Tonight at the park we decided to see if Kenzy woudl enjoy a little time in the swing. She kinda liked it but wasn't smiling all that much.

We hit up a local park after dinner tonight with Nana. Got some cute pics :)

Today we went to a huge "Easter Egg Drop." It was called a "drop" because not only were football fields simply littered with eggs, they were also dropping boxes and boxes full of eggs from a hot air balloon above the field.

I had figured that they would be launching the balloon directly next to the field and somehow tethering it. We went on a hot-air balloon ride in Sedona, AZ duing a vacation for our first anniversary and I knew that those balloons are completely unpredictable and are at the mercy of the winds. So as we had figured, the balloon was tethered to a 4-wheel tractor (gator) and pulled into position to drop the eggs above the first field. They had a little issue getting the balloon to stay at the right tension on the rope. They didn't want it to be pulling too hard but they also didn't want it to be coming down onto the filed... which it did once (see video below). There were going to do a total of 4 fields I think... what do I mean by "were"?
Well... first a rope that a guy was haning on to got tangled in the stadium lights of the soccer field so he had to let or get carried away... then the tractor was pulling the balloon away from the field when the tethering rope snapped and off went the balloon. All the other fields had to live with no "drop". It was pretty funny :) Enjoy the video of the kids hunting eggs and the balloon smacking down on the field and on top of a bunch of eggs.

Video #1: The balloon having altitude issues and smacking down on the eggs


Video #2: The kids gathering eggs


Video #3: Bye Bye Balloon

Here is the most recent family photo.

We've had a lot of fun in the States so far....bubble baths. wagons, and just being together.

Love those polka dots!

Landon and Josiah are having so much fun with all their cousins...

After we came back, it was almost time for Christmas, and Kenzy's first one! Look at those handsome boys!

Landon (4)
Josiah (2)
Kenzy (1 month)













No one could complain about getting this little chunk in her stocking. (2 mos.)
















Looking so pretty in her Christmas dress. (1 mo.)

















Pretty in pink. (2 mos.)

After may requests and fighting of exhaustion I have got another slideshow with more pics of Kenzy up. She is an angel :)

Yesterday we brought Yvonne and the baby home from the hospital. I had a friend of ours stay with Yvonne for a few hours so that I could go get Kenzy's birth certificate done. It is not like in America where the hospital issues files everything and then you get the official birth certificate in the mail or anything. Here you get a proof of birth form and you take it to a special office. Since we're Americans I had to have our marriage license translated into Arabic then turn in all our paperwork. So I got her birth certificate and had to have it translated into English for the US Embassy. We will go there first day they're open next week. I wanted to share with y'all the picture that will be on her passport for the next 5 years... and she is 2 days old in it. :)