The most wonderful time of the year...

Christmas time this year was awesome. We were able to go see Vince's family in Rochester area and then go to NYC for a day! I've never been and to say I was excited is an understatement! We left Kenslee with his parents for the day and headed out. I thought I was going to be a lot more sad, but it actually ended up being great. (that sounds bad. lol) There was no way we could have taken her since we were soooo busy that day. Here are some things we saw:

Buddy's Bake shop!

The Christmas Tree!

Times Square.

Statue of Liberty!

We ate at Serendipity!

And Ground Zero.

Those are just a few pictures. It was a blast!

After NYC we went back to Vince's family and stayed with them a while longer.

We sure do miss them already!
Now we are back to the day to day grime. Vince is working full time, going to school full time and volunteering for the Fire Department. He loves it and I'm glad he is happy. Kenslee is growing up so fast and I really can't get enough of her. She is SO much fun. She talks SO much now, and is usually pretty happy. She has started pulling the funniest faces lately (see previous picture). I just love her so much.

so many things...

...to BLOG about!

I'm way behind and now that Vince has been able to be home more often,
we are actually going out and doing things!

Last week we went to Cabela's for our (mine and Kenslee's) first time.
It is such a cool store and I had no idea.



Then these pictures are from nursery one day.
I just thought she looked so cute after church one day and couldn't help but get a picture of her.



Last Saturday the zoo had trick or treating.
We thought it would be fun to go since we hadn't been to the Hogle Zoo yet, and plus Kenslee could wear her costume!
It was a blast!





And then here are just some photos I think she is so cute in! I bought a new outfit for her last week and she is just everything to me.

Her new thing to do is "say prayers" :)

Then we had Halloween.
Kenslee LOVED trick or treating.
She thought it was sooo cool going from door to door and getting candy put in her bucket.
She would just stair at it till the next house.
We went for quite a while.
I'll admit, we wanted candy (as I sit here typing and eating it).

Kenslee and her friend Kara






And last we got Family pictures done a few weeks ago and here are just a few I love.

Am I Alive...

YES! I am. I've been so busy lately with babysitting (two boys three times a week, all day) and working for someone on a blog (Mommy Models Blog). Time just flies when you are busy! Last week I was able to have my mom come into town. It was SO awesome having her here. We are SPOILED! Kenslee was picked up every second she wanted to be :) and I got to go shopping with her. What more could I ask for??

One day we will live close together! Kenslee is getting SO big. I can't believe how time is flying. She will be 16 months next week! She honestly is the funniest little girl ever! She talks NON STOP baby talk, smiles so big, and waves to EVERYONE in site and says "HI!" :) She is just so happy. I can't believe she is all mine (and Vince's lol).

Oh and she LOVES to put on her clothes. She is constantly taking clothes out of her room to put on. If there is anything on the floor, she will be wearing it shortly after.

(my crazy hair girl!)

Happening...

We had a little birthday party for Kenslee and it was a blast.
She was spoiled, and we had fun BBQing as well.

Last week we also went to Colorado for the week for Vince's Family Reunion.
I love Colorado!
Vince went ATVing, and on a hike up to 14,000 feet!
We also went zip-lining together.
It was so great to be with family and eat tons of food :)

In other news, my brother Jake left on his mission last Wednesday.
He is going to the Czech, Prague Mission.
I'm so proud of him.
We got our first email yesterday and he seems to be doing great!

I think that is about it.
We are staying busy!