Our New Year's Eve this year consisted of this (with popcorn):
And this:
(Like their matching p.j.s? they thought it was pretty cool!)
Happy New Year! Excited for 2010!Monday, January 4, 2010
Saturday, January 2, 2010
December 29: Kolton's 2nd Birthday
We celebrated Kolton's 2nd birthday this year. He had such a blast!
Here he is in the morning in all his Cars gear!
I had an errand to run that day so we got ready early and headed out.
After we finished with that we went to Mazzio's to eat lunch. It was a late lunch and Kolton was HUNGRY!
This little guy ate 3 pieces of pizza, salad, and 3 or 4 of those cinnamon sticks. I couldn't believe it! He just kept asking for more and more!
Giving his dad some love. :)
He made sure his hands were kept clean the whole time. We went through a LOT of napkins. He also kept saying "TOUCHDOWN" and putting his arms up. He was happy to have lots of yummy food! He loves pizza, so Mazzios was a good place to go for a special lunch for a 2 year old!
After lunch we went to Jumpzone. This was our first time to go there and he L-O-V-E-D it! I'm so glad we went. He was not ready to leave that place after over and hour and a half of playing! He would just run from thing to thing all excited. Well, actually, he'd skip from thing to thing. ;) We had to take him up every one, though, because he isn't old enough to get up there on his own, so Brady and I were tired come the end! Just look at how excited he is to be jumping!
After Jumpzone we came home and opened presents. He's come to love opening presents now! :)
After presents, Brady and Kolton snuck some of the cupcake batter. I guess Kolton was sticking his whole hand in the bowl trying to get as much as he could!
He really enjoyed eating the frosting off of the cupcake. He was too cute! We had a great time spending the day as a family and making it fun and special for Kolton! He did a lot better blowing out the candles this time too! He got one by himself and one with Dad's help!
Here he is in the morning in all his Cars gear!
I had an errand to run that day so we got ready early and headed out.
After we finished with that we went to Mazzio's to eat lunch. It was a late lunch and Kolton was HUNGRY!
This little guy ate 3 pieces of pizza, salad, and 3 or 4 of those cinnamon sticks. I couldn't believe it! He just kept asking for more and more!
Giving his dad some love. :)
He made sure his hands were kept clean the whole time. We went through a LOT of napkins. He also kept saying "TOUCHDOWN" and putting his arms up. He was happy to have lots of yummy food! He loves pizza, so Mazzios was a good place to go for a special lunch for a 2 year old!
After lunch we went to Jumpzone. This was our first time to go there and he L-O-V-E-D it! I'm so glad we went. He was not ready to leave that place after over and hour and a half of playing! He would just run from thing to thing all excited. Well, actually, he'd skip from thing to thing. ;) We had to take him up every one, though, because he isn't old enough to get up there on his own, so Brady and I were tired come the end! Just look at how excited he is to be jumping!
After Jumpzone we came home and opened presents. He's come to love opening presents now! :)
After presents, Brady and Kolton snuck some of the cupcake batter. I guess Kolton was sticking his whole hand in the bowl trying to get as much as he could!
He really enjoyed eating the frosting off of the cupcake. He was too cute! We had a great time spending the day as a family and making it fun and special for Kolton! He did a lot better blowing out the candles this time too! He got one by himself and one with Dad's help!
CHRISTMAS 2009!!
Finally I'm posting about Christmas! Christmas was fun this year. Kolton was able to kind of understand the idea of presents and that its exciting. We had been telling him for this whole Christmas season that we are celebrating Jesus' birthday and that Santa comes and brings you presents. The poor kid was confused, though. He kept asking when Jesus was going to come to his birthday. The innocence of little kids is so precious.
We ended up staying the night at Brady's parents house. On Christmas Eve we each opened up a present (well, Kolton opened up more than one because he's spoiled!). Brady and I both got pajamas, which neither of us ended up wearing Christmas Eve. Kolton opened up pajamas and a really cool and nice (according to Kolton) "Cars" blanket from Grandma Moffett. Grandma Brammer then wanted Kolton to open up one of the presents from her-a Woody toy from Toy Story.
He loves this blanket! He sleeps with it and about every night when he gets to bed he shows me his Cars blanket with Lightning McQueen on it! :) That night he kept laying on it saying "nice!" over and over. He loves that thing!
When he opened the Woody toy he didn't know what it was (he hadn't seen Toy Story ever) but Santa gave him the Toy Story DVD and since then has loved his Woody and Buzz toys!
Opening presents on Christmas Eve. I video taped him opening the blanket, so I don't have any pictures and the video won't upload on here but it cracks me up! While I was video taping him opening the blanket he kept looking at the camera and saying "cheeeeese" and then would wait for the picture to be taken so I'd just have to tell him that its ok, we got it now open your present. :)
Playing with Grandma and Grandpa Brammer on Christmas Eve.
And right after...
The first thing he went to go check out was the car track Santa brought him. We didn't know if Kolton would really enjoy or appreciate the car track at this age, but he loved it! I'm glad Santa brought it to him! It eats batteries though, like no ones business! In 2 days it went through 3 D batteries. A few of the stands have broken on it too so we are going to have to figure out what we can use to hold all the different sections up. While waiting in between presents, he kept going back to the car track. Definitely a big hit!
My brother, Derek, got Kolton a "Cars" tent. Kolton thinks its pretty cool to sit in that thing! I love that it has all the main characters on it! Look how happy he is when just a little piece of wrapping paper missing reveals the "Cars" present...
Kolton playing with Mater and Lightning McQueen Grandma and Grandpa Moffett gave to him. If you shake them, they will talk and then go on their own. Its pretty cool! Each time they go they go a different distance up to 20 feet.
Playing in the tent Uncle Derek gave him.
Santa brought Kolton 3 movies: Lion King, Toy Story, and the Incredibles. He also got train movies from Grandma and Grandpa Moffett. He loves movies! He's not a TV vegetable though--he plays a TON still, but when he wants to settle down or something, he loves to watch movies!
We had a good Christmas! Brady made me this awesome present. Check it out!
He mod-podged scrapbook paper and pictures on to this metal wall hanging. He also made the "LOVE" himself too. I'm impressed! It now hangs over our computer in the living room. He is so thoughtful and never disappoints with his present giving! I also got this awesome new perfume! I love it! I'd list everything we all got but I can't ever remember and it doesn't really matter, does it? I do wish I would have remembered to take a picture of us with all our presents--we do it every year, but it slipped my mind. I am glad though that we had a fun Christmas and that we are blessed with such a wonderful family. Having kids just makes Christmas that much more fun! Can't wait to spoil Lillian too! :)
We ended up staying the night at Brady's parents house. On Christmas Eve we each opened up a present (well, Kolton opened up more than one because he's spoiled!). Brady and I both got pajamas, which neither of us ended up wearing Christmas Eve. Kolton opened up pajamas and a really cool and nice (according to Kolton) "Cars" blanket from Grandma Moffett. Grandma Brammer then wanted Kolton to open up one of the presents from her-a Woody toy from Toy Story.
He loves this blanket! He sleeps with it and about every night when he gets to bed he shows me his Cars blanket with Lightning McQueen on it! :) That night he kept laying on it saying "nice!" over and over. He loves that thing!
When he opened the Woody toy he didn't know what it was (he hadn't seen Toy Story ever) but Santa gave him the Toy Story DVD and since then has loved his Woody and Buzz toys!
Opening presents on Christmas Eve. I video taped him opening the blanket, so I don't have any pictures and the video won't upload on here but it cracks me up! While I was video taping him opening the blanket he kept looking at the camera and saying "cheeeeese" and then would wait for the picture to be taken so I'd just have to tell him that its ok, we got it now open your present. :)
Playing with Grandma and Grandpa Brammer on Christmas Eve.
*******CHRISTMAS MORNING*******
At about 1:00 in the morning Kolton woke up and so we brought him in to bed with us. He laid there for a minute or two and then sat up really fast and said "Santa come? Presents?" We had to tell him that he hadn't come yet and to go back to sleep. I was surprised he actually understood that concept just a little bit. I guess at 3:00 Brady heard people out in the living room so he went out there and Dylen and Madison were checking out what Santa brought them. Their mom joined them out there and then they all went to bed but Brady stayed up and kept the fire going. He went out in the blizzard and got firewood all the way down at the fence and brought it up and kept adding more wood to the fire so we'd all be warm. He came and woke us up at 6:00 or 6:30 to open presents. He's still a little kid at heart! ;)
Here's Kolton right before he was woken up Christmas morning.
Here's Kolton right before he was woken up Christmas morning.
And right after...
The first thing he went to go check out was the car track Santa brought him. We didn't know if Kolton would really enjoy or appreciate the car track at this age, but he loved it! I'm glad Santa brought it to him! It eats batteries though, like no ones business! In 2 days it went through 3 D batteries. A few of the stands have broken on it too so we are going to have to figure out what we can use to hold all the different sections up. While waiting in between presents, he kept going back to the car track. Definitely a big hit!
My brother, Derek, got Kolton a "Cars" tent. Kolton thinks its pretty cool to sit in that thing! I love that it has all the main characters on it! Look how happy he is when just a little piece of wrapping paper missing reveals the "Cars" present...
Kolton playing with Mater and Lightning McQueen Grandma and Grandpa Moffett gave to him. If you shake them, they will talk and then go on their own. Its pretty cool! Each time they go they go a different distance up to 20 feet.
Playing in the tent Uncle Derek gave him.
Santa brought Kolton 3 movies: Lion King, Toy Story, and the Incredibles. He also got train movies from Grandma and Grandpa Moffett. He loves movies! He's not a TV vegetable though--he plays a TON still, but when he wants to settle down or something, he loves to watch movies!
We had a good Christmas! Brady made me this awesome present. Check it out!
He mod-podged scrapbook paper and pictures on to this metal wall hanging. He also made the "LOVE" himself too. I'm impressed! It now hangs over our computer in the living room. He is so thoughtful and never disappoints with his present giving! I also got this awesome new perfume! I love it! I'd list everything we all got but I can't ever remember and it doesn't really matter, does it? I do wish I would have remembered to take a picture of us with all our presents--we do it every year, but it slipped my mind. I am glad though that we had a fun Christmas and that we are blessed with such a wonderful family. Having kids just makes Christmas that much more fun! Can't wait to spoil Lillian too! :)
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Snow Blizzard
Christmas Eve this year brought a record setting snow blizzard for Oklahoma. We received 14" of snow! The weather men kept saying we were going to receive 6-10" but I didn't believe it. I figured it would probably end up being only 3 or 4 inches-but I was wrong! 14 inches! We've never had that much snow here. The closest was in January of 2000 where we got almost 9 inches. We had snow drifts up to 6' tall! Most were about 3 or 4 feet tall, but there were some that were 6'. In order to get to our house we had to walk through a snow drift that went up to my waist! It was just crazy! We had sustained winds of about 40 mph with gusts in the 60s. We definitely had a white Christmas! :)
On Christmas Eve we left Brady's parent's house to go grab some things from our house and take care of the dogs but it took us about 40 minutes just to get out of the driveway! Our car got stuck and we had to shovel out a bunch of snow and then push the car with Brady standing on the back of it. We were lucky to get out! There were cars stranded everywhere along the road! Some just stopped in the middle of the road. There were 20 car pile-ups because maneuvering around all the stuck cars was difficult and sometimes because of the blowing snow you wouldn't see them until you were just a few feet away. It was tricky stuff! Especially here in Oklahoma where the people nor the city is prepared for that kind of snowfall.
Brady taught Kolton how to throw snowballs at me! Lovely! ;) He had fun though!
On Christmas Eve we left Brady's parent's house to go grab some things from our house and take care of the dogs but it took us about 40 minutes just to get out of the driveway! Our car got stuck and we had to shovel out a bunch of snow and then push the car with Brady standing on the back of it. We were lucky to get out! There were cars stranded everywhere along the road! Some just stopped in the middle of the road. There were 20 car pile-ups because maneuvering around all the stuck cars was difficult and sometimes because of the blowing snow you wouldn't see them until you were just a few feet away. It was tricky stuff! Especially here in Oklahoma where the people nor the city is prepared for that kind of snowfall.
Brady taught Kolton how to throw snowballs at me! Lovely! ;) He had fun though!
Tuesday, the 22nd
On Tuesday we babysat Kade for Brittney. She had a doctor's appointment and then some packing to get done before they left that afternoon for Omaha. The boys had a blast together. They always do. Kolton has missed Kade. Every couple of days he'll ask if Kade or Brittney are coming over. He's gotten so used to seeing them about every other day that a week is a long time. :) 
We were getting the crates ready for a couple of puppies that were shipping out and Kolton's baseball rolled into one. He crawled in to get it and was surprised to find that he liked being in there.
We were getting the crates ready for a couple of puppies that were shipping out and Kolton's baseball rolled into one. He crawled in to get it and was surprised to find that he liked being in there.
He just sat in there and giggled. It was a fun little place for him to hang out. :)
Sugar Cookies
On Monday, the 21st, we went down to the Revell's house to make sugar cookies. Kolton and Brigham were such good helpers! :) We made quite a mess, but it was fun! We made candy canes, snowmen, bells, gingerbread people, and christmas trees.
With almost every roll of the rolling pin, Kolton and Brigham would hit the dough. I don't know why, but they thought it was a good idea!
Shana and I decorating our cookies. Some of them turned out a little interesting, but we just ate them so whats the big deal?? Kit and Brady each made one cookie while Shana, Brigham, Kolton and I made the rest. :)
It was fun! I love making sugar cookies at Christmas time! Its a lot of fun and just reminds me of when I was little and we would make sugar cookies as a family. When I think of making sugar cookies, I think "family activity." I don't know why, but they just tie together. Its fun Kolton is getting older and can actually start to participate in activities like these. We had a great time!
With almost every roll of the rolling pin, Kolton and Brigham would hit the dough. I don't know why, but they thought it was a good idea!
Shana and I decorating our cookies. Some of them turned out a little interesting, but we just ate them so whats the big deal?? Kit and Brady each made one cookie while Shana, Brigham, Kolton and I made the rest. :)
It was fun! I love making sugar cookies at Christmas time! Its a lot of fun and just reminds me of when I was little and we would make sugar cookies as a family. When I think of making sugar cookies, I think "family activity." I don't know why, but they just tie together. Its fun Kolton is getting older and can actually start to participate in activities like these. We had a great time!
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
2nd Birthday
This little boy is 2 years old today!! 
Happy Birthday Kolton! We love you! We really are blessed to have you in our lives! We love being your parents!
Happy Birthday Kolton! We love you! We really are blessed to have you in our lives! We love being your parents! Sunday, December 27, 2009
!!bIRTHDAY pARTY!!
We had Kolton's birthday party on the 19th. He's going to be 2! He just keeps surprising us with all the things he'll say and figure out. He's a little boy now and that is weird to think about. 2 years ago we didn't have him! Last year he could barely walk! Then just yesterday we were at the mall and we told him to run thinking then he would keep up with us and we wouldn't have to slow down for him, but no...he took off! Those little legs aren't so little anymore!
He says "please" and "no thank you" with ease. Always says "excuse me" when he burps. He is amazing at anything sports related. I just know he's going to be some pro athlete and support Brady and I. :) He can run fast, throw a spiral like no one's business, can shoot a hoop across the room--he's awesome! He says the cutest things like "see you tomorrow" every time he goes to bed whether its for a nap or at night. If he's ready to go to bed he'll bring you the Book of Mormon to read. He tells me all the time you have to wear a hat and gloves when its cold outside. He says "monomar" for granola bar. He loves cars, trucks, and trains! He sleeps in a "big boy bed" now. He's reached 36" tall and 28 lbs!
We had the party at the Foy's apartment complex's clubhouse. It was great! We decided to have a Disney "Cars" theme for his party. He loved it and even now when he talks about his party he talks about "Cars" and presents.
We did a pinata for the kids. The night before the party he helped me fill the pinata with candy. He was on top of the world. He was so excited to put sucker after sucker in there.
I bought this little booklet from Walmart that had a bunch of cut-outs of "Cars" things. I loved it. Each kid had their own place setting to eat lunch. They had car sandwiches, apple slices, banana slices and chips. Cheetos and Sun Chips were the favorites!
Kolton had 5 friends come to his party. Kashton Gulbransen, Kade Foy, Tucker Lambourne, Brigham Revell and Ross Sorensen.
I had planned for a long time to make Kolton's cake. I knew what I was going to do and everything. Well, unexpectedly, one of our danes had puppies that week and totally screwed up my plan of events. :) So, Brady finally convinced me to buy the cake (that is what he wanted to do all along). I'm still sad I didn't get to make it but am very happy that I didn't have to spend an entire day working on the cake. It reduced the stress levels a lot! That morning we went to go pick up the cake and they brought me a Transformers cake with Kolton's name spelled with a "C" instead of a "K". I kind of started getting nervous. This was an hour before the party and I didn't have any time for a new one to be made or anything. The lady went back to go look again and thankfully came out with our Cars cake with "Happy Birthday Kolton" written on it! Yay! Kolton loved the cake! He loved that it had cars on it and wanted to play with them immediately! When we were singing happy birthday to him he went to grab the candle so I screamed and grabbed his hand so when it was time for him to blow out the candles he was not interested. So, I had to help him. He loved eating it though! When he sees pictures from his birthday party he starts to sing his little toddler version of happy birthday. ;)
We forgot to find something for the kids to use to break the pinata so we asked the Foys to bring Kade's plastic bat. Not a single dent was put in that pinata by those boys! So, we enlisted the help of Kit Revell to break it open.
With a lot of prodding the kids gathered up quite a bit of candy. Most of them just wanted the suckers but us moms kept trying to get them to get the chocolate! :)
Opening presents was fun! All the kids wanted to get in on the action and help rip the paper and see what was inside. It was awesome! Kolton had a hard time letting go of one present to open the next one. He wanted to play with each on as he opened them. He got lots of cars and trucks, a bike, shirts, a train and a train table. I'm so glad we decided to give him the train and train table at his birthday party. The kids loved playing on it! It has been great too for him to play with in his room!
I am excited to celebrate his birthday this week with just Brady and I. Hopefully we can make it a special day for him! He brings so much joy to our lives! We are constantly cracking up at the things he says and I just know its going to get funnier and funnier!
He says "please" and "no thank you" with ease. Always says "excuse me" when he burps. He is amazing at anything sports related. I just know he's going to be some pro athlete and support Brady and I. :) He can run fast, throw a spiral like no one's business, can shoot a hoop across the room--he's awesome! He says the cutest things like "see you tomorrow" every time he goes to bed whether its for a nap or at night. If he's ready to go to bed he'll bring you the Book of Mormon to read. He tells me all the time you have to wear a hat and gloves when its cold outside. He says "monomar" for granola bar. He loves cars, trucks, and trains! He sleeps in a "big boy bed" now. He's reached 36" tall and 28 lbs!
We had the party at the Foy's apartment complex's clubhouse. It was great! We decided to have a Disney "Cars" theme for his party. He loved it and even now when he talks about his party he talks about "Cars" and presents.
We did a pinata for the kids. The night before the party he helped me fill the pinata with candy. He was on top of the world. He was so excited to put sucker after sucker in there.
I bought this little booklet from Walmart that had a bunch of cut-outs of "Cars" things. I loved it. Each kid had their own place setting to eat lunch. They had car sandwiches, apple slices, banana slices and chips. Cheetos and Sun Chips were the favorites!
Kolton had 5 friends come to his party. Kashton Gulbransen, Kade Foy, Tucker Lambourne, Brigham Revell and Ross Sorensen.
I had planned for a long time to make Kolton's cake. I knew what I was going to do and everything. Well, unexpectedly, one of our danes had puppies that week and totally screwed up my plan of events. :) So, Brady finally convinced me to buy the cake (that is what he wanted to do all along). I'm still sad I didn't get to make it but am very happy that I didn't have to spend an entire day working on the cake. It reduced the stress levels a lot! That morning we went to go pick up the cake and they brought me a Transformers cake with Kolton's name spelled with a "C" instead of a "K". I kind of started getting nervous. This was an hour before the party and I didn't have any time for a new one to be made or anything. The lady went back to go look again and thankfully came out with our Cars cake with "Happy Birthday Kolton" written on it! Yay! Kolton loved the cake! He loved that it had cars on it and wanted to play with them immediately! When we were singing happy birthday to him he went to grab the candle so I screamed and grabbed his hand so when it was time for him to blow out the candles he was not interested. So, I had to help him. He loved eating it though! When he sees pictures from his birthday party he starts to sing his little toddler version of happy birthday. ;)
We forgot to find something for the kids to use to break the pinata so we asked the Foys to bring Kade's plastic bat. Not a single dent was put in that pinata by those boys! So, we enlisted the help of Kit Revell to break it open.
With a lot of prodding the kids gathered up quite a bit of candy. Most of them just wanted the suckers but us moms kept trying to get them to get the chocolate! :)
Opening presents was fun! All the kids wanted to get in on the action and help rip the paper and see what was inside. It was awesome! Kolton had a hard time letting go of one present to open the next one. He wanted to play with each on as he opened them. He got lots of cars and trucks, a bike, shirts, a train and a train table. I'm so glad we decided to give him the train and train table at his birthday party. The kids loved playing on it! It has been great too for him to play with in his room!
I am excited to celebrate his birthday this week with just Brady and I. Hopefully we can make it a special day for him! He brings so much joy to our lives! We are constantly cracking up at the things he says and I just know its going to get funnier and funnier!
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