Family Pics

An early Christmas gift encouraged us to get some family pictures taken while the fall leaves are still changing.


This is the picture we decided to use for our Christmas present (framed painted picture)

This is probably bad, but I think this picture is hilarious. If only it was a different finger that Kylee was pointing.

P.S. Thanks again Ryan for taking the time out of your schedule to take some great pictures.

Walk A Dog

So I was trying to decide a month ago what kind of job I was going to do now that I have Kylee. I wanted to be able to stay at home and take care of her, but we also needed money to pay rent. After some thought I decided why not start my own business?

Presenting Walk-A-Dog Pet Services located in Alexandria, VA. I made a website: www.walkadogtoday.com and already have an assistant - Kylee. :) Things are going well and I am enjoying it so far. I will admit that we are a little nervous for the cold months of January - March. Thank goodness I am not doing this in Idaho though. Kylee would become an icicle.

4 Months Old

Kylee is now four months old! She is loving life and trying out her new talents. She rolls over in her crib and is starting to roll on the floor. She loves to stand and looks around with a little help.

Her exersaucer is one of her new favorite toys.

Kylee doing her favorite past time - sucking her hand and fingers. Hope we don't have a thumb sucker on our hands.

Happy Halloween...

Two weeks ago. Sorry, I have gotten a little behind. Here are some cute pictures of Kylee in her tiger costume. The best part of her costume is her new talent of growling. Fits her costume perfect!



We had a great time going to our ward's Trunk-or-Treat and then having a small party with friends and their children.

Girl's Night Out - Donuts

Last Thursday several of us decided to get together and make some treats for ourselves (and I guess our husbands too). :)

We ended up making spud donuts and they turned out pretty well.

I got the recipe off another friend's blog and was a bit worried how they would turn out when I saw the words: "kneeding, and rising" in the recipe. These are a few things that I am not so good at, but it turned out pretty delicious in the end.


P.S. (For Rachel) - Brandie and I saw a truck out in front of the Olive Garden that sold homemade frozen yogurt. That is yours' and Ryan's destiny. You are going to drive a van that sells homemade ice cream and donuts. Maybe Liam will even take over the family business. :)

Running

I owe it to my friends, Brooke and Rachel, for giving me motivation to try to get back into shape after having Kylee. They started running in July while I was still pregnant and have kept on with it. I started joining in on their runs in August and am now still running. We can now run five miles pretty easily. Pretty exciting stuff for me!

One of the main runs we go on is from the Iwo Jima monument to the Washington Monument and back.

Here are our two cheerleaders: Liam and Kylee. They end up coming along most of the time, they really have no other choice. :)

Sick....

Kylee got her first cold this Sunday. So even though it is just a cold, it is still so sad to see your little baby sick and not feeling well. (I know, I am a dorky mom because I am blogging about Kylee's cold. Oh well....at least I haven't blogged about what percentile Kylee is in...yet.)

It's pretty cute watching how concerned Kurt has gotten since Kylee has been sick. He will call during a break at school to see how she is doing and she is the first thing he bee lines to when he gets home. Yesterday we stripped her down to her diaper and wrapped her in this really soft blanket. She had a nice long nap in it.