Snow Play

Keils took to the local mountains to try out the sleds and mini skiis.  Grandpa, Grandma Betty and Audrey joined us for an adventurous morning.  Where else can you hit the beach and the snow?  It was so fun.  Let's do it again!

Happy family

Snowball fight

Chair Lift

Mtn. Buddies

Building Frosty

Mr. Man

The ride home, singing Mary Had a Little Lamb.

Great day everybody!

Whiskey Tango

No lie = photos from our front yard.

Reindeer in Training

We've been addressing her as Rudolph for sometime now.....

Christmas Eve

Photos from Christmas Eve at Grandpa and Grandma Betty's:

Watching a movie (I think Audrey probably slept with her helmet and skates on)

Practicing inline

Buddies

Reading with Grandpa

What to you mean he's closed?

Try explaining that we got you all dressed up to take a Santa photo, and he's not there??

Livy said because he was with the reindeer getting ready for Christmas.

As always, we made the best of it.

Zoo w/Em

Em and Livy had a great time at the Santa Ana Zoo - riding the train, feeding goats and playing on the gym (until someone had an "accident" and Mom rushed them out of there).

Pics- enjoy!

Nite Nite Selah

Baby Selah is very patient with her big cousin Livy. Selah is in town with her parents and Jade. We went to visit them at Grammie's tonight.

Livy tried to help Baby Selah get to sleep, and may now have some insight how I feel when she won't go down right away....Livy reckons a bottle and a lullaby will do the trick.

It's working???!?

Oh well, we better let Mommy try.  Thanks for your patience -we appreciate you! XOXO

Christmas Colds - BOO

We caught it.  Think we're coming thru the other side.............

So Many Lights

Riley and Livy in prime seats

Jessie and Kayla

Ferris wheel, roller coaster and singing Santa display

Kayla, Riley and Livy 

Naples Canals in Long Beach has some of the best Christmas Lights on display.  The houses are right on the water so you can see them from the pathway or from a Duffy.  We walked the canals Friday night with the Ameli Family (congrats on baby #3 on the way!).  What a fun time, really gets you in the spirit.

Won't take it off

Livy's been doing well at gymnastics -waiting her turn, listening to Miss Cindy - so today she got to pick out any leotard in their shop.  TA DA - she won't take it off.  

photos from livy

Livy's newest hobby is taking photos - finally someone to take photos of our knees! :)

South Coast Santa Trip

All dressed up and no Santa pic to show...unfortunately DOES NOT LIKE SANTA AND WILL NOT GO NEAR HIM.  Still had fun with buddies Shane and Parker.

Tree Hunters

To the Peltzer tree farm in Irvine for annual hunt.  The trees don't move, so it makes it easy to catch one.  This year's is a doozy.  Photos of the hunt and tree (photo credit: Olivia) below:

Training for return of American Gladiator

95 Reasons Grandma's 95th Birthday was so Special

Last weekend, the Kuebler family celebrated the 95th birthday of our beloved mother, grandmother and great grandmother.  The following are 95 things that made the weekend so memorable to me:

1. A great reason to celebrate

2. Dad

3. Kelly

4. Selah

5. Auntie Deb

6. Uncle Jerry

7. Ethan

8. Robyn

9. Wesley

10. Leah

11. Sean

12. Heather

13. Vicki

14. Uncle Al

15. Aunt Jan

16. Spaghetti

17. "Let's dog pile Selah!"

18. Playing play-do with Grandma

19. How the wonder horse went across country in the FedEx truck w/it's sound turned on

20. Apple pie

21.  Cherry pie

22. Coconut Cream cake

23. Pumpkin pie

24. Homemade strawberry ice cream ( I am so forlorn...such good desserts)

25. Brownies

26. Rice crispy treats

27. Balloons

28. Candles

29. Squirrels

30. Prop planes

31. Lots and lots of hugs

32. Turkey

33. Dutch Bros coffee

34. Cartwright's

35. Coloring books

36. No sleep :)

37. Mac talk

38. More mac talk - just kidding Dad!

39. Tulip photos

40. Oregon State win

41. Rogue River

42. Talks about hot air balloons

43. Filet mignon

44. Photo ops

45. Smiling faces

46. Happy hearts

47. Sidewalk Chalk

48. Clifford the Big Red Dog

49. Selah walking around at 7 months old...

50. Kelly hunching over to enable Selah to walk

51. Spaghetti dinner

52. Beautiful dogs

53. New home

54. Firetrucks

55. Baths

56. Being pee'd on while we're landing into LAX

57. Getting a bigger rental car as a bonus

58. Trying to feed the neighbors' horses but they lunged so Livy said " I know, we don't have to pet them, we can just RIDE them"

60. Watching Grandma out in the backyard

61. Grandma watching us in the backyard

61. Swinging on Grandma's swing

62. Being with family

63. Talking about blogs, facebook and linkedin

64. Playing with wooden toys Sean made in shop class

65. Licking the frosting off Grandma's cake...

66. then getting more cake the next day!!

67.  Foggy mornings

68. Geese

69. Eating sliders 

70. Listening to stories about growing up and growing old

71. Bacon

72. More bacon

73. Yes, please, more bacon (everything's better with bacon)

74. Family warmth

75. Everyone rallying for a special occasion

76. Robyn and Ethan doing the dishes

77. Bubbles

78. Feeding the cat

79. New pillows

80. Orange juice

81. Having a kitchen full of everything you'd want for a healthy meal

82. Putting Grandma's earrings in

83. "Good luck" to Kelly

84. Kelly being pooped on at airport

85. Yummy yams

86. Making the dinner table bigger for more people, and needing to use two tablecloths

87. Yummy dogs

88.  Flying with yummy dogs

89. Dad getting searched every time at the airport b/c of all his metal joints

90.  ....But Olivia making it through airport security fine with liquids

91.  Apples off the tree

92. Meaningful conversations

93. And fun talks too!

94.  Uncle Jerry saying grace

95. Zola Kuebler for bringing us together as a family.  Happy Birthday Grandma, may we all be just as young at heart, active in spirit, and happy in the moment!  Much love

Sleeping Beauty

A picture of happiness

from recent fishing trip in Mexico

Happy Halloween

Trick or Treat

Photos from Main Street, Seal Beach:

Hugged every princess on the street

Chunk, the pug bee

Uh oh, the skunk - the costume Livvy wanted to be!

Minnie!

Ready for candy!

God waking up

Hit the Gym!

Irvine Park

We had a bunch of fun w/pals Riley and Kayla today at Irvine Railroad.  It was kinda crazy - from the ponies not running, the bees and the girl who's head got stuck in the pig photo frame - we ended up having lunch in Tammi's minivan , which saved the day.  Hope to play again soon.

 

Livy on the train

Three amigos

Hi Riley!

Pig frame

Sharing ice cream