A Day with Daddy

Kyle took Sophie to the zoo the other day and they had lots of fun! Even though it was cold and most of the animals were inside for the winter, she was so excited to be there!

She was in such a good mood, she decided to whip out her karate moves for the camera.

Look at that cute face!!

They had so much fun at the zoo! Sophia told me about all of the animals that she saw, and she was excited to show me her new ninja moves!

Merry Christmas!!

Merry Christmas Everyone!! We had a great Christmas, and we hope that all of you did too!

Sophia helped mommy and daddy make this gingerbread house. It was a lot of fun, and a great way to get ready for Christmas!

We made sugar cookies for Santa, and we left them for him on Christmas eve on this cute plate that Grandma Shelly gave to us (we also left some carrots for the reindeer). The key on the left was for Santa to get inside our house, since we don't have a fireplace or chimney. Sophia was so tired on Christmas eve night, but she still seemed excited to leave the cookies for Santa.

These are the stockings that I made for us this year. Sophia loves her "Hello Kitty" stocking, and she kept telling me that Santa was going to put candy and toys in it. When she saw it filled up on Christmas morning, she was so excited.

Santa brought Sophia a trampoline for Christmas! She was so excited! She jumps on it all the time! It is a great way for her to get rid of some of her energy.

Santa brought Sophie this table and chairs set, and Grandma Jodie and Papa gave her the "Littlest Pet Shop" house. She loves to play with all of the little animals at her table.

Grandma Jodie and Papa gave Sophia this easel. It has a white board, chalk board, and a paper roll for painting. Sophia just loves it.

Here are most of Sophie's christmas presents. Although she doesn't look very happy in this picture, she really was happy all day long!

This is the "Bitty Baby" that Grandma Shelly and Grandpa Jerry gave Sophie for Christmas. The baby came with clothes, a bottle, a teddy bear, and a carrying backpack. Sophia just loves this doll, she tucks it in bed with her everynight.

Here are Burgundy and Travis on Christmas day. It was fun to hang out with them all day!

Grandpa Jerry and Sophie took Burgundy on a sleigh ride. Grandpa and Sophie rode the four-wheeler and pulled Burgundy behind on a sled. It was so funny, because the dogs started chasing the sled, and then the horses started chasing the dogs. Check out the video at the bottom to see it in action. (I didn't get a very good video of it, but it was a pretty cool sight).

Here is Sophie and Grandpa on the four-wheeler and Burgundy behind them on the sled.

Click on the arrow to play the sledding video.

Click on the arrow to play the video of Sophia jumping on her trampoline on Christmas morning.

Snow Day!

Here is our little family on our first snow day of the year. We went sledding and threw snowballs. Sophia was a little unsure at first, because she said the snow was "messy" and she doesn't like to get dirty, but after she threw her first snowball and went down the hill on the sled, she was so happy and excited to be in the snow. We had a lot of fun!

Sophie had so much fun sledding down the hill.

Here is mommy and Sophie having fun.

Daddy and Sophie climbing the hill.

Sophia learned how to throw her first snowball... she thought it was the best thing ever!

Click on the arrow to play the video of Sophia sledding down the hill.

Happy Dino-ween!!

We had a great Halloween (or as Sophie says "Dino-ween")!!! Sophia picked out her own costume, and she was so excited about it. She had been practicing roaring, by scaring Kyle when he got home from work everyday before Halloween.

Here is Sophie before we went out trick-or-treating, she had already started eating candy.... she was hopped up on sugar all night!

Sophia and Mea were so happy to be together, and it was fun to watch them trick-or-treat together.

They had fun looking at all of the scary halloween decorations on their way to the houses.

This is Sophia at the end of the night, she was so tired and sticky!

Here are Sophie, Mea, and baby June on Halloween day.

This is a gingerbread haunted house that we made at home, Sophia ate the candy as I built and decorated it.

Sophia painted her own Halloween pumpkin, she kept saying it was beautiful!

Here are our pumpkins this year. Kyle carved the cool skeleton and scary face, and I did the bat. Sophia's pumpkin is the little one.

It was such a fun Halloween! I can't wait until next year... it will be interesting to see what Sophia will want to be.

Fun in the Fall!

I know that it has been a long time since we posted anything new on our blog, but here we go. We are so excited that fall is here, and we have been having fun. We went to The American West Heritage Center here in Cache Valley, and we had a lot of fun. We went through a corn maze, rode a train (which Sophia called the "dinosaur train" because of her favorite tv show), rode down a steep slide on potato sacks, saw animals at the petting zoo, Sophia rode a pony, and we went on a wagon ride through a pumpkin patch. There were so many things to do there, and we had a lot of fun.

Here is Sophia on a walk up the canyon before we went to the park.

Mommy and Sophie in the corn maze.

Here is Sophia in the corn maze. She had fun running around while we tried to find our way out.

Here is a picture of the scenery at the park, it was really pretty.

Sophia got to ride a pony, her name is Hannah. She was so excited to ride a horse!

At the petting zoo area, we got to pet miniature goats. They were really cute.

Kyle's Dad's Visit and the Great Outdoors

Kyle and Sophia on a hike to the Wind Caves with his dad and his friend Kevin.

Kyle, his dad, and his brother Travis on a walk up the canyon.

Sophia and Grandpa.

Kyle's dad came up for a week to visit. It was good to see him and it was fun for Sophia to spend time with her Grandpa.

Best Friends

Sophia and Mea are the best of friends. Sophia talks about Mea almost everyday. Here are a couple pictures of the girls together.