Snow!!

These are some pictures of our day in the snow. We made snow angels, went sledding, and really just had a great time playing in the abundance of SNOW!!!

Glacier National Park

Soooo....I am retroactively blogging! I haven't blogged in so long that I figure I better get on the ball with it. These pictures were actually taken in September 2009. We went to Glacier National Park and fell in love with it completely!! Needless to say, we will be going back! We stayed in a little tiny cabin in the middle of the woods and all you could smell was pine....ahhhh, nice. Karen and I biked from our cabin to the entrance of the park in the morning. We were going to bike all the way up, but it was too cold and rainy.

Our little pitstop - we had to show Ben the dinosaur!
The three of us at one of the falls along "Going-to-the-Sun-Road"

W.O.W.

Another beautiful waterfall along the way

St. Mary's Falls

St. Mary's Falls

Bougainvilla - my favorite!

This picture was taken in California by my mom's sister....I just L.O.V.E. it!!!

Snow Heart

Well, I guess you can't do this in Hawaii.....

Thanksgiving

A few pictures from Thanksgiving week 2009. It was a memorable one! We couldn't travel too far, but did get to go see my aunt (my mom's sister) in Wyoming. We weren't sure we were even going until the very last minute. So here's a recap: 3 states in 5 days, a very spontaneous visit to a National Monument, an encounter with a BEAUTIFUL horse we named "Butterscotch" whom we fed an apple to, lots of talking, a GREAT find in Rapid City, South Dakota (that would be "Sanfords" restaurant - yummy!!!!), lots of laughs over YouTube stuff, passing Crazy Horse (where my Grandpa's final resting place is), Christmas music, the straw hair loss of one of Jae's dolls, all at the hands of Ben, who shoved some in a vase to hide it and then tried to put the rest in his pocket for later (what?), a crazy little show involving little Elmo (put on by my Aunt - you had to be there. She does a great impersonation of Elmo and Ben was extremely entertained), and a very yummy Thanksgiving dinner!! However, THAT started out a little rocky. I forgot to add sugar to the pumpkin pies and had to remake them, Aunt Jae made popcorn out of the "corn" and we weren't completely sure why our gravy wasn't turning out right...soooo, we added a little flour, only to see little "flour balls" in the saucepan (mmm, yummy). We eventually got it all taken care of and enjoyed a VERY good meal together. Good memories! He really thinks he is a rockstar. I'm not kidding.

Me and Aunt Jae talking inside (Mario was outside)
Us with the original driller for Mount Rushmore
He worked on the project from 1937-1940, 70 years before
Ben's birth, 38 years before mine and Mario's - WOW!!!
Entering South Dakota - We had never been before
Crazy Horse, South Dakota

Ben playing on the bench outside the museum

before his meltdown!

The Kuhns at Mount Rushmore!!!!

Our little "Butterscotch"

Ben fed her an apple and we loved on her a while

Ben

Here are a few pictures of Ben in fall. He is getting so big. I can't believe he's going on 3!! He loves movies, talks and talks....and talks. He's REALLY into motorcyles right now and anything rough and tough.

One of my favorites

In our front yard

At the Corn Maze

He's like a little model!!

Corn Maze

For the third year in a row, we went to Vaughn to go to the Corn Maze. As always, it was a-Maize-ing! We even did the corn maze this time (it only took us 3 hours!). Not really - we spent about 45 minutes or so lost in there! The kids (Ben, Abby, and Liam) loved it. Ben really appreciated that slide this year. He climbs up all by himself and just goes. He loved the hay jump too. He is all boy, climbing up and then jumping off into the hay.

Ben in the hay jump Jumping into the hay - woo hoo!!

Papa and Ben
Playing in the corn box - it got a little crazy in there!
Ben and Abby -- I think this is his 2nd love. Of course,

Avery was his first!!