Our next group shot was a little harder with no strollers!

The girls! Laney was much more interested in playing than taking pictures!

The Pumpkin Patch!

2009-10-24T08:20:00.005-05:00

Bryce had so much fun running around...he's very independent these days!