The last 3 months

So, its been about 3 months since I last posted anything. A lot has happened. After we returned home from Colorado, Kylee started Kindergarten. She loves it! It is nice to have a break during the day, but Will definitely gets excited when its time to pick her up from school. Curt has been busy at work and with school. He is on the craziest schedule and is working or on call during the holidays, but someone has to do it, so no big deal (it could be worse, like him being in Korea, right Carrie) no complaints from me :)

Kylee has made new friends since being in school, and she also played fall soccer with the base. It just finished up last week. She loved it! When I think of Kindergarten, I think of naps and finger painting, but Kylee is reading and adding numbers, its nuts. She wants to read everything around her and spells any time she can.

Will is also getting big, and says a bunch of new words. He is still peeing and occasionally pooping on the potty. He loves to be outside, and wants to do any and everything Kylee does.

For Halloween Kylee was a mummy, and Will was a giraffe. We went to the base library a few days before Halloween, to hear scary stories and play games, both kids loved that. We went trick or treating around the base with our neighbors. After just a couple houses Will retreated to the wagon to eat his candy while I pulled him around.

I have decided that I am really liking the whole crafting thing, and started an Etsy account (http://www.simplycouture.etsy.com) , and I also have been a vendor at local craft shows. It is a ton of fun!

I promise to not be such a blog slacker :) Love you Carrie, sorry for the blog vacation!

At the pumpkin patch

This is Will watching the video of Kennedy...he misses her so much!


The kids at playgroup


Miss Lillian sporting my hair bow (check out the website)

Another Busy Week

So, it has been another very busy week, like always. Curt came home on Saturday, and Kylee started school on Tuesday. She got a little bit scared right before they walked to the classroom, but when she came home from school, she had nothing but good stuff to say. Will and I are trying to get in a routine now that we have to get up at 6:30 am to get Kylee to school. I am trying to go to the gym, get the house stuff done, and run all the errands before we have to pick up Kylee from school at 2 pm. It always seems like I have plenty of time, but I never do. Hopefully this next week will get easier.

I took Kylee and her friend to the Paint Your Own Pottery place. The girls had so much fun, when I pick the pieces up I will post pics. Other than that we have been going to the park a lot, going on a bunch of walks, and kinda just hanging out around the house. On Saturday, we went bowling with the neighbors, and afterward we watched their 3 kids so they could go out to eat (it was their anniversary). All the kids were great. We baked cupcakes, while Curt and his friend worked out. Here are some pics from the last week....

Curt walking Kylee to school

Kylee sitting with her class

Kylee again....I love this pic!!! She is holding a cute pillow I made for her!!

Kylee with her friends eating ice cream cones

Kylee and Sasha

Will in his new jams from Carrie :)

Will watching Kylee climb to the top

She made it!!

Going down the slide

He loves the slide

Watching cartoons in the morning...Curt keeps the house so cold they have footy jamas on

After dinner ice cream

And Will's ice cream mess

Kylee getting ready to bowl

Vanessa and Will

Sasha and Kylee

Will and Curt


We love you all, have a fabulous next week!!! :)

The Ladies

So, me and the kids made it home safe yesterday. My friend, Allison, picked us up from the airport. Other than the rain, its good to be home. Today the kids and I went over to Des's house to hang out with her, Danielle and Allison. It's been a while since we have all gotten together, and it was nice to see everyone (well minus the MIA people )

Will trying to sit in the Bumbo seat

Danielle and Cadence

Allison and Lillian

Des and Izzy

The kids-- Cadence, Kylee, Will, Lillian and Izzy

Magical Monday

Today is mine and Curts 5 year anniversary. YAY!!! Miss you honey, wish we could spend the day together. :)

I took the kids to the Pueblo Zoo today. Will and Kylee loved it!!

Will pointing to the animals

Giant bugs....ewww


Watching the penguins swim

Climbing on the statues

A red panda bear

Kylee in an egg

Kylee seeing how far she can jump

Kylee posing with the monkeys

Will hanging out in the wagon

Kylee walking with Will

XOXO :)

Spectacular Saturday

First off, I finally uploaded the tractor video of Will...its super cute...it's under the blog "Our Terrific Tuesday...Will's 1st Bday"...so check it out.

Anyway, today we had Will's birthday party at my sisters house. It was a sports theme, and I had so much fun decorating the cakes with my sister. My family that lives in Colorado came, my Opa, aunt and uncle, a bunch of cousins, and our neighbors from when I lived here, and my brother in laws mom, so I guess thats my mother in law in law?? Anyway, it was a ton of fun, and it was great to see all my family.

After the party my parents, me and the kids, and Danielle and her family went to the park and let the kids play. Then we came home to make a fire on the back patio and make smores. Super fun way to end the night!! What a busy day, but well worth it!!

The table all set up

Soccer ball cake my sister made

The softball cake I made

The delicious food

Will and Kylee ready to party

Ava, Karen, Nick, and Randi

Will ready to get some cake....Cooper, Kylee and Ava watching

He loved it

He loves frosting

Nick cleaning him off

More clean up (look at his cute shirt, I made it...well ironed it on)

Mike and Kerstin, my cousins

Unwrapping presents, Cooper and Kylee watching

Will really liked the paper

My cousin Danny and Will

Will playing

Mom, Will and my Aunt Vicki

Opa and Kylee

Opa and Ava

Mom and Will playing with new toys

On our walk to the park...Nick grabbing Danielles butt

Dad, Danielle, Will, Ava and Mom walking to the park

Pappy and Ava

Ava ran right up the stairs, Will trying to follow

Kylee playing

Nick and Will

Will going down the slide

Kylee "playing" restaurant

Kylee and Pappy

Will and Pappy

Ava, Pappy and Kylee

Ava, Nick, Will and Mooshi

Pappy, Mooshi, Will and Ava eating marshmallows

A little bit of Mooshi, Ava and Kylee

Ava and Mooshi

Nick roasting a marshmallow

Will eating a marshmallow

Crazy Will, me and dad

Will, Pappy, Mooshi and Kylee

We all miss Curt so much, and can't wait to see him...1 week to go!! XOXO

Up in Breckenridge

My parents, the kids and I went up to Breckenridge for 3 days. Kylee could not wait to go to the mountains. When my mom told her we were going Kylee asked, "Mooshi, what kind of food do they have in the moutains?" She is too cute. It was about a 2 hour drive from their house. Will slept most of the way there and Kylee had so much fun with my mom in the back seat. After we checked in to the hotel we went out to see what shops they had. Kylee found a playground, and her and Will really liked the rock slide. Then they found the river, which has melted snow water running into it, so it was freezing cold. But Will loved it and did not want to get out. We walked around a little more before we stopped for some dinner. After dinner we headed back to the hotel and we all played some cards. The next day when we woke up the weather was a little bit cloudy so we decided to drive around and see some of the real estate for sale.. We drove to the top of the road and took pictures. It was beautiful!!! The sun finally came out so we headed back down to look at the rest of the town. We stopped for lunch at a mexican restaurant and Kylee was so excited because she got to get a strawberry daiquiri, virgin of course. When we first drove in to Breckenridge Kylee saw a house drawn carriage and really wanted to go on it. So we found the lady and went on a ride. Kylee and Will loved it. We went back to the playground so the kids could run around, and then we continued our window shopping. We found a store that had wigs and funky sunglasses so Kylee had to try them on and so did Will. Kylee is most definitely her momma child, every place that had a statue she had to pose for a picture, she is so silly. That night Will fell asleep on the way to the hotel to he went to bed with shoes on and everything. Our last day there we went to Peak 8, they have a couple different rides there. We went on the Alpine Slide. You have to ride to the top on the ski lift and then you ride a sled down. Will was too little, well not too little, too young, to ride, so we took turns taking Kylee on the slide. She had so much fun!! Then we found a little toy shop that had toys that you could play with, Will loved the trampoline, and Kylee loved to jump with Will. On the way home we got stuck in a little bit of traffic but we all had a blast singing songs in the car.

Dad and me

Kylee and Mooshi

Will "driving" the car

Will and Pappy

Window shopping

Kylee and Will on the slide

Kylee, Pappy and Will in the river

Kylee, Mooshi, Pappy and Will

Me and my mom at dinner

Kylee wanted to take a pic by herself

But then decided to take one with Mooshi

Mooshi, Kylee and Will playing Slap Jack

Me and Dad playing Gin

Will hanging out with Pappy

Beautiful view

Mooshi, Kylee, Pappy and Will

Kylee and Will on a dinosaur statue

Pappy with a margarita and Kylee with her strawberry daiquiri

Mom and Dad on the carriage ride

Me, Will and Kylee on the carriage ride

Kylee at the playground

Me and Will

Kylee being silly

Will picked out these glasses

Kylee posing by EVERYTHING!! :)

Kylee with her new sweatshirt

Will passed out (check out his new shoes!!! he loves them)

Kylee and Mooshi on the bus ride up to Peak 8

Pappy, Mooshi and Kylee waiting in line for the Alpine Slide

Dad on the slide

Mooshi and Kylee on the slide

Will loves dogs so he walked over to these people, and then he sat down in the mans lap

Kylee and me on the slide

Kylee and Will in the toy store on the trampoline

Will on a rocking animal

Pappy and Kylee at dinner

Me and mom at dinner

Driving home

Kylee singing in the car

We had so much fun!!!

Wonderful Weekend

The kids and I spent the weekend and the first half of the week at my sisters house in Colorado Springs. We rode bikes and went to the park. We also played a lot in the backyard and in the sand box. My sister and I took all 3 kids to Walmart, and it was super funny because they all wanted to be in the cart but they were upset that they kept touching each other. Well everyone was upset about it except Will, he had fun. One day after dinner we made smores in the back yard, it was a lot of the fun and the kids loved it! Here are some of the pics...

Will playing with his Uncle Nick

Will sleeping on the couch

Kylee, Will and Ava on the back porch coloring

Kylee and Ava playing in the sand box

Will and Ava in the sand box

The kids in the cart at Walmart

Will being crazy in the cart

Riding bikes

Nick pulling the kids

Kylee and Ava going down the slide at the park

Will, Ava, and Kylee crashing together at the bottom of the slide

Will and Ava getting ready for a bike ride

Danielle, my sister

Making smores

Danielle and I eating smores

Will eating a marshmallow

Ava eating

Kylee enjoying her marshmallow

Danielle making an icky face

Ava and me