Snow fun

We have already had some fun times in the snow. Our first snow storm was on October 10th and since then we have made some good snow angels and used our sled a couple of times. Weston is getting better at enjoying the cold "stuff" and not crying as much! But Kambria sure loves to be outside and playing in it! Bryan has even be able to join us a couple of times!

I included this one because of its artistic elements! just a fun picture!

Fairbanks' family pictures

I LOVE looking at pictures. I LOVE taking pictures. But I especially love having family pictures taken. I think they are fun to look at and display in my home. So we had Bryan's cousin take our family pictures. I thought they turned out good. Of course you always look at yourself and think...well its okay. That is how I felt with some...but these aren't bad:

This one is the favorite........not biased at all though. So this will be our family picture for this year!

And of course this one is the one that will be properly displayed in my house!

Utah Lamprecht's

While we were in Utah we were able to see my brother Brady for a minute and enjoyed helping him put up his Christmas tree. The kids had a blast helping. Especially Kambria.

We also got to see his light show on his house. He has done some GREAT work with it this year. He even has Kermit the frog singing. We love you Brady! We also got to spend a little time seeing my Grandma and Aunt Sherie. We sure do love them lots and miss having the opportunity to see them more often. We see them about twice a year...and that is a good year!

But the kids had fun and it didn't take them near the time to be themselves around them. Kambria LOVES Sherie (but who wouldn't) and she even let Grandma "great" as we have the kids call her rock her for a minute. Thanks for the brief, but memorable time together!

Thanksgiving...

We drove to Utah to be with Bryan's family for thanksgiving. I drove out with the kids and Bryan's mom on tuesday morning and then Bryan and his dad flew out on wednesday night. We had a fun time. Kambria enjoyed having Madalyn around and for the most part they played well with each other. Weston even enjoyed the fun. We had all the fixens and I helped with the green bean casserole and pies. I have to admit though that I like making my own pie crusts rather than the store bought. I used store bought becasue that is what we had to use and the crusts ended up being burnt. No biggy, but I like my own pie crusts (probably becasue that is what I know how to do. ;o)

Some picture to relect on fun times:

The kids were pretending to be driving a bus. Madalyn was the bus driver

Kambria brought her dress up clothes to share. Madalyn and Kambria had a lot of fun dressing up being "princesses."

Erik was the "man of the hour." All the kids loved to climb on him.

The zoo

We went to the zoo all by oursleves on free zoo day. It wasn't bad...except for the parking. We ran into a couple friends from our old ward in denver. That was fun.

The kids enjoyed looking at the animals and being outside. We even got to watch the sea lion show.

I thought this was a pretty cool picture. This is Kambria's profile with the lion drinking the water in the background. Not bad!

My birthday...only a month late

Thursday October 15, 2009This is what I woke up to! CINNAMON rolls!!!! It was wonderful...especially since Bryan had to work that day! He got up early and made them for me and decorated! Kambria woke up and came in my room and woke me up by saying lets go see all your presents and balloons! They are out in the kitchen for your birthday! Way to ruin the surprise! But it was wonderful for her to remember my birthday too!

This is Weston folding his arms! He does it so well!

This was the kitchen table with all My presents!I got custom orthotics from Bryan! What a surprise. He had someone from work make them for me and what a Sucker I was thinking he was taking a mold of my foot for someone to practice on at work! I got makeup and face lotion...only costing $4 by the way! I even have Bryan saving money now! ;o)

And I got new jeans!!! I also got two boxes of Tulips and Bryan's help to plant them. This is the first time I have done tulips so hopefully they will turn out!

That night I thought we were not going to do ANYTHING fun for my birthday...but low and behold our friends Trinity and Wes come over to have dinner with us and celebrate! It was something different and fun! Thanks guys!This was my birthday Pie that MaryEllen made me since she knows that cakes are not my most favorite! and Weston and Kambria had to help me open my presents...I got a wonderful Wreath to go on my front door, Some jewelry, and some underwear! It was great!

I later celebrated with my mother and father and they got me some hand weights! Just what I had asked them for! Thanks!