Vacation... oh yeah!

We were finally able to make the trek up to Spokane! There always seemed to be so many things going on to keep us from visiting, but we were finally able to work things out, and we're so glad we got to go! We spent some time with our friends Jon and Ronae and there families, and ran into some old friends from college. It was great! Spokane is beautiful, I'd love to visit again! After Spokane we headed over to Choteau for Brock's mom's birthday and to say our goodbyes before she headed back for Kentucky. I'm always so grateful to make these trips so all the family can see Kaelyn, and especially so that she can see them!

Packing before leaving. I don't know how she manages it but she always ends up way below her blanket. It puzzles me! And we had to get more use of those Halloween socks!

She loves playing with her daddy! She thinks he's just the funniest!

We had just gotten her out of the car seat after the 7 1/2 hour drive so she was pretty happy!

Here's Liv putting up her dukes. Kaelyn never sees it coming.

And wham! Liv makes a right hook!

You can tell they are true friends. Even after that fight they're just happy to be together!

Kaelyn loves playing with her toes right now. It's my favorite!

Liv eating Kaelyn's sock. She can get pretty feisty!

Kaelyn and Carter bonding in Choteau...

Halloween '09

I can't remember the last time I had such a fun Halloween. There was quite the dry spell from the time I was too old to get candy anymore, to now, where I have an awesome excuse to get some candy! It was fun coming up with ideas for Halloween, and what to do with Kaelyn. We found an awesome monkey outfit for a great deal, and we decided to be a wild monkey and the Crocodile Hunter (when he was living). Kaelyn was pooped out for most of the trick-or-treating. I think her costume was just exceptionally comfy. Luckily we had something for her to wear before the festivities began too! (thanks grandma Lesli!)

The infamous drool! (more than famous...)

Decked out cousins!

A sneak peek of the monkey in her nesting ground.

I didn't even have to tranquilize her!

Pretty good last minute costumes. Biker dude and dudette.

Jovi and Buddy! Awesome homemade costumes!

Crew the dragon/monster/2 year old.

Such a stylish family! Crystal, Broc and Crew.

Joker Josh and Batwoman Liz!

Kaelyn got wet

Kaelyn has been drooling all over the place and is constantly soaking herself! I had a great idea the other day though. I threw her in the dryer on the air fluff cycle for about ten minutes and she was dry again! And it did wonders on her hair. I think we'll continue this practice.

First Family Pictures!

We were finally able to get some family pictures taken, Kaelyn being our excuse to finally get some done! We had a blast getting our pictures taken and lucked out with an awesome photographer, Caralee Case of Idaho Falls. I know there are tons of pictures, but it was hard enough for me to narrow it down to these! Check out more of Caralee's work at caraleephotography.blogspot.com!

Montana Visit

Kaelyn had her first visit to Montana for Conference weekend. That week was a big week for her! Sadly, She had also experienced her first snowstorm! I introduced her to some of the snowflakes outside our home in Idaho, and she just got to see more in Choteau! It was nice to be able to go up, we haven't been up in so long! And it was so nice to see everyone.

Kaelyn is all bundled up and ready to head north on our 6 hour drive!

Nick was so sweet with Kaelyn. He kept saying 'I want to hold Gaelyn. I love Gaelyn!' He was such a cutie. Here he is giving her kisses and being so gentle!

Kaelyn is still always just so happy, unless of course she needs her tummy filled! She's so happy to be held by anyone. Hopefully that sticks! Here she is with her Uncle Doug.

Kaelyn finally got to meet her Grandma Dianna! Luckily she's been out to Montana visiting or who knows when we would have been able to see her!

One of Nick's many poses.

Just the girls.

Kaelyn is so good at making everyone happy and smiley! Thanks little one!

Right after Brock stole Kaelyn away from the aunties she spit up all over him. I think she wanted more time with the girls!

Kaelyn and Grandma Susan playing with toys! It's so fun to see her grabbing everything!

Thanks for letting us come up to visit and for coming out to Choteau to hand out with us Caskey family! We love you and hope to see you again soon!

Visit from Spokanites

We were lucky enough to have our good ol' friends Jon and Ronae come down for a visit over Labor Day weekend. We hadn't had the chance yet to meet their 4 month old, Liv, and they had met Kaelyn, so it was really fun to finally get to do that! I can't believe Liv is practically the same size as Kaelyn still! She's just a little tyke. Anyway, Jon and Ronae were able to see some old friends from Rexburg and we just enjoyed our weekend hanging out and playing with the cute babies!

Liv is really enjoying chewing on anything she can get in her mouth. Kaelyn really didn't know what to think about that, and once she had given up her arm, there was no getting it back!

It was so fun to have these two together.

These two were cracking us up. They're so alike in so many ways!

And they're also close enough to share a blanket!

Cute, multi-tasking dads

I couldn't believe Liv's red hair! It's not so bright in this pic, but in the sunlight its flaming!