Kale's First Plane Ride

Kale took his first plane ride when he and I went visit my parents in Missouri. I was very nervous about taking him by myself (Kris was out of town). Luckily, he did fantastic! The plane was practically empty, so he had his own seat next to me. I made sure he was drinking when we took off so he wouldn't have problems with his ears. After take off, he pretty much fell asleep and slept the rest of the way. At this point, he has been on a plane 4 times and has done great each time.

Talking

Kale is really becoming vocal these days. His smiles and coos melt my heart!

Chinese P.J.s

Kris went on a recent trip to China. He brought back lots of treasures, including these silk pajamas for Kale. As you can tell from the pictures, he was very excited to wear them!

Our New House

We found a house to lease for awhile when we move to Amarillo. It's in a nice older neighborhood. The house itself is quite a bit older, but it has been updated signficantly. This is the main living area.

This is another picture of the main living area. You can tell the house is older by looking at how low the ceilings are.

This is the kitchen. It has been modernized with all new cabinetry, appliciances, light fixtures, flooring, etc. There is a nice big dining area with a bay window. We know the dogs will love to sit in the window and look out.

The back yard is huge! This is only half of it. I know Kris is going to have a great time mowing! The dogs will love running around though!

There is also a massive covered patio with a ceiling fan. I know we will enjoy sitting outside since the weather is decent in Amarillo.

The house has 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, so we will welcome any visitors! We are about 3 hours from Santa Fe and 5 hours from Denver, so feel free to stop by if you are heading that way!

Amarillo, Here we Come!!

Our family took a trip to Amarillo so we could go house hunting, find a day care for Kale, and so that I could go on interviews. Kale did a great job, considering he spent much of the time in his car seat being carted from place to place.

This is the crib the hotel gave us for Kale to sleep in. It looks like a jail cell!




Of course we had to go visit the Big Texan-the steakhouse that serves a 72 oz. steak. Neither Kris, nor I, decided to take the challenge. The food there really was not that good, considering how famous the restaurant is. I think they pride themselves on quantity, not quality.



This guy did try to eat the 72 oz. steak, along with a salad, 3 shrimp, a basket of rolls, and a baked potato. I am not serve if he accomplished his task, as we left before he was done. We looked at the record for this place and one guy ate all that food in just over 8 minutes. Another guy ate 2 meals within an hour! Amazing!





We did get a lot accomplished on our trip. I have a job! We found a house that we are going to lease (until our current house sells), and we found a great daycare for Kale. We will be moving within the next 3-4 weeks. We plan to take possession of our lease house around the first of August. We are not really sure about the town of Amarillo yet. Everyone is so nice, and it has a definite small town feel to it, however, it doesn't appear that there is too much going on. We did see 3 guys riding horses on the interstate. Maybe I'll take up a new hobby?

Kale found his tongue!

This video cracks me up! One day Kale discovered that he had a tongue. He spent the entire day (literally) sticking his tongue in and out. It was hilarious!

Father's Day

Kris was out of town for his first Father's Day. Kale and I were sad that we couldn't be with him! He was in China, so we sent along cards, so he could open them on the big day. Once he got home, we celebrated by going out to eat Kris' favorite kind of food-Mexican!

Kale got Kris a massage and a new GPS system (since his broke). I love this picture of my two boys looking like "twins." Kale has lots of polo-like shirts, so he can look just like daddy!