Jokes

Sunday night we were driving home, and Ryan decided to tell us a joke. Let me know if he made you laugh :)

Ryan : Knock knock
Us : Who's there?
Ryan : Light bulb
Us (confused on where this was going ) : Light bulb who?
Ryan : Aren't you glad I didn't pick banana??!? ha ha ha

So...a little background if you didn't laugh the first time. Remember the joke that goes :

Knock Knock.
Who's there?
Banana
Banana who?
Knock Knock.
Who's there?
Banana
Banana who?
Knock Knock.
Who's there?
Orange
Orange who?
Orange you glad I didn't say banana.

I guess Ryan was thinking of that and came up with the light bulb joke. 100% pure Ryan!!! Go back...read the joke again...and think of Ryan saying it. Did you laugh this time??! :)

Finally....

.....I posted!!! :) Below you will find A LOT of updates. You can even scroll down into the November posts and see a few new ones, updated pictures in the Stone Soup post and the Big House post, etc. I finally think I am up-to-date again. I wonder how long that will last ;)

Major haircut

Last night the kids got haircuts. Nothing special for Ryan....just nice and short again!! Hailey, on the other hand, got a MAJOR haircut. She got a good 5" cut off!!! It has a slight wedge design (next time I will ask for that to be more defined) to it and looks SUPER CUTE! I will take a picture and update it soon as you need to see it to believe it. She is so proud of her "short hair" and was so excited to get to school to show it off to her friends!! Cute girl :)

Update : I took a few pictures this morning of her hair....cute!!

Shopping, food, and more shopping

The last day that Tim, Kendra, Owen and Mason were here was on Tuesday, December 2. So, Doug, Doran, Tim, Kendra, Owen and Mason all went to pick up Hailey at her school (and get a little tour). There was also a little "sale" going on for the kids to buy presents for their parents and/or siblings so they took her shopping there for us. :) She loved it! Then they went to get Ryan at Toddle Town and then were off to play at the new toy area at the mall and do a little shopping at well. When it was supper time, Chris and I met them at Johnny Carino's for supper. YUMMY! After our tummies were full, we stopped at Costco and Target and then it was time to say good-bye. They were going to come over to our house, but it had been snowing all day and there was ice under the snow...and causing TONS of accidents around town!! So, we had to say good-bye earlier than planned. We didn't want them to go...it was so fun having them here!! We wish they lived closer...or in BILLINGS would be great! but treasure all the time we did get to spend together.

Tim, Kendra, Owen & Mason -- THANK YOU for coming to see us! We absolutely LOVED having you here and wish you could have stayed longer. We appreciate you taking the time off of work and driving all the way here!! (we know that isn't fun...especially when you drive it all in one day with a 4 year old and a 1 year old!!) We hope to see you again soon. Love ya!!

Lego Birthday

Monday was another busy day. Hailey woke up a little sick still, so stayed home in the morning, but was ready for school about 1/2 hour after the bus drove by!! She did stay home until 11:00 and then I was able to take her to school.

Chris and Ryan stayed home and were able to go to Red Lodge with Owen, Tim, and Doug. They went to a few stores in RL, to the cabin, and even got a Christmas tree for Tim & Kendra to take home! They had a good time up there.

They got home and then it was time for supper and to get ready for Ryan's birthday party! We wanted to have his party when TKOM were all here...so they could be at the party and so the extended family could come and see them as well! It was a fun party and it was great to have everyone over to see them and visit for a little bit.

Here is the cake that Doran made for Ryan. Cute and yummy too!!! He got so shy when it was time to say THANK YOU or when they sang Happy Birthday to him, but it was still a fun time. And, of course Ryan didn't want any cake, but ate a good scoop of ice cream!! :)



Ryan had fun "celebrating" his birthday, but cannot wait until he is actually FOUR years old! Only another week, little man.

Our "Practice Christmas"

Sunday, November 30 was our "practice Christmas" since Tim, Kendra, Owen and Mason were here! We started out the morning with sticky cinnamon rolls like we do on Christmas morning. Then we put the Christmas tree up (not a normal thing we do on Christmas morning, but still was getting us in the Christmas spirit!!). The kids had fun with the ornaments of course.

We even got a cute picture of all four of the kids. Notice Mason's "smile"!??! That is what he does when you ask him to smile for the camera! :) Silly, silly boy!!

Then we all went over to Grandma and Grandpa's again. The kids played outside, helped the guys with cleaning up and tearing down a tree outside, watched a little "Santa Claus" on tv, helped decorate their tree, and even made a few new ornaments.

Before supper Hailey started getting a little sleepy...and fell asleep! I couldn't believe it. So, we let her sleep through supper. She woke up and was burning up!! So, she got a nice cool bath and then curled up on the couch. She wasn't there long....and she said she didn't feel good and ended up getting sick. Poor thing!!! However, that did help her feel better and she wanted us to still open presents so we started getting that ready. She did open her presents, but just wasn't as excited as she normally would be.

Ryan of course enjoyed his presents and was very excited!! :) The last presents for Hailey, Ryan and Owen were little guns from Cabela's! They were suppose to get them this summer, but TKOM weren't able to come during that time so they got them now instead. Talk about a LOUD room!! :) Hailey was starting to feel better then too...so that helped.

It was a fun day for all of us, but then it was time to get home so Hailey could get some rest (school the next day) and work for me (Chris and Ryan were "off" on Monday too).

Full day of fun

On Saturday, November 29th, the kids had SO MUCH to do!! We started the day playing at our house (Tim, Kendra, Owen and Mason spent the night so that was fun!!). We all got ready and went over to West Park Plaza to see Grandma at Sears. Then...we got to see REAL REINDEER!! The kids loved that!! Then it was time to see SANTA!!! Hailey had no problem with it. Ryan talked big...but then choked when we got there! He stood next to Santa's leg for the picture, but that is about it. Better than nothing I guess ;) Here is a picture of the kids looking at the reindeer and one of Hailey playing "peek-a-boo" with Mason!!


We then went back to Grandma and Papa's house to play and play some more. We even got to decorate our gingerbread houses! It was nice having Owen (& Kendra) in on the fun this year too! Hailey was of course wanting to do it all in patterns...and Ryan was wanting to mess those patterns up to upset his sister! :) They still both were nice looking houses!

(Owen's on the left...Hailey & Ryan's on the right)

After a little quiet time, supper and more crazy playing, we did come back to our house to crash!! Before the kids got into bed, Chris made it home from hunting. The boys had fun seeing the deer antlers. Nice look for you, Owen! :)

Happy Thanksgiving

We hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving day. We have so much to be thankful for!!! :) Enjoy your day with friends and family, and rest up for shopping tomorrow ;)

Turkey day crafts

I just had to share a few of Hailey's Thanksgiving crafts with you. Look at how cute they are!! The first one is a potato with things she is thankful for (brother, mom, dad, church, and we are missing the one that said family). CUTE! The second one is an apple she made during kindergarten. What a great idea!! We are so going to make these next year!!


The last two are art projects she made during class too. Love the use of her hand print. These ones are keepers for sure!!!

Happy Birthday Papa

Happy Birthday Papa!! We hope you enjoy the video....

Love, Hailey & Ryan