Our Christmas Agenda

Christmas is well under way for our family! We are spending time at Kellen’s parent’s house with his Mom, dad, sister and niece. Tuesday I am going to Spokane to a barista class that our coffee roaster we are going to use is putting on which should be a ton of fun. They have the Italian national champion barista coming in for the day and putting on a class( Yes they have barista championships….Yes most of the people are, well lets just say interesting LOL…they also have latte art competitions and “Cupping” competitions). Wednesday we are headed to Moses Lake to make some Tamales Yummy! And spend Christmas eve and Christmas morning with my daddio, Lisa and my sisters. Christmas afternoon we are headed to my mom’s house with my sisters to spend some time there and Suday the 26th Courtney is going to stop by and hang out too. So we should have lots of fun in the busy week ahead of us but it will be nice to spend time with the family and see everybody!




Kenadie is still doing really well, being a crazy but health baby! She is walking and running everywhere, spinning circles and doing her best to climb on anything that she can possibly reach. She has a small vocabulary that includes: Baby, mama, dada, papa, num num (Food, she also does sign language for this) puppy, buh bye and uh-oh. I think this is it. She also does sign language for: Done and More. She is a lot of fun and keeps us on our toes. It is great to see her learn and do more! Time is definitely flying by! We wish you all Happy Holidays and I will do my best to post pictures later!



~Brooke

Thanksgiving Feast!

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving this year with great friends and family. We ended up going to Ritzville and rented the local golf course so we could celebrate with lots of people. In attendance we had Kellen’s Mom Elaine, Kellen’s dad Tooter, Kellen’s sister Hillary, Our niece Brooklynn, Tanner Hillary’s Boyfriend, Ricks mom Rita, Ricks dad John, all of us girls ( Brooke, Courtney, Brandy, Cassie) and of course Kellen and Kenadie. We had a couple more on our guest list that weren’t able to make it because of the down pour of snow that happen to “rain” on our parade. Making sure all of the food was hot from my mom’s house to the golf course was a bit of challenge but we made it. Besides the mashed potatoes trying to catch the house on fire the food was pretty good! Ok so it was probably my / my mom’s fault that we tried to catch the house on fire (for me again but that’s a story for another day) we put the food in aluminum pans so we could heat them/ keep them warm in the oven. Well the butter on top melted all over the inside of the stove and the potatoes decided to act like a volcano and erupt everywhere catching on fire in the oven. Needless to say the house was FILLED with smoke and the fire alarm kept going off, but nothing was burnt and everything tasted pretty good! We didn’t quite make it up for black Friday shopping like we hoped because we stayed up way to late playing games and having fun. However we managed to make it up to Spokane the next day before all the sales were over. We scored a couple of movies and knocked out a bit of Christmas shopping. Personally I think Black Friday has truly sucked the last couple of years!!!

~Brooke

Disney On Ice

Kenadie, Glama (My mom) and I went to Disney on ice! It was a blast! Kenadie really really liked it.We gave a her a baby "poof" hair style and some sparkles. We dressed he in a fleece outfit so she would stay wark without a coat. At the show she would watch all of the skaters go around the rink, watch all of the people walk up and down the stair and point to every kid in sight and say “baby”. She did pretty good with staying in her seat there were a couple of times during a slower paced act or where the music was very mellow that she would get a little bored and wormy. It also didn’t help that is slightly interfered with her regular nap time so she was on the verge of crabbiness, but we really did have a good time! After the show we went out to lunch at Black Angus and took her Great Grandma out for lunch as an early birthday gift. It of course was delicious! We did a bit of shopping at Hobby Lobby (one of my FAVORITE stores) Then we headed to Wal-Mart in airway to get the Thanksgiving shopping done and I am sure my mom and I looked like totally dorks sitting in each aisle debating if we were getting enough of everything to feed all our of Thanksgiving guests as a side note we did! We had plenty of leftovers (maybe because we tried to smoke everything?) After all was said and done we headed back to Ritzville Kenadie passed out in the back seat from the long day of Disney and shopping!


~Brooke

Kenadie's Birthday!

We had her party November 6^th which was the Saturday after her Birthday. Her birthday was Butterfly themed with LOTS of bright colors! It was very cute! Kenadie wore a cute pink birthday dress with a cupcake on it also very cute! She had tons of playing with some of the other kids that were there opening presents but I am pretty sure her favorite part was when everyone was singing her Happy Birthday. I think we may have a future ham on our hands… The only thing that sucked about her birthday was that she had her one year checkup the day before and of course she got lots of shots. So she was a little cranky Saturday but she took lots of naps and she seemed pretty good for her party! He appointment really good as well…. Well kind of she looked ok she is still tiny. She also has a small murmur that they will check next time she goes in. The most interesting part was when the doctor looked in her mouth she FREAKED out starting crying and holding her breath ( as she does quite often) anyway she was holding her breath so long she was on the verge of passing out! She hates her ears and mouth being looked at quite honestly she does better getting shots… weird I know but oh well to each their own I guess!

~Brooke

Rita and John (Ricks mom and Dad)