Little Performer

Kynzley has been super busy lately! She had her Christmas recital this past weekend and also had her Christmas concert for school. She was kept on her toes between rehearsals and performances! Unfortunately after the world slowed down for her she got the crud, but at least nothing is standing in her way of getting plenty of rest!!!! Hopeful wishes for a speedy recovery!!! Anyway ...... both the recital and the concert were so fun! Her dance group performed to a beautiful version of "Twinkle Little Star" and the girls did a great job in front of an auditorium full of spectators :) They also all looked beautiful!

Kynzley goes to a school that is preschool - grade 12, so for her Christmas concert it was fun to see the littlest to some of the biggest perform. They added an orchestra class this year which opened the concert with beautiful music! Kynzley's class sang a song about candy canes, ohhhh sooo cute!!! 

Kynzley and her BF Macy

Kynzley's class all dressed up!

"Oh candy cane, oh candy cane!"

Merry (first) Christmas

This past weekend we traveled to the FROZEN ( I REPEAT FROZEN) tundra -aka- up north to celebrate the first Christmas of the season! Besides the beyond negative temps we had a great time! Kynzley is blessed with lots of cousins close in age  to play with, she has a blast and is always pooped when we leave. We also got to meet the new addition to the family, baby Harmon Price! Such a cutie!

Eva, Kynzley, Owen and Nora making magnets for grandma for Christmas

Grandma and Grandpa with the grandbabies 

L-R: (top) Harmon, Eva, Kynzley, Owen, Nora, Halle and Becca

(as you can see, the kids play hard enough where holes get in the pants!)

Thanking Grandpa for her Christmas gifts :)

Saturday afternoon Kynzley got another opportunity to talk with Santa!

Merry Christmas 2013

Candy time!

The Price Family

Thormodson Family

Bowling

Friday night Kynzley went bowling for the first time! It was fun to watch her catch on and improve with each frame!

McKenna and Kynzley - ready to bowl

McKenna was an AWESOME cheerleader :)

good thing for bumpers ;)

We're not pros but we had fun! 

Goodbye October, Hello November

We said goodbye to October and hello to November with some fun activities! We wrapped up October with Halloween festivities. Kynzley really wanted to stay home this year and "throw candy at the kids" :) We were able to convince her to go trick-or-treating at a couple houses with our neighbors to get the whole days experience!

We stared November great! It was our neighbor, Aubrey's, third birthday party! It was a great time watching the kids play games, ride rides, dance and sing!

She's a pro!

Happy Birthday Aubrey!

Kynzley, Aubrey and Elise

*Side note!*

Francis shaved his beard.....and goatee for a beard growing contest at work (he had to be completely clean shaven on Nov. 1). Well, Kynzley has NEVER (I REPEAT N.E.V.E.R) seen Francis without facial hair. Ha! You can imagine how well this went, lol! While her and I were snuggled in bed Friday morning, Francis came in to say goodbye before work. He went in for a hug and a kiss and was welcomed by puzzledness :-/ She said "you look silly! You look different" When he left she looked at me and said "daddy looks different, he looks like Uncle Tom!" Throughout the day she kept reminding me how different and silly daddy looked before work and when he came home after work I think she was expecting his hair back. He walked in the door and we had one scared 3 year old :( All day we talked about taking daddy out to eat, when he walked in the door we couldn't get her to come out of the basement, she hid and would not look at her Francis! Finally we got her convinced that it was still daddy and we headed to eat. On our way tot he restaurant Francis was telling a story and Kynzley in the backseat whispered "mommy! His voice is still the same!" Lol! Yes, Kynzley it is still daddy! On Saturday she told Francis "don't worry! It will grow back and you will be daddy again." I guess someone is a fan of facial hair!!! Luckily, Francis is a beast and can grow a full beard overnight, she will have her daddy back in no time!  

A is for Apple

Today was a beautiful day to spend at the apple orchard!!!!! We have been so busy and the weather has been so icky that it has taken us until now to get to the orchard. The weather was perfect today! At dinner I asked Kynzley what her favorite part of the day was and she said "picking the apples and putting them in our bag and riding the wagon through the orchard"!

(click photos to view clearer!)

Halloween sneak peak

Halloween is right around the corner! This past weekend Kynzley dressed up and enjoyed an early trick-or-treat. Francis was gone all week in Korea, so it was a fun family activity before the icky weather hit! 

This year Kynzley has chosen to be a kitty. She started off wanting to be Minnie Mouse (how cute!), but ended up changing her mind and finally decided to be Minnie's cat, Figaro (just as cute Ü)! This was the EASIEST costume to date! Took very little effort to make, which did make me a little sad but hopefully next year she will choose something elaborate ;)! 

Enchanted Forest 2013

Our local eco park puts on a great trick or treat along the marsh. It's filled with fun and magical characters for the little ones to enjoy!

The kids enjoy the candy while the adults enjoy the view :)