Thanksgiving 2008

We spent Thanksgiving at Kirk's mom's house in Sundance.  Brenda was able to come home for a really special Thanksgiving and the whole family was able to be there.  Brenda was glowing on Thanksgiving day being with what she loved the most..family.  It was of course an amazing feast at Kirk's grandma's house.  With our family and a few hunters we were having Thanksgiving dinner with 45+ people!!  It was a ton of fun and being that it was our last with Sissy it will never be forgotten..we have a lot to be thankful for! One picture is of Kirk and his two precious girls, one of all 5 babies together..they are getting so big, and the last is of Kirks brothers and Sissy.

Bath Time

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I know that I have been a really bad blogger lately but we have been busy...really busy.  I think all of you know that Kirk's sister Brenda was diagnosed with leukemia last April.  Well, after 8 months of ups and downs, several rounds of chemo her little body couldn't go on anymore. She passed away on Dec. 5th. We all miss her so much and each day it becomes more and more clear that she is not coming back.  At first I thought of this all as a really bad dream, but as each day passes I realize that it is reality and now we are all finding our own way to try to accept it.  So needless to say we have been bouncing back and forth between Denver which is where she was being treated and Wyoming.  Today we just returned from a 2 1/2 week stay in Wyoming (which was so windy and freezing). We were there for Brenda's memorial service and then of course Christmas which we spent at my sister Sarah's house in Tensleep.  It was a "bitter sweet" trip but it feels good to be home and not living out of a suitcase. I have so much more that I could tell but I will leave the suspense for our "New Years" letter that of course will be late, but will hopefully get out soon.  Here are some pictures of the last month or so.  I love bath time and the girls are so cute together but they are actually starting to fight...not so cute, but anyways, enjoy the pics!!

Friendly Fun

Here is Peyton with the infamous Kayla.  They are truly best friends and it is a love hate relationship.  One minute they are best friends and the next they are fighting. I don't know I guess its the age.  But they are still really cute together. This last week I spent it "gutting" the house. Going from room to room getting rid of stuff...lots of stuff. Mostly toys that are either broken or the girls just don't play with. Raegan is wearing one of the ridiculous head bands that yes, I did get rid of. Although she still looks kindof cute.  But never would she wear one of those things in public:)

Aquarium Fun

While we were there visiting Brenda we decided to take the girls to the aquarium in Denver.  It was really neat and Peyton seemed to enjoy it.  Notice the gigantic fish that is next to Peyton in the 2nd picture and then the tiger above Peyton's head in the 1st picture.  Hannah and Luke came with us too so it was a really fun day.

A visit with Sissy

Last week Kirk, the girls and I went to Denver to visit Brenda.  It was so good to see everybody. Brenda seems to be doing well.  It was also really exciting because Kayla and Chicken were able to come down as well.  So for our last night in Denver we all stayed together at Jeff and Tina's as one big family. It has been a while since we have done that so it was really fun. We just played games and hung out. So here are a few pics from our trip.  It was so cute to have all of the kids together. 

Raegan seemed to be the bully of the babies.  Stealing toys from the boys and throwing some major fits when they did the same to her!  She also figured out how to officially crawl after seeing Brady do it.  Now we really have to baby proof the home. And Peyton is such a home body. The entire time that we were there she just kept asking "When are we going home?"  She does not like to be away from home. She is so funny that way.  Hope you enjoy the pics!

Halloween 2008

Here's our girls on Halloween..they were so cute. Peyton of course was Sleeping Beauty and Raegan was a horse we joked that she was Sleeping Beauty's noble steed!  We went trick or treating downtown at the businesses and then up to the Morman church for some "trunk or treating".  It was fun for the girls and easy for me! Kirk had his last football game that night and so I had Annie come help me with the trick or treating adventure. Kirk's team won the game 52-21 so overall it was a very Happy Halloween!!

10 Months

Can you believe it? October 21st Raegan turned 10 months.  This has been the fastest 10 months of my life. I am realizing more and more that times goes 100x  faster when you have kids. It just makes me cherish every stage and moment that we have with our two precious girls.