October

Yes, October. I'm almost caught up now!
My Mom had a total knee replacement at the end of September so the kids and I went to California for a couple of weeks to help take care of her. We had a wonderful time being with my parents and sister, Emma. I can't wait to go back to see them at the end of the year!

Grandpa and Cecil came to visit for a day too!

We decided to make the drive over to San Fernando to surprise Grandma Klenk. She and Steve had no idea we were coming and it was so fun to see the look on their faces when we showed up at the door.

On our way home, I decided to call my cousin Kohl to see if I could stop by and see her. I was SO excited to find out that my cousin Rachel, her beautiful little girl, Hazel (above), and my Aunt Nancy and Uncle Bob were there visiting too!

Look at all those cute kids! Not one of them is looking at the camera!

He looks so old in this picture.

Makenzie was throwing a tantrum and I thought it was really funny that this is were she decided to go to do it.

I can't help it. I love crying photo's!

September

Makenzie woke up crying and when I went into her room to get her, this is how I found her. You can't really tell, but she had reached into her dresser drawer and pulled out a shirt (the frilly thing around her waist), unzipped her jamies and tried to pull her diaper off ( you can see it hanging below the shirt). What a silly girl!

Makenzie always asks to hold Henry when he is in the stroller. I think he is starting to get a little too big for it, though... Don't you just love that chubby face?!

One of Makenzie's favorite things to do is to climb into this little cupboard and play peekaboo. She never get's tired of it.

She will rarely ever go to bed without her teddy bear, doll, or puppy to snuggle with. (She has always played with her hair in her sleep. I love it so much!)

This little girl LOVES her daddy!

August

Yes, I know it is December now but I am still a bit behind on blogging, obviously. So here are some pictures from August. Enjoy!

Sometimes I come into the living room to find Henry just like this, totally content.

This is a tipi hut at the This is the Place Village. A kind lady gave us free admission tickets for the day and we had a really fun time.

A model ship built after one that pioneers came to the US in.

Makenzie was helping us push the cart when she just dove into the basket underneath. 

Our tickets gave us unlimited pony rides and we DEFINITELY took advantage of that. Kenzie LOVED the pony's!

At the entrance of the village.

I love it when she sits in her toy chest like this.

So stylish!

Henry fell fast asleep still hanging onto his little toys.

I found Henry like this when I came into the living room. I'm not sure how his tray came down...

Makenzie loves to share with her brother. I find little toys of hers tucked into his swing with him all the time and it makes me so very happy!

One night Henry peed through his clothes so I groggily snuck into Makenzie's room to get clean jammies for him. As I put them on him I thought they seemed a little big on him.  When I woke up, I was surprised to find my baby boy in his sisters purple princess jammies! I guess they WERE a little big :)

Some friends of our invited us to their parents cabin in Bear Lake for a little getaway before school started. We saw this moose from the cabin window.

Kenzie and Kaden playing with beach toys.

 Our good friend, Annie.

Wading out to the jet ski!

As irritated as I was when I found that Makenzie had dumped out my powder all over the floor, I couldn't help but laugh when I saw her little handprint in the middle of the mess.

Sometimes (most times) I can get Henry to smile right in the middle of a crying episode...

He went right back to crying afterwards. Oh, how I love him!