Happy Halloween

It's Halloween time! McKenzie is excited. I think Bobby is just excited because we are actually going to go out tonight! (after trick-or-treating of course) McKenzie has been Sharpay (from High School Musical) this week at her Halloween parties. Tonight she will be a snow princess. I had to talk her into this so that she would have a warmer costume for trick-or-treating outside. Olivia will be pink leopard. Bobby will be a pirate and I'll be a tavern lady.



We've had quite the month. It seems that we never have a second just to be home as a family. We are constantly on the go. That's just fine with us though. Bobby and I get restless if we sit for more than a few minutes. We seem to find ourselves going out of our minds if we don't have anything planned for the day. Those days are very few and far between so we must be doing something right.


McKenzie has had a few Halloween parties already. She had a party at dance and gymnastics this week. She has a party at school today and then we'll take her trick-or-treating tonight. She also has a fun night planned with her cousin Alexa.



We hope that everyone has a great night!!



Happy Halloween!! - Kari, Bobby, McKenzie & Olivia

Big Weekend

McKenzie hitting the pinata

Pumpkin carving

Olivia's baptism

Baby Ava and Olivia

McKenzie in the rain

Ali, Nicki and Kari at Ali's birthday party

Kari and Bobby

Last weekend was a long one for us. We decided to have Olivia baptized and McKenzie's birthday party on the same day. Both parties went very well.

The baptism was interesting. We went in front of the congregation and stood proud of our family while we waited for Olivia's turn to be baptized. From what I am told, McKenzie stood there looking out to the crowd as she picked her nose. Wonderful! Then, Olivia spit up on me. We had no burp cloth with us up front. Bobby was so nice as to use his hand to clean it up (it wasn't a lot). Then Olivia started crying. Of course I didn't have a binky with me either. Thank goodness for uncle Brian (Brian and Heather are Olivia's godparents). He rescued us by going through Olivia's diaper bag (looking through every single little pocket) until he could find one. The party afterward went fine.

Next on the agenda was McKenzie's birthday party. Like usual I had way too many pumpkins for carving. It was a great time though. The best part was the pinata. Each kid got a chance to hit the pinata. McKenzie ended up breaking it open for the candy to fall out. It was very entertaining to watch them.

Thank you to everyone that joined us for the parties. We had a great time!

Happy birthday to Ali and Brian! We had a great time at Ali's party last weekend as well at the Piano bar. That's always a fun place to go.

Congratulations to my cousin Shaina and her husband Trevor (and also to big sister Ava and big brother Carter). They just welcomed thier third child on October 9th. They had a baby girl named Brooklyn. Congrats guys!!

Fall Fun

Well, my time home with Olivia is sadly coming to an end. Next week will be my last week home with our new daughter. I'm sure I'll have just as hard of a time with it as I did when I had to take McKenzie to daycare. I remember calling Bobby crying every day for two weeks as I dropped McKenzie off at daycare on my way to work. I hope he's ready for those phone calls again! In the end though, McKenzie just loves daycare. She loves being around the other kids and learning the alphabet and numbers. I would never have been able to teach her everything she knows now. I just have to remind myself of that.

On a happier note, we went on one of a few trips to Vala's Pumpkin Patch last night. We live so close that this ends up being a frequent trip for us each fall. I'll be going again next week with McKenzie's class as a volunteer. I'm sure that won't be the last time for this fall either. It's also my dad's favorite place to get a chili bowl so he drives from Lincoln at least once a week just to go in to eat!

I was able to continue on with my annual Husker game trip this year. I went this year with Bobby, my cousin Josh and our friend Kelsey. I had fun but realized once again why I only go once a year. I'm sorry but some of the people that go to Husker games should just stay home. Bobby was almost arrested for standing up during the game at our seats. It was ridiculous. It made for an interesting game. I had an old women try to pick a fight with me because my husband was standing. She actually dug her knees into my back and pushed her elbows into my neck. Ugh! The tailgating was fun though! Thanks for the food guys!!


McKenzie is growing up so fast. She will be turning 4 this year! Where does the time go? Her newest thing is that she has taken up gambling! This past weekend she won a game of dice at the Byers annual golf tournament luncheon. Ahhh, Bobby and I are so proud! We can now send her to college!!