Christmas: Celebration #4

Here we are for Christmas Day 4 at the Wendt household. Auntie Sara was on call on Christmas Day so we had to wait until Saturday to have our Christmas with them. We thought it was great, just one more day to eat like Kings and Queens!

Here's Grandma making Miss Evelyn smile.



And cousin Amanda is being brave by handing over her camera to Miss Evelyn... I can only imagine the pictures she had on her camera.

Kyla and Colton found some antlers...

And Colton just couldn't seem to stay away from the food...

And Miss Evelyn's gift bag was almost as big as she is!

Trouble!

It was a nice quiet afternoon... too quiet. I climb the stairs to see what my two dear children could be up to. The door to Colton's bedroom is closed. Odd. I open the door and here is Colton in his crib. I didn't put him there. How did he get there? Hmmm... Miss Kyla must have had something to do with this. Then, all of a sudden Kyla emerges from the closet.






And she just helps herself up into the crib. What a minute...

Oh, good! Colton is climbing out! Mom, put the camera down and save your son before he breaks his face.

Kyla's Birthday Party!

Guess where we went!! We had been to a birthday party here earlier and Kyla HAD to have her party here. What a great place for birthday parties!! The kids can all play and if they get stuck Mom can go in and save the day.




Here's the very happy birthday girl.




Rebecca and Stella are having a ball! hee hee.

And here is Miss Evelyn. Isn't she cute?

The whole birthday gang...

Here is Colton and his friend Gabe. Gabe is handing Colton a napkin. I don't quite remember why, but SO CUTE!!

Here's Sophia!

Cousins Judaya and Will even came!! They have a very long drive to come up here!
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This is Kyla's friend from gymnastics, Brynn and her mommy

These are Kyla's friends from daycare. Max, Me, Stella, and Austin!

Here are Kyla and her cousins being goofy!!

Kyla Turns 4!

Of course we had to have a princess cake...

When we were growing up on our birthday we got to choose the dinner menu. So, I thought that would be a fun tradition to carry on. When I asked Kyla what she wanted for her birthday dinner, her repsonse was, "Pickles, ketchup, and french fries. Oh, and Corn Dogs." So that's what we had (along with some beans and fruit salad). The grandparents must have thought we were crazy at first, but it was a lot of fun.

Here's the birthday princess. She insisted on wearing last year's Christmas dress for her party. And notice how delicately she's eating her pickle. :-)

Time to open presents!!

"I'm 4!!"

"YEAH!"
Kyla loves the stroller she received for her babies.

Here's the whole gang.

Caden (4), Evelyn (14 mos), Kyla (4), Noah (7), and Colton (2)

Happy Halloween!!

Kyla dressed up as Cinderella and Colton was a lion. Kyla just LOVED her dress and Colton just LOVED roaring at everyone and everything. Brady hooked up the trailor to the 4 wheeler and threw on a couple of hay bales for us to sit on. The Peterson's came up and joined in our Trick-or-Treating fun. The kids did a great job! I didn't think they would last as long as they did!

Work fun

At work we all dressed up as Grandma's Marathon. We got 2nd place!

Bev, Me, Sara, Sarah, Beth, and Steph



I thought this was good - Dr. Evil and Mini-me!!

Desi and Allen

The Halloween Parade!!

Here's the whole gang!! All lined up and ready for the candy!!! Kyla, Nora, Katie, Trevor, and Austin

Colton, Dad, and Rebecca are in the back watching the show

After the parade we brought the kids to a nearby park to burn off all that candy.
Caden, Kyla, and Colton



Yeah, Colton!! Wait, if I'm taking the picture, who's catching Colton? Oops!! Sorry, Buddy. Shake it off, shake it off.

"ROAR!!!!"

I just really like this picture.

Thank you, Grandma!

So, Grandma MariBeth sent the kids a package of fun Halloween outfits. At first it was a great idea to try them on! Look, Kyla's smiling!




Colton wasn't such a fan.

I guess Kyla changed her mind. They love the outfits though! They just didn't want to put them on right then and there.

"I cold, Momma."

Colton was playing with shirt one morning at breakfast and managed to pull it up over his head...




Well, you might as well take it off...

"I cold, Momma."
Goofy kid.

Happy Birthday Colton!!!

Colton is now 2. 2!!! I hate how fast the kids are growing. With each new stage I love that they're growing and learning so much, but I hate that they're growing and learning so much.


Colton's cake was pretty cool. Daddy picked it out!





A new wagon!!

Here's my baby boy. My heart aches a little more with each candle on the cake.