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"A new little baby sister"! (Kiera's words)

We didn't get any good shots of her face because she was doing this the whole time. She had her feet up in front of her face and her arm wrapped around her legs. To me, it looks like she was doing flips off a diving board!

I can't wait to use all Kiera's cute clothes again.

Waiting for Summer

Spring and Summer are my favorite time of the year. As Fall is starting each year that is when I start dreaming of Spring. Don't get me wrong, I did grow up in Utah, so I do love to play in the snow, but since Ryan started pilot training two years ago, we haven't lived anywhere that has snowy winters. Just plain ol' ugly brown ones. So I thought I would post a few of my dreamy summer pictures.

(Kiera 11 months old on our front lawn in Florida)

(Blackwater River, FL September 2007)

(Oh how we LOVE the beach, Pensacola Beach, FL October 2007)

(Camping with family, something we truly miss about home)

My Handy Man!

Ryan decided that our truck needed a new bumper and fog lights. So a new bumper and fog lights it got!

Old bumper with new bumper and fog lights on the ground-

First coat of paint-I don't think I should have been in the garage taking this picture-

Kiera fashioning the new look-

Good job honey, it looks great!

Happy Valentines Day!

We had such a fun Valentines. Our wonderful friends Scott and Megan came all the way from Abilene, Texas to visit us, and yes, they brought us SNICKERDOODLES! They arrived Friday early afternoon and stayed until Saturday morning. It seriously was the most excitement we have had since living here in New Mexico and we loved every minute spent with them. Thanks Scott and Megan for coming to stay with us! We truly love and miss you!Saturday afternoon we went to pick up our Valentines gift. This is something we have wanted for a long time and finally we got one! Yep, a grill. Now we can enjoy the wonderful world of grilling anytime we like. Of course Ryan surprised me with a cute little gift that I think Kiera really enjoyed. She ate all the chocolate out of it and danced around with the roses for most of the day.

My mom found this cute jacket way back when I was pregnant with Kiera. It finally fits her and I think she looks adorable in it.

So to my two Valentines, I love you with all my heart!

Always in the Kitchen!

My mom sent us her yummy homemade sugar cooties for Valentines. Kiera had a wonderful time icing and decorating them. We each had to eat the first one's we finished before we could do the rest. They were so good! Thanks mom for all the goodies!

Also I have been wanting to start digital scrapbooking. If anyone out there has an awesome program please let me know.

Kitchen and Living Room

Here are pictures of our living room and kitchen/ dinning room. We haven't done any decorating yet because we want to paint. As you can see the wallpaper in the kitchen and dinning room is on it's way out the door! I don't know what colors we will paint, but I can't wait to be rid of the ugly wallpaper and white walls. I am most excited to do Kiera's room, I think that will be the most fun and exciting.

The picture of Kiera is her in her favorite pajamas ever! She wants to wear them all the time. They are so soft and silky plus they look adorable on her.

I had an ultrasound last Thursday and the baby had it's legs crossed and so I go back in three weeks for my twenty week ultrasound and hopefully we will be able to find out what it is. Kiera is just sure that it is a baby sister. But the rest of the family is rootin' for a boy. I'll be happy with what ever the Lord blesses us with because I just want Kiera to have a sibling.

Mexican Roll-Up's

Here is Kiera helping me make Mexican Roll-up's for a pot luck at Ryan's work last Friday. She had so much fun making these. She kept saying, "Mmmm, it smells good"! Then she would "accidentally" get a finger in the filling, just so she could eat it. She is such a silly girl!

Enjoying the Sun!

Here is Kiera enjoying the high plains winter. It got up to 72 degrees here yesterday and it was lovely. I have to say that I feel bad for my brother who is enjoying his last winter in Canada, Eh! Today they are suppose to reach a high of 16F, but look out for tomorrow, the high will only be -8F. Seriously, how did I get so lucky? I may not be saying the same thing this summer when I am nine months pregnant and it is who knows how hot. So I'll also add a picture that my brother sent me yesterday of him.

Our new house

Finally, some pictures of our house. There is so much we would like to do to this house we don't even know where to start. So far, we bought a new shower head for our bathroom! Bought a new stove and now Ryan is in the process of replacing the garage door opener because it decided to eat itself up! But we are enjoying having our own home and can't wait to PAINT!

Kiera the Chef

Here are pictures from this morning, Kiera and I made pancakes for breakfast. She LOVES to help in the kitchen!