Kylee's Lessons with all her new "stuff"

This is Kylee's first horse lesson after Christmas. She got lots of new horse supplies to use! This included her cute new shirt, camo halter (that matches her helmet), custom made bucket with grooming brushes, comb, hoof pick, horse treats and lead ropes. She was so excited to use all of her new stuff.

Dandy wearing the new camo halter.

Kylee's new bucket full of grooming supplies (thanks Heather!).

Kylee riding Dandy.

My little cowgirl with all her own equipment, fun stuff!

Christmas Celebration with the Kuhlman's & Hafdell's

We had our annual Kuhlman/Hafdell (Scott's dad's side of the family) Christmas party. This is the only time of year we see most of this family, so it is always a great time and fun catching up with everyone. This year was no exception. Kylee loved talking to Aunt Sheila and Uncle Pat about their horses! All the kids (especially the teenagers) are getting so grown up ~ great kids! What a fun night together.

Christmas Day with the Kuhlman's

We celebrated Christmas day with Scott's family at Crystal & Tim's house. The dogs all got to celebrate and hang out too! They were so cute, they even got to open gifts :)

Merry Christmas!

Christmas morning in the Kuhlman household - what a great day! Happy Birthday Jesus!!

What's in the stockings?

Santa brought Shane night vision binoculars, so cool!

Santa brought Kylee horse gear for her FurReal toy horse S'mores.

(horse blanket, halter, saddle, ankle wraps)

Kylee will be getting a blue saddle pad to match her riding helmet

(had to wrap the picture since it's on backorder)

Shane with his new "snuggie"

Croxen Family Christmas

Celebrating Christmas with Jen's family on December 23rd. It was a fun evening with the family, but we missed Scott (he was at work).

Santa Visits the Fire Station!

The guys at the Fire Department put on a great event at the Fire Station. There was great food and it was so nice to hang out with the fire families! Santa even came to visit and brought presents to all the kids. It was so much fun.

Kylee on the old fire engine

Shane being silly Shane

Cute Kylee

Our Family!

Our Sillly Family :)

Kylee sliding down the fire pole

(before she landed wrong and sprained her ankle, poor thing!)

Santa in the Fire Engine

The guys did a great job decorating.

Here comes Santa...bringing toys for all the boys & girls!

with lights, sirens and everything...

Shane getting his gift from Santa

Kylee getting her gift from Santa

Shane's Fall Soccer Season

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Ky Horse Lessons 2009

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Kylee sings with the KidZone Worship Team

Kylee sang in the church KidZone Worship Team this season. They sang a fun song during the 12/12 weekend services. Then, they got to lead the worship during our Family Christmas Eve Service held on Saturday, December 19th. She had a fun time with this performance, and did a great job!

Singing during the regular weekend service 12/12

Having fun...

Singing at the Family Christmas Eve Service 12/19

Gingerbread Train~

The kids built a gingerbread train this year - it was a lot of fun. When we were deciding between a gingerbread house or a train, Shane wanted the house. Kylee wanted the train because we have done the house in the past. Once Shane realized they were both made of gingerbread, he didn't care which one - he just wanted to eat the candy! And, he has enjoyed eating it so far!!

Santa Shane with Rudolf~

Shane wanted a picture with stormy dresses as Rudolf! So funny....

Riding in Ocotillo Wells

Off to Ocotillo Wells to go camping for the weekend ~ Dec 4th-6th. We spent the weekend with the Ramirez clan ~ Jen, Mike, Alexa, Cristina & Olivia ~ and Shane was able to bring his buddy Bladen too. We all had a blast! When we got there on Friday, Kylee just wanted to get on the quad and rode all evening long. The next day, all the kids rode. Bladen had not been riding before and he absolutely loved it. Scott brought a rocket that we got to shoot off and the kids thought it was really cool! Jen is really liking the quads too - she got her gear finally for this trip and had so much fun riding.

It was a really great weekend spending time with the family and friends!

Kylee's Winter Concert ~ School Chorus

The 5th & 6th Graders performed for the school's annual winter concert. Kylee had a lot of fun with this group, they do such an awesome job and they sound so good! We had a blast watching her.

Kylee is in the middle with a black top.

Happy Thanksgiving!

On Wednesday night, we had a chili dinner with Jen's side of the family (the Croxen clan) since Jen's sisters were not going to be in town for Thanksgiving day. It was nice to hang out before the big day.

Then, on Thursday we celebrated with Scott's family - Jen's dad & Janet joined us there too. The kids had fun playing Monopoly before dinner, then they played Domino's after. We all had a great time hanging out and enjoying each others company.

We have so much to be thankful for - we have been so blessed with wonderful family and amazing friends!

Shane's Soccer Season ~

Here are some pictures of Shane during the Fall Soccer Season. He played U10 this year on the Blue Bombers team. Shane loves to play soccer, and we love watching him! He had a great season!