Colton is 3

Colton celebrated his 3rd birthday this year. I can't believe he's 3 - time goes too fast! He was so excited about his birthday this year and had a lot of fun with his cousins at his party. He loves "Cars" so we had a Cars party. The race track must have been too realistic, though as I found he and a cousin driving the cars on it. We repaired it as best we could - I just wish we had taken pictures before they found it! Colton has been asking for a bicycle for quite a while so Jason and I decided to get him one. He is still getting the hang of riding it hopefully we'll get more nice days so he can practice. I'm afraid we won't be able to keep up with him once he gets going. Thanks to everyone for the fun party and gifts!

Colton wanted all his cars on the cake - I did my best!

Blowing out the candles

The kids are ready for cake

Colton's new "Cars" bike

Colton goes to Walking with Dinosaurs

We took Colton to see the "Walking with Dinosaurs" show. I thought he might be afraid so we warned him the would be loud. He put his hands over his ears before the show started and barely removed them through the entire performance. He wasn't scared, though. He was in awe of the big dinosaurs. He has been coming into the living room saying "It's walking with dinosaurs" and telling us the T-Rex is walking with him. I love that he is pretend playing now - it's so much fun to watch. (Kinzie came to the show as well - she slept through the whole thing!)

Walking with Dinosaurs

Walking in a Winter Wonderland

We began Monday at the "Bouncin' Craze" with some of the other Mom's and kids from Church. They had a great time - but it got very icy while we were there. We went home very cautiously and haven't left since.

Colton has been wanting to throw snowballs and make a snowman all winter. Kind of difficult with this snow/sleet/ice mix. He did manage to throw a few snowballs at Jason and I - he even tried to put snow in his bucket to build a snowman but it didn't work. He thought the snow tasted good. But it was cold going down his slide. We also found out his Jeep does not have 4 wheel drive as it just spun the tires when he tried to drive it! All in all he thought the snow was fun - but he enjoyed the hot chocolate when he came inside.

Kinzie wasn't quite ready to play in the snow. She enjoyed keeping warm by the fire and likes her new chair - especially when Colton sits by her!

Snow Tubing

We went "snow tubing" at The Brick a couple of weeks ago with Jason's family. I had been told it was fun and thought Colton would enjoy it so off we went bundled up for some sledding. It should have been called "ice tubing" as the man-made snow was now a slide of ice. Colton went down the smaller slide close to 2 dozen times as everyone took a turn or two going down with him. The real workout came carry 2 tubes around the baseball field, up the stairs and back to the pile. Maybe next year he'll be able to carry his own!

"That was fun - let's do it 'gain"

Daddy and Colton

Kinzie kept warm in an area blocked from the elements with a heater - she enjoyed being held and cuddled all evening.

Christmas at the Hazzards

Christmas was a lot of fun at our house this year. Colton really enjoyed decorating the Christmas tree and watching Christmas movies. It was fun for us to see him be so excited by everything. We enjoyed our time at Nana and Papa's house and Sugars and Papa Ray's house the weekend before Christmas. Santa Clause made an early visit at Sugars and Papa Ray's. He sang songs and read the kids a story before bringing the presents out of his bag. Colton sat on his lap and was so excited for the Buzz Lightyear he got! Kinzie did great, too! No tears this year. We then had Christmas at home and at Gran'pa and Mimi's on Christmas Eve. I had strep throat - but still had fun watching the kids. The tree is now down and Santa is sleeping to rest up for next year - but I have a feeling the spirit will live on in our house all year! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! We pray that 2009 will be a wonderful year for everyone.

Merry Christmas from the Hazzards

Kinzie's First Christmas

Colton says "Santa"

"Look at my new scooter"


Daddy helps Kinzie unwrap her gifts

"I've been good..most of the time"

Santa thought I was a sweet baby!

Mommy even told Santa what she wanted for Christmas... He said her list was out of Santa's price range.

Kinzie Rolls Over

Last night Kinzie rolled over for the first time! I couldn't believe it so I had her do it 4 times and then called and told her Daddy. We have had her roll over about 20 more times so we could see if it was just a fluke. Nope - she can do it everytime. Colton was 4 months before he could roll over (he was very chunky) so you can imagine our surprise at Kinzie rolling at 7 weeks! Way to go Kinzie Lanae!