Just Playin' Around

Kaylie was playing around with a tutu she got for her birthday & some tule left over from her costume & thought it would be fun to make a new hat out of it.....I had to take her picture!!!

The Christmas Carol Preview....

Every year during the holidays, Mass Mutual treats their employees & their families to a movie night with a premier of a new movie...this year it was the new "The Christmas Carol." So Grandma Brierley, Kaylie, Emily, Bailey, Luke and I went to the show together. While we were waiting for the show to begin, we had the kids pose with their 3D glasses on....Emily told them to pose like Rock Stars...so this was how they looked.....

Kaylie & Bailey

Luke

The movie great, the family & friends were better and the time we all spent together was the best! We love hanging out with Grandma and with the Taylors!!!!

Halloween 2009

Happy Halloween.....This year was Kaylie's first year in elementary school. They have a parade for all of the kids dressed up in their Trick or Treat attire. Kaylie was a Princess this year...I know, what a surprise, but a cute one at that. Grandma Brierley made her costume & she absolutely LOVES it!! She cascaded across the shiny ballroom ( I mean gym) floor, waving as she walked by and smiling to all her adoring fans......or at least anyone who would wave or smile back! It was spectacular. There were so many wonderful costumes..it was quite the parade!!

Kaylie & Mommy after the parade

Kaylie posing for a pic while waiting to return to kindergarten

Kaylie & Josyah....she LOVES this kid...in fact, when she grows up...she is going to marry him!! He is a darling little boy. He is in my primary class & he keeps things lively!

Heather...aka Slick Foot Stella, Eric...aka Modern Day Al Capone, and Nancy...aka Street Gansta!! We had lots of fun dressing up at work and the Pumpkin Cheesecake!!!!!

Grandma & Grandpa's 60th Wedding Anniversary

This year was the 60th wedding anniversary for my grandparents, Dale & Lois Howells. We spent it celebrating with our family & some of their friends at Golden Corral...Grandpa's favorite!!! It was fun sharing their happy days & memories together. They are amazing people and do so much to help other people. They continue their active lives despite being 84. We are so lucky to be blessed with them in our lives for so long!!

Grandpa and "the other" Dale

Grandma Howells

Janice and Valene

Meghan, Jamie and Stacie

Thanks to all who attended. We love you Grandma & Grandpa!!!!

Halloween at ORS 2009

This year at work we decided to draw names and decorate each other's cubicles. It was lots of fun and helped bring the spirit of Halloween into our department!!! Take a look.....

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!

Kaylie's 6th Birthday Party

This year for her 6th birthday, Kaylie wanted to have a Princess Party. The grand event was held on Oct 3rd. Our garage was transformed into a ballroom for the event to take place. Some of these pictures don't do it justice....there are other pics on my sister's camera that I will have to post later!! We decorated crowns, polished fingernails, ate lunch, frosted cookies since Kaylie didn't want cake & of course played games. It was a fun time for all....

Aunt Stacie polishing nails...the girls loved that!! And Julie is helping the kids make crowns.

Here we are playing the Princess and the Pea game. Kaylie loves the story & had me read it to them while they were eating. Then we played the game. We had 3 chairs with cushions on them. We put a golf ball under the cushion & had the kids sit on the chair & see if they could figure out which one had the "pea" in it. It was alot of fun. We also played pin the crown on the frog. This one wasn't too fun...all of the kids were worried about not putting the crown on the frog....too much pressure & a few tears....including the birthday girl!! Oh well......

Here they are frosting their crown cookies......they had so much fun!!!

Here was the last game...."The King's Loot" We hid the gift bags in the back yard and had them all find one. They had all sorts of goodies....gold chocolate coins, glow wands or swords, character facial towels, hair clips for the girls & tatoos for the boys.



Khalil, Marcus, Daisy, Kaylie, Breena & Colby...and Parker came too!!! Thanks to all of our Prince & Princesses who made our party grand.

HAPPY 6TH BIRTHDAY PRINCESS!!

Happy 6th Birthday

September 30, 2009

Happy Birthday to my favorite little girl in the world. Kaylie is now officially 6. As always, I count my many blessings every day that we was sent to our family. She is learning academicly, socially as well as mentally and spiritually. She amazes me constantly with the things she is able to understand and do. This year like the 2 previous, have been years of growth and change for us both. She has adjusted so well to the changes and is a wealth of joy. She has started Elementary school and dance this year and I am excited to see how she grows with these new beginnings. This year for her birthday, she wanted for her dad and mom and herself to go have dinner at the Mayan. Soooo...that is what we did. She wanted whatever I was having for dinner so we had cheese enchiladas, rice and beans. For dessert she had chocolate cake that had a HUGE firecracker in it for the candle. That was cool. She got many things for her birthday and had a day full of fun....she was even the spotlighted child in her Kindergarten class and she took cookies....M&M & Chocolate Chip....to her class to celebrate.

Kaylie & Mommy at the Mayan

Daddy & Kaylie


KAYLIE!!!!




This is the perfect picture to end this blog with. This shows Kaylie's true happiness and zest for life. She is a happy child that loves to be surrounded by her friends and family. She is smart, beautiful and full of love.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PRINCESS!!!!!!

Kaylie Lost her 4th Tooth

On September 25, 2009 Kaylie lost her 4th tooth. She was a school and pulled it out. They gave her a little plastic tooth to keep it in. On the way home from school she dropped it & it fell in the grassy field. We looked & searched all over and then Kaylie found it. She put it safely in her pocket until we got home and she put it under her pillow. She got a dollar bill and a gold dollar too. She was soooo excited. She tried so hard to stay awake and catch the Tooth Fairy, but " my eyes were toooo tired and I fell asleep."

I love you Kaylie!!

Daisy's 6th Birthday

Kaylie has met some fun, new friends this year. She was invited to a birthday party for her friend Daisy at Jumpin Jacks. They had so much fun running & jumping down the slides. The picture below is of them after they had both gotten burns from falling down the slide. Good thing they were tough...got right back up & did it again!

Posing for the picture....Cute girls!!

Kaylie had such a fun time....glad for good friends & fun!!!! Happy Birthday Daisy!

Little Dancer

Kaylie has started taking dance this year. She is trying tap and ballet. She is really excited and looks forward to class every week. They are learning their dance for their Christmas performance at the Festival of Trees. I hope she will dance when she figures out that she will be on a stage with LOTS of people watching her. She is so shy!!! At least she is trying something new!!!