Birthday Party & Christmas Day

I forgot to post a picture of Randy's birthday.  I made him a chocolate cake and they all enjoyed blowing out the many, many candles.

On December 24, the twins turned 2 years old!  I can't believe it!!  We had a birthday party with some friends and family.  It was a lot of fun!

Ryland got a police motorcyle toy, which he loved!

Grace and her cousin Elizabeth tried out the new baby stroller and shopping cart.

They loved their new kitchen!

mmmm...  lots of good food.

Then the next day was Christmas!!  We had to wake up the kids at 8:15am!  Kian was an old pro at opening gifts while the twins were a little slower.  But they all loved their new toys!  Thanks to everyone who helped make our Christmas extra special!

Absolute madness.

Ryland kissing Curious George.

Bibbity Bobbity Boo....  

Grace loves you!

Kiddie Kandid Pictures

Here are the latest Kiddie Kandid pictures of the kids!  Its been a year since we've had pictures done.  I tried in the Spring, but they wouldn't all look at the camera...   These turned out MUCH better.  So, enjoy!!  These are Ry & Grace's 2 year old pictures, since their birthday is on the 24th.  I can't believe my babies are almost 2!!

Funny story

So, we were sitting around watching "Bruce Almighty" while Kian was playing with toys.  We got to the point in the movie where Bruce pulls the moon closer and creates some extra stars.  Kian started watching the movie at that point and thought it was funny how he pulled the moon down.  For those of you that have seen the movie, the next part is the romance scene where there is a lot of kissing.  So, after a second of kissing, I quickly change the channel.  Then Kian said "Hey!  Put that back on!"  We say to Kian, "Why would you want to watch that?  Its just a bunch of kissing."  Then he says...    "I'm just a little CURIOUS."   

And so it begins....

Couple of my favorite pictures from November:

Star Wars Nerd Convention?

Or just Halloween at our house??

May I introduce (starting from the left) ...

Anakin (Taylor), Darth Vador (Ry), Luke (Kian), Obi Wan (Isaac), Chewbaca (Grace)

They had a blast trick-or-treating!  Grace wanted to pick candy out of our neighbors' bowls, Ryland pointed at every "scary" thing and laughed, and Kian was the expert trick-or-treater this year!   It was a great time.

Ry & Grace picked a spot in our house to sit next to each other, as they do all the time, but this time they ate candy out of these little pumpkins.  They just ate and "talked" to each other, it was very cute.

Big brother decided to join the fun!

I forgot to post some of our pics from the pumpkin patch, so here they are...

"This pumpkin is worth '1 million dollars'!"

My 2 Boys

When Ryland was born, I thought he looked exactly like Kian.  Through time, Ryland definitely looks different.  Kian has the dimples while Ryland has rounder eyes and face.  So, we took a picture of Ryland the other day wearing the exact same shirt/hat as Kian at the same age.  

Can YOU tell the difference??

Well,  here is the answer....  

They aren't identical obviously, but to me, they are identically the cutest boys!

First Snow Day

Here are a few pics and a little video clip of our kids from the snow day last weekend.  They had so much fun!!

All bundled up with the winter gear I could find!  I wasn't ready for snow yet!

The snow wasn't done yet though... it snowed a few more inches throughout the day.

Kian "tried" really hard not to throw snowballs at the twins' faces... note the snow on Grace's eyelashes and forehead.  Ooops.

For some reason, blogger doesn't accept my videos so I have to use photobucket.  Unfortunately, its pretty choppy.  Oh well.

Kian's big hike with his Daddy

Today, Randy took Kian for a hike at Adams Canyon. For those of you not familiar with that hike, its a 3.5 mile hike with a 1300 feet incline. They made it all the way to the top, which is where the waterfall is located. When they came home, Kian couldn't stop talking about the hike and how much fun they had. He told all his stories in his low, "big boy" voice. I think its hilarious that after hours of an exhausting and difficult hike, he still had energy to spare and ran around the house till bedtime. Meanwhile, I can't say that Randy looked nearly as energetic... lol.

Here are a few other pictures that I couldn't help but post.

Grace at the park

Ryland's first capri-sun took precedent over the slide

Nothing better than throwing bark...  yay!

Kian's Soccer Game

Kian had his 1st soccer game this past Saturday and he had the greatest time!  

Kian is in the middle in this picture above.  They had 20 minutes of practice before the game to teach the kids how to play the game.  There are 5 boys on his team, including himself.

He is so proud!!

Kian had quite the cheering section!  Both sets of grandparents, the Haywards, and of course the twins!  They were proud of their big brother (not that they really noticed what was going on).  Unfortunately, Randy had to work.

The pep talk from the Coach before the game.  Each team could have 3 of their 5 players on the field at one time.  Kian was one of the first 3.

2 things about the game were very funny:  First, Kian would kick the ball and then pose... he'd freeze in his kicking position.  He has to learn how to dribble the ball!  Secondly, when something big happened, he would run to the sidelines and tell me all about it.... while the game was still going!  So cute!

Kian in action!

After the game, the kids played in the playground for a while.

Then we went to "My Gym", which is a gym for little kids.  We have Kian enrolled in a class which starts in a week.  But they also have "free play" time and all the kids just run around and have the best time!

This is Grace on the trampoline.  She would hold on to the bar and jump!  Then she'd giggle at herself in the mirror.  She is such a silly girl!

All in all, we had a very fun and busy day!  Kian sure is getting big very fast!