december!!

where to start...
i think i will start in december. matthew and i decided that we needed a small vacation to get away for a couple days, so we got a hotel and stayed in salt lake for a few days. the first morning kyle woke up at 4 am, and matt and i decided that is why parents get a seperate room for their kids. we saw the von guntens (family friends) who have so many kids running around, kyle had a blast. it was fun to take the kids to temple square and let them see where matt proposed (i think the sentiment was lost on them, they were hungry, tired and cold). it was nice to get away and get out of town.
next to come was christmas... oh, it was so fun this year. kyle was so excited and really got into all the traditions of the holidays. we made lots of treats and decorated our tree and he just loved it. he got to see Santa come in a fire truck to the fire station. it was so funny, santa comes into the bay at the fire station where everyone is waiting for him and kyle cannot contain himself and takes off. he ran over and jumped on santa's lap before he could even sit down. he quickly told santa he wanted a power wheels jeep. it was so cute. ( i do have a ton of new pictures but we lost our cord to upload the pictures, so sorry. i will put them up when i get a new cord.) i also put savannah on santa's lap and she was okay with it, because kyle was with her. christmas morning wa really fun, kyle got so many good toys, he just wanted to play with the first one, not open more. he did get his riding tractor power wheels. it is so cute, and he is getting really good at driving it too. he got lots of stuff, and told us the other night that he just wants to go to grandma's house for a beautiful christmas. maybe next year?!!

HALLOWEEN!!

we had a great halloween!! kyle picked out a bee costume for himself and a ladybug costume for savannah. they looked so cute! to make the day special, i started by making orange pumkin pancakes with green syrup for breakfast. then we had a scavenger hunt for kyle to find a box full of halloween surprises. (i got him a fireman toolkit, a latern for trick or treating and some halloween socks) he loved going from room to room looking for clues. he liked it so much, that i think i will have to do it again. kyle and savannah also got cute cards from grandma deb deb and grandpa, so thank you so much. (he will love to use the Mcdonalds $) later on we got the kids dressed and went to a part of downtown where they had some trick or treat staions set up. the line was like a mile long, so we decided to go to dinner close by. it was very yummy, and the kids were really well behaved. so, at dinner we decided to try to go to the "boo at the zoo", but the meltdowns began on the way. savannah was tired and hungry and sick of being a ladybug, so we just ended the night by taking kyle trick or treating in our neighborhood. he did so good, he would not say trick or treat, but he did say thank you to everyone. ( more important to say thanks i think anyways) he got lots of candy, and we had a great day!!

i forgot something...

i forgot to mention that debbie and rich sent kyle a big gox for his bday. they sent 3 movies, a book and a soccer ball. kyle loved it! thx grandma and grandpa!

just a little bit of everything!!

things have been really crazy lately, so i am trying to make up with this post... i know i need to do better about blogging when things happen. so a few things that have been happening...
kyle turned 3!!!! i can't believe my little boy is 3. where has time gone? i still can't believe he has survived this long between having parents who have no idea what they are doing and the crazy things he gets into. well, this year matt was working on his birthday, so i decided not to have a party. matt had to do something for the induction ceremony of a new firefighter, so we went to watch him. they had a huge cake for the new guy, but i told kyle it was his birthday cake. he loved that all the firemen told him happy birthday. my mom sent kyle bday money, so we went and picked out toys. he got a rolling backpack with Handy Manny on it and a Backyardigans book that sings. he sang to that book for two days straight. so cute!! he also picked out sprinkles at the store and we made cupcakes to eat when matt got home the next day. i think kyle really liked having us sing happy birthday to him. he is so awesome!! we are so lucky to have him for our son!


savannah has been having a little bit of a hard time staying full on breast milk the past few days, so i decided to start her on rice cereal. she loves it!! she eats so good, and it seems to have helped her finally get on a good feeding schedule. she is getting so cute with chubby little cheeks. she is so sweet, and dang fancy!!!

roxy is the best toy we have ever gotten kyle. they have been wrestling hulk hogan style lately. kyle also loves to try to ride/cowboy her. its so funny. she sits when he tells her to, and he gets so excited. shes a really good dog, and is so patient with her little friend, kyle. also, roxy scares the heck out of savannah, ithink it has something to with roxy jumping into savannah's car seat on the way to the groomer a couple weeks ago. roxy is so cute with them though.
finally we got some family pictures done and these are some of kyle and savannah. kyle was so cute while we were doing them, he is so photogenic, i love it!!

kaptain kyle

kyle has recently gotten into super heros, so the other day he was asking for gear.( like he wanted to wear my puffy vest and my knee high boots) so i decided to make him this cape and mask. he is so funny, and loves being super-boy!

some of my favorites and not-so-favorites

so i was thinking today about all my favorite things (do you pictures julie andrews singing to the von trapp children when you hear that ? i do) so i thought it would be fun to write them out!!
My Favorite Things:



Savannah is definatley one of my favorite people in the world! she is so dang cute, and fancy!! she is such a sweet girl, who is starting to coo and smile, i just love her!!


Cuddling is one of my favorite things too! i think that our kids got that from me, because matt is not a fan of cuddling. lately kyle has been telling me that we just need to cuddle, and i love that!

i love zebra print! i can't get enough of it, i want zebra print shoes really bad, i think that they would look so fancy!!

i just tried a new sweet & sour chicken recipe, and it is really good and easy, so i made it twice last week.

My friend ashley is definatley one of my new favorites, she is so dang funny and fun. i know her from waiting tables awhile ago, that was before she was married and either one of us had kids. she is awesome!! she also is a fany of being fancy, YEAH!!

the way that kyle reacts when matt comes home. it is the best thing i have ever seen. kyle runs as fast as he can yells "daddy's home" and jumps into matts arms. they then go through a very detailed discussion of what matt did on the firetruck the day before.it is so great to see how much they love each other, because i think matt is equally as excited to see kyle.

the office, and i can't wait for the new season to start. i think it has some of the best writing of any tv show i have seen in a long time. it is also the only show i follow religiously.

the summer, i love the warm weather and i am so sad to see it leaving.

that kyle calls me "girl", for instance he always says "thanks girl" or "girl, come get Banna". it is so funny, but most of the things he tells me are dang funny!

the firefighters ball. i love that we get to get all dressed up, matt wears his fancy uniform, and it is fun to dance and see all the firemen behaving themselves. the best part is that matt gets so excited too. ( it is coming up nov. 7th)

MY Not-So -Favorites

folding laundry. it si the worst part and it seems to take me days to finish laundry just because i dread folding it!

our yard. matt and i bought our house in the winter, so we never realized we should have had them take care of putting in our lawn,so this summer with having so much going on , we have put it off. the mud and dirt makes me crazy, but at least i have a cute house anyways.

waking up at night. i realize it is a necessary evil, because savannah has to eat, but i really like to sleep. ( she did only get up once last night, i can do that)


my boobs. yeah, i know none of you really care, but they are way too huge. they make me feel very big. i know that it is just a part of nursing, but they are not attractive ( some members of my family might disagree) and i know that they will not be any better when they shrink after i quit nursing but i am just not a fan of them right now.

Roxy fur. i know the cute dog cant help it, but her fur drives me crazy. i find it everywhere, i mean everywhere. she is a good dog, and cute, so i guess the fur just comes with it.


so that is some of the things i am really into lately!!

the bonds go to the fair!!

kyle and savannah cuddling

so yesterday matt was off of work, so we went down to blackfoot (small town about 25 minutes away) to the eastern idaho state fair. i was not sure what to expect,but it was pretty good sized actually. (it was not texas state fair though)kyle loved seeing all the animals and savannah slept the whole time, which i think she equally enjoyed. matt and i laughed so hard at how quickly would go up to animals and start talking to them.he was bossing the goats around in the petting zoo, then he caught one sneaking food from his little cup, so he told her to go over to time out. kyle asked me a couple times if we could take a horse home. we saw huge cows and horses, they never seem so big when they are in a field or on tv. kyle even got to go on a little ride all by himself, he was so cute, but had a death grip on the sides the whole time. despite not getting any good fair food (i love funnel cakes) it was really fun!
also, this morning kyle was downstairs with me while i was making muffins, and our laundry room is right by our kitchen, so kyle comes out of the laundry room wearing as much as he can of matt's dress uniform. he is so cute and funny. notice the socks, he was especially proud of those!!