Santa Photos 2010

My mom and I took the girls to see Santa and Mrs. Clause last weekend. Rachael is it at perfect age ... she loved every minute of it and looked as cute as could be with her toothless grin. Kennedy, on the otherhand, dealt with the experience but I wouldn't say she was overcome with affection for Santa or his lovely wife. She did love the candy cane they gave her though!

Turkey Day(s) 2010

What a fun Thanksgiving we had this year! On Thanksgiving morning, we drove to Mt. Vernon where Aunt Jeanie and Uncle Ray hosted a fantastic dinner. A couple of my aunts and uncles and my cousin, Heidi, came from Montana to join us. Pat and Shelley and the girls came from Bellingham. We had a big, fun group to celebrate the holiday with!

We managed to set the self-timer and get a group shot of everyone! 

A photo of all the kids (all girls!) How sweet are they?

Emily (at the top)

Madison and Abby

Rachael, Ava, Paige

Kennedy

Four of the eight Simons siblings... my mom, Aunt Jeanie, Aunt Sharon and Uncle Mike

And, a photo of all the first cousins that were there...

granted, we are missing about 20 people if we wanted to get a "true" first cousin shot but we take what we can get! :)

Rachael and Paige

my cousin Pat and his wife Shelley... I LOVE them!

Aunt Sharon and Aunt Jeanie... truly great ladies

a cute photo of Kennedy with Uncle Ralph

The day after Thanksgiving, we drove to Camano Island and had another delicious Thanksgiving feast with Sean's mom's side of the family...

Kennedy, Tyler and Roderick...
funny to think all three of these kiddos will welcome a new little brother or sister in 2011!

David and Heather

Linda and Tyler

The three preggos... Heather at 18 weeks, Amy at 25 weeks and me at almost 9 weeks.

Baby It's Cold Outside...

Oh how I love the snow! It reminds me of all the sledding my cousins and I used to do in Montana when we were kids. We got about 4 inches at our house this week and it was Kennedy's first real experience with snow. She wasn't really sure what to think about it, but, true to form, she was not going to give up even when she was clearly very cold out there with Daddy. The two of them had fun making a snowman and throwing a few snowballs. Sweet memories!

The finished product... pretty cute snowman if you ask me!

Celebration Park Photos

Kennedy and I spent some time at Celebration Park playing in the leaves. Since this is my favorite season of the year, I wanted to get a few photos of Kennedy in the beautiful fall colors!

Halloween

We had such a fun Halloween weekend with the Marti and Stuurmans families! Thanks to Bill and Sarah for hosting all of us. As always, there were lots of laughs and it is so fun to see all the kids together. Our little cow was pretty adorable too :)

Kennedy and Dane (2 1/2)

Hailey (4) and Lyla (3)

Kennedy, Lyla, Hailey and Dane

Lyla and her little sister Tenley

Kennedy trick-or-treating

Moraiya is 3!

Cousin Moraiya celebrated her 3rd birthday this past weekend. We had a great time at her Hello Kitty-themed party. Here are a few cute photos of the cousins from the McKenna side.

birthday girl, Moraiya 

Moraiya and Elsie

Liam

Elsie

Kennedy checking out the fish tank...

 I am sure Chris and Jamie appreciated all the hand prints and drool on the glass :)

Roderick (a.k.a  Piano Man)