"Working" in the Yard

Last Sunday, Shelley had a meeting after church, so McKenzie and I went out in the backyard, since it was 59 degrees outside, and planted two blueberry bushes. I turned around for two seconds and she had yanked up one of the newly planted bushes and was running away with it. She really enjoyed "helping" me dig, and likes getting in the dirt and finding things. I'm sure as the weather warms up, we will be spending a lot more time back there. Thank God for a new fence! It is nice to relax to know that she won't be running out into the street. Hopefully those blueberry bushes take off soon, so we can have some Blueberry Pancakes...mmmmmmm.




If you look really close, you might think those are chocolate cookie crumbs around McKenzie's mouth. They're not. It's dirt. She's a dirt-eater.

Puppa and Momaw

Puppa and Momaw (Gramma and Grampa) visited this weekend, and we had a great time. McKenzie loved tackling Puppa Mike, and loved having Momaw Kathie read to her. We had some beautiful weather, and Pop and I got to go fly fishing on the Kalama River. No fish, but it was sure great to get out and throw a fly.

Cute as a button

Just decided to do a little photo shoot since it was nice outside. McKenzie wasn't in much of a smiling mood though.

The Little Heartbreaker

Aah, Valentine's Day, when men frantically run by Safeway on their way home from work to purchase roses that have sky rocketted to the price of gold...Well, anyways, McKenzie had a great Valentine's Day. She got a cool outdoor chair for the backyard, which she tried out, A LOT, in the play room. She gave out lots of kisses and hugs, and received a Valentine from Mommy that had a doggie on it. She carried that around for days, because I think she equates puppies and kitties with love.








I'm singing, to my Daaaaaaaddy, and I love you, I love you, I loooooooove yooooooooooou, Daaaaaaaddyyyyyyyyy!

Snow!

Well, it finally happened. It snowed in the tropical town of Kelso. A whole 4 inches! Pretty impressive when you think that school closes for frosty roads around here. McKenzie was super excited, and her Dad wanted to make a snowman with her, so, after much bundling, we headed outside, and proceeded to create the snowman with the coolest hair on the block. McKenzie loved it, but got cold after a while and wanted to go back inside. Our cool snowman didn't last long, and tipped over. Oh well maybe in another 5 years it'll snow again.

Christmas 2007

We started off our Christmas holiday at 5:30am Saturday morning with McKenzie throwing up, and Shelley feeling sick to her stomach. We finally got on the road, and after a 5.5 hour drive and having to put chains on for 30-40 miles while going over the pass, we arrived in Ellensburg. Shelley immediately went upstairs to lay down, and the rest of us hung out by the fire and watched a little Planet Earth. Sunday Shelley felt well enough to come downstairs, so we opened some presents, and had a good time with Momaw and Puppa, Peter and Mo, and Anna.

Mckenzie helping Mommie open a present.

Grampa reading to "The Mitten" to McKenzie.

Our little Snow Baby.

Check out those cute teeth!

Milligan Family picture in the Ellensburg snow.

Auntie Anna and McKenzie at Uncle Steve and Aunt Roe's house Christmas night.

We then travelled Sunday night back over the pass to Mt. Vernon, and McKenzie decided to give us an early present by filling her pants and carseat with a messy, smelly poop, right as we pulled into Tom and Suzie's driveway. Merry Christmas!

Family at the Morrow house.

Gramma and Grampa Morrow and McKenzie.

Auntie Carrie, who spoiled McKenzie rotten this Christmas!

McKenzie and her cute little puppy.

McKenzie and her first Barbie.

Auntie Sara showing her Christmas excitement.

Daddy and McKenzie at the Morrows.

Uncle Pheff(Jeff) and Aunt Sara and McKenzie.

Grampa Tom reading Curious George to McKenzie.

We have a window licker.

Either we don't feed her enough, or she likes the taste of glass.

Daddy's little helper taking down the lights.

Saying goodbye to another great Christmas.

Thank you so much everybody for letting us come to your homes and enjoy such a fun Christmas. We appreciate all that you do, and how much you love us and especially McKenzie.

Some Random Happenings

This is our little beaver trying to gnaw her way out of her crib. She has the cutest new teeth, and you can't help but laugh when she smiles. It's infectious.

Gramma No Lips came to visit before Christmas, and got to spend some time reading McKenzie's favorite book to her. The Jan Brett collection is awesome, and keeps her attention for a long time. We were very thankful to Gramma for coming up to visit, and were sorry that we didn't get to see her at Christmas.

One night, Shelley thought we should drive around our neighorhood and take pictures in front of other people's lights. At least we are good friends with these folks, and they sure go all out when it comes to lights. The Griswolds indeed!

McKenzie loves to hang upside down.

This is McKenzie's "Rock Star" look. She's trying to give herself a little harder edge. I told her she should go down and hang out at the main Starbucks and she would fit right in.