Merry Christmas

Mommy's little princess :-)





Kayla LOVES Barney.




Santa brought Kayla her very own Thomas the Train set.







Daddy helped Kayla open her My Little Pony, so now she thinks this is Daddy's Pony. She will bring it to him and say Daddy here's your pony.

Bears vs Vikings

Monday night Scott and some of his friends went up to Minneapolis for the Bears vs. Vikings game. The game was originally supposed to be at the Metrodome but since the roof collapsed from all the snow, it got moved to the TCF Bank Stadium (where the MN Gophers play). It took them 7 hours to get up there because of the snow. Game started at 7:30 and they didn't get back til about 5am. They were prepared for freezing weather but said it wasn't as cold as expected. They of course being guys, thought the whole experience was fun. Bears won 40 to 14 to clinch their division title. GO BEARS!



The lines to get into the game.







#52 Chad Greenway linebacker, former Iowa Hawkeye


#23 Devin Hester broke the NFL record at this game for kick/punt returns for touchdowns

Christmas Cookies

Grandma Smith and Kayla made Christmas cookies this weekend. I guess when you are with Grandma you can pretty much do whatever you want ;-) Kayla not only made quite the mess but also was having a great time indulging in some frosting. Everytime we would tell her to decorate a cookie she would instead pick it up and take a bite. I think it's safe to say she has a sweet tooth like the rest of us.

Santa Claus

Last weekend we took Kayla to see Santa. She sat on his lap but wouldn't talk to him. She wanted to ride the train but they were closing so she didn't get to. She was a good sport though and didn't cry.

Tis the Season...

I think the holidays remind you that people are either naughty or nice. Life is not always peaches and cream and there are some people I could do without talking to. I just want to thank my family and friends for being the "nice" people in my life. Remember to be grateful for the people in your life who you love and care about, because without them we would all lose are minds!

That being said...here are some pics of Miss KJ and Nelly helping me put up the Christmas Tree :-)




Nelly doesn't have any claws so she was super excited that she was able to climb a tree for once. :-)

Kayla's Christmas Tree

Here are some pics of the Christmas tree Grandma Smith got Kayla this weekend when she was at our house. It looks so cute in her room.







Nelly says hi.

Bathtub Surprise

So I think I "officially became a mom" tonight. I was giving Kayla a bath and she was pretending to swim. She kept saying, "I swimming Mommy". I of course thought it was cute and told Daddy to come take a picture of her. (Little did I know she was leaving me a surprise while I am thinking to myself how cute she is) I let her play a little longer, then I decided it was time to get out and get ready for bed. As you can see there are lots of bubbles. So I'm reaching around trying to gather all the toys floating around and to my surprise I grabbed something I was NOT expecting. Up until now Kayla has graciously never poo'd in the bathtub. Let's just say I will rethink the bubble bath next time. It's safer to see the bottom of the tub, right?!




On a lighter note...since it was super nice out today, we took Kayla to a playground at a lake by our house. She loves being outside and running around. She will not be looking forward to being stuck inside for the winter :-(

Halloween Fun

This year for halloween we took Kayla to Night Eyes at the Zoo. It was really neat. They had the zoo all decorated and passed out candy. They had a kid zone at the end with lots of different things the kids could do. We also went trick or treating at Valley Junction. Kayla loved dressing up as Snow White and everytime we would get home and she would see her pumpkin she would say, Mommy more candy!










On Saturday we went over and visted Great Grandpa and Grandma Geist, Grandpa Geist, and Aunt Connie. Kayla had fun playing ball with Grandma and Aunt Connie.


Kayla got to spend some time with her friend Owen! Owen was sad when he had to leave her :-(



Kayla loves to read! Aunt Mandy and Grandpa and Grandma Smith read her some stories...





Kayla went to the Halloween party at the libray with Hannah, Marcus, and Ally. They made crafts and had some snacks. Later that night we took them all trick or treating.






On Sunday we went to Great Grandpa and Grandma Smith's house for Grandma's birthday dinner. Kayla was exicted to see their dog Max. When we got home she got out of the truck and said, I wanna see puppy. (She had to settle for Nelly instead) :-)