The aunts and uncles

Our updated family picture. Katelyn doesn't look to be loving her dress, she kind of got lost in it, but such is life. Kelsey has already taken the opportunity to tell her all about having bows in her hair to look pretty and wearing dresses to church which just made Katelyn upset. She'll learn soon enough!!

It is all I can do to keep her tongue in her mouth, but she'll only bite it once.

Just playing with uncle Jesse. He stayed with us the week of Halloween before Katelyn's blessing and Kelsey took quite a liking to him and after 24 hours, wouldn't let him out of her sight!!
She just loves any attention.

The grandparents

Oh, wouldn't it be nice to be a grandparent and forget this parenting stuff sometimes? It's just all fun and games and then you can hand the kid back when you're done!!

Katelyn hangin' with grandma Berg and unlce Rob.

She was held and snuggled all weekend long. But who wouldn't want to love on a baby?

Just getting some food from great grandpa.

Kelsey has everyone wrapped around her little finger and boy does she know how to work it!!

Katelyn with grandma Hawkins.

How sweet is this? You can just tell how much Kelsey loves her little sister. And the feeling is mutual with Katelyn as well.
What a precious smile!!

Parents in training

Here's some pictures from Katelyn's blessing and judging by these, I'd say they're ready for one of their own.

Check out those smiles.
Jess: "So do you want one?"
Rob: "You know we have to wait until I'm out of school."
Jess: "Oh, but she's so cute."
Rob: "I know she's cute, but we have to wait a little bit longer."

Are you sure you don't want one? She's so sweet.
Nothing like trial by fire, right. We'll send them home with you and you may quickly change your tune, Jessica!!

Who's entertaining who?

While grandma was here visiting, she kept Kelsey busy and as you can see, they kept each other entertained!!

More smiles

I'm not really sure what she was thinking, but she was just cracking herself up today. What can I say, she's cute. Sorry for the blurriness of the pictures, but you can't expect them to hold still, can you?

Just some favorites

I'm a proud mom, what can I say. But who wouldn't be with these two adorable little girls.


There's the cheese face again. At least Katelyn looks cute.

We've trained her well

Please look away if guns offend you, otherwise read on! We went out shooting last weekend and all Kelsey could talk about was, "I shoot the guns!" We're so proud.

A little target practice with my uncle Jesse.


Look out boys, it's not my dad you need to worry about.

Halloween night

For those of you who know us, Dave kind of goes a little crazy for Halloween. We set up our front yard as a haunted grave yard every year and this year, he was so pleased with the amount of children he sent crying from our house. With the help of my brother, cousin and his girlfriend, he was able to go trick or treating with us and didn't have to run it all by himself all night long. And they all got a kick out of everything as well. But the best was once Kelsey was done going up and down our street (that's all the candy she needed because by the end she couldn't even carry her pumpkin anymore, it was too heavy) she wanted to help push the different buttons and scare everyone coming up to the house. I think that was the highlight of the night, at least for us. She laughed every time someone screamed, especially the "big" people. She got a couple teenagers to jump and scream and it was just great. My aunt got a bunch of pictures for us, so I'll post those once I get them.

Pony rides and the pumpkin patch

We went to the pumpkin patch and she's been begging to ride a horse for months ever since she realized that we pass some on the way to church every Sunday. So of course we couldn't pass it up when this one had pony rides. We thought for sure she'd get scared once she started going, but after a few steps and not falling she wouldn't stop smiling. That's been the highlight of Halloween, up until she figured out the whole trick or treating/candy thing. But she did say thank you to everyone that gave her candy so she was at least polite about it.

She's started this cheese face when she knows we're taking her picture and it's just not cute. But it's all we could get. After one time around she was loving it and refused to have me anywhere close to her to catch her if she started slipping. It was all I could do to walk next to her just in case.

Katelyn's first pony ride

They had a little maze made out of hay and it was just her size. She thought it was great.

I just love this face. She was coming out the maze and Dave caught her by surprise!!

She just loves holding her sister and is such a proud big sister.

"Look mom, I did it!"

" I just love my Cinderella dress." She cried when I made her take it off after our Stake Halloween trunk or treat on Saturday.

Kelsey and Katelyn in their costumes. Katelyn was a bunny and didn't care what she was, just as long as she was warm.