Don't Worry...

I am still alive!!! Don't worry!

Things are so busy with the holidays right now, I feel like my days are all running together!

 I just have some of my favorite pictures from the past month or so!

 *Harper is really excited about Thanksgiving! HAHA

 *Gage-Thanksgiving 2011

 *Dave putting up Christmas lights, Gage called him "Super Grandpa" HAHA

 *Uncle's Thanksgiving Tournament!

*Thanksgiving 2011 Family Picture!

I will post more later!  Just wanted to catch up a little bit!

Halloween!!!!!

Halloween was so much fun this year!!!

We celebrated for a week!

We carved pumpkins twice! And we wore our costumes twice! And there were LOTS of treats eaten!

 *Harper in the Pumpkin! Love it!

 *Graham, Graham the Pumpkin Man!

 *Yes his thighs got stuck, and His Daddy had to cut the pumpkin to get him out!

 *Family Picture!

                                                                   *Gage the Diamondbacks Player!

(Sherri made the shirt, and I made all the designs for his shirt! I am still patting myself on the back!)

 *Harper the Peacock! (Or Pea-Pock according to Gage!)

 

 *Kempton Family!

 *I feel so accomplished with all these family pictures lately!

      *The babes really enjoyed Trick or Treating!

 

*Barbie and the Grandkids!

*Gage and Cindy!

All I can say is that Holidays are SOOO much more fun with kids!  

We so enjoyed spending time with our families this past week, and making memories for our kids!

XOXO

Camping!

Brett has been on vacation for the past week, and we didn't really have anything planned, so we decided on Monday to load up on Tuesday morning and go to Payson and go camping!

It was a blast!  Gage was loving every minute of being outside, playing in the dirt, and eating snacks.

But, I think His favorite part was the tent!  He thought that was the coolest thing!

It was hard to keep him out!

 

*Happy Camping! HAHA

 

 *Playing with Daddy!

 *Helping Daddy cut the fire wood!

 *Lovin' that S'more!

 *Going potty and brushing his teeth!

 *Shooting the "Big Gun!"

 *Crazy Harper!

At night it was 36 degrees!

Let me tell you....that is DANG cold in a tent!

Gage wants to sleep in the tent in the backyard now.

And that will be able to happen in a couple of weeks!  We will have our grass in our backyard FINALLY!!!!! YAY!!!!!

XOXO

Cheering Section!

Last weekend Austin had a Baseball Tournament, and both my parents were out of town!!!

He had 4 games in 3 days, it was so fun to be there to watch him and cheer him on!  He had the biggest cheering section there was!

 *Uncle Pitching!

 *I don't think these 3 stopped eating the ENTIRE game!

 *Gage, Carter and Cash!

 *Harper was totally in to the game!

*Graham was just chillin!

We had lots of fun watching Uncle and cheering him on!  

We can't wait for the next tournament!

(Gage asks everyday if he can go watch Uncle play Baseball!)

Pumpkin Patch

Last week we went to the Pumpkin Patch with Brett's brother Brian, his kids, and Brett's parents!

It was so much fun.  The kids had a blast!

And I am pretty sure Brett had lots of fun too!

 *Kyle our nephew, "Loving" this horse! haha

 *Gage!

 *Daddy and Gage getting ready to race!

The horses were the favorite I think!

 *Harper and I riding the train!

 *So excited to drive!

 *Sweet girl!

*Brian and Evan.

*Grandma and Grandpa with all the kiddos!

That day was so fun! We are excited to go back next year!

XOXO

16 Already?

Today is a very special day, My "Baby" Brother turns 16! 

It is something I didn't think too much about, until THIS MORNING!

We were with him last night at the Diamondbacks game, and we celebrated with Tyf and her family on Monday night, and it didn't really hit me at all until today.

Austin is such an amazing young man, and I am so blessed to have him as a brother, and my kids are seriously so lucky to have him as an Uncle.  He is so good with all his nieces and nephews, he surprises me everytime he is with them!  

Tyf told him the other day, "Aus you are going to be the BEST Dad, when you are 35!"

I laughed so hard at that!  I love it!

Austin is growing up to be such an awesome person.  I actually want to be his friend, I am not forced to just because he is my brother!

He has an amazing sense of humor.

He is a fabulous Baseball player!

He enjoys spending time with his family! (I think!)

He eats more than any teenager I have ever met! (I am going to say its because he is growing!)

He is always willing to help out with my kids! (I am so grateful!)

He is a GREAT driver! (Come on Nov. 5th!!!!! Let's get that license!!!)

Oh Yeah and he stood in line for 3 hours just to meet, and get an autograph from Jennie Finch! HAHA

We love you so much Austin! 

You are My absolute FAVORITE brother! 

Happy 16th Birthday Uncle!!!!!!!

XOXO

6 Month Stats

Harper is now 6 months old, and I am in a little bit of shock!  As much as I feel that She has been in our family forever, it also seems like just yesterday She was laying on my chest just seconds after she was born.  (One of my most favorite memories of both my kids!)  

Harper is so crazy and fun we just LOVE her!!!

*At the zoo on my birthday!

What Harper is doing now:

*Sleeping at least 11 hours EVERY night!

*Still an awesome nurser!

*Eating "Real" food 3 times a day!

*Loves Green veggies the most!

*Rolling EVERYWHERE!

*Gets up on all fours and rocks back and forth!

*She does the inch worm, but she is REALLY close to crawling!

*Her tongue is so crazy, its always sticking out!

*She laughs at Gage over everything!

*She loves snuggling her Daddy, and that is so stinkin' cute!

Stats:

Weight: 14 lbs 15 ozs / 25th %

Height: 26 1/4 inches / 70th %

She is my tall and skinny Princess!

6 months and 2 years old!

My girlfriend Chelsea who took Harper's newborn pictures, was nice enough to offer to take some family pictures for us! 

We haven't had any pictures taken since Harper was born, it is so nice to document!  I HAVE GOT to be better at it!  (Maybe I need a sweet camera!!!!)

Here are my favorites!

 *Gage 2 Years Old!

 *Harper 6 Months Old!

 *SWIMMING!!!!!

 *Lovin' his friends dump truck!

 *Family pictures are REALLY hard with little ones!  (My Mom WILL go with us next time!) haha

Love this!

Thanks Again Chelsea!!!

XOXO

Gage and Carter

I am so happy that Gage loves his cousins so  much.  He and Carter are only 6 weeks apart, and they act like twins, play like siblings and love each other SOOO much!  

Even though they argue pretty much about everything, it is so amazing to watch these two CrAzY toddlers grow up together!  I can't wait for Harper and Graham to have this same type of relationship!

While Tyf and her fam were moving back to AZ, Carter came to stay with us for a couple of days. Mostly because the thought of moving anywhere with a 2 year old right under my feet almost made me want to cry, So Tyf just needed that stress gone!  We had so much fun!

 We went to this awesome Bounce place!  It was so much fun, and they both LOVED it!                        ( We have already been back!  This is about 2 weeks old...I know I am a horrible blogger!)

 *Playing Basketball!

 *Carte

 *Gage

 *Not having any fun at all!

 *Harper climbing the ropes!

Now that Tyf lives so close it is so nice to have Play dates and let the kids play!  

Last week we took Carter with us to the zoo!

 *They were both obsessed with the cow. And were mad they couldn't pet it.

 *Petting the goats.

 *The turkey.

*As Gage put it, "The BIG, BIG horse!"

And if you are curious...The Cowboy Boots are worn by Gage EVERYDAY!

He is OBSESSED with them, and the noise they make on the tile!

More later!!!

We had family pictures taken, so I will post those soon!!!

XOXO