Holiday shopping!

So, I wasn't too impressed by the "deals" this year for black Friday. I, by no means, got out of bed early and waited in long lines. Let's just say I don't have the patience for it this year! Plus...I got some STEALS on the internet! I did go to Target and I found some sheets. I also was on a hunt looking for a blu-ray player for the family room (Kyle has one in his PS 3 in his theater). I couldn't find a reasonably priced one, so I gave up and went to BestBuy to pick up some CDs and DVDs for Kyle. To my SURPRISE, the Sony BlueRay players were on sale for $199!!! Whoooohooooo! Regular price is $299 and the ad actually said $249. I think a couple of other places had it on sale for like $179 or something, but like I said, I was not up and out of bed early enough! And to top it all off, Bed, Bath, and Beyond had the same 20% off everything, so that was aWeSoMe!

I came home that afternoon to start wrapping gifts. It was pretty difficult because Lilly felt that she had to attack the wrapping paper!!!

First, Lilly thought she wanted the blu-ray player...
Then, she head for the wrapping paper. She started out cute and innocent...

Then the attacking began...

Then she got tired...

Love,

K&K

Thanksgiving with the Kelly's!

We had Thanksgiving in our new house this year and we were lucky enough to have Zak and Jo join us. We had so much food: turkey, ham, mashed potatoes, sweet potato/wild rice mash, corn, cranberry, and rolls. For desert we had cherry pie and pumpkin pie (from Village Inn - I was too lazy to bake, haha!) and Zak made an apple pie that was to-die-for!

This year I am very thankful for the many blessings that God has bestowed upon us...to name just a few:

1. We have the best friends in the ENTIRE world

2. We moved into our BeAuTiFuL new house in February

3. Our jobs have been great to us

4. I got a much needed new car

5. My sister, brother-in-law, and my cousin David came for a visit in May

6. We went to Las Vegas TWICE

7. We visited Kyle's parents in October

8. We will visit my parent's in December.

9. One of my best friends from Louisiana is the mother to my spoiled-rotten Godchild, Jaiden, who turned 4 this year and is absolutely adorable....did I mention she is also spoiled?

10. We went to the Hoover Dam and the Grand Canyon

We have only one other blessing that we keep praying for and hopefully we will get it one day, God willing.

Me, reading the newspaper (AKA browsing the black Fridays ads)...
Zak eating the burnt marshmallows...
A feast fit for a king...

Great food and friends. Kyle is taking the photo...

Love,

K&K

Uncle Norman's visit!

Kyle's Uncle Norman from Hawaii was visiting Kyle's grandmother in Colorado for her birthday. He decided to make a stop in Phoenix, so we were able to spend some time with him. We took him to one of our favorite places, the Boyce Thompson Arboretum. I hope he had a good time. It was so nice being able to visit with him.

Kyle and his Uncle Norman...
Kyle and I...

Cool desert plants...

Love,

K&K

Zoe's blessing dinner

We were invited to a dinner with our friends, Lynette and Rob and their families, to celebrate Zoe's blessing. She is an absolutely adorable baby and slept most of the time, but it definitely didn't take away from how darn cute she is. We are so blessed to have so many great friends to celebrate life with and we look forward to many more great memories!

Jo and I shared a menu...
Avery with her mom, Karen...
Kyle and Zak... The most adorable baby in the world, Zoe June...

Zoe's mom, Lynette and Zoe's grandma, Mrs. Connie...

Jo, Karen, and I...

Love,

K&K

Kyle's 29th Birthday!

Kyle turned 29 on November 6th. Kyle and I took the day off. It was a pretty mellow day. We went out to eat at Buffalo Wild Wings with Jo and Zak, then had cake at the house afterwards. He got a snazzy camera as his birthday/Christmas gift, but he is spoiled and got it before we went to Arkansas.

I LOVE my husband! Happy birthday baby!


Love,

K&K

Arkansas vacation!

Sorry it has taken so long to update our blog. We've been super busy, visiting family and planning for the holidays. At the end of October we visited Kyle's parents in Mountain Home, Arkansas. It was really great to see them. We had not seen them in over a year. It was also fun to see their home and land. Overall, it was a very nice and peaceful visit. The weather was very cold for our tastes. Kyle spent a great deal of time taking pictures with his new camera that he got as his birthday/Christmas gift. He took hundreds of pictures of his parent's dogs. It was a great visit and we can't wait for them to visit us at the end of February! Here are a few pics...

The turning of the leaves for fall...

Kyle was amazed by the fungus growing on the tree... One of the dogs resting by the tree...
Another dog shot...
Kyle and I. I don't really like this one because I was looking away, but Kyle thinks I'm cute :)
A morning sunrise. It was freeeeeezzzzzing! We started outside...

And ended up in the car! Two bridges...

Peace,

K&K