Say Cheese!!!

Ok, so i was trying to cut cost and take my own Christmas picturse of the twins, i thought i would just stick them in front of the tree and get a couple cute shots of them. It didnt quite work the way i planned, so here a few of the pics i took, needless to say i did not use one of these photos for our Christmas cards!! This is why we do professional pictures from here on out!! We wish you all a blessed and happy Christmas, may Jesus remain the center of this holiday season!

First "official' vacation!! (with the twins)

We took our little family on our first vacation to visit our wonderful friends, the Darcy's, in California! We had such a good time visitng them, and enjoying the sunny weather! We took the kids to their first zoo trip, they loved it, especially the monkeys. We also made a trip to Yosemite Park, which was absolutely beautiful, but needless to say we had very tired and cranky kids by the end of the day, which resulted in tired, cranky parents, which resulted in a nice mixed beverage to top off our long day! After 4 days of wonderful conversation, road trips, and parks we were quickly back on the plane to come home, wondering where the time went!!

Rylan has no fear when it comes to exploring new things. He climbed right up next to this goat at the zoo and started brushing it. When he stopped brushing, the goat let him know how she felt about it. This video stops just short of the knockout blow, but you can see where this was headed.

Happy Halloween

We survived yet another halloween. We weren't sure we were going to get these 2 in their costumes, they took one look at them and screamed because they were scared! So through the howls and some kicking and screaming, we were able to hurry and slip them on! We took them downtown CDA, to numerous business who provided candy for the trick or treaters. Even though we were drenched from the rain, it was fun seeing all the other costumes! Mommy and daddy enjoyed eating most of the babies candy as well! Here of some pics of our eventful night, we werent able to get too many close pics of them, everytime we bring out the camera they stop performing and look away!

We tried getting a pic of them in the bathtub this morning, giving each other kisses but the hair pic was the best that we could capture!

Animals and pumpkins

I can't believe the summer is already gone and we are now easing into cool weather and the changing of trees. I love this time of year! We took the kids to a couple petting zoos over the last month. It was pretty entertaining watching fearless Rylan try to ride a small pigmy goat, and try to swim in the horse's water. He loved every minute of it! Kamryn on the other hand had a death grip on me the whole time, she did brave petting a bunny or two!
This past weekend we went up to Greenbluff, which consists of numerous orchards and farms that you can go and pick your own pumpkins and fruit from. They had tons of fun things for the kids and thank God the weather permitted and we were able to enjoy the day with warm weather and good food!
These children are growing before our eyes! Each morning when I go and get them out of their cribs, I feel like they have gained a pound or two over night(it's probably just their wet diapers)!! They are soo fun. Kamryn's vocabulary has really blossomed, she pronounces her words very well. Her favorite ones to say are yellow, apple and cheerios! Its hilarious having her say them. Rylan has now figured out his favorite word to say, which is football, daddy is so happy to have a fellow football watcher in the house now!
Here are some pics of our recent outings!!

Summer fun pictures cont.

What a fun summer...

Daddy and Kamryn waiting for the 4th of July parade to start!

The Bishop cousins!!

Uncle Aaron and Rylan on top of a big rock

Kamryn and Papa Arden sitting on the beach

2 hotties and a cute little boy!

Braga family campout picture!

Kamryn and Papa Jim, chillin

The Braga cousins!!

Mommy trying to scarf her food so that she doesnt starve, we all know how much i like my food!

Is summer ending already?

I apologize for the delay in blog postings lately. Everytime I sit down to post, someone is needing me or needing me to do something!! Yes that is my life these days, catering to 2 demanding 18 month olds. I don't think they are any more demanding than any other child their age, i think it is just the age! I have begun to think that the infant stage was simple compared to the stage we are currently at! Yes, we are getting more sleep and still having to nurture, feed and love on them but the actual having to parent and discipline has set in. Some days to say the least can be quite trying. Our favorite new word in our household, is the typical toddler, NO, used by both parents and children.

We had a really good and adventerous summer that has seemed to go by so quickly! Everything that we do these days is adventerous with 2 toddlers! We celebrated the 4th of July in Whidbey Island with uncle Aaron and aunt Jaimie! The babies experienced their first ocean, the weather was chilly but it didnt seem to phase them at all! As long as their were enough rocks to throw, and in Kamryn's case, enough rocks to eat, we were content! We celebrated our countries independence by going to the parade downtown, and then induldged ourselves with greasy food at the carnival! The babies were in bed by 8:30, needless to say they missed the fireworks, they can catch them next year!

The next weekend was followed by the Braga campout! Even though, I was dreading the thought of keeping 2 curious and "independent" toddlers entertained, and out of the fire pit, I agreed to go on the camping trip!! We had a wonderful time with the family and we were at a great camping location, thanks to Troy. We spent most our days swimming in the lake, visiting with each other and of course trying to corral the kids! They slept pretty good through the nights, thank God, but I was still very excited on the last day of our camping vacation when we were headed home!! I was TIRED!

In August we had family up to our place for the week, it was such a fun week and like always nice to have extra hands to help out with the busy bees! We rode the trail of the hiawatha, which is a 13 mile bike ride through the mountains, it was very fun and entertaining, we only peed our pants a few times! We had a lot of fun showing the family around the place that we are beginning to call home!

Rylan is still taller than his sister by a good inch but almost a pound lighter. He is beginning to repeat everything we say and most of the words that come out are pretty clear, we are still working on some of them. He is a very busy and intelligent little boy, always having to figure out how his toys work. He loves to climb on things and figured out how to climb up the chair and watch out the window at airplanes that he hears up above, he also loves to watch for daddy to come home and wave out the window at him. He still has a very sweet and tender demeanor about him, but can also be very stubborn.

Kamryn, our little "ninny", is all girl from drama to fashion to attitude! She is too, very jabbery and repeats words that we say to her. Both of them carry on conversations between just the two of them quite frequently, i think they are planning and plotting against us at times! Kamryn loves to be busy and absolutley loves books, she is always bringing us a new book to read to her! I love being in the kitchen and feel this tight little squeeze around my thigh and look down to a huge smile and her tiny arms wrapped around my leg, she is very cuddly and lovey. We have had some recent changes in the Braga family, Troy has accepted a new job located in Spokane, so the same amount of travel time but in the opposite direction. He is the finance director at a non-profit organization. He is liking the new gig so far, and will also be able to have more time with our ever so changing babies! He will have a more family friendly schedule, which is so important to all of us!

Here are some pics of the babies over the summer!