Deck the Halls!

It is the Christmas season again. It seems to come faster every year! Mike took a day off of studying today so we could go have some fun. We decided we would go downtown to see the exhibit ICE! This year the theme was How the Grinch stole Christmas. They had the story shaved into ice and everything was colored. It was really neat but very, very cold!! They keep the tempurature at about 12 degrees so you don't want to be in there very long and you have to where a parka before you can enter. They do help a little. Mike and I both forgot our gloves so by the end, I could barely take a picture because my hands were frozen. (I will have to remember that for next time.) Kyia had a lot of fun on the slides and wanted to go again and again. After that, we did a little shopping then went to the Opryland Hotel to look at the Christmas lights. We ended the night by going to the Rainforest Cafe for dinner. Kyia didn't know what to think of the animals that come to life. She was a little afraid of the gorillas when they started moving. We were worn out at the end of the day but it was a fun way to start the week! Here's some pictures of our day. That is all ice!

Oh Christmas Tree!

A couple days ago we put up our Christmas tree. Kyia loved it! Now she keeps taking the ornaments off just so she can put them back on again. Having the tree up is making her that much more anxious for Santa to come. She asks me every day, "How much longer, mom?" She's starting to understand how Santa works now. She is going to be fun this Christmas!

Happy Thanksgiving!

We had a successful Thanksgiving Day this year. We had good practice last year makeing food for everyone. Everything went well and turned out really good except we had way too much food for the three of us. We need some visitors ;). We are headed to go see the movie 'Enchanted' tonight. We tried to pick one that Kyia would be more opt to watch so hopefully she will like this one. We'll let you know how it goes. We hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving!!

He Wears his Sunglasses at Night...

No, not by choice. Mike recently had LASIK eye surgery and ever since then, his eyes have been very sensitive to light. This makes it difficult as he tries to study for finals coming up in a few weeks. The computer gets to be a little too bright so he wears his sunglasses to help but he still can't be on very long. He said it was the most uncomfortable thing he has ever done in his life but he is already noticing a huge difference and it is only supposed to get better with time. He is so glad he doesn't have to worry about contacts or glasses again! Hopefully his eyes will start feeling better soon so he can catch up on some homework.

Kyia's First Haircut...

We, or shall I say I, finally decided we needed to cut Kyia's hair. Mike has been wanting to do this for awhile but it took some time for me to agree. Kyia's hair was longer in the back than on the sides so it looked a little like a mullet. These pictures make it look like we took off more than we actually did but at least it is now all one length.

Before..... After

Our New Blog!

We thought we would try this blogging experience. Since we are so far away from everyone, we thought it would be a nice way for people to keep in touch with us and see what we are up to. We will try to update it regularly so check back often. We went to get our family pictures taken this weekend for our Christmas cards. They turned out pretty good and we got some really cute ones of Kyia. We had to bribe her a little to get her to smile so we took her to the park later on that day. She loves the park!