more "lock in" photos

Kyler's troop leader posted some more photos from their "lock in" last Friday night/Saturday morning that I thought I would share...

Kyler shooting the Nerf gun. He had initially wanted one of these for Christmas and at the last minute changed his mind to a 2 person Nerf set. He was glad he did, he said these guns jammed a lot. ha ha

Pitching...

He's in jail!!

Walking across the rope bridge.

The motion sickness inducing swing, ha ha...

Jared and Kyler shooting the b.b. gun.

Jared and Kyler in the morning.

starting 2010 right

So far this year...
...Lexi has become a chef!
this is her self portrait, ha ha...
Chef Lexi

Ready to get busy!

...Kyler became a boy scout!

He had been wanting to join since December when a friend told him about the fun activities.

Doesn't he look so handsome?

Handsome guy.

Lexi wanted a picture with her brother and baby (yes, she's wearing a crown. She wore it daily until it broke).

Of course, being goofy.

Princess Alexia and baby.

...we made homemade soft pretzels-thanks to my new bread machine! I have made cinnamon rolls, bread and pizza crust as well. Love it!

...Jared and Kyler went on their first boyscout outing, a "lock in" in an expo center. They had a blast!

Excuse the camera phone photos, Jared didn't want to take a camera for the sake of having to carry it around all evening and morning.

Happy Kyler.

Nerf shooting.

After shooting the bow and arrow.

They played movies all night long on this giant screen.

Kyler camping out.

They had tons of events that Jared didn't have a chance to snap a photo of. The boys came home with tons of stories to tell and big smiles.

...While they were gone, Lexi and I had a girls night. We watched Sleeping Beauty, painted our nails, ate hot fudge brownie sundaes and had facials.

Our toes, Lexi painted her own.

Facial time, again Lexi put hers on herself. Little miss independent.

...Kyler grew a mustache!

ha ha, he got this out of a quarter machine and wore it religiously for as long as the adhesive would allow.

Kyler and Lexi.

Dad and Kyler

Kyler and I. (yes, he wanted to take a photo with everyone! ha ha he was proud of his 'stache).

Lexi and I, she was holding the camera.

...my dad officially became a senior!

January 18 was my was dad's birthday. So we headed over to celebrate.

My dad and step mom.

the birthday 'boy' and his cake Sophia made him. It was delicious.

Lexi was insistent upon helping grandma in the kitchen. It was too cute.

Dad and Kyler playing Wii.

Lexi showing grandpa her strength. My dad out bench-pressed Jared and I, ha ha. 55 and still super strong.

Kyler and his friend Zack.

Now on to the next chapter...Jared's 29th birthday!!

Introducing the 8 year old Kyler...

The kids have been DYING to go to the snow, so we took a drive and played in the snow for a few hours.



So beautiful!

He is a snow man for sure!

She spends her time eating snow!

So gorgeous:

January 1st aka KYLER'S BIRTHDAY!!

Kyler having his breakfast of choice: blueberry pancakes, bacon, hash brown patties (McDonald's style) and hot chocolate. For dinner, he chose homemade fettuccine alfredo.

Daddy bought him a fishing pole, he's so anxious to fish with dad now:

Seeing his electric scooter for the first time, he was thrilled, to say the least:

Testing out the scooter, he has so much fun on this thing:

Showing him the cake for the first time, he had no idea what my intent was. He loved it! (it's a volcano being as he is SO fascinated with them. This is before I finished it off with candles)

My handsome 8 year old, so hard to believe that much time has passed! It's heartbreaking to watch your children grow up and that much closer to total independence. I am so proud of him, he is such a good person, very loving, giving, sympathetic, intelligent and hard working. We're very lucky to have him in our lives.

Lexi wanted to take a photo with her new Whoopsie Doo doll, she named Brei (after her middle name):

Jan 2:

Kyler's birthday party. We went "ballistic" bowling to commemorate his special day. They use black lights, have music and tons of lights-perfect chaos for a child's birthday party!

Kyler with his friend Jonathon:

Bowling:

The whole gang- Lexi, Milan, Kyler, Jonathon and Tom:

Pizza time:

I asked him to smile, and this was my result, of course:

Opening gifts, Tom got him Halo 3:

Jonathon got him Bakugan:

Milan got him a RC motorcycle:

Singing happy birthday to himself, ha ha:

Lexi arm wrestling grandpa!

The bowling alley gave Kyler a bowling pin to commemorate his special day, everyone signed it:

Grandpa gave this to Lexi, she loves it!

Loving grandpa:

I want to thank everyone who remembered his special day, it truly means a lot. He received many cards, money, gifts and birthday calls/texts, it really does mean a lot to us all. Hope everyone had a great New Years, here's to an amazing 2010!!