Thursday, January 7, 2010

Halloween

Kylie got to be a cute little Ballerina for Halloween this year. Mommy wasn't able to go all out this year as her time was consumed planning the ward Trunk or Treat. But Kylie still ended up looking cute and thankfully she won't remember this year anyway. Avery was driving Limo all day so he wasn't able to dress up either. We're gonna have to do best next year! ha ha
Avery is sort of a Limo driver, Kylie the ballerina and me. I cheated this year and bought a cheap shirt at walmart that's supposed to look like your arm is covered in tattoes.

Pumpkin Patch with Friends

The day after we got back from Branson, Kylie and I went to Deana Rose Farmstead to pick out some pumpkins with Abby and Chase. The kids had a great time playing in pool of corn, walking through a corn maze, picking out pumpkins (okay the Moms did that part but the kids had a great time sitting amongst them all). Then, we took the kids up the hill of hay to go down the slide. Kylie and Chase will get more out of it next year I think. Kylie was great in the pool of corn for about 10 seconds then she tried to eat it.

Mommy and Baby loved the slide

fun with a cornstalk

Kylie and Chase

Hayride!!

Branson for the Weekend

My parents went to Branson, MO for 10 days with some of my Dad's siblings and since Kansas City is only about 4 hours from Branson our little family and my cousin Gene & his family (who live very close to us) took a road trip to see our parents for a few days. Despite being some of the youngest people in Branson we all had a great time. I made my "older" uncles, my cousins, of course Avery and my Dad ride the go-carts with mearents . We had a blast!

While there we ate great food, spent quality time with family (some I hadn't seen in 15 + yrs), went to two great shows: Chinese acrobats and of course a good old fashion Chuck Wagon dinner & show, went to church, and did a little Amish shopping. Somehow since we moved to Kansas I've been able to see my parents every 2 months and I'm loving it!


Unlce's Myron, Norris, me, Aunt Edna (Gene's Mom), Uncle Gary, my Dad, cousin Gene

Myron, Norris, Edna, Gary, and my Dad (there are 3 more siblings - my dad is youngest of 8 and also the tallest I might add) : )

Gene, Marjean, Jack, Edna, and Courtney (they are our one and only Family in Kansas)

part of the awesome go-cart course we rode

the gang at Olive Garden. of course Kylie just wanted to eat the high chair

Chuck wagon dinner and show fiddling solo


a trip isn't complete without a crying child afraid of a horse rocker

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Kylie's 1st Birthday!!!

My little girl turned 1 on Aug. 27th. Yes I do realize I'm about 2 months late on this but dang, I've been busy. Avery was out of town for her actual birthday so we celebrated on the 26th and just kept it very low key. We made her a cake and had the Caresia's over to help eat it. It's been such a blessing having family nearby. They love Kylie to pieces and she absolutely adores them. These are a few of the things Kylie received for her birthday. The dress (which I love) and maracas' are from the Caresia's.
Kylie loves all her new stuff

This walking toy which turns into a riding toy is from my parents. Kylie loves this thing


another toy from Caresia's. Kylie can put all the shapes in the correct hole and plays with it everyday



This is what a baby looks like after she digs into cake. Kylie loved getting messy. She started to rub the frosting into her legs, it was really funny.



Before she decided to attack her piece of the cake



That's the cake Avery and I made for Kylie. It seriously took forever to make but was so worth it.

Baby Jade's Blessing

Luckily while we were in Utah Deena and Harley blessed Jade. I've been feeling a bit left out on these special days since I chose to move so far away from home... : ) And out of 13 grandkids I have only been to 3 baby blessings (and that includes Jade's). I loved catching up with Harley's side of the Family. It's been years since I've seen them!

Unfortunately, I didn't get any pictures of Jade in her blessing dress but I did get some pictures of her.
This is how it'll be whenever I have baby #2 although Kylie will be MUCH bigger by then. Oh and just for bragging rights - I made both of the babies hairbows. While I was home I taught Deena and Melanie how to make them and I think we're all addicted to making them now.
Love this picture of these two. My sister has a HUGE mirror in her entryway and Avery was running to it with Kylie and holy cow did she love it!!

Someday this will be us. I have no idea what Kylie's doing here

These are the '08 grandbabies and yes Kylie is the only one not crying. Garrett started it and then I think Kylie crowded both Drew and Fiona a little and made them cry too.

Family Pictures

While in Utah my parents wanted an updated Family picture, which was much needed. The last time we had a Family picture taken Kevin and I were single and I think we had 6 or 7 grandkids and now Kevin and I are finally married and we're up to 14 grandkids.
It was a lot of fun to get dressed up and make a couple of hairbows (one for Jade and one for Kylie). We ended up going across the street from the Mt Timanogos Temple and it ended up being the perfect place. I love how green the background turned out. My parents with all their grandkids - they couldn't love these kids more!
The Fullmer kids with spouses and my parents

The Fullmer Fam

The Kirk Family

Everyone

More Utah Vacation - Kennecott Copper Mine

So I might be just a little behind on my blog and have a few minutes so decided to start updating again. On August 8th we headed up to Kennecott Copper Mines with my Family to continue with our Family Reunion. What a unique place. Here's a few facts I learned that day:
  • If you stretched out all the roads in the open pit mine, you'd have 500 miles of roadway - enough to reach from Salt Lake City to Denver.
  • The trucks that haul the ore are larger than many houses and weigh more than a jumbo jet. They stand over 23 feet tall and can carry from 255 to 360 tons of rock.
  • The truck driver rides about 18 feet above the ground -- nearly two stories high.
  • The mine is so big, it can be seen by the space shuttle astronauts as they pass over the United States.
My Dad, Harley, Avery and Kylie
One of the very large trucks they use to haul the copper

This is a comparison picture - the tiny white truck is a full size pickup you'd see on public roads


All the grandkids plus Aunt Deena and Uncle Kevin. That is the actual sized tire used on the large trucks

Our little family