Fresh air (& burning off some cookies!)...

We went for a hike with Granny yesterday up to the viewpoint above our house. It was beautiful out.

Davey, Davey Crocket, King of the Wild Frontier...

Her first 4x4 :)
Nothing like ridin' around the house with a coon hat on! She loves it!
Goin' fishing!

Please note- the scarey shirt is from Halloween. We like to get good use out of our clothes.

First Biscuit!...

Check out this messy girl! :)

Giddy Up Buttercup!...

Cooper got this cute little pony from his Grandma for Christmas. He let McKinley ride it last night at Granny & Grandpa's. We celebrated Grandpa Don's birthday and opened gifts with Marcus & Stacy last night. We enjoyed pizza and salad for dinner. We also gave Don his blanket of McKinley and Cooper. He loved it:)

Snap shots...

Gimmie some PEAS!
Papa, Aunt Wendy & Aunt Shannon with McKinley
Nana, McKinley and the dump truck:)
At least the bows match her dress.

Who took my present?...

Who took my present?
Ohhh, pfew, I found it:)

Ho, Ho, Ho. Merry Christmas!...

Great Granny Jeanne and Great Grandpa Bud with Cooper and McKinley. Picture taken on cookie day. Auntie and Cooper came over for the day to bake cookies. We also squeezed in a walk/jog:)

We hope everyone is having a wonderful Christmas! We are sure lucky to have such wonderful friends and family. We also feel truly blessed that we have such a wonderful little girl. She is loving presents, lights, licks of cookies, etc. We spent Christmas Eve with Toddy's side of the family. It was great to see everyone. McKinley was a ham and sucked up all the attention from aunts, uncles and cousins. We were home around 8:30 so Tyler and I were able to enjoy our gift giving together. We all slept until 7 this morning, had a dutch baby for breakfast, opened presents and hung out as a family. Nana and Alan came over for a bit and then Dad, Jackie & HB came over, followed by a visit from Granny and Uncle Miles. Tyler, Miles and Dad went for a snowmobile ride this afternoon. Doddle and I plan on playing with all of our new toys:) Tonight we are going to Granny and Grandpa's for presents and left-overs.

May your day be filled with blessings from above. Merry Christmas! :)

Yeee HAW!!!...

Check out the new pink boots! Our friends Scott & Sandy found these perfect boots for McKinley! Way to go Scott & Sandy! :)

Is it seriously Friday??? Already???...

How does this happen? I looked at our blog this morning thinking it had been a day or two since I updated- ha! Try a whole week! Good golly miss molly! Well, lets see. Monday I worked all day- got a ton done! Tuesday, I can't remember- it must have been great:) Wednesday night was book club. I must say I made a fab dinner. Joan, Paula, Stacy & Cooper came over early so we could exchange gifts with Joan (Mom/Nana came early too) Joan spoiled us. McKinley loves her new froggy. He has a wet head all the time from her kisses:) Last night we went out to dinner with Marcus, Stacy & Cooper. After dinner we visited Grandma Mary. She loved seeing the babies and they were both really good. This morning Tyler left before 6 to have breakfast with Mike H. He is doing the same 3 years of schooling Tyler just finished. The met this morning to study. I didn't wake up until 7:15!!! And McKinley slept until almost 7:30- yee haw! I really needed that extra hour. I have an eye appt. this morning so Granny is coming over to Doodlesit. We hope everyone has a great weekend. Don't forget to get your Christmas shopping done! Only a few more days.

Love to all.

Busy, busy, busy...

Tis the season for craziness. We have been running around like chickens with their heads cut off. Saturday we went for a jeep ride above our house. We met up with a ton of our friends who where getting Christmas trees. It was great to see everyone and there was some snow- so that was fun. Speaking of the snow. Tyler was hot-rodding the jeep around (imagine that:) ) and McKinley kept squealing in delight! It was hilarious. I was in the backseat having a heart attack and those 2 were just screaming and having a great time. Saturday evening we went to the Christmas party at Jake & Mel's. It was so much fun! Again, lots of our friends were there. It was fun to see all the babies/kids. McKinley did great sleeping in the trailer. Thank heavens for baby monitors. Sunday we came home pretty early and vegged out ALL day. It was wonderful. I don't think we have been that lazy for a long time. Even McKinley was veggin' out. Oh, McKinley finally got to meet her cousin Eric. Here is a cute picture of them:)

Our friends Kyle & Hannah bought McKinley the cute little racing pj's. They are a little big, which is great- she will wear them for longer!

Randy came out last night for dinner. It was great to see him too.

Today I have a dentist appt. so McKinley is going to Granny's for a few hours. I'd better start eating sweets now:)

Have a great day!

Holy FLASH...

Poor little Cooper doesn't know what to think of the camera flash. Isn't he cute in his snowman pj's! :)

McKinley and I had fun at Nana's house Wednesday night. Their house was decorated really cute for Christmas. We came home yesterday morning. On our way home we stopped by Daddy's work- he was digging big holes and moving lots of dirt for their new shop. McKinley loved watching the backhoe. It was pretty funny. When we got home we walked up to Granny's. She had her friends over for a baking day. It smelled delicious! Last night we hung out at home. Not much else is new. We plan on doing a few errands in town this morning and we might have lunch with Papa if time allows:)

Tomorrow we are going in the hills for the day and then will be going to Jake & Mel's Christmas PARTY. They throw one every year- well, except last year when they were living in their camp trailer:) We are hauling the camper out there, so we can whoop it up:)

Family pictures...

Our wonderful friend Hailey took these pictures a few weeks ago. We had a really good time and McKinley even cooperated (for the most part:) ) If anyone would like to contact Hailey to have her take pictures, let me know- I will send you her website and phone #.

McKinley and I are going to visit Nana & Alan tonight. We will come home in the morning. Tomorrow night we are going to Justin, Becca & Dailey's for dinner:) Yummy!

Oh, and Bunco went well, I didn't win though:( Stacy got a prize for being the biggest looser! hee hee.

Trim...

I almost forgot to tell everyone that I gave McKinley her first bang trim. Tyler thinks she looks like a boy now:) ha ha. Her poor hair was always in her eyes. I do have to admit that I poked her with the scissors- she turned her little head right into them:(
Tonight is Bunco at my house:) Tyler is taking McKinley to Granny's.

Cabela's here we come!...

Our little family had quite the weekend! First, the PUD held their annual Christmas party Friday night. It was great. We had a nice time and enjoyed our outing. Nana watched McKinley for us. We went to bed really late and got up early to make the trek to Cabela's and Great Grandma Gerry's. Cabela's was awesome! There was so many neat mounts of unique animals and "normal" animals as well. McKinley thought the store was way better then the grocery store- she was talking to everyone we passed, it was hilarious. We spent a few hours wondering around. The pictures were quite the chore. The little Doodle bug wouldn't look at Daddy, she liked the big bucks! :) So everytime I would turn her around she would turn her head so she could see the animals. It was pretty funny. Oh and we donated a sock to the store. Great Grandma Gerry lives about 5 minutes from the store- that was a big plus! We also visited Uncle Kenny and the kids and then had dinner with Grandma Sarah, Grandpa David, Uncle Kevin, Uncle Kenny, Aunt Cassie, Teagan, Colton and A.J. It was so nice to see everyone. We drove home last night and slept in this morning. We sure lucked out on sleeping in! We didn't get out of bed until 7:30! Even McKinley:) Tonight we went over to Unky Allan's for his birthday party. My cousin Kirt was able to make it over for the party. It was fun to see him and catch up a little.

Hope everyone had a great weekend.

Love to all.

Carrot face...

This was our first attempt at letting McKinley hold the spoon to feed herself:) She made a mess, but it was a riot to watch! She is such a good eater.

Up, Up and Away...

McKinley keeps crawling backwards. I don't know that we can technically call it crawling. It is more of a push, scoot and scream. She also sits really well by herself, although sometimes she tips over onto her tummy and she doesn't like that too much. She has also been making the funniest noises lately. We are so thankful for such a fun little girl.

String Bean...

McKinley had her 6 month check-up today. She weighs 15 lbs, 3 1/2 oz and is 25 3/4" long! The doctor said she looked perfect! Well, Duh!!! :) It is hard to believe she is already 6 months old!

Aunt Hannah turned 16 yesterday- officially! We went out to dinner to celebrate. McKinley liked tasting a little lime:) She made all kinds of bitter beer faces:)

We plan on going to Auntie's tomorrow to work a little and do crafts. Not much else is new.

Ta ta for now.

Shop Til' You Drop...

I must admit I am not much of a shopper. Although once or twice a year I love to go to the BIG city and shop til' I drop! Stacy and I went with my Mom, Susan, Crystal, Linnell, Marsha & Marcie. This is the 6th or 7th year we have gone Christmas shopping as a big group. We have a total blast. We didn't go to bed until almost 1 last night and slept in until 8! Whoa! It was so fun to do girl things for a night:) Today was pretty treacherous weather wise. It took us about 2 1/2 hours to get over the pass. The best part about it was watching the stupid people that have drivers licenses. Oh and a group of guys waved a sign at Stacy and I that said "Flash me!" Now if those poor guys really wanted a show we could have given them a run for their money! Instead of flashing them our ta ta's, I flashed the camera to capture the idiots. Men!

Tyler and McKinley got us a Christmas tree today:) It sounded like they had a great time. I couldn't wait to see McKinley this afternoon. She was full of smiles for me and even lots of giggles and laughs. She is crawling/scooting a little more on her belly. It is funny to watch her. Well, off to slumber land...I don't think our bed remotely compares to the bed Stacy and I shared last night. It was sooooo comfy. Stacy and I had to laugh- the two fanciest, ritzy and most fabulous hotels we have stayed at have been without our husbands. Oh, and we were also chuckling about the fact that we were the only people within a few square miles that drove a big ol' diesel truck! Too bad old Betty isn't around anymore. She would have really rattled some beemers windows :) Ha!

Later.