Christmas 2009 with Kyra!!!

Our Christmas this year was spent with the Ellsworth families. Each family seems to grow so fast on the the Ellsworth side, BUT with 15 adults and 18 kiddos we all had a wonderful time making more memories. We had our first bi-annual nativity, it was so cute to see all the kids dress up and act out their part. Afterward the adults had fun playing various group games. Pennie as part of everyone's Christmas present treated us to the YMCA on Saturday. We had a great time swimming around the lazy river, and going down the slides. Kyra loved the water and had fun with mommy and daddy.

Bryce and I had a wonderful Christmas, especially with Kyra. The morning started off with Kyra opening her stocking from Santa. She loved her new stuffed animal, and has already slobbered all over it. We then opened gifts around the tree. We decided to give Kyra her main gift and see how long it took her to open it, and with minimal help she finally got it after 20 minutes. Kyra loves her new bongos. There was actually one toy Kyra loved more than anything, the box top to her cousin's present. It was so much fun having Christmas with Kyra, and we look forward to many more in the future.

We hope you all had a wonderful holiday season!

Then and Now

1 year ago Kyra looked like this.....




And this was her this morning.....



After getting snow on her gloves, she started eating it immediately.




We then broke out the sled Grandma Ellsworth gave her to play with.



It was Kyra's first experience with snow and she loved it. We all had a lot of fun together.

Stone Age!!!

I was never a competitive game player, that is until I met Bryce. We love playing games together, BUT he wins almost every game we play. There are times I find this issue quite frustrating. Anyways we played one of our favorite games the other night, Stone Age. Guess who won the game??? I did, yippeeeee!!! I was so happy with the outcome of the game I had to post this exciting news. Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Playing in the Leaves!!!

Kyra had her first experience playing in the leaves, and she loved it. She of course wanted to eat all the leaves. She had a lot of fun exploring!

Yeah for Apple Sauce!!!

For the last couple of months, Kyra has been wanting to eat food like her mommy and daddy. While eating, she looks at and studies every bite we put into our mouths. Now that she is six months old her doctor said we can feed her pretty much any puree food we want, so tonight we tried apple sauce and she loved it!

Exploring a new toy, her baby spoon...

Getting ready to eat...


Tasting the apple sauce and literally diving at the spoon for more...

6 month photo shoot!!!

Friday the thirteenth was Kyra's half birthday, I can't believe she is six months old. Bryce and I love every moment we spend with her, and feel so blessed to have her in our lives. I look at previous pictures and I'm amazed at how fast our little one is growing. Here are a few pictures from her six month photo shoot. We love you Kyra!

Family Pictures 2009!!!

My sister-in-law Kirsten took our family pictures this year. The photo shoot was a lot of fun! Thanks so much Kirsten! Here are some of our favorites...

Halloween 2009!!!

We did not go out for Halloween this year because we stayed home to watch Oregon whoop up on USC.

However, earlier in the week Kyra got together with the Ellsworth Family and showed off her costume, and carved pumpkins. At first she did not like the pumpkin idea, but it eventually grew on her.

Grandma Ellsworth with Kyra the Banana and Kaylynn the Pea Pod

Between the feel of the pumpkin on her tush AND all the knives cutting pumpkins around her, Kyra was a bit nervous!

Bryce carved Kyra's pumpkin and
she seemed pretty happy
with the final results...

Ellsworth Pumpkin Row...

Tonight we are getting together with my side of the family and will post another picture of Kyra in her other costume, a princess!

Camels Back Park!!!

Yesterday was a gorgeous day!!! We hiked to the top of the hill at Camels Back Park to check out the beautiful Fall colors around Boise! Kyra really enjoyed being outside with mommy and daddy!