afraid, not afraid (Kelsi)

Here's some random catch up. Bryce back in November starting to stand up to things. He would use his tip toes a lot at first!

 Kyle's family hides a pickle in the Christmas tree each year and whoever finds it gets the "bonus" gift! Spence found it this year he was soooo excited and got the game Taboo as the bonus gift!

 We went bowling as a family just by ourselves for the first time. Spencer loved it! He bowled soooo much all kinds of styles, but usually ended up with the same results. He throws a curve ball to the side every time!!

 The kids doing the Nativity at G & G Jackman's it was so funny to have Kelsi as Mary. She didn't want to leave poor baby Jesus alone and he got smothered a dozen times:) Levi was a shepherd (or a wiseman?) and Jared was Joseph. Spence didn't want to participate, but agreed to be a wiseman with Grandma! I wish I had gotten a pic of Nora as a wiseman because she drew with eyeliner a beard all over her face and the best part was hearing Grandpa (Scott) have a heart attack and Spence say to me, "Mom, do you notice anything different about Grandma?" I couldn't stop cracking up!!!

 At the Mesa Temple lights! We sure missed having Uncle Roy and Aunt Merrie there with us!!  There was a very interesting choir there that reminded me so much of any church group in Argentina singing:) It was unforgettable to say the least!

 We had some of our good friends over to decorate gingerbread houses that we had made from scratch! It was very labor intensive for some reason and I will gladly purchase a set next yr if we do it again! Sure was a blast watching/helping/eating it together!

 We had a free admission to the Phx Children's museum and Kelsi just had to stop and make herself an ice cream! She LOVES playing with toy food!!

 Since all the kids had matching christmas p.j.'s with capes we made a cape for Grandpa too! It was so fun to see them all running and flying through the house with their capes on!!

 Kelsi discovered how much she could dance and jam out to the loud music at the bowling alley so we danced a lot (mostly because there weren't many peeps there). Spence took most of Kelsi's turns because she didn't like bowling for longer that 15 minutes. Spencer didn't mind one bit! Bryce slept most of the time, luckily!

 We went for a little mini hike to the top of a hill. The kids loved being outside! It was so nice to spend some family time together. I think we did this in January.

 Kelsi got Spence a Creepy Crawler set for Christmas and they both really wanted to play it but too bad i forgot to buy a lightbulb for the little oven.

 Kelsi had been wanting a piggy bank for a long time. She loved all of her gifts this Christmas a was so happy just playing with the things she got.

 Spence wrapped up her baby carseat in this box. Once the wrap was off Kels started shouting, "Diapers, diapers!" Seems like she would have been happy getting diapers for Christmas. She loves the little carseat and baby that Spence picked out for her!

 The kids' finished houses! How much candy was consumed? Who knows, but it was sure fun!!

 One of her favorite gifts!!

 Spence took this picture of us in Yuma. We were visiting Mama and decided to go rock hunting. The kids had a blast. Bryce had a rock, but didn't swallow any.

 Our neighbor gave us their grill since they got a new one for Christmas and boy is it wonderful to have! We haven't used it that much, but we sure love it when we do! This was our first time using it!

The Easter Bunny at Albertson's! This was just after the egg hunt in the hay. The kids found a bunch of eggs, but no prize tickets so Spence was totally devastated and I feel like the egg hunt brought out the worst in him with tantrums and all. Kelsi was rather content with the whole thing and loved waving to the easter bunny. When it came time to snap a pic she was terrified to go near, but when i assured her that she didn't have to touch him she was relieved and sat distantly away. Bryce loved the Easter bunny and began petting his face after the pic was taken!