I'm not done with Christmas yet...

I know that I should change the background and music so they're not "Christmasy", but I need to wait until after the new year.


Here are our sweet girls...One of Emma's happy looks, and Kenadi holding her. They are good sisters!


I decided to take pictures of all of the different arrangements that Kenadi did with our nativity set. (a kid-proof one I made last year) I wish I started taking them earlier... she would carry around baby Jesus and kiss him, put him in Joseph's arms, take the stick, put a new LONG one in, etc. I loved to watch her play with this set. I loved to hear her sing all the Christmas songs and say, "this one's about Jesus was born!"


Poor little Emma. She kept looking at those goldfish like she wished she could eat them! Randy and Kenadi are getting into their stockings, and Kenadi immediately wanted to eat all the candy. I wanted Santa to only give her crackers and healthy stuff. Santa's so soft-hearted,that she got a bunch of candy too.


We had lots of fun playing with new toys, and then we went over to some friends house for Christmas dinner. Kenadi loved it. She spent most of the time on the trampoline, and then in the house "playing piano". She'd even turn the pages on the book and sing while she was playing.

I loved being with our friends on Christmas. They were our family for the day, and I'm so thankful for that.

Crafty Chick

Kenadi and I have been busy... well, mostly me. For the last 3 weeks, Kenadi has been really sick for 2 1/2 of them. It's been one awful, long, stay-at-home, time. So, I've been trying to keep us from going crazy. Here's all of the stuff we made!


We collected pine cones and put glue and glitter and a hook on them for ornaments.

We made a count-down to Christmas.

I made these divine Truffles... and Randy and Kenadi helped by putting the sprinkles on top.

Here's a cinnamon ornament. Yum! Smells so good!

Here's my bead monogram ornaments... I did these all by myself! =) (they are very easy)
The E is for Emma, and K for Kenadi, if you didn't know.

Our tree didn't have an angel, or a star... it needed something so I made this bow with lots of hot glue.

Curtesy of good ole Martha, this nifty greeting card bow.

These are coasters that I made and gave out last year, but never made one for myself... finally I got a set of my own.

Pretty good, huh? I failed to take a picture of our snowflakes we cut... nothing special but good time with Kenadi.

Last but not least, we've posed for some good pictures.
Merry Christmas!

I have a Secret

Maybe some of you (the ones who see me regularly) have been wondering "Why does she always sport pig tails now? Even to church!" To let you all know and ease your minds a little, it's because I got a little impatient with my hair one day and...

Cut it. (It's wet, not greasy) I could only do the side until I got to the back, and I couldn't see in the back. So, I was waiting for Randy to get home so he could finish my hair. Well, then I forgot, and Randy's been busy, and before I knew it, a week and a half has gone by that I've been wearing my hair 1 inch shorter on one side. Don't worry, I've kept it up in pig tails most of the time. The times that I didn't I would just wear a collared shirt so that part of my hair could hide behind it. It probably wasn't noticeable, and if it was, well... I won't see those people again anyways. Randy fixed it last night and I feel like a new woman! (hie did a pretty good job too!)

Our Cute Baby

I took Emma and Kenadi to the Dr. yesterday. Kenadi is sick and has been for almost 2 weeks. Emma just had her well child check-up. She is now 11 lbs7 oz, and at 75% on all of the growth charts!

Emma is so talkative and sweet. She has a beautiful smile... I was trying to capture it.

We love our little girls!

Cinnamon Ornaments

You should smell my house right now... Yum. Kenadi and I made these cinnamon ornaments today, and they are fun, simple, and smell so good!

1 C cinnamon
1 C applesauce (not homemade)
1 T glue ( I used a lot more, and it worked better)

Mix together well, should be the consistancy of thick cookie dough. You can also add other spices to it, like 1 T each of nutmeg, allspice, clove powder, etc. OR, even glitter. Then you roll it out and use cookie cutters to cut it out. Use a straw to cut a hole in the top so you can thread ribbon through them when they are dry. Put them on a baking sheet and bake at 220 for 20 min and then turn them over and bake for another 20 min. Take them out and let them continue drying over night. You will probably have to continue flipping them so they don't curl.
Have fun!

It's the Holiday Season!

Randy sat Kenadi on his lap and asked her what she wanted for Christmas. This is her telling him that she wants a piano, "a PINK piano! It's broken. Yea, it's sad" She was talking about one she saw in Target that didn't work. She was pretty sad about it.

"What else do you want?" "Um, I want shopping." "shopping?" "Yea, PINK shopping!"

I LOVE the Holidays!

This year we aren't going home for Christmas... it will be the first. We are really sad to not be with our family up in Washington, but we are also excited to start some of our own traditions.

Tradition #1, we put our tree up the day after Thanksgiving! Kenadi loved it, and runs into the living room everyday saying, "it's Chritmas!" (I know it looks like I spelled it wrong, but she doesn't say the "s", so that's how it sounds)

#2, we went to the lighted boat parade on the Oklahoma River this year. It was fun. There were fireworks, and boats with lights on them. I couldn't get any pictures of the boats or the fireworks that weren't blurry. Emma is hiding under the blanket on the other side of Randy. It was too cold to bring her out for the picture. In all of the other pictures Emma isn't in them because she's attatched to me, and I'm the photographer.

I don't mind if this becomes tradition...
I love this picture because Kenadi didn't know that I was going to take her picture, she just looked up at me and had that beautiful smile on her face while she was starting to tell me something. I wish I could remember what she was saying...

We raked leaves and I told her to jump in them. It was fun, except that my leaves all got scattered so much that it took me twice as long to rake them. Oh well... memories, right?

Not a tradition, but just something I wanted to show you:

Our sweet neighbor comes over about 3 times a week to take Kenadi on a walk. He's her Oklahoma grandpa. He is so nice to us, and Kenadi. We love him. Anyways, they go on a walk down the road to this stump and sit on it and talk for a while, then they come back. Isn't that cute?

Abandoned

I cried after Randy's dad and step mom Anna left because that was the last of our company for a while. I felt so abandoned! I really felt like we were left here alone when we are supposed to go back! I feel better now, and really do like Oklahoma... I just miss my family and friends in the NW. Here are some more pictures.... some of Randy's mom (Donna) and John, and his dad (Ken) and Anna. We have had a blast with everyone who came and wish they all were longer visits.

Here's our happy 6-week old baby! I love her smiles...

Randy, Kenadi, his mom Donna, and step-dad John. We are at the memorial.Kenadi always had to sit in between them for scriptures. I was trying to get a shot of her staring at them, cause that's what she did.

We took pictures at the park that's by our house. This is on Emma's blessing day.

There is something about a man holding a baby that melts my heart. Oh, they're so cute!

Kenadi always lays next to Emma when I'm changing her diaper and wants me to take a picture of them. This is one of many.

These are some beautiful shots of the memorial at night.Anna and Kenadi under the blanket Anna made her for her bed.

We made the men sit in the back seat. I figured they could get some bonding time back there.

Kenadi, Emma, and Grandpa Hempel.

I'm the photographer, so I don't get to be in pictures very often... Anna, Randy, Kenadi, Ken, and Emma.

Goodbye everyone! We loved having you come and visit, and we REALLY miss you!

Busy

Kenadi was a lady bug. She is standing by the youngest Dr. ever, Owen. He's her little friend. She sings..."I love Ownen he loves me, we love_________ yes siree..." it's cute.

Baby Emma was a little pumpkin.
Randy was a tree (unwillingly) and I was Joanne the plumber (thanks Ash, for the idea). I LOVE dressing up... therefore, I LOVE Halloween.


We've been enjoying visits from our family lately, and have been very busy! I haven't forgotten to add posts for everyone, but I just haven't taken the time. Sorry. Everyone's doing well though! We love having family visit... and we will be in shock when it's over. Empty nest syndrome. Randy's Dad and Anna are here now, and I'll post pictures of everyone after they leave so I have a few to chose from. Emma is 5 weeks old now! She is so much fun. We all enjoy her.