...alot like Christmas

Saturday, November 27. 2010

Our home has been decorated for the Christmas holidays!

I have all the gifts wrapped and under the tree - Kimber has helped unwrap several gifts and she uses the boxes to help her climb by standing on the gift!

Kimber loves to look at the ornaments and move the gifts around.

Advent Calendar for Kimber

Thanksgiving - Grand & Poppa

Thursday, November 25, 2010

Later in the Thanksgiving evening we went with Grand & Poppa to Ted's Montana Grill.

Poppa, Kimber & Grand playing at dinner

Happy Thanksgiving from our family to yours.

Thanksgiving

Thursday, November 25, 2010

OH! How I just love to go to Aunt Pam and Uncle Jimmy's for Thanksgiving (or any holiday for that matter that Aunt Pam cooks). We had a great time...and left so very full and with lots of left-overs!

Kimber getting love from Carrie!

Waiting patiently for sweet potatoes and bread

Avery & Davis playing the piano

Kimber playing the piano

Kimber & Aunt Pam going on a hayride

Anual Friend Thanksgiving

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

We hosted the annual friend Thanksgiving - going strong every Wednesday before Thanksgiving for eleven years (11 years!...holy cow it has been THAT long since we graduated high school). Everyone always has fun catching up, playing games, and eating...it is getting more interesting since many of us have children.

Having fun!

Kimber helped Trey play Apples to Apples!

White's "Anti"-Thanksgiving

Tuesday, November 23,2010

We headed to the Donald and Amanda (and Emily) White's house for the "Anti"-Thanksgiving celebration...you could not bring any food that was associated with Thanksgiving. We had a wonderful time starting the Thanksgiving week off with Mexican food and Coach and Skinner playing the guitar and singing!

Kimber enjoyed the show.

She would clap, dance and sing along.

Santa

Sunday, November 14, 2010


We headed to Serenbe for Kimber to see Santa. Sara Anthony was holding a photo shoot - I will let the pictures tell the story!

Kimber seems excited to see Santa...

Momma trying to talk her into liking Santa...

ummm...she sees that he is not "hiding"

she does not like the thought of this...

AHHHHH!

So, if she is going to cry let us just let her cry while Santa is holding her...

One Year - Sara Anthony

Wednesday, November 8. 2010

Sara released a couple of the pictures from our one-year session.

Birthday Party

Saturday, November 6, 2010

Family and friends joins us to celebrate Kimber's first birthday at our home! Everything was just perfect and a great time was had by all!

Happy 1st Birthday!

Kimber's party outfit.

The bloomers were hand embroidered by my Grandmother before she passed away.

The cakes!

Kitchen set up...
#1-12 month pictures

Book signing

Guest received cookie ingredients for delicious oatmeal chocolate chip

Addison & Kimber playing

Sweet Tripp

Best of friends...

Hopefully Kimber and Ivey will be great friends

Ayden...the life of the party!

Family & Friends enjoying the chili and baked potato bar

It's my party and I'll cry if I want to

Happy Birthday to you!

No "smashing" today...she just wanted to touch!

and when it is your party...you can take a nap in the middle of it if you want

Ready to go again...

Opening presents

Rhonda authored and illustrated The Book of Philipenos

to help Kimber communicate with me since I often get phrase and words mixed up

Di & Brandon did make it!

Di designed and produced Kimber the series of ballet positions...absolutely beautiful!

Kimber had a great time at her party!

Grandnanny & D

Thank you for baking the potatoes

Poppa & Grand

Thank you for making the chili

Momma & Daddy

Lamb Cake

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

We head to Grandnanny & D's house for dinner and for Kimber to celebrate her 1st birthday with a lamb cake. Mimi (Adam's grandmother) traditional made a lamb cake for the granddaughters' first birthday...and the tradition lives on.

Kimber & the lamb cake

Happy 1st BirthDAY

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

I had the day off and Adam took the day off so we could celebrate with Kimber on her 1st birthday! We had such a wonderful and busy day!

Took one-year pictures!

Ummm...one year pictures are not as easy as the previous. She was a ball of energy. Kimber had a melt down in the field as we were taking family pictures. And as she "melted" down she wallowed in deer poop in her beautiful cream corduroy outfit.

Ate lunch at Panera

The Andersons and Westbrooks came over with a smash cake for Kimber!

This was right after Kimber "found" the bathroom door opened and played with her two pacifiers in the toilet bowl...lovely just lovely.

I set the table with China (this is the first time we have used our China) to celebrate Kimber's special day! Grandparents were invited to come over to help make memories with us.

Happy Birthday to YOU!

The tradition continues...one present for each month!
Gifts #1-12 with a special note for each.

Reading her new book

Grand and Poppa.
Thank you for celebrating with us!

Sweet Baby!