Thanks-Giving!

We were so lucky this year that we had the opportunity to travel to Denver for the Thanksgiving holiday. We flew in early Thursday morning and back home on Saturday afternoon, but in the middle, we had two and a half days of pure relaxation and enjoyment! Plus, I got to go see "Breaking Dawn." ;) I got very few pix, as I was too busy enjoying myself to remember to take photos. Ooops. If any of my more tech savvy friends know how to steal pix from facebook to put in my blog, help me out!

Grandpa Gene

Taylee snacking before the feast
Poppi and Taylee waiting at the airport

Thanks Grandpa for hosting the festivities, and thanks to all the Cohrs women for putting on such a fabulous dinner! We loved it!

Ahhs Cream Maker

Taylee is so enamored with her previously mentioned "ahhs cream maker" that she wants to take it in the car with us everywhere we go. It's a bit large and cumbersome to take along, so we had to compromise on taking a picture of it, and taking that everywhere we go. Maybe she thinks she will get ice cream all day if she always has her ice cream maker? Silly girl. . .

Ahhs Cream!

We made homemade ice cream today! Lately Taylee has been all about helping mommy "make deener!" "make dishes!", and now "make ahhs cream!" I think she liked the finished product. Thanks for the ice cream maker Aunt Ginger!

First Snow

Last weekend brought the first snow to our house! Taylee was so excited that we had to let her out in it first thing in the morning. She was a little under-dressed, but she didn't mind at all. We went out and bought her some new snow gear, and had a great time in the afternoon! And we even made a snowman on Sunday. The snow was so wet, we used up almost all the snow in the front yard to make it. Taylee has to go outside to "see snaman!" everyday. Unfortunately, he has now melted to a small lump of snow. But she still likes him. ;) Happy Winter everyone!

Poppie's B-day!

Poppie had a birthday last week, and I forgot to take ANY pictures! Bad daughter. But, lest his day get lost in the Halloween hoopla, I had to make sure he got a birthday mention. We had a delicious birthday dinner at Olive Garden. Then on poppie's actual birthday, Taylee and I got to spend the day with him at Boondock's. It was mostly the Taylee show, with me and poppie following along, but we all had a good time. Fortunately, we took photo booth pictures at Boondock's. Enjoy!

The best part of Halloween . . .

Although our Halloween was great this year, possibly the best part of the day was Taylee's accomplishment. Her first potty in the toilet! Yay Taylee! A poopy and a peepee. We are so proud of our little girl. Let's see if we can build on this with lots more peepee's in the potty . . .

Here is our cute potty girl!

Bumble Bees say Buzzzz

Happy Halloween! We had a fun day with our teenager who's now too old and too cool to dress up, and our little Taylee bug who is just getting the hang of Halloween fun. I was impressed when Taylee trick-or-treated for over an hour, visiting 10+ houses. We thought we would be lucky to visit 2! She even said trick or treat to our nice neighbors. It was said very quietly, but was oh so sweet. Happy Halloween! We had a fun day with our teenager who's now too old and too cool to dress up, and our little Taylee bug who is just getting the hang of Halloween fun. I was impressed when Taylee trick-or-treated for over an hour, visiting 10+ houses. We thought we would be lucky to visit 2! She even said trick or treat to our nice neighbors. It was said very quietly, but was oh so sweet.

Another loss . . .

But fun nonetheless! We went to Denver for another Broncos game, and this time around to spend some quality time with the family. The game was a real stinker, so it's a good thing the family time was worth travelling for! We arrived Saturday morning after a fun flight with Taylee bug. This was the first flight where whe was actually aware of what was happening. She LOVED it! Well, the takeoff and turbulence anyways. When there was no excitement going on, she demanded "IN the SKYYYY!" I had to remind her repeatedly that we were IN the sky! Thank goodness nana was along to help me entertain her. This gives me great trepidation for our upcoming six hour flight to Hawaii . . .

Here's cutey-tootey on the plane.

After our arrival, we met our family at the hotel and had a blast! The kids spent hours playing in the pool, or rather the hot tub, because the pool was COLD. Us adults had some time to chat and catch up while the kids played. We deliberated our dinner locale for hours, finally settling on a local mexican joint. When we arrived, we found it closed. Doh! So, we ended up at the Outback. Fortunately, we all had a great meal, and a great time. After dinner we stuffed all the kiddos in the itty bitty hotel bathtub. They loved it!

L to R - Aden, Xavier, Kaydence, and Taylee

You may note that we had to improvise bath toys.

Like Chick-fil-a cups and ice buckets!

Of course, Sunday was the football game. Not a lot to say about that. 45-10 - Pretty much sums it up. But we made the best of it, cheering for the smallest things, like a first down (which we had about 5 of . . .), and had a pretty good time.

We flew home VERY early Monday morning, making for a quick trip, but arriving home in time for lots of Halloween fun!