"I want short hair"

I have heard stories, and now it is a reality for us. Kaya has been asking for short hair for some time now, but I LOVE her long hair, I love to do fun stuff to it. I figured I would have to give in at some point, but on Tuesday she took matters into her own hands and cut it herself. We had the kid scissors out cuz we were cutting paper the day before, and she snuck them out of the room I was in (granted I was on the phone) went into the living room, cut both sides and came back in like nothing had happened. I obviously noticed right away and may have freaked out a bit. I asked her what happened and where the hair she cut went. She then took me to the living room to show me the heater vent, yes she was clever enough to put the hair down the vent in hopes that I wouldn't notice. I called my sister in a panic (so much so she thought I lost the baby) I may have over reacted just a bit. She was the hero and came over the next day to fix it. Kaya now has short, but cute hair... I think she looks about five years older. I am just sorry we couldn't donate it to locks of love, most of it is still in the heater!
Hear is the damage...

Cute picture the morning of, look at all the long hair


One side gone

The other side gone

And the back


After Aunt Ton Ton fixed it (as you can see, she is quite excited about her new short hair!)

Skiing in Crested Butte (and other fun times)

We had a great weekend in Crested Butte with Dusty and Annie (brother and sister in-law). The two of them and Devin took the kids skiing, this is Kaya's third year and Kasen's second. They loved it, never complained and wanted to go faster most of the time. I was the proud pregnant mom sitting on base (a first for me). I thought it was a bad idea to get a lift ticket when I couldn't even button up my ski pants :). All in all we had a great time skiing, swimming, eating and spending time with family!

Kaya and Kasen getting ready to go skiing

Getting the hang of it

Hot Hubby

On the lift(scary time for preggo mommy to sit back and watch)

Coming down the mountain

Bubba the Polar Bear

Hanging out at the base with Uncle Dusty and Aunt Annie

Swimming at the condo

Batman (I just think this is a cute pic)

My Boys and their new chainsaws

Me and my girl

The belly (I am at 28 weeks)

Our extremely submissive dog, Railey

Christmas Fun!

We had such a great time during Christmas. Tracy, Dale, Gabe, Tonya, and Dewayne all came out and each stayed for about a week. It was great to have my family in town for the Holiday and we sure had a fun time while they were here!

December 17th- Kaya was in her first Christmas program and sang her little heart out, she even started a little dance at the end.
December 20th- Hanssen family arrive in Denver. Kaya, myself, Tracy and Oma went to see the nutcracker. We had to go strait from the airport, so we didn't get to get dressed up, but Kaya had a blast (Clara and the Sugarplum princess were her favorites).
December 21st- Tonya and Dewayne arrive
December 22nd- Sleigh Ride in the mountains (Lake George, CO). We had a ride behind to huge horses and then had lunch in a cozy cabin afterwards, thanks Oma!
December 23rd- Santa Train. We got to ride up the Cog railroad with Santa, Mrs. Claus and the elves, we stopped to have cookies and hot chocolate and play in the snow. We made sushi that night, always yummy and always a good time.
December 24th- Christmas Eve! We went to the Candlelight Service at our church, looked at the lights and gingerbread houses at the Broadmoor and then had a yummy dinner at home with Oma and Papa.
December 25th- Christmas! Kids got up to open presents, had our traditional Egg Casserole, and just hung out for most of the day. We had our friends here in Colorado over that night for a Christmas ham with fixings.
December 26th- Tonya leaves :(. But we went up in the mountains, the guys cut firewood while Tracy and myself played in the snow and took the kids sledding. We stopped at the Donut Mill on the way up, so yummy!
December 27th- Hanssen's leave :(. Grandpa and myself took the kids to the zoo, it was a great day for it and we all had a great time. Ordered Pizza and Beer that night (sorry Gabe missed out on that!).
December 28th- Played outside with the kids, riding the new pink jeep, bikes and swinging. Grandpa leaves later that day :(.
December 29th- Rest!

We watched movies in our "theater room", and ate a ton, and played a lot! Be prepared for a long video!!!

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Its beginning to FEEL a lot like Christmas

Christmas/Birthday dinner (Fondue) with good friends.


Parade of Lights (we had the most horrible spot ever! We were sitting right where everybody unloaded their floats. The kids had a blast and had now idea what they were missing so that is what counts, right?)



Cutting down our Christmas tree. We always go with our good friends, The Cranes and attempt to get a tree that will actually fit in our house.


Decorating the new found tree


All Done and looking Festive



Making a gingerbread house. I am pretty sure they ate more candy then actually got put on the house, and there is a lot of candy on the house!