The Austin Family

heartbreaker

2012-02-07T13:17:00.002-07:00

mom took me shopping....watch out ladies!

Ethan and Mom

2012-01-17T21:47:00.001-07:00

Ethan loves laying on mom. Its so cute the way he curls his little hand.

sibling love

2012-01-07T05:00:00.004-07:00

we finally let Kenzie hold her brother the other night...because she was sick when he was born we've been having her keep her distance, but she is all about helping take care of her baby brother!

Watcin Mom

2012-01-05T14:23:00.000-07:00

Ethan catches Mom in his eye

Little Sleeper

2012-01-05T12:32:00.000-07:00

Here is a pic for the day. So far the week home has been great and these moments are my favorite. His schedule right now is sleep, eat and fart :-)

Videos

2012-01-04T19:14:00.000-07:00

Here is a video of Ethan and one of a trip from California

Ethan Show

2012-01-04T18:38:00.000-07:00

We are going to attempt to blog more. Here is a picture and video of our little guy. Also one of lindsay glowing.

Ethan Joseph Austin

2012-01-01T19:47:00.000-07:00

23 Weeks

2011-09-29T17:32:00.000-06:00

So Tyler and Denise were talking the other night and said it's funny how now that I actually look pregnant the pics have stopped...lol. Ok, so I might be feeling a little "whale-ish" but they are right so here you are!!! 23 weeks, which was 2 weeks ago. I just got back from Maine on Sunday from my baby shower and had a wonderful (very short) time. Lots of cute threads for our stud. <3 Lindsay
Oh and Kenzie took the pictures, we couldnt get our timing quite right which is why my eyes are closed....but the belly is as clear as day :)

Our Baby Boy!!!

2011-08-30T16:02:00.001-06:00

Yawn!!!

Skull shot...in case you can't see it says "hi sister" (Kenzie went with us)

Lil face and hand :)

My tootsies!

We also have a picture of the "money shot" so to speak that reveals that are little bean is indeed a boy, but I couldnt bring it to myself to post it, LOL.

We're so happy that we are blessed to have now a girl and a boy and couldnt be more excited. Mackenzie's reaction as I'm sure you're all wondering about: At first, disappointed, but two seconds later "Good! I have a maid! I already have a list of things for him to do"-in true Mackenzie fashion.

Much Love,

Lindsay

Oh and Tyler insisted I post a belly shot since it's starting to poke out a little!

20 weeks(the half way point!)

BABY TOWN!

2011-07-08T10:43:00.000-06:00

As you all know ten times over by now (I MIGHT be a little excited) we are expecting little Baby Austin to join us in January! First trimester is done so I thought I'd post a few pics from the past few months...no bump yet, but it's in the making!! The first two tummy shots are at 6 weeks and the last two just this past weekend, which was 12 weeks. We'll keep you "posted" ; P Love you all!!

We have a Kindergarten Grad!!!

2011-06-03T10:38:00.000-06:00

Last Friday, May 27th, Miss Mackenzie graduation from Kindergarten!! We're so proud of her and the beautiful and intelligent young lady she has become! Here are some clips!

New Year New Adventures!!

2011-01-01T14:48:00.000-07:00

Mackenzie rock climbing at the gym!!! She's so good! But the best part? Her little bootie in the harness...hehe so cute!

Last Day, First Snow

2010-12-31T11:43:00.000-07:00

Mother Nature decided to give us a present our last day of the year... First Snow Fall of the season!

Kenzie decided that it was perfect weather for a Snowman, or Snow - Grandma.

Here she is in all her glory, Snow Grandma! She didn't say which grandma it represented, so i like to think it has the making of both Grandma Lisa and Niece.

Kenzie had the final say in cosmetic additions, and i thought i would share some of her insights

Need a nose, no carrot no problem.. got a pickle.

You may not be able to tell from the photo angles, but Kenzie insisted she have a hump in the back.

Crazy hair for the new year, and helmet to make sure your safe.

Have a great New Year!

An Artist At Work

2010-12-07T09:30:00.000-07:00

Kenz is quite the artist when she get her hands on my phone. Enjoy.

New Family Member... Kaynah

2010-12-03T15:03:00.000-07:00

Say hello to our newest family member Kaynah. She was named by Mackenzie. After toying with the idea of Rosetta, she decided that since it was close to Christmas and cats are like candy canes, that Kaynah would be a perfect name.

She is an awesome cat, and woke me up several times during the night by pouncing on my head. She also likes to go after your eye lashes.

Halloween 2010

2010-12-03T15:00:00.000-07:00

Mackenzie has been going to La Petite for a few years now. She absolutely loves the teachers and reminds us everytime they have an after school function.

Here is Gracie and Mackenzie. Best Friends every other day.

The highlight of the night is when Mackenzie won the Justin Bieber raffle!! I was actually really excited for her, it is such a cool feeling to win something completely random.

California Trip

2010-12-03T14:51:00.000-07:00

Better late than never!

We had a blast on the trip. Mackenzie had a great time with the cousins and still talks about the cloud making factory we saw on our way there.

It was very noticeable the chain of command the three fell into. Canyon had a grown ups understanding of situations and was certainly the older and more sensible one. Mackenzie continued to keep a close watch on him and still today reminds us that she can do whatever Canyon can do. I think her love of soccer and board games come from this. Auggie is full of spunk, and wanted to do what Kenzie did. Other times and most often he just did what he wanted to do. We were all commonly referred to as "Stinkers"

It was an awesome vacation and we hope we get to see everyone next Thanksgiving at our place!

Soccer - Fall 2010

2010-09-13T13:15:00.000-06:00

Well we started another soccer season! We had a great first game and the girls won 10 - 1. Mackenzie did an awesome job, scored 3 or 4 goals, and helped pass the ball too... (although the look on her face after having to pass was not a happy one.)

You can still hear her on the field yelling "Your going the wrong way, turn it around!"

4th Of July!!!

2010-07-04T12:53:00.000-06:00

Just some pics for now of the new patio and our little firecracker...more to come later!

And So It Begins....

2010-06-11T18:07:00.000-06:00

So our big girl is now a Kingdergardener!!! A few weeks ago she had her pre school graduation and we were very proud parents :) Kenzie was "selected" (long story) to be the MC for the night which included saying the pledge and introducing all the songs and she did an amazing job. You always hear the saying that time flies, but seriously, she's already in kindergarden?? Seems just like yesterday she was in diapers and starting to talk...so here starts the road to homework procrastination, curfews, and whole lot of "but that's not fair, her parents let her." But I say bring it on, because she's an amazing, intelligent, and beautifual person inside and out. We're so lucky to have such a special little girl. We love you, Kenzie!!!

Soccer Cont

2010-06-07T16:59:00.000-06:00

Soccer Pictures

2010-06-07T16:54:00.000-06:00

Here are pictures from Kenzie's soccer games. Thanks for taking them mom! She is super competative (not sure where she gets that from). Some of my favorite moments of coaching the team this year was when Kenzie would get really into the game. You could just see it in her eyes that she does not like losing. I love how competative she got, but at times it was a little embarrasing as she would yell "You want a piece of this!".

Eventually we had to talk about passing and how its good to not take the ball from your teammates!

Enjoy!

Sunny Days

2010-05-18T16:08:00.001-06:00

Well Colorado finally joined Spring Time. We had some nice sun yesterday and decided it was a good time to wash the car. Kenize did an excellent job. Her comment to anything that she can do is "Dad, I can do this. Even it's Easy"

She didn't want to stop at just washing the car, she also wanted to do the spraying...

Well that lasted about a minute and then she got an idea that she could spray things other than the car. So needless to say we were both quite wet after we got done. I think we might have been cleaner than the car!.

Easter 2010

2010-04-16T09:39:00.000-06:00

As much as we love that previous post, i thought we could use another one. Here are some pictures from Easter this year.

Kenize left out some carrots for the easter bunny in case he got hungry hoping from house to house. Notice the blur, this is not out of focus... just how fast we were moving!

Enjoy!

Tooth Gate 2010

2010-03-24T19:50:00.001-06:00

So for those of you haven't heard in one way or another I have learned my lesson the hard, very hard way. At the risk of sounding like a public service annoucement for the American Dental Association...I'll just say this....GO TO THE DENTIST REGULARLY!!!!! I actually take relatively good care of my teeth, but a while back(I'm talking like a year and half ago) I lost a filling. It has never bothered me and has never hurt, boy that changed this weekend.

Friday afternoon at work it started aching a little. Saturday afternoon I cried for like three hours straight becuase the pain was so bad, called my dr and he called in some antibiotics for me. Sunday I was still a little sore, but for the most part....well I'll let the pictures speak for themselves. Normally, I would have too much pride to post these, but I'm hoping that it'll scare someone else enough to get issues fixed asap. I'm on day 4 of my antibiotics now and today was my third day at the dentist. No pain now because they removed the nerve, but I have to go next Wednesday to get a root canal(they can't do this until the infection is completely gone).

Not only is this physically painful but absolutely emotionally draining. Luckily I have an amazing husband and daughter who took great care of me(even though I was called "softball face" and "chipmunk cheeks"..who could blame 'em). I've gone and bought me a brand new toothbrush and some potent mouth rinse and will be scheduling my cleaning after my root canal is taken care of. It really goes to show how important it is to take care of yourself amongst all the hussle and bussle.

I've been held up in the house for about 5 days which is like torture for me cause I always need to be up and about doing something. So I feel very out of sorts, but back to work tomorrow and I couldn't be more excited!!! And oh yea, another bummer; I was supposed to fly back to Maine this week to spend some relaxing time with the fam, but had to postpone because of this whole ordeal which really bummed me out. Luckily, due to the circumstances, the airline didn't charge me the change fee.

Well, that's my story and hope none of you ever have to go through this. Tooth pain is on a whole different level. Makes me kind of reconsider wanting to have a natural birth with no pain meds(no not pregant yet). Ughh can't even imagine.

Love you all!!! (The pics go from biggest to smallest, that goes without saying though, lol)

Linds

Welcome To Colorado

2010-03-24T08:53:00.005-06:00

Well we can say the words spring and soccer but living in Colorado teaches you that Mother Nature always has the last word. Once you get out of the neighbor hoods its not that bad.

Of course once you get to the street lights, you better pay attention and know where your going!

and when you get home you can shovel...

St. Pattys Day

2010-03-16T16:12:00.004-06:00

On Saturday, Kenzie and Mom decided to take a trip to a parade. They had a lot of fun, and Kenzie said that she was super good, cause once again "That what Mackenzies do" The attitude look of course comes from Mom.

Soccer

2010-03-16T16:03:00.003-06:00

Soccer time is here! Kenzie decided it would be fun to play so we signed her up for U5 Soccer :) I am coaching the team and super excited that she wants to try it. Hopefully it will catch on and be something that she loves to do. In her words "Its easy to play" and "Thats just what Mackenzies do"

Colorado News

2010-03-02T14:22:00.002-07:00

Seems that now a days we are getting quite a few of these stories...thought i would share with everyone...

BOULDER — Here's a job title that didn't exist a couple of years ago: bud tender.
"Hundreds of people come in here and want a job," says Jan Cole, owner of GreenLeaf Farm, a dispensary in downtown Boulder, she says, and then amends it to about a hundred. Cole bud tends herself and has hired five or six bud tenders, often former patients, whose knowledge on the subject impressed her.

Cole, who pays her budtenders between $10 and $20 an hour, says some of her best budtenders are University of Colorado students, who became patients to deal with pain from skiing or snowboarding injuries. – Tyler Edit - I’ve hired college students who like to ski and snowboard to tend my pot for me

Sarah Reidy, a budtender at GreenLeaf Farm, isn't yet sure whether medical marijuana will be a part of her career future, but it's a possibility. She's a junior at CU, majoring in English and political science, and planning a law career. –Tyler Edit - Ryan if your law career doesn’t work out, come to Colorado.

X Mas 2009

2010-02-10T09:48:00.004-07:00

Here are some Xmas pictures. Quite an interesting Xmas! We were over at a friends house one night and Kenzie told Joe a secret.

Mackenzie - "Joe I have a secret to tell you"
Mackenzie - "Don't tell my mom and dad but i opened my presents"

LOL sure enough when we got home their was a big rip in a few of the presents. We imagine she got up in the middle of the night and looked at them. When we asked her about it she stated "I just wanted to make sure they were good"

Snow Days

2010-02-10T09:37:00.003-07:00

No Computer

2010-02-10T09:34:00.001-07:00

Hey everyone, been a while as usual. We are having computer problems as well. About 2 months ago the screen on my laptop cracked and now our desktop gives us an error anytime we try to log on. When i do have time i can post from my work laptop :) We have missed quite a bit of time so i am going to load up some pictures from the past few months.

Enjoy!

Fall Fest!!!

2009-10-29T09:55:00.003-06:00

Mackenzie's school had a fall fest a couple weeks ago with lots of games and activities for the kids. It was a grand old time for all!!!

Winter Anyone?

2009-10-14T20:38:00.006-06:00

Only in Colorado does it seem you can have a beautiful day and then the next day it snows! Kenzie didn't miss the chance and went out to play in the snow. She somehow found what looks like a butterfly net and went to town. Of course it was somewhat of a disappointment because Santa Clause did not come that night and she learned that Snow does not equal presents.

You Know It's Fall

2009-10-09T18:16:00.007-06:00

Well its been a while since we blogged but I am trying to be more consistent. So it starts with that first one right? We have our house and with it comes the leaves!
It feels like we have the only "Magic" tree around and each day we rake up the leaves more fall without the tree losing any. At this point though it is well worth it and I love that Tree.

Plus it's been a lot of fun though having my helper around, and she does an awesome job of raking the leaves into piles. "Do Work" as she says and tells me not to mess up any of her piles. It's fun listening to her because she is so proud she has learned how to rake leaves. I wonder how long this will be the "Cool" thing to do.

Kenzie World

2009-08-09T10:39:00.003-06:00

Every now and then Kenzie will let you in to this world that she has created. I was able to capture her on the camera without her asking what it is. LOL I imagine that she will be in the drama club at school. Enjoy!

2009-07-25T11:43:00.000-06:00

2009-07-25T11:37:00.000-06:00

Paradise!

2009-07-25T11:34:00.002-06:00

HONEYMOON!!

2009-07-25T11:30:00.002-06:00

So we're back from all the big festivities...the wedding day was so perfect and everything we'd hoped for. Thank you to everyone to help make it so special!!! Key Largo was absolute paradise and we did nothing but lay on the beach and next to the pool for three days! It was divine!!!

Finally Getting Back Into The Routine

2009-05-17T18:47:00.002-06:00

So our little family has been reunited for a couple weeks now and we've been busy little bees!! Here's some pics from this weekend. Yesterday, Mackenzie had her dance pictures done...her recital very first recital is June 13th. Surprisingly enough, I guess she didn't smile for the photographer so we'll see how those come out, lol.

We also went on our first hike for the year today, back to Chautauqua in Boulder. It's so beautiful there. Today, Kenzie learned all about ants from Dad. She was very into it and would have stared at them for hours if we would have let her!!

And We're Back!!!

2009-03-23T18:57:00.002-06:00

We were having some technical difficulties with our camera...apparently a battery some how exploded and it sealed the part where we would replace the batteries shut. Thank God I'm handy (Lord knows Tyler isn't, love ya babe!)and it's finally fixed!! So...drumm roolllll....the newest event in the lives of the Austin's, Mackenzie is the next future hair sytlist to the stars. As you can see she has decided to "layer" her bangs (this is putting it politely)to give herself a more edgy look :) It was hard to explain to her how it's not good to cut your own hair without laughing. Needless to say her scissors are no longer in her possession. We're just chopping it up to a rite of passage that all kids have to go through! Thank God it wasn't closer to the wedding! Enjoy!

Holy Moly We're Soooo Bad!!

2009-01-11T19:48:00.003-07:00

Yea it's been a while....lol. Things we're crazy there for a while. I unfortunately got laid off from the job I was at, which I loved. But as I always say everything happens for a reason and it proved right yet again. I recently started working at the University of Colorado, Denver as an admissions counselor and I LOVE IT!!! I really feel like I'm a part of something good there and hope it continues to get better. So with the stress of trying to find a job and the holidays, we certainly let the blog updates slip! Here a few from Thanksgiving and Kenzie's new "Suri Cruise" haircut. I hope you all have a great 2009!!! Only 6 months to go : )

Pooped Out!!

2008-11-09T13:09:00.003-07:00

I came home from the gym today and asked Tyler where Kenzie was, he said go see for yourself and pointed to the balcony. And what I found was quite the adorable sight...Mackenzie passed out and all snuggled on our balcony. Notice her baby taking a nap with her as well...too cute!!!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

2008-11-01T11:08:00.005-06:00

Happy Halloween Everyone!! I hope everyone had lots of fun getting some treats last night! Kenzie had her first trick or treating experience and she did wonderful! She was very polite and very enthusiastic, for these reasons people were giving her candy by the handful. We went to Tyler's old neighborhood in Broomfield. The people were soooo nice and it was lots of fun! Here are a few pictures of our princess before we left. The flash on our camera hasn't been working, so they're a little dark. This is also the reason we've been slacking about keeping the blog updated : ( We hope everyone is doing well!! Until next time...

Dance, Dance, Dance

2008-09-27T12:57:00.005-06:00

So, we've come upon a new venture for the Austin household: DANCE LESSONS!!! With all the performing Mackenzie does around the house, we figured we need to get her to some sort of theatrical environment so dance lessons it is!! We went shopping this morning to get her all the gear so here are some pics of what we landed up with!! She'll be taking ballet and tap, possibly jazz as well. Side note; all these poses were totally created by Mackenize, she loves the camera!! I think we have a little diva on our hands : ) Love to all!

And Some More...

2008-09-10T20:03:00.001-06:00

Yes We Have Been Slacking!!

2008-09-10T19:59:00.003-06:00

I know, I know it's been a month. Quite frankly, I'm surprised no one has said anything : p We haven't taken any pictures for a few weeks so here's a few of Kenzers through the years...can you believe she will be 4 soon??! Not only that Grandma Neice is coming to her birthday party, which we are reminded is being held at Chucky Cheese's every day : )

Pool Side

2008-08-10T13:27:00.002-06:00

Yesterday mom and Kenzie had a girl's day since Dad went to hang out with the boys for the day...we went on a bike ride to the playground, went swimming, went to the movies, and out for an icecream!! It was a long, fun day : )

Tea Time!!!

2008-08-06T20:38:00.003-06:00

This is precious. I was walking past Mackenzie's room the other night to check on her and make sure she wasn't getting into trouble...and luck have it I stumbled upon the most magnificant tea party that I've ever seen. She had two friends, as you can, assembled around her table offering them tea and biscuits. Of course I ran and got the camera and started taking pictures. I do have to say that I really hope you all enjoy these, because taking them definitely came at a price. I was then ordered to join the tea party and was forced to drink all of my tea and eat all of my biscuits...she is quite the strict hostess. It was cute though, she came around and asked me "Tea, my lady?" It was hard to keep a straight face, but I did pretty good playing along if I do say so myself.

Anyways, thought you'd enjoy these. I also wanted to say thanks so much to Jana, Annie, Ken, Denise, and Paul for your kind and encouraging words through my whole job fiasco. Good news is, is that I found something for now that makes life less stressful and more enjoyable.

Much love,
The Austins

Underwater Adventure

2008-07-27T09:18:00.003-06:00

Yesterday the Austin family packed into the car and headed downtown to the Denver Aquarium. It was so much fun!!! Mackenzie could hardly contain herself going from one fish display to another...one of the things she was most excited to see was the scuba divers!! It was pretty cool : )

The Latest News

2008-07-23T10:20:00.003-06:00

Well, I had to make a hard, yet really easy decision this week. As you may know I've had a really hard time with my job. I came home really upset on Monday night and just cried on Tyler's shoulder. With his love and support I was able to make the decision that this job was making me so unhappy that it was best to just leave. So leave I did, and now I'm back to the drawing board trying to find another job. Kenzie is at school this week, but she'll be home with me next week and indefinitely if I haven't found anything promising yet.

I feel like a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders, but it's kinda scarry not knowing where I'll be working next. So wish me luck!!!! I'll keep you "posted"...haha no pun intended!!

Love to you all,
Lindsay

Poor Kenzie...

2008-07-16T20:34:00.002-06:00

So this is what happens when mommy and daddy get bored. Poor Kenzie, just the innocent victim. Hehe.

Utah Trip

2008-07-13T20:13:00.003-06:00

Here's just a couple of the cousins playing together when we were in Utah...such beautiful kids inside and out. Of course, Kenzie was bossing "Baby August" around instructing him how to properly play and make a mess of the water. That's our little diva!! I swear Auggie is the sweetest baby in the world. As soon as mommy leaves his side he's just so heartbroken and cries "momma, momma"...it seriuosly just breaks your heart.

Well, all. That's it for now, but more to come soon...WE PROMISE!!! We love you all, The Austins

Hiking, Bike Riding, 4th of July

2008-07-13T20:02:00.002-06:00

So we took a hike earlier this summer to one of our favorite spots...Chautauqua Park in Boulder, this particular day was so gorgeous. Kenzie is quite the hiker and always has to be the "line leader" so she always leads the way!!!

Okay Okay, Intervention Worked!!!

2008-07-13T19:41:00.002-06:00

I suppose that we'd be taking a step backwards (if possible) if we didn't come right home and post a blog entry after that lovely intervention. So here's some random pictures over the last month or so including the trip to Utah.

It was so great to see everyone again and hope that we'll be able to move to Utah in the next year or so that way we can see everyone more often.

Wedding Gown

2008-04-16T18:50:00.002-06:00

When I went back to Maine I shopped for my wedding gown and found "the dress" It's so gorgeous. Here's a picture of one of the runner ups. Obviously, I can't let Tyler see the one I picked out : ) We're so excited!!

Better Late Than Never

2008-04-16T18:32:00.002-06:00

I know it took a while, but here's some pictures from Easter. Kenzie was helping me cook dinner. Her apron says "Mom's Little Helper." Absolutely adorable. She's seriously the most thoughtful, affectionate, and thankful little girl. Everytime I cook dinner she makes sure she says thank you. It doesn't take much to please her either. Last nite I just put a frozen pizza in the oven and she said "Mom thank you so much for cooking this for us. You're so nice." It just about melted my heart.

She's also learning the art of bribery. Tyler and Kenzie were dropping me off at the airport last week because I went back to Maine to do some wedding planning; it was about 4:30 in the morning and Kenzie says "Mom you better home presents from Grandma Lisa's or I'm not going to give you a kiss when you come home." Pretty clever, huh??? Needless to say she got some presents when I got home and I got my kiss, so we both held up our end of the deal : )

Other than that, not much is new just settling into the new pad. I just got over a nasty case of bronchitis that had me down for about 2 weeks, not fun at all. Tyler still loves his new job, and quite frankly I'm quite jelous of how awesome it is. hehe. So I suppose that's all from Colorado. Until next time....

No We Didn't Forget...

2008-03-31T19:21:00.000-06:00

So, we've spent the last few weeks packing and just had our big move this weekend. I know we probably have some antsy grandparents, aunts, and uncles so we'll get some Easter pictures up as soon as we're all settled in : )

Favorite Picture Of Canyon

2008-03-20T16:10:00.002-06:00

What is he thinking...

It Was Time For a Haircut : )

2008-03-03T20:38:00.001-07:00

Mackenzie 2nd Birthday

2008-02-26T18:39:00.004-07:00

So these pictures really tell how Mackenzie was for her Two Year Birthday. She was in the worst mood. Now normally I would say a majority of it would be me teasing here. But with this day no one could make her happy except Grandma Lisa. We had our party and there house and Grandma made Mackenzie a Dora cake which she still talks about today. Definitely the hit of the party.

Memory Lane - 2005

2008-02-25T20:47:00.002-07:00

Here is a picture of Lindsay and I. Hanging out in her parents house. ahh True Love at it's best.

Memory Lane - 2005

2008-02-25T20:42:00.005-07:00

So since we don't have too many new pictures I have decided to take everyone back in time and do a Mackenzie by the year. So it starts with 2005 and for the next few weeks I will be giving you the best of the year.

Mackenzie was always having Macaroni and Cheese. In Fact I can’t believe she still likes it. Also that first picture is the first time she started feeding herself. She would cry and yell at me if I tried to feed her.

Mackenzie and Me

2008-02-21T21:05:00.002-07:00

So I guess it has been a while since we posted on here hasn't it. As much as you try the everyday life seems to seep in and take over. So we will be attempting to post a little bit more. For now here is a picture of Mackenzie and Me at the Zoo. During the holiday's the Denver Zoo puts up thousands of lights and you can walk around and check them out. Mackenzie loved it!!

Christmas 07

2008-01-18T17:03:00.001-07:00

Christmas 07

2008-01-18T16:52:00.000-07:00

Yes, Denise you are correct. We have been slacking big time with updating the blog. Thanks for keeping us in line!! Hehe! Here are some pics from last month. Hope you all enjoy and have a happy and healthy 2008!!!

Random Pics of Our Princess!!!

2007-11-24T20:27:00.000-07:00

So we haven't added anything new for a few weeks...so here's a few candids to hold you all over until next time : ) Enjoy!!!!!

Happy Halloween!!

2007-10-31T18:50:00.000-06:00

Happy Halloween to all!!!! Our little Dinosaur had a lot of fun going to both mommy's and daddy's work trick or treating. She got some yummy treats and was very polite by saying "thank you" everytime! She also did a great job of wiggling that tail back and forth...it was quite the sight to be seen!!!

Little Miss 3 Year Old

2007-10-31T18:41:00.000-06:00

So...I guess everyone wants to probably see some birthday pictures, so here they are!! On Mackenzie's birthday, Mommy and Daddy took her to the Butterfly Pavillon to see some creepy crawly friends. We came back and then opened presents and had birthday cake. It was a pretty fun day!!! Kenzie says thank you to all that sent her presents and wished her Happy Birthday!!

Birthday Girl

2007-10-28T16:27:00.000-06:00

Here is a picture of the brand new 3 yr old. :) More to come!!!

Celebrate Good Times!!

2007-10-23T21:43:00.000-06:00

A picture of Tyler and I out on the town, "letting the rain fall" as he puts it. We went out to celebrate our engagement with some friends!!

Us in California visiting the Fam!!

2007-10-23T21:40:00.000-06:00

This is from when we went out to California this summer right before we went to the beach. The beach was beautiful and lots of fun...the ride there on the other hand was another story ; ) Thanks to Ken for letting me sit up front on the way back : )

Pumpkin Carving

2007-10-22T21:00:00.000-06:00

So mommy and Kenzie carved pumpkins on Saturday. It was a lot of fun, Kenzie kept saying, "EWWWWW" as we took out the seeds. Good times....

The Wonders Of Hiking

2007-10-20T20:59:00.000-06:00

Here is a pic of us taking our favorite hike at Rattle Snake Gulch, Mackenzie could sit at that stream for hours. Next summer we are hoping to get some Camping gear and continue the Austin tradition of going to National Parks!!!

Having Fun

2007-10-11T20:16:00.000-06:00

So a new thing Mackenzie has come up with is Play Time with her. Now when she asks if you want to play with her, it is more a question of
"Will you come sit with me, so i can tell you have to play." She will say you are not doing it right as well as tell you what to tell her. What a riot!!

October!!!

2007-10-11T20:10:00.000-06:00

Well its now October. Sorry for the late post, I will try not to make excuses. It was a busy month. I have applied for a Sales Trainer Position with T-Mobile that will take us to Salt Lake City. I don't have a good feeling that i meet all the requirements but we will see, i found out in a couple of weeks. Mackenzie had an awesome time with Grandma Lisa. She was so sad after she left and told us several times that she missed her.

Flower Child

2007-09-05T18:17:00.001-06:00

If you have talked to Mackenzie you know that she picks up phrases here and there some of her favorite are "Peace" , "There you go Daddy", and when in the car "Move it people" but one of my favorites and not so proud is another phrase. Mackenzie was cleaning her room, one of her chores she gets to do every night and instead of cleaning, she walks out of the room wearing this outfit... for some reason reminds me of the 70's with the headband... and to top it all off she is saying one of her favorite phrases "Bow Chica Wa Wa". Enjoy!!!

For Ryan

2007-09-04T21:21:00.000-06:00

So I also wanted to put this up for Ryan, in case anyone doesn't follow football Michigan lost to Appalachian State this past weekend. For those to understand this think of Appalachian State as a school similar to Utah Valley State College, Santa Barbara Community College or any other Community College in the U.S :)

So Ryan the family is asking if we can discontinue Michigan ware and perhaps you can stop by LA Community College and pick us up some shirts :) Dad doesnt have anything to wear anymore. :) Love ya!!!

Favorite Pic

2007-09-04T21:10:00.000-06:00

We don't have any new pictures. Nothing exciting lately either, only 7 more days until Grandma Lisa comes and we are all looking forward to that!!! So here is one of my favorite pictures. Enjoy!!

2 1/2 Going On 18

2007-08-31T19:35:00.000-06:00

Mackenzie decided it would be fun this morning to get in our closet and get dressed for the day :)

Second That, Like Father Like Daugther

2007-08-30T20:00:00.000-06:00

I guess we were all just destined for each other...lol

Like Mother Like Daugther

2007-08-30T19:54:00.000-06:00

Yea so I think we were made for each other...two goofy gals!!!!

The Many Faces Of The Kenz

2007-08-30T18:53:00.000-06:00

Here are the many faces of Mackenzie. She now looks forward to a nightly picture and putting it up on the website. She also likes to see what "Baby August" and "Canyon" are doing. She now needs to take a bath all the time after seeing that picture, she says its so she is not "nasty". Some other things we are up to recently are discussing what I like and then what she likes as well. We are both in agreement that McDonalds is "Nasty" and we should "hit" them lol but not mommy only daddy and mackenzie can do that... and we also both like Spongebob.

Imagination

2007-08-29T21:28:00.001-06:00

I am always amazed at the imagination that Mackenzie has. Here she had gotten all her shoes out of the closet and lined them up. She then took all her stuffed animals and but them in the middle of the shoes and said it was a train. She is always coming up with something. Some of my favorite is when she plays "Mom" and tells Lindsay and I to go to bed.

Dress To Impress II

2007-08-28T22:22:00.000-06:00

Sorry the other photos wont let you expand them. So here is my favorite. You can click on this one to see it bigger.

Dress To Impress

2007-08-28T19:42:00.001-06:00

We let Mackenzie pick out what clothes she like to wear when she gets out of the bath, and tonight it was this!! I think she is getting her fashion sense from her dad. If you can't tell her pants are on backwards too!!!

Music

2007-08-27T23:43:00.000-06:00

So as you can see we have some music on the page. I started with Rain Drops Keep Fallin, no special reason, but i think to have some meaning behind the song we got a new one. Now this song is one of Mackenzie's favorite.... a sign of things to come???

Mackenzie Hike

2007-08-27T19:26:00.000-06:00

I don't have any new pictures, but here is one of our favorites. This was on one of our hikes we like the most, Rattlesnake Gulch.

Mackenzie Timeout

2007-08-26T20:46:00.000-06:00

So here is my 1st attempt at doing a Blog. Thank you Jana for the idea this is so much eaiser than sending a picture.

So this was on Thursday night, Mackenzie had earned herself a timeout. Now after a couple of minutes I don't hear anything, so I go in and check. It's when this happeneds that i know the timeout was needed.