Merry Christmas From Colorado

"For unto us a child is born ... and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace."

Isaiah 9:6

Wishing you the Merriest of Christmases yet.

We love you!!

Coates Visit...

I am having trouble here. 

You see when Melissa came she brought her camera with her. Now I want her camera. 

{sigh} oh well I guess I might have to save even longer for a new camera now... 

My other problem is most of the pictures we took on her visit where on her camera so I am trying to figure out which are OK to post and which not to. In case any are used for Christmas or on her blog. So lets see what I can share here....

bathtime....
This was fun, yet crowded.
As sweet as it looks in this picture, it only happened once, Thankfully.

kid cracks me up

Uncle "Gray-P" was quite the hit.
or maybe it was just his I-pad, who knows?

He was pure sweetness.
Even when he was grunting at 4am, we still loved every second with our Cousin James.

We tried to get outside a little even though it was chilly.

Myron had fun at the park.

These cousins sure did love each other.
I guess we need to start saving for 4 plane tickets to visit them next!

Thanksgiving with the Coates

So most of you know we had Thanksgiving with my sister and her family. I am so thankful they decided to fly their 10 month old 2000 miles to eat lunch with us. It was a very relaxed and yummy time. We have had many more but I will post those later.

We decided on Ham, no turkey.
That's right no Turkey people....

We had our first ever kids table.

Rob came to eat with us too since his family is in PA.
 Sadly, we started with out him, I am a horrible host.
Happily, he didn't want any turkey either!

Later we had a little dance action to work off the din-din

Finally we ended with Charlie Brown's Thanksgiving.

We missed you all that weren't here, but are so thankful to have The Coates with us this Holiday! I wonder if we could make it a new tradition?

I'm back....

I know you all are itching for pictures of Mr. James. He is quite the handsome fella. I got back late last night so here are a few pictures from the trip. I will type more details later if I can remember them. He is still in that learning how to sleep phase so that is what we spent most of our time doing. I did help Lisser practice going shopping with a wee one a little too! It was nice to have that down time with Lisser and I wasn't quite ready to leave her and the fam but I guess its time for her to do it on her own. I think she will get the hang of it pretty quick!!

Those lips!

He loves his mama!

and staring out the window in his bouncy seat!

Because you thought I was joking....

I should, totally blog. But I just dont feel like it today. So instead enjoy these gorgeous pictures from my awesome sister.

Dont worry there are more here.

Luv you!

Part of Aunt Lisser's Photo Album is up.
She is so amazing!

pit stop in our visit...

Here are some pictures from our week so far. We are having fun playing with Aunt "Lith-la", helping Dad build his rock patio, and squirting Reddog with our water gun!



of course, lisser is taking all the pictures. I promise i am trying i just don't have the energy. her's are always much better anyways! I will let you know when she gets them up on her Picasa page. Rylie is really enjoying her time with her Auntie. I think she is going to be really upset when she leaves, guess that means she will have to come back really soon. Its a good thing Mama Kim will be here soon!