Thanksgiving 2013

We had a great Thanksgiving at Grandma Karen and Grandpa Jim's house with everyone!!!  Can't believe it's already another Turkey Day!

Token Family picture at the dinner table :)

Kenna even got to help Grandpa carve the turkey!

Kenna's 1st Trip to the Library!

On the way to Target this morning for our weekly groceries, we decided to quit driving by the city library and just take a detour and GO! Kenna had so much fun and can't wait to go back!

So many to choose from!

Yes she's wearing her jammies, but she was so warm and cuddly this morning ANNNNNND we didn't think we'd be stopping outside of Target :)

Never knew she was into Dora, but apparently she is!

So happy she found a princess book - she can't wait to show Daddy!

HALLOWEEN (Actually Halloween!)

Lots of fun celebrations leading up to Halloween, but I'd have to say our first Halloween at our new house was a PERFECT one...well except for the fact Daddy was out of town. But we had Grandma Karen, Grandpa Jim, Uncle Rob, Auntie Erica and Eric over for tacos and trick-or-treating! The neighborhood was festive and lots of kids were out! It was fun to get to see those we've become friends with and meet some new people too! We're already looking forward to next Halloween!

Beautiful little Jasmine!

YEP! I dressed up as Wrigley :)

Such a big girl understanding the concept of Trick-or-Treating!

Her 2 buddies in the neighborhood, Megan and Lexi

Grandpa Jim was wheeling her around when she got tired :)

DING DOOOOOOOOONG!

Love her!

That wig!!!  So cute :)

Another Halloween celebration in the books!

Auntie Erica's friend, Meta, invited me and Mackenna over for a fun afternoon filled with Halloween festivities for the kiddos! A petting zoo was even there, Kenna's FAVORITE part! 

Even though it was cold, Jasmine was til looking adorable!

She loved the bunnies!

Baby goats!

Cookie decorating...

...and a PINATA!!!

She loved getting all the candy!

Halloween @ TDW!

It was HALLOWEEN night at Dance! Kenna was super excited to be able to wear and show her lil friends and teachers her Jasmine costume!

Jasmine is ready to tap!

Cuties!

She was loving this night!

Treats at the end!

Annual Trip to Sever's Corn Maze

We headed to Sever's Corn Maze on a cool, rainy fall day!  Thankfully the rain stopped by the time we got there and we were able to enjoy our annual trip!!

Rain and pumpkins? Doesn't get much better!

Can't believe how much she's changed year after year!

Always has fun in the GIANT corn pit!

Mama and her girl :)

As I always say...MY 2 FAVORITES!

Mommy Guilt

As I opened up the blog to realize I haven't posted anything since October 17th - the mommy guilt set in BIG TIME!!!!!  Oh my goodness, where has the time gone? We've gone through Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas AND New Years!!!!  And well here we are in 2014!!!

So with that, HAPPY NEW YEAR to all! We certainly finished off our year strong and ready to take on another one. Mackenna has grown leaps and bounds these last few months. Most noticeably has not only been her incredible imagination, but also her desire to write and really focus on her letters. She can sit and write names for quite some time, not to mention draw her family over and over again which is pretty adorable!

Nate is on the far left with Mackenna right next to him. Then it's Wrigley (notice the large eyes which may look a tad scary, but it's cool to know she picks up on that stuff) and then Me. Not sure what I'm sitting or standing on, but she did mention our house is all around us. Made our hearts melt to see this!!!!

One of my personal resolutions this year is to be more in the moment so a couple things have changed in this short time we've been in 2014. The first one has been taking my Facebook and Twitter apps off of my phone. I found I was becoming so easily distracted and not being as 'in-the-moment' as I could and it was disheartening. I am happy to report so far so good and not shockingly, I'm not missing out on much of anything :) The second was to take care of me a bit more....but what I mean is so I can be a better mother and wife to my 2 favorite people. So with that, Mackenna and I joined Lifetime Fitness right by our house and we both LOVE to go. In fact, she loves going to the child care center (well we call it the Play Area) so much that she's got her first boyfriend - one of the workers named Zack. But leave it to Kenna, she has nicknamed him Zacky! Yep, no lie!!!!  It's adorable and she gets so excited to go see him - makes me never doubt for a second that I didn't make the right decision. She's getting a good solid hour of playtime in each day and staying healthy and so am I! Mission accomplished so far...

I'll make sure to get some of our holidays pics up on here in the coming days (if not today since I'm notorious for doing it all at once) and maybe make another resolution to get on here at least once a week to make sure I'm documenting some of the most amazing moments in our little Kenna's life!!!!

Til then...