Sunday, June 19, 2011

Father's Day

Happy Father's Day to the best DAD in the world.  No kids could have a better Daddy then Kya and Zander.  We love you because "you're the best dad", "you play hide-n-seek with us", "you love us more than anything....even hunting and fishing"....and we love you because you love to teach us about the things that you love to do.

Happy Father's Day from Kya & Zander


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For our Father's Day gift to Daddy, Kya and I made him a tie made our of her old clothes and some of Zander's old clothes.  He wore it today for church and silly me....I forgot to get a picture of how handsome he looked in his awesome tie.
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And Kya cutting out the "pattern"
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The finished product...Kya's side.
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Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Memorial Day Weekend

Our plan was to camp over Memorial day weekend...but the weather was supposed to be rainy and cold. So we went up to Challis instead...where Carl shot his bear.

We did a lot of fun stuff and the kids had a blast. Gotta say, I am still a city gal and would much rather be in the city going to museums, art in the park, concerts, shows....etc. But I really did have a great time watching my kids enjoy the outdoors.

We rode horses...well the kids did....

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We roasted marshmellows...daddy makes a great fire....
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We went fishing....
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Kya shot her first bird and she was so excited (guess I won't be able to get my daughter to be much of a city gal with me...but look at that smile...priceless)
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While daddy chopped wood for a friend...I took the kids "hunting", with their toy guns...I was trying to be like daddy and teach them proper safety while carrying their guns. Kya kept telling me that they were just toys, but I was insistant on teaching her safety...toy or no toy.
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Of course Zander was loving the gun idea and making all sorts of shooting noises. What a boy!
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Here we are pointing our guns up while walking...gotta admit, pretty cute.
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A girl, her gun and her dog...my dream come true. (little snicker)
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Ok...some of my favorite moments in life, is when I find my kids playing together or reading together. This just makes me smile.
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and Today...they were looking for bugs. How fun, remember when you did this as a kid...looking for bugs to play with. In Zander case...show mommy and then squish the bug. Kya just wants to find a leaf, use it as a blanket and make a home for all things...bugs, animals, any creature that is not human.
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AH....there it is.
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I love my kids...I love my life...I love each day...no matter what we are doing!

Monday, June 13, 2011

Last and Final trip post

I am done...after this post. I promise to those who prefer pictures of the kids...that I will be post some of the kids soon. But here are the last few days of our 10th anniversary trip.

There was a chocolate party on the ship and they had some pretty cool chocolate displays. The desserts weren't super great, but it was fun to look at.

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Then our last night in New York we went to the broadway show "Wicked" at the Gerschwin Theater. It was "Fabulous". I think this was the highlight of the trip for me...it was also my Mother's Day gift from Carl.
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We look a little tired...I think the trip really needed to be over after this night.
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This is pretty close to the best pizza I have ever had. It was $0.99 and this is pretty much all we ate while in New York (because it was so cheap and delicious).
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...and that is the end of our story.
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