Photography by McKenna

If you gave a four year old a camera, what would she take a picture of? Well we didn't actually give her the camera but she did get a hold of it. She was so sly about it that I didn't even know that she had taken the pictures until I was downloading them onto the computer. I asked McKenna, "did you take these?" So nonchalantly she said "yeah". Like it was okay and normal for her to be playing and taking pictures with our camera.

Merry Christmas Reeve!

Dave and I went to Idaho Falls the other day and were at Once Upon a Child (an awesome consignment store). While I was paying Dave put Reeve in an exersaucer needless to say he loved it. We decided to get it for him for Christmas but of course he has been playing in it since we got it. Sometimes I will be holding him and he will be crying and then I put him in is exersaucer just to give my arms a break (he is almost 19 lbs now) and he stops crying. I'm thinking does he like this toy more than me? So... I don't know how much longer we will have the exersaucer!

Princess McKenna

What I love about these pictures is how it shows McKenna's personality. She is so giggly and loves to dance and is always in motion. When she was about one her Grandfather called her "perpetual motion". She has definitely lived up to it. She surly takes after her Daddy.

First time swinging

This weather has been crazy but I have been loving it. We have only gotten one snow storm that lasted until noon. It's been chilly but I'm still wearing flip flops. I make it a habit to wear them until there is snow on the ground. In Washington I pretty much wear them all year round. It was so nice that I took the kids to the park to play. McKenna wouldn't even keep her jacket on! I decided to give Reeve his first ride in a swing. He loved it! I shouldn't be surprised because he loves his swing at home. McKenna wanted to push him and I let her but she gave Reeve quite a scare with an extra big push. Poor little Reeve's eyes got big and he just froze. I felt so bad and then felt even worse that I was laughing.

After he calmed down he really started to relax. It reminded me of a guy trying to look cool driving a car. His arm was up on the back of the swing and he was leaning to the side. Then he even started to fall asleep. He is so cute.

Carving Pumpkins

One of my favorite things about Halloween is carving pumpkins. For FHE we went to the Aplingtons and carved our pumpkins with them. Heath had never done it before so it was pretty funny to watch. Dave and Heath did most of the work while the kids played and Stacey and I talked. They turned out really cute.

Kind of happy Halloweens is over.

I love Halloween just as much as the next person but we celebrated it a lot this year. McKenna dressed up a total of five time. You would think "great, you got tons of use out of the costume!" Right? No, McKenna being the little diva that she is insisted on wear something different each time. It's a good thing we have a stock pile of dress up clothes I've collected through out the years.
Party #1 - Parker's Birthday Party. McKenna was a fairy and had a blast they played musical chairs, decorated cookies, and even busted a pinata.
Party #2 - Dave's work Halloween Party. More like extravaganza! McKenna was a geisha and Reeve was the cuddliest little bear you ever did see. It was so fun. They had all the carnival games, cake walk, and even a haunted house... to name a few.





McKenna couldn't stop talking about the haunted house.




Party #3 - McKenna's preschool. She wanted to wear her costume from last year which was a witch.
Party #4 - Our ward's Trunk or Treat. McKenna was Barbi Island Princess. It was so fun we went with the Aplington's and McKenna had fun going from trunk to trunk with Parker.




Party #5 - Halloween. McKenna decided to be the witch again. Which I was happy about because I couldn't figure anymore costumes for her to wear. We went trick or treating with the Aplington's. So I'm glad these are McKenna's baby teeth and she won't have them too much longer because I'm sure they are almose rotted through with the amount of candy we have collect through this Halloween season!

Reeve likes....

Reeve is growing and getting such a little personality he is so different from McKenna's larger than life and outgoing. He seems to be much more subtle and observant. First of all he likes toys.


McKenna would have nothing to do with them. She liked play with things from the kitchen drawers. One thing they do have in common is their love for the water. They both love their tubbie time.


And of course they love each other. I asked McKenna to watch Reeve while I made him a bottle and I came to see this beautiful sight. Aren't they cute?