Retired after 38 1/2 years... Mama Gail!!!

Well, she finally did it! My mom retired after working at the same place for 38 1/2 years. That's amazing to me! I've now been there for 8 years now and that by itself seems like forever. I'm not sure I can imagine 30 more years at the same place. I think I'll just focus on the present for now.

Thursday was her party, it was a lot of fun! Thank you Grandma Carolyn and Aunt Patricia for watching K-dub for us. We really appreciate being able to stay out passed 6:30 or 7.

Below are a few of the pics from the party. I hope you enjoy them!

Kendall's 1st Birthday! part two

Last Sunday we had Kendall's first birthday party. It was a roaring success. We are so thankful to have such wonderful family and friends! Your generosity and love is astounding!!!

Kendall had such an awesome time and we really hope you guys did too. She got so many awesome presents, we finally got them all put away yesterday. Woohoo! We love all of the clothes that she will grow into and she loves all of the new toys that she gets to play with.

We had a ton of food at the party and the venue worked out great! We used an upstairs loft area which had a TV and DVD player. I played the movie I made of Kendall's first year, then we watched the basketball game. I think it turned out great for kids and adults. I wonder what is in store for next year. I'm looking forward to it.

Here are a few pics of the day, I hope you like them!
Happy Birthday Kendall!
Kendall's Cake and Cupcakes - cute right?

Happy Birthday to you!

Mmm... Mmm... Good!Mimi, Trudy, Jeff, Mackenzie, and NickMost of the group, some were on playground at this point. We had like 60 people there. I couldn't believe it!Todd and Denise Reus with Aaden and Addison. Denise is an awesome realtor if you need one. :-)

Annie and Kenzie take Kendall to the playground, isn't this cute?

Mackenzie took Kendall down the slide. She loved it!

Dada and his sweet baby K.

Our friends Ken and Kristen, cute couple!

Mimi and Kendall, isn't this sweet?Patricia and Kendall - beautiful pic!Carson, son of Bonnie and Ryan. He's so cute and getting so big.

Look at Aiden go! He's the son of our friends Jennifer and Rick who are also in the pic with him.Mama and baby! Go, K, Go!

Cousin Nick! Such a sportsman!

Austen playing soccer - he's the son of our friend Kristen. So cute and definitely looking older than he is. Time sure flies.

Poppy with his grandkids. Connor, Mackenzie, Layton and Kendall. Kendall was so tired by this point. But, she was a very good sport about it all. Good girl!

All in all it was a great day! I can't believe my little pooty is so big already. Time flies when you're having fun, and boy are we having fun with her. We cherish the time we have and look forward to experiencing what God has in store for us with her in the future.

Kendall has a good time

Kendall had such a fun time in the bathtub tonight. I just had to post these pictures up here. She was splashing all over the place. I know, I know for now it's cute, but when she is big enough to splash everywhere it won't be so cute. I'm sure we won't do it for much longer. ha ha...

Bathtime is such a special time for us. We love to watch her laugh and play and just explore the water. She loves it! We also will read her a couple of stories at the same time. She is so into pointing at everything in the pictures of the book and at everything around her now. She is really doing pretty good at starting the regular (non-baby) food. And, she is doing GREAT at using a sippy cup. She really caught on to that one quick.

The second picture is of her watching me make silly faces at her and splash her with water while making funny noises. We had a great time tonight!

Enjoy your week!

Kendall goes to the playground... a collage

This evening we took Kendall to the elementary school playground that is up the street from us. She went on the swing, and slid down the slides. We all had a great time. It was fun and sort of scary watching her go down the slide BY HERSELF... ;-)

I found this cool collage feature that picasa does for you and decided to try it out. This is a collage of our time at the playground. I hope you enjoy it!!! (you can click on the collage to get a larger view of the pictures)

Kendall playing with her Christmas Presents

We put Kendall's Christmas presents together tonight. This is just one of many pictures we took of baby girl playing with her new toys. Thank you to everyone for all of the awesome gifts!

Oh no! Naked baby!

We realized the other day that we had not ever really taken pics of the baby naked. ha ha... Or mostly anyway. So, here's crazy hair naked baby! Man, who taught her to stick out her tongue like that? Oscar?

Kendall takes Christmas Pictures

We took pictures of Kendall in her Christmas dress this afternoon. We were taking these pictures for our Christmas cards. Be on the lookout in a mailbox near you! Her Christmas picture is not one of these; we didn't want to ruin the surprise. :-)

Kendall's First Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving 2008 with The Dub Family

This year we went to Bill and Barbara's Ranch for Thanksgiving; we all had a great time. Unfortunately I accidentally deleted all of the pictures on my camera the second to last night we were there so these are all we had left after taking some more. Enjoy!

Oscar enjoyed sitting out on the patio. I think he was waiting for some deer to come by so he could chase after them.

We took Kendall outside while it was warm to try and get some pretty pictures of her enjoying the beautiful day. She had a great time!!!

Kendall took Uncle Kenny for a walk the last night we were there. It's funny how much smaller than him she is.

Tony got some beautiful pictures of the sunrise our last morning there.

We hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! We are so thankful for all of our friends and family.

These boots were made for walking...

Well, we can mark this day, November 16, 2008, down in history as the day that Kendall walked for the first time. In the video below she takes about 3 or 4 full steps toward me. What a cutie!!! We are very proud of her and she is very proud of herself. She stands up on her own without holding onto anything and then she will clap for herself it's really cute! For the last couple of days she has been able to step with her left foot, but she wasn't able to switch her balance in order to make a complete step. Instead, she would just keep stepping with only her left foot. So, she would end up making a circle. It was really funny. But, watch out world, she's a walking fool now! Take a look at the video, I think it really says all that needs to be said.

Gymboree

Kendall tries Gymboree on a free pass and ends up joining the music class. We go on Mondays during lunch time, then she goes back to daycare.

Playtime

Kendall apparently likes the basket that holds her toys better than her toys. teehee...

Dada and Kendall take a pic together. Looks like Kendall is sleepy for a nap and wondering what her Dada is doing.