Quist-mas

We visited Thom's parents for two days after Christmas. We had a great time just relaxing and playing games with Thom's siblings. We went on a shopping trip with Thom's mom in search of the game "Life: Twists and Turns." Two hours, and three stores later, we found it! Mom got it for us as a Christmas gift, and we stayed up late playing it with Mom and Dad that night. We had a great time, but forgot to pull out the camera. Sorry for the lack of pictures.

Christmas

We made a last-minute decision to go up and visit family over Christmas. So, the morning of Christmas Eve, we did our own family Christmas at our house, then we drove up to Denver. We spent Christmas Eve night at Rustic Log Furniture in Denver along with Laci's parents, her sisters Micah and Amanda and their families, and her brother Ryan. We all chose beds on the showroom floor, and had a BYOB party (bring your own bedding).


After all the kiddos were in bed, Laci managed to catch Santa on camera.

Tailynne had two mornings of opening presents! Not all the presents in this picture were for her, but she still enjoyed being surrounded by so much wrapping paper.

Christmas Day, Ryan and Thom played chess using the "Cute Critters" and stuffed animals that were displayed around the store. It ended in a stale mate.

One of Laci's family traditions is gambeling with the Christmas candy that Santa left in their stockings. Laci and her dad were the last two in the game. Dad won. That's all I have to say. Oh, well, the candy was divided evenly after the game again anyway.

Tailynne had a good time playing with her cousin Caden. They made up their own game, which kept them entertained for about half an hour. Caden would climb into the cabinets, Tai would say, "bye," and close the cabinet doors on her. Then Caden would climb out, and they would repeat the process. All the time, they would laugh and squeel with each other.

Visiting Santa

Santa was coming to the courthouse in Leadville. So we waited in line outside for about half an hour. It was really cold.Then we went inside to a crowded room and waited for those in front of us to sit on Santa's lap. The courthouse had a Nativity set up and Tailynne loved the "baby." We thought it was really awesome that they put a Nativity in the courthouse.

Thom put Tailynne on Santa's lap. She took one look at him and ...
Priceless!!!!!Tailynne and I went to story time at the library and Santa came to visit there as well. Tailynne would have nothing to do with him this time. So I held her so we could get a picture with him. At one point Santa tried to hold Tailynnes hand and she completely turned away from him. So funny.

December Sunset in Leadville

Pie

Laci was giving Tailynne bites of her pie, and Tai decided she wasn't being fed fast enough.

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

We hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! We had a great time with both families (two feasts in one day!). We certainly have a lot to be thankful for: family, the gospel, shelter, food, work. We have pictures and more details to add later.

SCRAPBOOKING...

I decided I needed to work on my scrapbook. So I got Tailynne some washable body markers and some paper (I didn't show her that they were supposed to be used on your body) and I set to work on my scrapbook. I looked over at Tailynne and saw that she was coloring on herself, but I let it go because they were washable. When I was done with my scrapbook page she was covered, so she went straight to the bathtub. Needless to say they were not to washable and the marks stayed on for a few scrubbings.

Playing in the Leaves

We took these pictures when we were up at Brock's Baptism. Tailynne helped Grandma Quist rake the leaves in a pile then she got to play in them.

Quist Cousins

Sarah, Laci, and Sariah holding the 3 quist cousins born within 3 months, Josiah, Tailynne, and Hannah

Tailynne was absolutely enthralled with her newest cousin, Tessa. She stood there the whole time I was holding her just checking her out. She would say baby and touch her hair. I can not believe how soft she was with her and how much she loved her.

Four Generations

Brocks Baptism

Here are some pictures from when we traveled up north for Brocks Baptism. Brock We are so proud of you for choosing to be baptized.

Brock and Tailynne posing in the tree before his baptism.

Karissa and Tailynne posing at the church.

The Kocerha Family. Shelley, Curtis, Michael, Karissa, and Brock

All of Brock's family who showed up to support him on his special day. There are others who could not make it that also supported him. We love you Brock!

Happy Halloween...

...from Whoville!!!

We went to storytime at the library and they had a Halloween party. Tailynne would scream when I tried to put the dog costume on so we went in her Jeans and onsie. There was a lady who offered the Jack-O-Lantern costume so we tried it and she was willing to wear it. So that is why she has two costumes. Go figure she wears the one that is free and screams when we try to put the one on that we paid for.

Tailynne Dancing

Finally we are caught up on our blog again. This is a video we took of Tailynne dancing to the Veggie Tales, Cebu. Hope you enjoy.

Slumber Party

Tailynne got to have a slumber party with some of her cousins. Micah was going out of town so she dropped her kids off at our house. This is right before bed.

The next morning we walked to a park and played. We had a good time.

Our little artist!

Laci's Job

The Healy House Museum

James Dextor's Cabin

This is where I worked for the summer. Unfortunatly it is closed for the season. Hopefully I will be able to work there again next summer. They have beautiful gardens, but I finally remembered to take my camera too late in the season and the gardens were already dieing.

PANTHER PRIDE

The mascot of the school that Thom works at is the Panthers. We have attended some of the home Volleyball and Football games. Tailynne even claps for the right team...sometimes.

This picture is complements of the Lake County Middle School art teacher.

This was a very cold day!

The Panthers had a great season!

This is NOT the Mountains.

Thom's Sister Susie came and visited Colorado, and when they were here they met us in Silverthorne. Susie told her oldest daughter, Lexi, before they came to meet us that they were going to go to the mountains to see her uncle. As they were getting ready to leave Old Chicago Lexi got very upset because Silverthorne "is NOT the Mountains." We got a lot of cute pictures of the girls.

Tailynne (16 months) Ruthi (11 months)

Susie, Ruthi, Thom and Tailynne

Maddi, Tailynne, Ruthi, and Lexi

Color Challenge # 21

I am working on improving my creative side. Which really needs some work. There is a blog that I go to quite often to get ideas and learn techniques, click here to see the blog. I love this site she is very talented. Anyway, she does a weekly color challenge. She pickes a picture or items that inspire her and she challeges us to make a card out of those colors. Here is my card for this weeks challenge. I have never done this before but I really liked it. It definetly challenged me. I hope you enjoy my card. We will see how I do.

Labor Day

We had a fun Labor Day. I had to work which was kind of a bummer, but the rest of the day was fun. Thom's brother and his family came to visit us. They came and toured the Healy House Museum, then they took a walk around town. When I got off work I joined them. Then we headed out to Turquoise Lake which is about 3 miles from where we live. David and the kids went fishing. The rest of us sat around and enjoyed the view. Once we got cold we went home for dinner where we had a roast. Time went too fast and it was time for David's family to head home, but on their way out of town we stopped at a local restaurant to have shake, which were really good. It was a fun day. Thanks for coming, David and Sariah, we had a blast with you.


Sariah, Miriam, David, Hannah and Colin at the Healy House Museum.

Turquoise Lake. Isn't this beautiful! I have to admit that we live in a beautiful area.

Tailynne wanted to go to the water. She really liked it.

David helping Colin with his fishing rod. Needless to say, David didn't get to fish much because he was helping Colin and Miriam.


Miriam posing on a rock near the lake.

August in a Nut Shell

Tailynne is posing in Frisco.

We went to Lookout Mountain to watch the city lights come on. The picture didn't turn out the best because it was dark, but I thought I would post a picture of Thom and me instead of just Tailynne.

Tailynne loves to wear Thom's hat around. On this day she was in her room playing, and came out wearing it.

Tailynne had her first bubble bath. She loved it.

Tailynne smelling the flowers right outside our house. Man I love wild flowers.

Sorry I have been a slacker at updating this. August was a crazy month. I spent my days off in Golden helping my dad with the store, so I didn't have many days off. I will try to do better in the future, but I make no promises.