Happy Birthday to my not so little girl!

So happy birthday to Kaelynn. I still can't believe she is 3 years old! So we asked her what she wanted for her birthday?Presents! and then she gave us a look like we were dumb. Go figure. She did give more details at a later date of princess stuff. She also wanted a princess party because she saw this great cake at Safeway. So I asked the price, it was a $40 cake. So I improvised and ordered online a cake topper set for $15 and made my own

cake. Its not as fancy as the stores but she's 3 and it tasted good. I was proud of myself, I think I want to take a cake decorating class. She got some really fun stuff. The best was the "Mud Pie Making Station." As you can see she had fun with it.

Here are some silly pic's of Kaelynn, hope you enjoy!

Here is Jared and his big fish.

Memorial weekend we went to Astoria (you know where The Goonies was filmed). We had a lot of fun. It was kind of cool and on and off rain but not too bad. Jared had a charted fishing trip that he went on and caught a 54" sturgeon. He had a great time and now we have soooooo much fish in our freezer. We also went to the Column and from there we could see so much. It was like 360 steps up a spiral stair case to the top. Lets just say if you go don't eat till after, it will make you sick.

So forgive me I'm such a looser. I completely left out a large part of our Christmas. This year was a step up I didn't have to be in the picture with Kaelynn and Santa, but as you see she was not too happy about it. When we were all done she hopped off, wiped her eyes and said, "wow he gave me candy and a brush?" I don't think she believed me at all when I told her Santa was a nice guy. We went Christmas tree hunting. It was fun as always, beautiful and sunny but it was about 25 degrees which is cold for here. Then came the decorations which Kaelynn thought were great. The nice thin about that stretch of cold days was there wasn't any rain. It was cool and crisp but sunny. I took the opportunity to take some pic's out at the farm with the horses. Danny was excited to see us too.

Dress-Up is the Best!

Wow this kid has an imagination.It is so cute watching her play and interact with her toys. Its also a bit scary to hear what comes out of her mouth because I know where she heard it from and I think to myself do I really sound like that? Chances are yes I do. She comes to me the other day and wants to play dress-up. So I get out the Tinker Bell dress and put it on her. She hasn't quite master the art of changing her own clothes but we are working on it. Then she wants the wings and wand. Then she finds my stocking hat and scarf.....of course she needs those too. Then she tops it off with a purse. As you see here it was quite the outfit. She played in it the rest of the day and had so much fun. I hope she doesn't grow up too fast cause this is so fun!

Happy Christmas

Well tis the season. Miss Kaelynn had so much fun this Christmas. She scored big time. Santa brought her a Tinker Bell 4-wheeler. It is so cool. Too bad here in Oregon it rains almost all the time and so she hasn't been out on it much. She was so excited in the days leading up to Christmas because there were presents wrapped under the tree. She was very good though and didn't open any. There was a close call though on my Birthday and I was opening up my gifts and she though she should open some too. Then we told her it was my Birthday and that's why I got to open them and she wanted to know when it would be her Birthday so she could open them too. I also made her a stocking which she called a bocking. Yeah it's a little big but she'll grow into it. She got other stuff like cooking utensils and a cute apron. It was so cute on Christmas Eve we told her the story of Jesus's birth and also The Night Before Christmas story. She was so excited she kept asking to hear them again. This was a great Christmas and the older she get the better it will get.