Good Ol' fashion Firefighter Thanksgiving....

Todd had to work yesterday so we enjoyed a nice lunch at his Fire Station yesterday. You haven't really done thanksgiving until you've done a Firefighter thanksgiving... These guys can eat! They cooked 2 Prime Ribs, roasted a turkey, fried a turkey, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, collard greens, mac n cheese, stuffing, cranberry salad, rolls, Banana pudding, apple crisp, banana cream pie, cookie bars and drinks. Can we say a lot of food! I don't think any of them went hungry yesterday!

Cousins

These two are so precious together! My niece Abhi and Kaylee are becoming the bestest of friends! Cant wait to see how they terrorize their other cousin Elliot! So cute! My sister and law and niece had a sleepover with Kaylee and I while Todd was working, we had such fun with our girls night!

Fondue night

I had the best night ever with my girlfriends from MOPS! We did a fondue night complete with cheese and chocolate fondue and a main course with beef, chicken and seafood. I don't think I've eaten so much in my life. It was absolutely yummy! Of course it was also a night full of laughter and fun! I love these girls!

Halloween

We had a wonderful Halloween! Todd had to work so Grandpa took the kids trick or treating. Tyler decided that Grandpa needed to be a flower, so being the world's greatest Grandpa, he dressed as a flower! Alexis was a rennisance princess, and Tyler was a power ranger (check out his muscles!) Our little Kaylee was a purple butterfly! The kids came home with quite a load!

Soccer, soccer and more soccer

Alexis and Tyler both started their soccer seasons on Saturday. Alexis has been playing for the past 3 years and is already a pro. However, this is Tyler's very first season. He did incredibly well for his first game, I was surprised at how he actually ran after the ball and got into the game. So cute to watch these little ones running into eachother, falling down, kicking eachother. It made for quite a comical time! Here are a few pics of Mr. Tyler and his first soccer game.....






Kaylee has also been a lot more active this week grabbing her toys and enjoying playing in her walker. Its so fun to watch her grow! Tyler, daddy, Kaylee and I went to the zoo and Kaylee got her first carousel ride, so cute!!

Labor day weekend

The kids and I went to Garden of the Gods on Saturday with my Aunt Anne and my cousins. My Aunt is an amazing photographer and took some great pictures of the kids. I am not such a great photographer but still managed to get some cute pics....


We spent yesterday afternoon with Todd's family having a bbq, with alot of yummy food! My mother in law always does such a wonderful job at hosting! Thanks MOm!

Preschool

Todd and I took Tyler to meet his preschool teacher, Mrs. Patterson yesterday and visit his class room. He was very shy and still hanging on to either Todd or I. We will be praying that he will go willingly the first day and it won't be too tramatic. We hope that he will make friends quickly and decide that it is fun to go to school.
Also the sale of my mother's house fell through yesterday. Between the weird buyer and our even weirder realtor it was just a mess. There is supposed to be a couple looking at it this weekend who is very interested. Keep your fingers crossed and pray that they will make an offer. We really need to get rid of it asap!
Today marks the first day of "fill the boot" for the colorado springs fire department. They are raising money for muscular dystrophy. It is a big competition between station however, to raise the most money. Todd will be outside of Walmart off platte today and the southside sams club off academy. If you are out that way, stop by and "fill his boot" However, if you can't make it down that way help out by filling the firefighters boot at your local stores!

Best Buds

We went to our neighbors Vicky and Ryan's house for dinner last night. We are all on a diet so Vicky made some excellent low fat meat loaf! Ryan is also a firefighter, and they have a baby that is only 8 weeks older than Kaylee. They have become little friends and are so cute together! Here they are in their matching colorado springs firefighter shirts, so cute!! They look a lot alike with their dark hair, but we alway tease because Kaylee is always upset or crying and their baby Mya is always calm and happy .

Welcome

Everyone is doing it right? Seems like blogging has become the way to keep in touch, so I thought why not.
Just wanted a place where we could keep people up to date with all the happenings in our lives. Hopefully this will be a way for us to keep in touch with all of you more often!

Laura