steve and tif

12.04.2010

Thanksgiving in DC (again!)

We went to DC again this year to spend Thanksgiving with Steve's Aunt Gwen, Uncle Brooks, and cousin Nikki. Sara, Bob, and Duncan came this year along with Steve's mom which made things even more fun!!

Here are just 27 of the reasons why we had so much fun...

#1 Toys!!

Aunt Gwen has the best toys according to Cody! And he got right to work playing with them as soon as we got there.

#2 Yummy food 24-7.

We caught Kylee in the pantry more than once!

#3 Hanging out with Uncle Wacko

#4 Using the leaf blower!!

#5 Making a fire in the backyard

#6 Hanging out by the fire

with Sara and Bob and Duncan

#7 S'mores!!

#8 Projects!

Cody's Gingerbread Village looked pretty awesome.

#9 Candy!!

I wonder if spilling the candy from the gingerbread houses was an accident or if it was her way of stuffing as much as she could in her mouth before anybody noticed. This girl has no shame when it comes to eating sugary treats off the floor--just look at that smile...it screams "sugar high!" What a funny little candy monster.

#10 Playing with the vacuum.

That is the nice way of saying Kylee and Cody made a big mess with the candy!

#11 Secret Ingredients!

Well, it's really no secret that there is sour cream in my Sour Cream Apple pie recipe.

See Kylee in the background? Yep, she's eating candy. I guess we didn't hide it well enough because now that I am looking back on all of our pictures I can see Kylee in the background eating candy in quite a few of them!!

#12 Cooking Lessons

Sara and I got a lesson on making Whipped Cream and I showed Gwen how to make our favorite Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies.

#13 Sour Cream Apple Pie!!

#14 Going all out for a fancy Thanksgiving meal!

#15 watching a 3D movie in style

#16 More projects!

Cody liked making chocolate covered pretzels with Grandma Tammy too. The only thing missing in this picture is Kylee in the background licking the frosting.

#17 Backyard Zoo

Once again the kids loved watching all of the animals that come to visit and eat a treat: cardinals, blue jays, raccoons, squirrels, and cats.

#18 Touring the Pentagon

#19 Being Proud to be an American!

#20 Wearing Cheetah Girl aprons!

#21 Having fun with Nikki.

She told us our horoscopes and hosted dance parties (which Kylee is a big fan of now)

#22 Drinking fresh strawberry lemonade (thanks Steve!)

#23 Jumping in the leaves

#24 Sitting by the leaves, but not getting too close.

#25 Belly-flopping into the leaves.

#26 Hurdling the leaves (Wow Bob!)

#27 And taking family pictures in the leaves.

Thanks Reese's for a really fun weekend! You guys are always so fun to be with!

11.09.2010

Cody Kicked His Habit!

We gave this giant roller coaster set to Cody on the condition that he had to stop sucking his thumb to be able to open the box and put it together. Well, he did it! We are so proud of Cody for being determined enough to kick his 5 year old habit. Steve and Cody had fun putting the roller coaster together (over a few days). It has over 1100 pieces!

Way to go Cody - we think you are so awesome!

11.01.2010

Happy Halloween from Us! (2010)

Cody's friend had a Halloween Party last Thursday night. Cody was so excited to go! I have never seen him get his homework done so fast. This is right before we headed out the door.

On Friday his school put on a Halloween Costume Parade. It was pretty chilly, but Kylee and I had fun seeing all the cute costumes. Afterwards Cody had a little Halloween party in his classroom where he got lots of goodies.

On Saturday we had a Ward Trunk-or-Treat Party. Kylee had been waiting patiently for her chance to dress up all month. She talked about her owl costume all the time.

Harry Potter and Hedwig

Cody takes his magic very seriously.

Cody wanted to be sure that our giveaway candy was in a picture before we headed out the door.

We had a fun weekend! Hope you did too!

Happy Halloween from Harry and Hedwig!

10.27.2010

Photo Fun at Ohiopyle

We had our first family outing since we moved back to PA. Steve has been insanely busy, but he finally had some time so we went to Ohiopyle. The fall is so beautiful here.