Kuhnel Family: January 2011

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Swimming Lessons

What better way to spend a cold winter day? Why, taking swimming lessons at the local YMCA.

Avry

Avry with her instructor.

Avry and her class.

Jaci

The Joys of an 18month Old

Zain discovered that if you squeeze oranges, you get juice. Then you can take the juice and rub it in your hair.....

Doesn't his hair look great?!?

After that, he got a bath, nice clean hair!

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

The Story of Zain's Hair

Zain has hair.

Zain has lots of hair.

Zain has lots of curly hair.

Zain has lots and lots of hair.

Zain gets a haircut.

Mommy cries.

Zain has more hair!

Zain gets another haircut.

Mommy cries again.

Daddy happy Zain doesn't get called a girl.

The End

Pinkalicious Creates Snow Angels!

Avry loves the Pinkalicious books. As she bundled up to play in the snow we realized she was in pink from head to toe! I called her 'pinkalicious' and she decided 'pinkalicious' was going to make some snow angels!

The grass was bare at 7am and it started snowing at 7:30am. By 11:30am it was done snowing and had covered our lawn in 4 inches of fresh powder.

Home Schooling Advantages

One benefit of home schooling is being able to visit Nick at work. After Tuesday bible study, we hit Wendys drive thru and headed to the airport. Once there we couldn't help throw in some education....

Watching a plane takeoff from the tower.

Inside a fire truck.

Proud of our daddy that he can drive this and fight fires!

The wheel on one of the trucks is as tall as Jaci!

Two Girls Dancing

Jaci has enjoyed taking dance lessons for 5 years and this year Avry joined her.

Beautiful Feet Company Dance. Jaci, bottom center. They are getting ready to perform at a nursing home then on to the mall.

Jaci and friend, Sarah Hubert.

Jaci performed with the Moscow Ballet in the Nutcracker. The event took place in December at the Casper Events Center. After many weeks of practice, this is Jaci getting her hair done a few hours before the final performance.

Avry is the smallest one in her ballet/tumbling class.

Love those leg warmers!

Isn't she cute?!?

Backyard Visits

There is a herd of deer that like to visit in the afternoon.

Usually Samantha, our dog, keeps them out of our backyard but on this particular day this doe jumped the fence and chased Samantha up the deck. She didn't like Samantha barking at her two babies. Samantha raced up the stairs and scratched to be let inside.

Check out that rack!!

Thursday, January 6, 2011

Cole starts the New Year by having a birthday!

Yep, we love parties! Christmas, Avry's birthday, our anniversary (Dec. 31st) and Cole's birthday on the 5th give us plenty of opportunity to prove this correct.

Cole trying not to smile while we sing.

Cole picked Oreo ice cream cake for the dessert! Yum!

Our oldest turning 12, wow, we feel old. As we enter into the 'pre-teen' years we are excited to watch him grow into the man God intends him to be. We love you Cole!

Our baby girl turns 4!

Right after Christmas, the 29th to be exact, we celebrate another birthday. Avry Michaela Kuhnel. What a blessing and JOY she is in our lives! Here's a glimpse of her birthday......

Avry's future husband and sister-in-law. Standing family joke :) Actually her two good friends Timothy and Savannah Hubert were just as excited as she was to open presents.

Daylen, Joel, Cole and Lindsay watch and wait patiently to get back to their own game on the Wii while I snap pictures.

'Happy Birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Avry....'

Avry, Tim, Zain and Savannah enjoying cake and ice cream.

Farewell (for now) to Chris & Bekkie

My brother Chris and his wife Bekkie were able to come visit for Christmas. My kids love spending time with these two even though they live in Florida and we don't see them very often. Cole and Jaci tagged along to DIA to send these two home.