Spreadin' the Christmas Love

That Christmas love that you see above....that was real Christmas love shared over and over and over during our Christmas festivitives! It was an amazing Christmas. We are so blessed by our families. Most of all though, we are blessed to be loved by Christ - the reason we celebrate this awesome season! His love and grace fill our hearts and souls beyond our comprehension. What a truly amazing gift. We are so blessed!

Look what I found in my parent's basement!!! It's my ski pants and coat from jr. high. Don't I look like hot stuff?!!! Still kept me dry while I played outside - I can handle embarrassing colorfullness in front of the neighbors, if it means I get to play outside with the fam!!!
And, here is what I got to do while wearing the "Hot Suit" - Frosty loved me for who I was, even if I was stuck in the 90's!

The Month in Review

It has been a little over a month since I last posted, and as always, we have been busy with all sorts of fun stuff! There have been basketball games galore, 4 birthday parties, Thanksgiving, a trip to Minneapolis, Top Gun, Meals on Wheels, and a Tonsilectomy/Adneoidectomy with ear tubes inserted - to top it all off!

Life doesn't seem to get dull for this Kahl family, that is FOR SURE! All of our experiences and adventures seem to bring more personality growth to the little rascals we call Tyler and Kenna. It has been fun to watch as it all plays out. Their little personalities just really shine.

Tyler - definitely has the first child need to be in charge and right most of the time. He makes up games, and wants everyone to play them. He is very creative, and also very analytical. His tender heart shines with care and love for others. He loves his little buddies, and they have a grand ole' time rippin' around together!

Kenna - SPUNK SPUNK SPUNK. This girl knows what she wants, and is not afraid to let others know as well. At the same time, she is such a LOVER. She can melt a person's heart in about 2 seconds with her hugs and snuggles. She is nurturing - loving her babies, and taking care of her brother when he is down.

Together - they love one another. Yes, they fight often enough. But, they also miss each other when they are away from one another. They are concerned when the other is hurt or sad, and they love to hold hands and help each other out....melts a mommy's heart!!!

Admidst the fun activities in life, it is fun to have the chance to step back and watch these two little people grow into their own. And I know, every year will bring more and more of that.

Here's a few pics to recap our past month's life experiences:

Meals on Wheels - Tyler, Kenna and I had the opportunity to deliver for 1 week. A top highlight of our month, for sure!

Thanksgiving - Kenna sharing snuggles with Uncle Nate.

Top Gun - Tyler and Grandpa Ray LOVE to play Top Gun together

Ben turns 2! It was so much fun to help him celebrate his big day.

He loves being 2...just ask Elise!

Miss Makenna...we are discovering that she LOVES to color. Obviously, she also loves to be super silly.

Mickey and Friends

We just got back from an action-packed week of excitement with Mickey and Friends, in Disney World. Grandma and Grandpa Kuntz, along with Kritter and Brittney traveled with Tyler, Makenna, and myself to Florida. We enjoyed three Disney Parks, a Character Breakfast, and Downtown Disney. Kenna wasn’t sure what she thought of those crazy characters, but she LOVED the princesses and Cinderella’s castle. She thought they were amazing. Tyler’s favorite part was when Grandpa Ray would blast him off like a rocket ship in the umbrella stroller. Should have made that a Disney ride.

We were lucky to have the chance to hang out with my Aunt Robin and Lauri, as they vacationed in FL as well. They even came to one of Aaron’s games. Yeah…it was so great to see and hang out with them!

Aaron came with his basketball team a couple days later. They played two great games…came away with two wins. It was a great way to start the season. We were excited to be able to be there to cheer them on!!!

Magic Kingdom, here we come!

Grandma, Grandpa, and Tyler on the Monorail

Lots and lots of Characters!

Me, just being Me


A Little Ice Cream for the Girls

3D

Lauri and Aunt Robin

Aaron in action

Fall Updates

We love fall!!! There are so many fun things going on in the fall - football, volleyball and soccer games, apple picking, activities starting up, trees changing into beautiful colors, and the weather is amazing!

A couple weeks ago, we enjoyed the visit of some great friends - the Whickers. We were able to participate in a few fun fall activities together with the Whickers. It was a blast, and we were so blessed to have them come visit us!

Tyler is old enough to start in on some activities of his own this fall. He started taking a tumbling class - which he LOVES, and started going to AWANA, a Wednesday night church activity. It is so much fun to watch him in his classes - I can hardly believe he is old enough....

As a family, we went apple picking...love apple picking! Unfortunately, my camera ran out of battery right when we got there, so I have no pictures. Next year!

Here are a few pictures of some of our fall events, thus far. There's still a lot of fall left...stay tuned for more fall fun!

Tyler and Isaac are suited up for a game of football

Go Vikes! Go Hawks!

The Whicker Kids and Kahl Kids picking out some pumpkins at a SD farm

Tyler's tumbling class

Wow - look at that form! ;)

Tyler walking the rainbow beam

Great job, buddy!

Running a Little Behind

Life is cruising by so fast, but with so many fun adventures! We have had the chance to do a lot of exciting things and spend time with a lot of awesome people in the last few months. Here are a few pictures to recap our events, which have literally occurred back to back to back to back....

An awesome visit to Mitchell from our good friends, the Drents!

Then off to MN for the MN State Fair with the Kuntz's



Then to Sioux Falls for Amazing Music at Life Light Christian Music Festival

**Kenna broke her collar bone in this spot, but we won't picture it, it's already a faded memory in our minds!**

Next....a Great Day with the Entire Kahl Clan, Celebrating Grandma Agnes' 90th Birthday!

And....a Fun-Filled Trip to the Black Hills with Grandma and Grandpa Kahl

There are more adventures ahead, and we can't wait! I will try to be better at updating the blog! Thanks for journeying life with us!

A Weekend to Remember

What happens when you put 6 kids (ages 4 and under) + 4 mommies in one house for 4.5 days????

Memories memories memories!!!!

We sure missed our friend Mackenzie and new baby Norse, and really hope that they can join us on the next action packed time together!

To see some highlights of the memories we built this weekend, see below...

Quotes of note:

Tyler, Kenna and Peter to Matthias - "Matthias wears diapers - Matthias wears diapers - Matthias wears diapers!!!!!" over and over and over

Tyler to all "BUT, only at night guys"

***Funniest part - Makenna and Peter have diapers too***

Matthias to the diaper taunting threesome - "Guys, give me some PRVIATES!"

Allison to Matthias - "Do you mean Pri-vacy?"
Matthias to the diaper taunting threesome - "OH - GUYS, give me some PRI-VACY!"

Tyler to Laura - "Is Annie 4 and a half?"

Laura to Tyler - "No, she is only 4."

Tyler to Laura - "Oh, because she is really tall"

Allison to Mommies (after we saw the American gymnastics team how another big error - "SEE...this is why I HATE the Olympics!"

Molly to Mommies (after we saw the American men's 4x100 Swim Team Win the Gold - "SEE...this is why I LOVE the Olympics!"

Molly, Allison and Laura to Amy (They are all in the living room watching TV and I am in the kitchen getting dinner ready) - "Amy, where is the black remote?"

Amy to Molly, Allison and Laura - "Um.....I don't know"

What I am really thinking, "I'm not coming in there to find the remotes for you lazy bums. Get off the couch and find it yourself!"

Me at 6am this morning (after running face first/SMACK into her CLOSED bedroom door because my eyes were still closed) - "AGH! UGFH! SLDIEHSL!!!@ EEEE!!"

Oh, I could go on and on, but it's probably not as funny to you, as it is to us!