3 Years Old..

Mataya celebrated her 3rd birthday on September 15th. Kenyon had the day off and we had such a fun time with her. Later that night we had some family and friends come over for a little party. She was such a cute party girl and was very dainty and careful with each present she opened. It took quite a while to get that over with.. I can't believe that she is 3. It is so crazy how fast time goes by, especially when your having fun. We wanted to say thanks to everyone who came and celebrated with us and also a special thank you to a Great birth mom who sent a very special package. Happy Birthday Taya Girl! We love you...

A New Hairdo and A Play Date To Go With It.

Yes, this is my 3 year old daughter and not some random 7 year old I took pictures of.. I could not resist any longer putting these extensions in her hair. When she was 10 months old I met this lady at the beauty supply with a little girl who had her hair done like this and ever since then I have been dying to put them in Taya's hair... I thought it would be appropriate to wait at least a few years! You have to admit she looks darling with them! While I was putting them in she was watching t.v. and kept touching them telling me to take them out! Once we where finished I took her into the salon and let her look in the mirror. She was so surprised I don't think she recognized herself. 2 days later she can't stop looking at herself in the mirror. She told me she looks like her "brown" barbie and that she loves her long hair! What A funny girl..
Every Monday Mataya gets to go to A play date with 4 other kids her age. Today it was at our house. They made pumpkin puppets and ate Popsicle's. This has been so good for her to be around these kids, it is definitely good for her to learn to SHARE!!

Grant, Taya, Mazie, Maverick

Ballet Buds!

A Very Exciting Day!

This cute little girl went to her first ballet class on Wednesday the 26Th. She had so much fun and I must say she was the most social, friendliest, and cutest little ballerina there. Not to brag or anything. This is a whole new learning experience for both of us since I was never A dancing girl. I think she is going to be a natural!

Road Trip For The Rockies!

Last week Kenyon and I took A very spontaneous road trip to Denver. We both got bit by the baseball bug and had to go over and watch our team (The Rockies) play a few games. It was so so so much fun. Denver is beautiful and all the people we dealt with where so nice. The first day we where there we took a tour of Coors Field and then later that night went to the first game. The next day we went and explored down town Denver and then caught another game that night. Both nights they won! I am so glad that Kenyon and I both enjoy baseball and can share fun times like this together.

Cabin Time!

Saturday morning we decided to ride up to our cabin. As we where getting in the truck to go I told Kenyon I needed to run inside and get Taya some extra panties and pants just in case she had an accident. His reply was " She will be fine. She is so good at going to the potty, she will tell us if she needs to go! Hurry lets go!" If any of you know Kenyon, you know that he is always in a big dang hurry to go anywhere! So I thought to myself ok, she'll be fine. Well we got to the cabin and started working to get the place ready for the summer. (take down window boards, put up deck railings, and my most favorite, sweep and vacuum the dead flies that are everywhere.) We had been up there no longer that 30min and Mataya managed to take off her boots and socks and then pee her pants out on the deck. Wow! I was so mad at myself for not listening to my Motherly instincts! Kenyon felt bad and said he shoud have listened to me.... Now you will know why Mataya is pant less in some of the pictures on this blog. She was so funny, she insisted on still wearing her boots! After the work was done we barbecued some burgers and had A little feast. Then Mataya got a surprise visit from her cousins that she never gets to see because they live in Kansas. She had a blast playing with them, chasing, and having snacks that Tick Tock Grandma brought.. It ended up being A really great day.

Baby Tate!

Our good friends Kim and Trevor finally had there first baby on May 25th. His name is Tate Bracken. We are so excited because he is like A nephew to us. He is such a cutie! Congrats you guys, we love ya!!

A Night At The Museum

You would never guess that there is a exotic wildlife museum hidden in the little town of New Harmony, Ut, but there is. We were down there for a family reunion over the weekend and after the reunion we vistited this amazing place. The owner is A Hunter of all Hunter's. This guy travels to Africa and other places to add animals to his collection. I have never seen anything like it. Mataya was even fasinated with it. The wall have all been painted to look like the outdoors. It was so cool. Thank you Mr. F for sharing it with us!!!

I forgot to flip these before I posted them. Sorry...

This is just the head of the elephant. The body has been painted on the wall. AMAZING!!