Sunday, November 28, 2010

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving 2010 was wonderful!  We got to spend the day before with our dear friends Daryl and Sarah from VA. I don't think that we laugh more than when they are in town!  On Thanksgiving, we treked down to Colorado Springs to spend the day with the Westermanns after pressure cooking our turkey at Chick-fil-A!  It was delcious and has become the tradition.  Bryce enjoyed running around the play place by himself but wasn't too sure of the giant tubes.  We spent Thanksgiving dinner at Chris and Sarah's new place and had a great time and were so thankful as they had to unpack the whole house in only 3 days.  Such a great food and a time spent sharing what we were thankful for.  It was also special as my sister flew into town for the week as well.  On Friday, Sister and I were up at 3:00am for Black Friday and bought everything we needed by 8am!  Not only in record time for the day but record time in and out of Target!  Oh the little things that make us excited! 
Bryce is now offically walking though he doesn't choose to walk all the time.  He still chooses to crawl since he has realized that he can move much faster that way.  It is so super cute when he toddles around from one piece of furniture to the next.  He is such a precious kiddo with so much personality.  We are truly thankful for him.
During the Holiday season we are thankful for the little things: Bryce's bright smile, the way Benton plays with Bryce, Christmas music on the radio, good friends and great conversations, Bryce's laugh and gibberish, having a fabulous marriage, marrying my best friend, family close by, skype for those of our family that aren't close, a wonderful church ....the list goes on and on.  Happy Thanksgiving!

Friday, November 19, 2010

Trip to Kansas

We took our first family trip to Kansas. I am not a light packer in the first place but then when you add a baby with his gear and a puppy then you can pack out the car quite quickly.  We actually did really well on the trip.  We of course stopped at the treasured Oasis of the plains in Colby, KS as a traditions of the trips of I-70. Once we got to my folks house in Lorraine, KS we had a great time.  Danny went hunting with my dad and they got a quail- though just 1 quail was not the plan!  :) I guess the pheasants knew it was opening day of the season. It was good to be able to hang out with my folks and fun to watch Benton and my parents' dog, Duke try to be friends.  Bryce loved having 2 dogs hanging around him as well.  We went to church on Sunday and joined their wonderful church family for 2nd Sunday Potluck!  Good Cooking! Bryce also got to ride the rocking horse that I got for my 1st birthday.  He loved it and it was fun to watch him play with it. It was a nice break in the country for a while and good to see the grandparents.