Saturday, November 24, 2012

Thanksgiving 2012

Kieran in his adorable new fox sweater... posing on the stairs at my folks house... there are many a photo of my sister and I very similar to this one ;)
We spent Thursday with my family and enjoyed a delicious meal and shared what are all thankful for... Kieran: "I am thankful for the plants and animals, and mommy and daddy and Presley!" Presley: "I am thankful for mommy and papa and Journey!" 
Cheesy grin ;)

Papa and kiddos get in some holiday hugs before dinner

A pre-meal snack- wearing a scarf, of course ;)

The sisters and our kiddos... love this expression Rick caught on my face- is that how I always look?!

Cousin play time- so much fun together!

Thanksgiving number two... Sandy's house with family, friends and a giant leg of turkey!

Dress up time in Nene's Halloween wig!

Kieran had a lot of fun playing with the dogs this time- mostly being chased by uncle Zack's dog, Ronin...

On the run from Ronin...

Playing chase with dogs is soooo much fun!

Kieran also spent a lot of his second Thanksgiving sprawled out on the floor, playing with an assortment of Rick and his brothers' old toys...

Uncle Zack gets in on the Transformer action!

Thursday, November 22, 2012

River Picnic

We took Kieran to a park by the Missouri river, below the bridge.  Sunny 70* weather, sand, rocks, sticks, a giant ramp to the bridge and a picnic made for a perfect family outing :)

When Kieran first saw the sand he yelled, "Look! The desert!!"

He was very excited to bring a pignic (that's picnic for those of you not fluent in Kieran-speak)... PBJs, veggies, fruit, yogurt and pretzels- mmmm!

Daddy and Kieran enjoying their meal ;)

All smiles!

"Mmmmm!"

Running up the ramp with daddy...

Running some more...

"Come on mom!"

Kieran discovered a gate at the top of the ramp- this resulted in a half hour superhero/jail play session ;)

Getting a little tired... "Carry me daddy!"


Smiley boy :)

Mom and Kieran hug session ;)

Daddy and Kieran on "Richard's Rock" ;)

More sand play...

"Anyone loose a key?!"

This boy loves him some sand

The mighty river-explorer ;)

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Holiday parade 2012

We took Kieran to the annual holiday parade in downtown Columbia last weekend. The weather was perfect and Kieran seemed to really enjoy the parade this year.

Kieran playing with daddy's wallet... 

"Cheese!"

Mommy and Kieran enjoy a hot drink waiting for the parade to begin.

Sitting on the curb, watching the show :)

So sweet :)

We ran into Julie, Jacob and Evan at the parade- seems like we are always randomly meeting up with some portion of the Marshall family at every Columbia event ;)

Kieran and the boys reacting to the first band- so excited!!

Such sweet boys :)