Portraits at Lifetouch with Ethan and ella

Kyla, Ethan and Ella all went to lifetouch today to get some portraits taken with a new background that they are going to start using. The needed a few kids to practice on, so I took all three of them and they were super wound up. We did get a few pictures taken of them between running laps for about an hour around the office. It wasn't the most succesful photo shoot, but we got a few cute ones.

Gymnastics

Kyla ended dance class in anchorage a couple of weeks after we moved to Wasilla, and we got her signed up for gymnastics at a great gymnastics studio near are house. Kyla has really been enjoying her new gymnastics class, it is much more her speed then dance classes were. She is a very strong girl and likes to move, so it is perfect. She has a really nice coach named Robert who is also the owner of the studio and then they have two younger girls who are assistants in the class. She is doing very well in the class. She loves the balance beam, the foam pit, bars and all of the routines that they practice. I love watching her during her weekly class and it is so great seeing how much she improves weekly!

New Years Eve at the Cabin

This year for the third year in a row we spent New Years Eve in Petersville at my parents cabin. The temperature was so cold and Kyla's snowmachine broke down on her first trip out on it, so most of the trip was spent just hanging out in the cabin. We did let off a bunch of fireworks at the cabin two different nights and went to a really good firework show on new years eve. When we left the cabin it was -20 degrees so Kyla had to be bundled in all of her snowgear plus wrapped up completely in a blanket for the ride out to the parking lot. Hopefully by the next time we go up the temperature will be atleast 40 degrees warmer so we can really enjoy being up there.

Very Merry Christmas

Christmas morning started bright and early in our house this year! Kyla was very excited for Christmas and has been asking me if it is Christmas ever since we decorated the house for Christmas on Thanksgiving weekend. Kyla was up at 5 a.m. and by 5:30 we were all out of bed. We started opening presents at 6 a.m. and were done by 8 a.m. After presents we had an omelete for breakfast and then went to Great Grandma Elsie and Great Grandpa Daves for the day to visit with family, open more presents and eat some more. We finished the day off with going back to my parents house for dinner and more presents. It was a very fun filled day and Kyla got way too many presents as usual. This year some of Kylas presents inluded: Several baby dolls, baby doll clothes and a baby carrier, lots of new books and puzzles, a few new games, a camera, magnadoodle, lite brite, clothes, ugg boots, a few new rooms of furniture and animals for her doll house, a art desk and a ton of art supplies and workbooks, and what looks like a lifetime supply of chapsticks and lip gloss. She did very well on presents! We were very greatful for all the presents everyone gave her and how special this Christmas was to her and us as well.

Christmas Eve

We were very excited to spend Christmas Eve and Christmas morning in our new house together. Christmas Eve we spent the day at home playing and then made pizzas for dinner, Kylas was shaped like a Christmas tree. After dinner and Ice Cream Kyla opened two presents, one present was her Christmas Pajamas and the other was two sets of stamps and ink pads. She was very excited about both presents. Before bed Kyla all by herself prepared Santa a plate of cookies, carrots for the reindeer and a glass of milk. We read Christmas stories, sang some Christmas songs and went to bed excited for Christmas morning.

Baking Cookies and Candies

Kyla was a big help this year with baking lots of Holiday cookies and candies. She loved measuring and pouring all of the ingredients, mixing and rolling dough. She loves to help in the kitchen and we had lots of fun baking this year for Christmas.

The Next American Idol

Kyla asked me to build her a microphone with her tinkertoys. Then she put on some music and began to sing and dance to almost every song on her CD. It was a very entertaining performance she put on. She loves music!!

The Muppets Movie

We took Kyla to the movie theatre for her first time ever. We thought she would really like to see happy feet 2, but it was only playing in 3D and we did not think she would care for the glasses you have to wear, so instead we saw The Muppets. She did better then I expected since she so rarely even watches cartoons. We bought lots of goodies, popcorn and two different kinds of Candy. She did want to get up a few times to go to the bathroom and run for a minute. She ended up falling asleep after about an hour, and unfortunatley missed the best part. She had fun going to the movie theatre, when the right movie for her comes out we will give it another try.