Kaelan Meets Santa!

They seem to get along just fine. no?

Kaelan's first Haircut!

After we returned to Idaho from Ohio we decided it was time to give K a haircut. His long mohawk look just wasn't doing it for him! He looks like such a big boy now and I can hardly stand it! What a cutie though...reminds me of his bald days!

Hanna Family

What a wonderful family! We have had a great time with my family, even under difficult circumstances. My Grandma Hanna, my last living grandparent, died last Friday and because Travis and I were in the USA it made it easy for us to fly over. It was hard to say goodbye to her and I will miss her dearly but I know she is in Jesus' loving arms and is free from pain forever. Over the last few days we have been celebrating her life and having a great time with our family. The above picture was taken on Monday night and includes all 6 aunts and uncles with their spouses, all but 1 of the 15 cousins and most of their spouses and children.

Playing in the SNOW!

Last Monday we woke up to about 2 inches of snow! What a wonderful way to be greeted by the day! It is now Sunday and the snow has stayed around and been added to making about 4 inches total. Travis has had to shovel the snow 4 or five times now and he is loving every minute. What a beautiful season!

Kaelan turns ONE!!!

The yummy food!

Kaelan's cake and the cupcakes.
Nice work Aunt Nan and Mammy!

Uncle Don

Uncle Don enjoying a cupcake!

He was in charge of my camera so I'm glad he managed to slip a couple pics of himself in there! Ha ha!

Grandma Custer

Aunt Mandalyn and Cousin Everleigh

Playing with my friends after devouring the cake!

Aunt Kristina Aunt B and Claire Tammy and Dylan Owen

Games we played

Where in the world is Kaelan?
We had 10 pictures around the room of places Kaelan has been during his first year. Guests had to match the picture to a country and then try to put the pictures in order of his age. Kind of tricky!

Uncle Don and Aunt Mandalyn made these awesome Kaelan coloring sheets for one of the kids activities. On the other end of the table the kids were able to put stickers on Singapore post cards.

Kaelan Trivia.
How did you Singapore people do?

Travis made a map of SE Asia for the kids to pin a little face of Kaelan on Singapore.

I have to give all the credit for this party to my family! Uncle Don and Aunt Mandalyn came up with all the game ideas and did most, if not all of the work to make them happen. They also put together a wonderful slide show of Kaelan's first year. Mammy made Kaelan's cake to devour and provided her daycare for us to party in. Aunt Nan made the cupcakes for the guests to eat and Grandma Custer provided the awesome pulled pork sandwiches. It turned out to be a great first bday that we can forever tell Kaelan about and we are thankful for all your help!

Kaelan's first bday presents

Kaelan turns 1 in a week!

Thanks Mom and Dad for the tunnel!

Thanks Sam, Zayden and Audrey for the super fun slide!
I can almost do it all by myself and I definitely love to climb all over it!

Thanks Aunt Mille!
I love the Backpack, Big Boy Sippy Cup and Book!

Thanks Henry and Kyle for the super cool tractor and farm animals!

We had a small bday party planned for K with the baby group but unfortunately K got sick. I think it is just due to him getting his 8th tooth but I didn't want to expose the other babies just in case. Yes, 8 teeth! And you can kind of see in these pictures the slobbery, runny nose mess he has been. We hope this clears before we get on the plane on Monday...we will see.

Thanksgiving

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving at our house with the Singapore Supper Club. This is a group of 12 that has dinner together once a month rotating houses. I asked for November to be our month to host so of course we had to do Thanksgiving! It turned out to be a great night! 10 of the 12 could make it but unfortunately one couple had to leave early due to their son cracking his elbow while home with the babysitter. Poor little guy. Thanks for a great night and we are looking forward to the next one in Jan...painting plates!

Bible Study!

Yes, this is my Thursday morning Bible Study! Our study was on a book called "Do you think I'm Beautiful?" So we thought it best to end the semester feeling beautiful getting our nails done! What a great group of ladies...I'm going to miss you!

Photo Shoot

We tried to take Kaelan out to do a quick 11 month photo shoot downstairs on the apartment's property. Unfortunately he had 20 mins until his nap and all he wanted to do was lead Daddy around the grounds. Daddy was obviously not going where he wanted to go! He was perfectly happy when he had the lead!

Cruise to Istanbul

Starring: Barry Glitter buns and Fifi Galores

Staff on the MV Tipanic

from left: Trikki, Sally, Tilly, Wanda, Lola and Fifi.

Barry, Al Fresco, Sylvester, Rusty, Captain Birdseye, Walter Ski

You may be wondering what's going on in these pictures. I'm tempted to leave you and let them speak for themselves but I just can't! Especially when Travis is dressed as Barry Glitterbuns! Who is he, you may ask? Well, he is an entertainer on the MV Tipanic and, more importantly, he murdered Stew Driver. Can you believe it...Barry, of all people? Well, he drowned him in the pool and we spent the evening in Captain Birdseye's dining hall trying to figure it out.
Any clue to what's going on?
Last night we showed up, in costume, to a murder mystery dinner. As I said before, Travis was Barry, the murderer, and I was Wanda Lust. I was the ship's masseuse and not a very respectable one. We had a lot of fun trying to stay in character and figure out the clues to the murder. Poor Stew.
Thanks Sally and Rusty (Jenn and Tobi) for planning this awesome, memorable night!

Proof!!!!

I can't believe how fast things are moving with this little man...way, way to fast for my liking. I'm always so excited for every new stage and love looking back at how far he has come.