I'm a bad Blogger!

I haven't updated in AGES - (But to be fair? I haven't really taken any photos in ages either...) So I thought I'd give a quick update/rundown of what we've been up to!

We've had a lot of playdates lately! (Skyler had a lot of fun playing "Dress Up" with her friend Taylor! They were the cutest princesses.)

On a trip to the Children's museum, Skyler had her face painted like a Kitty. (Which resulted in her crawling around and meowing for 3 days after!)

And me? I've been reading and writing!

Christmas Day!

Since Mommy is slow to write in her journal, I thought I would tell you all the fun stuff that happened at our house on Christmas! (Yep, that's right! It's Skyler again!)

See my new Jammies? I get special Jammies every year at Christmas, so Santa will know which one I am! (The one with the cute pajama's of course!)

I must have been a REALLY good girl this year because Santa brought me lots of fun toys. My stocking was full of toys. A princess doll for my doll house. Dora and Boots to play with too! And my own Tuba!! (Mom says it's called a recorder, but she doesn't know anything about music. It is definitely a tuba.)

But the coolest thing that Santa brought me?? My own kitchen! So now I can cook spaghetti, and cookies. I can even make coffee! (And kitty likes to hide in the microwave, so I always have to check before I make dinner.)

I also got some fun presents from Mommy and Daddy. I got a Wonder Pets Schoolhouse, and some books.

While Mommy and Daddy cooked (Cannelloni) I got to play with all of my super fun new toys. You should come to my house, I will cook spaghetti and we can play with my new doll house toys too.

Mommy said to tell you that she'll write more later! We went on a trip after Christmas, to visit our family in Nebraska before Daddy went back to work!

Happy New Year! (A bit late)

How is it that I haven't updated since before Christmas?

To be honest; I ended my 365 days project in mid-November and I've been neglecting my camera ever since. (And I suppose it doesn't help that Ryan and I used our Christmas Gift Money to purchase a video recorder, which I've used plenty since then, but mostly only for silly useless stuff! Like five minutes of me cleaning out my car. SERIOUSLY. No one wants to see that.)

I suppose I'll jump back in quickly. I'll start with some of our Christmas Photos... (Thsi could be long - I hope you're comfortably seated!)

Ryan was late getting home. His truck broke down outside of Las Vegas, and he had to wait for another driver to pick him up, unload his truck, and drive him home! (He blew a turbo which sucked oil into the engine and into a fancy schmancy emissions filter. Expensive, 3 week long repair job.) So he got to Denver at 10pm on December 23!! (And still had some Christmas Shopping to do! *eek*)

While we were waiting for Ryan to arrive on the 23rd, we met my friend Jamie and her son Devin in Denver at Casa Bonita! It was a lot of fun, and Skyler and Devin had a blast playing together! They kept hugging and spinning in circles. It was adorable.

Christmas Eve was pretty exciting, with lots of cooking (Chicken Tortilla Soup and Quesadillas) and shopping (Ryan)

After Dinner, Skyler picked two cookies (a snowman and a snowflake) to decorate for Santa

She also got to open one present on Christmas Eve! (We always get her new jammies to wear to bed) I snapped a photo of her with her new Jammies, her santa cookies and milk and letter - just before bed.

Which speaking of bed! Christmas Eve was also her first night to sleep in her "Big Girl Bed"!! (Daddy took the front off her crib.)

I'll end there for now - be sure to check back tomorrow for our next Christmas Adventure Post!

"All Aboard!"

Does anyone remember this baby?

Wasn't she so cute??




What about this little twerp?

And now this year? As I've taken a photo for a 3rd year, I feel a bit guilty. See, I have trapped my father in law into the fact that he needs to keep this train around - at least until Skyler is married. (Hmm - maybe the first Christmas she is married I can get a picture of her and her new husband with the train?)

Happy Thanksgiving! (A bit late!!)

I lost my Camera Mojo... Luckily, I've finally crawled out from under my rock and started to edit my photos from our Thanksgiving in Lincoln. I thought I'd share a few of my favorites with you!

Nutcracker Skyler:

Singing Skyler

Storytime Skyler

Piano Playing Aunt Katie