We made monster cookies

today and they turned out great! The pictures show Kailey and Jayden eating the cookies that inspired us, and then the ones we made.

We've been keeping busy this fall with all kinds of different activities: bowling, Wii, drive-in movie, Branson, friends, musicals, wedding, parties, basement, and work of course. Believe it or not, Jayden's bowled a strike his first time bowling! How cool is that?

This week, Kailey and I went with her friend Isaac to see a local production of High School Musical and it was great! Kailey loved it even though "they weren't the real HSM people." She sang the whole ride home (well, until we got ice cream). Last night, the four of us went to a drive-in movie in Branson. It was supposed to be Back to the Future, but turned out to be some other movie. The movie wasn't great, but it was fun hanging out in the back of the SUV, snuggling and eating candy. We are slowly, but surely moving into the basement. For the most part, it is finished; we now need to tend to the minor details and organize our stuff. Well, tomorrow begins another busy work-week, so I better get to bed. Good night! xoxo

Kailey and I flew to Florida

last weekend to visit our new niece/cousin, Ciera Nicole. She is beautiful! She has the best hair - way more hair than Kailey even had at a year! She is a great baby, eats well, and sleeps a lot. I forgot how much fun (and work) newborns are. Jake and Steph are great parents - involved, loving, proud. Although our trip was short, we got to see all the family on the east coast of Florida, and Kailey even got to swim. Kailey had an upset stomach the night we arrived in Florida and we found a worm in her pants on the flight home(yes, seriously...it was an inchworm and it was gross), but overall it was a great trip. Oh yeah, and a Haygood was on our plane from KC to Atlanta and then from Atlanta to KC. Kailey waved at him, but was too shy to talk to him. Another post (very) soon...xoxo

Kris and I swore we wouldn't

buy video games for our kids, but last week we succumbed, folded, gave up, gave in. That's right, we broke down and bought a Wii. That's why I haven't written in the past 2 weeks...been too busy playing video games. Ok, not really, but we've been having a bunch of fun with it. Kailey and Jayden are pretty good at the bowling and I am working hard to master Mario Kart. It all started at Uli and Jeena's when we spent half the night playing. On the ride home, Kris and I decided it might be a good gift from Santa, so we pledged to start looking for one immediately. Next thing I knew, I walked in from work to a gift that read "Wii love you!" Of course we set it up that night, created our Miis, and the rest is history. Check back for pictures/videos. xoxo