Thursday, December 6, 2007

Decorating Ryan's Christmas Tree





Today Kennedy and Mckinlee came over. We decorated the little Christmas tree in Ryan's room and I think that it turned out beautifully. They had so much fun doing it too.

Christmas at the Krause's






This is a magical Christmas for our little family. It is Dylan's first Christmas and he absolutely loves to get into the tree. He likes to take the lights and get tangled into them and take the berries and chew on them. Ryan is excited about the tree, hot chocolate, christmas lights, and he thinks that it is just great that Christmas is Jesus' birthday. Ryan wants to make a birthday cake for Jesus on his birthday and sing him "Happy Birthday". We're listening to Christmas music, reading Christmas books, and watching Christmas movies. It is such a fun time of year.

More Thanksgiving Pics...






San Diego






For Thanksgiving we were able to go to San Diego- finally! We haven't been down there since our trip in May. We left on Saturday before Thanksgiving and stayed until the Friday after. It was almost a whole week. We were very busy! On Sunday we went to the Encinitas Poinsettia Festival where Ryan and Dylan got cozy new blankies. On Monday we went to Coronodo Island and played on the beach. We forgot the camera so I will have to post those pictures when I get them back. I tried to keep Dylan out of the sand and clean, but he likes to move. Dylan and Ryan played all in the sand and were covered from head to toe in sand. It was a beautiful day and there was hardly anyone there. On Tuesday Ryan, Dylan, Nana, and Papa had a buddy day. They went to the Scripps Birch Aquarium and saw Santa at the mall. Ryan asked for candy. Daniel and I were able to go around La Jolla and reminisce about our fun time there. We also went to the beautiful San Diego Temple. On Wednesday Daniel and Ed played a round of golf while Mom and I hung out at the house and then went to our favorite store Home Goods. We took the Honda so I couldn't buy hardly anything- I think that was Daniel's plan! On Thanksgiving we went to Josh and Stacey's house to celebrate and that was wonderful. They have such a beautiful house and were great hosts. Ryan loved playing with their little doggies. The next day we shopped a bit and then packed. That night we went home. We had a packed week, but it was so fun! Both boys hardly slept. They were having way too much fun!

Happy Birthday Daniel





Daniel decided that he wanted to have family over for his birthday on the next day. This meant that Daniel got two cakes and two celebrations! What a weekend for Daniel. He got a new video iPod and he's enjoying tinkering with it. I wasn't sure which one he would want so I asked very inconspicuous questions like, "What's your favorinte amount of memory?" and "What is your favorite color out of black and silver?". Although he acted surprised I think he was onto me.

Kennedy and Ryan


Tennille and I decided to go for a walk to the park one day. Kennedy and Ryan held hands and talked the whole way there- it was so cute.