October

For Halloween this year Kaylee decided she wanted to be a witch. Originally she told me that she wanted me to paint her all green! I eventually talked her into being a pretty witch. She wasn't quite convinced at first, but after she saw her glittery makeup she was sold! I also have to add that I am quite proud that I designed and made her costume and makeup all myself this year!



Here are our two cute girls! They are becoming such good friends!

Kenna's grumpy face. We see this a lot:-) You can't help but smile at it though!

Our two little witches all ready to go out trick-or-treating! Definitely the two cutest witches you ever did see!

I had to take a picture of our pumpkins. We did some carving from some of those patterns you buy and tape on to your pumpkin. They looked much easier on paper! Mine did not turn out too well, but Dan did an awesome job on his mummy! I found these lights to put in the pumpkins instead of candles. They were really neat as they changed colors!



Here is just a cute picture of Makenna before we put her costume on. She was just getting good at walking and just starting to say a few words (although of course she never wants to perform on cue!)

September

I know! I know! I have gotten many phone calls about how long it has been since I have updated our blog! Life gets busy and before I realized it it had been 6 months since an update. Then I was just so overwhelmed with all i would have to go up and update I just kept putting it off. So, I finally decided to simplify a little bit and so, sorry, we are going to skip over summer and skip straight to fall!

In September we went boating on Utah Lake with a friend in our ward. We have not been boating for probably three years or so so we had a great time out on the water. Kaylee thought it was so much fun and still talks about our adventure. She has also informed us since then that she would like a boat!



Makenna was not as excited about the boating or the water, but she did enjoy chillin' on her mommy and daddy's laps! Nice and safe- far away from the water!





Here are some pics of Dan doing some of his wake-boarding tricks. I was pretty impressed with his skills since we have not been in so long! He was really good at jumping the wake. I loved these classic motion shots!




Kaylee got our on the tube with Dan. She had a great time!

Even though she never got in the water Makenna was exhausted by the end of the trip:-)

Here is a quick video of Dan in action- there is also an awesome wipe out at the end!!!

Family Updates

We are definitely a little behind on all of our posting, but here are a few entries to get you all caught up on our last few months!

KAYLEE KOOS
Kaylee is getting so big and is into so many "big kid" stuff lately. I can hardly believe how much she has grown up and matured just over the past few months! She loves the rain- mostly because she gets to wear her adorable rain coat with her matching umbrella. She always has her rain coat and umbrella with her just in case- even if it is 75 degrees and sunny outside :-)

In January when we got back to Utah Kaylee began going to pre-school three days a week. SHE LOVES IT! She goes to Mrs. Bascom's which is a cute little preschool in my mom's neighborhood. She asks everyday if it is a school day and is sorely dissapointed if it is not. She loves learning all her letter, numbers, and colors, all the art projects, playing outside at recess, having snack time, and of course socializing with all her friends. She is quite the social butterfly- I wonder where she gets that from?!! Here she is on her first day of school- so excited she can hardly stand it!

After school they all march out in a single file line- so cute. And on those special days once a month, Kaylee gets to be the V.I.P (Very Important Person) and wear a very special badge and be at the front of the line. She loves to be the special person!

Kaylee is learning lots of fun things at preschool. One of these is the Pledge of Allegiance. I just had to video it- it is so dang cute!

Another big milestone for Kaylee this spring was her very first dance recital! She was again so excited to dance on the big stage with all the big girls like Nessa and Colie. She has been asking for months when she gets to put on her blue costume and makeup and get up on the stage. She did so great and of course was the prettiest dancer there! Her mom was so proud!!

Oh yeah- her daddy was very proud too! He only could have been more proud if she was dancing with a golf club!


Kaylee has been watching Nicole and Janessa dance for many years. She couldn't wait to be dancers just like them. The day finally arrived and Kaylee couldn't be more proud. I think her aunts were proud to have her in their show too. They were showing off to all their friends how cute their little dancer niece was!

Kaylee got to be in dance this year again with her best friend and cousin Emily. They had so much fun together and it was so fun to see them dancing together!

For those of you who missed it here is Kaylee's first dance recital, performing to "Goodnight Sweetheart"! (Sorry it is a little blurry so hopefully you can tell which one Kaylee is- she is the first one out of the curtain!)


KENNA BENNA
Just like her big sister Makenna has been growing so much lately- as babies often do! She is now almost 10 months, is crawling all around and getting into lots of trouble, and loves to eat, eat, eat- especially big people food! Here are just a couple of picture of Makenna just being her adorable self! She really is just the cutest and happiest baby you could ever meet!


She still has her little foot problem where her feet turn inwards. She hates wearing shoes but we are trying to keep them on her to try and straiten out her feet. She is not quite sure how she feels about these shoes!


Besides eating, bath time is Kenna's absolute favorite time of day! She could stay and play in the bath for hours. She loves to splash, play with her little duckies, and just giggles away with her big sis playing in the tub!

This video is a little dated, but I had to put it on here because it shoes Kenna as she first started to crawl. She was excellent at the "army crawl" for a long time. Now she is a pro at crawling and crawls all around the house faster than I can chase her. And she loves me to chase her! She knows where she is not supposed to crawl (aka the STAIRS). Whenever I turn my head she books it for the stairs. She does stop about half way there to make sure I am watching, gives me her very best mischievous smile and then books it again so that I will chase her and catch her just before she gets to the edge! Wears me out, but very cute! I will have to take another more updated video of her crawl.


DAN THE MAN
Story time . . . so, the other day Dan had kind of mentioned that maybe he wanted to shave his head. I was tried to talk him out of it and he seemed to kind of give up on the idea. He went back and forth for a couple of days and then one day as we were driving home said, "Yeah, I don't think I will shave my head." I said, "Good!." We get home and I am working on getting the girls and all the stuff out of the car and wondering where Dan went and why he is not helping me. I get inside and am putting stuff away when I hear, "Yeah, final decision. I am definitely NOT shaving my head." I look up and Dan has shaved a strip right down the center or his head. Needless to say, I didn't have much of a choice then but to help him shave the rest. I am finally getting used to it and it is not quite as much of a shocker for me as it was at first. Oh yeah, my brother Andy decided to jump in on the new family shaving of the head trend. I don't think his wife Angie was too much more excited than I was! BOYS???!


Story continued . . . So the story gets worse. Not only did Dan decide to shave his head- he decided to stop shaving as well! This went on for a few weeks and then finally, thank goodness, he decided to shave. But, of course, in Dan style it couldn't be just any shave. We had to shave in stages. So here is the first stage which Dan decided to call his Craig look . . .

Next, we moved on to his Dan Flanders look . . .

And finally, back to the Dan we all know and love! Yea!!!!

Dan and Kaylee have a new little toy they have been playing with lately. Dan's friend Kenny let us borrow his little 4-wheeler for the summer! In back of our townhouse there is a big dirt field where people come and ride their motorcycles and 4 wheelers around. This has been so fun for Kaylee! Because the 4 wheeler is kid sized she has learned how to turn it on, start it, accelerate and brake, and steer all by herself. Dan still rides on the back with her of course, but she thinks she is quite the hot stuff! She is our little dare devil. She is not afraid to take off on those dirt jumps and go fast, fast, fast!





Makenna, on the other hand, not so sure about the whole 4 wheeler thing! She is definitely our more mellow child :-)

Happy Easter!

We had a wonderful Easter full of lots of candy, eggs, and fun! For family home evening the week before Easter we had our Easter lesson and then decorated our Easter eggs. I think they turned out pretty cute! You can tell how artistic we all are :-)

Kaylee had a blast and was very proud of her eggs.

Here is Dan showing us that now that his head is shaved he now looks somewhat like an Easter Egg! EGG HEAD!!!

On Easter morning Kaylee came out of her room to find her name spelled out in Ester candy and a trail of candy leading her downstairs. The Easter bunny had definitely found our house!

The Easter Bunny did a good job this year of hiding lots of candy in creative spots for Kaylee and Makenna (OK and Dan too!) to find.

Kaylee and Makenna both were left very cute Easter baskets full of lots of their favorite things: hair bows and headbands, jewelry, art stuff, movies, and cute little easter bunnies!

Kaylee had so much fun searching for Easter eggs and candy. She thought this Easter egg hunt thing was a pretty great idea!


Makenna even got in on the fun and joined in the hunt. She liked the plastic eggs that shook and made noise with jelly beans inside.

Makenna's First Easter!


Kaylee and Makenna all decked out for church in their new matching Easter dresses. They looked so cute all in pink. Thanks Nana for the adorable dresses!

Loving their new Easter bunnies. Kenna is showing off her new patty cake trick!

Not quite sure what we are going to do with all that candy. I think the Easter bunny over calculated a little this year! Maybe we can save it for Halloween? :-)

Sisters and best friends! Looking cute in their matching dresses. They love to play together- especially Makenna loves playing with Kaylee! It is so excited as Makenna is getting older to see them start to play with each other and start to develop a wonderful friendship! We are so blessed to have such amazing little girls!