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!!

The Photo Shoot. (she is so cute!)

We where way over due on getting Mataya's pictures done, so I had my friend Shawna (photosbymurry.blogspot.com) Take these a few weeks ago and they turned out Awesome. Mataya was hillarious. She was having so much fun being the center of attention. There where so many pictures to choose from it was hard to pick which ones to post. Hope you all enjoy!!

4 Months Later!

It has been 4 months since I last blogged! There are so many things I want to write about, but I have know idea where to start. Here is a small break down of what has been going on with us!

February: Kenyon and I celebrated our 10 year anniversary a little early and took a trip to Cancun. It was so much fun. Probably the most relaxing vacation we have ever been on! We are already planning our next trip for next year and we can't wait!!!!

March: March is usually our most boring month out of the year. We mostly just hung out at home and enjoyed the spring weather. Mataya got to go horsebackriding with Kenyon and Uncle Brent. She loves horses and still talks about it all the time. Mataya also got to go to the Movies for the first time. We took her to see Monsters Vs. Aliens and she loved it. When the movie was over she told me I needed to go start it over so she could watch it again. She is so funny!

April: This was a crazy month! Mostly because we have so many Birthdays between the both of our family's. I think we counted 10 or 11? Kenyon's birthday was on the 14th and he turned 31. Easter this year was really fun! Taya loved her easter egg hunt and all the fun things the easter bunny brought her. She was a little nervous when we would talk about the easter bunny, We seen him at the mall and she freaked out!! When people would ask her if the easter bunny was going to come to her house she would say "NO"!

May: May is also a Big birthday month in our family. I turned 28 this month. It was such a fun birthday. Kenyon took me to my now favorite restaurant Benja Tai and we totally pigged out. Our Families came down later and we played 2 base wiffle ball. It was so much fun. It really made me apprieciate the fact that we live close to our families! Mataya had her pictures taken, which turned out so great. She was such a little ham for the camera. I will post some pic's in a seperate blog. So much more has happened I just don't have the time to write it all down. I will try to keep up and be a more dedicated blogger! haha