Lego Land!

So while Mackenzie and I were in Southern California, we went to Lego Land. We were able to have Uncle JT come with. Lego Land is rather impressive. And it is definitely for the younger crowd. Mackenzie was able to go to a Driving school in which she drove her very own car. The funny part was that when the ride started she got distracted by the other children driving on this open circular track, that the guy running the ride had to help her quite a bit. He would tell her to press the green button at her foot and then proceed to press the button with his hand to help her along. After a few times of the guy doing that, Mackenzie bent down and pressed the button with her hand and what do you know she was moving. Of course looking down at the button the whole time and narrowly missing another parked car! IT was so funny that I was laughing hysterically, with my mom and even a few other spectators! Mackenzie had so much fun. We will definitely need to go back when we can spend some time there. Little girl needed a nap!! Thanks mom for making it so fun!

Trampoline Show

Ok, So here are pictures of MAckenzie playing on the trmapoline at her Gramma & Grampa G's house. She loves jumping on the trampoline so much that she had to do it everyday, sometimes twice a day. So my requirement everyday was the beach, her's was the trampoline. She especially liked it when her Uncles, JT & Alex would come out and jump, she would get like a foot of clearance. And I know this might be a surprise to my cousin Sheri given that she would not jump at Paris' birthday party, but here is proof! Later! Kari

New Year's Eve

OK, so I promised a New Year's Eve story. Carter and I were able to find a young woman who was doing a Parent's Night out. For my local friends if you need her name and number you know how to reach me. Anyway, She had activities planned and at 10 pm they went outside and banged on pots and pans and "celebrated" New Year's! What I thought was so cute was that they made the pillow case and the hands are of every kid that showed up. Her name is also stamped on the bottom. Well that is only half the story. Carter and I had some freedom so Carter knowing that I like to have fun on holidays had got us tickets to see Petty Theft at the House of Blues in Dallas. They are a cover band for... wait for it...Tom Petty! ;0) Anyway, when we get there the guy asks if we are drinking to give us a band and when Carter and I both said "No"he repeated very shocked. "Well I guess you go ahead and go in?!?!?!?!" So we walk in and the show has not started and would not start for another hour, unbeknownst to us. Anyway we find a corner to take a seat on the floor. A guy comes between Carter and the wall and wants to put his jacket in the corner. Needless to say, her had a drink in the other hand, a cosmopolitan at least that is what we smelled after he spilled it all over Carter and myself. The guy had no idea what was going on until I grabbed his drink and nicely, but firmly "Sir, you are spilling your drink on us!" Well we watched the band for about 45 minutes before we decided that we needed to go home and clean ourselves up. We rang in the new year on DART getting back to our car. It was actually a lot of fun and Kenzi seemed to have a good time too! So Happy New Year a few days late and hopefully it is a great year for everybody!!! Love ya!

Home again

Ok, so we are now back in Texas with 30 to 40 degree weather. I have friends that told me that I do not need to play catch up (So grammas and Grampas can thank Neal & Keri), but I really can't decide which pictures to use, so I think that I will take my time and post what I can when I can. This picture is of Mackenzie and I at Huntington Beach on January 14th. It was in the 70s and brisk but still warmer than Texas. (Carter later told me that they had snow flurries!) We walked down to the water and Gramma Kim wanted to see if Mackenzie would go in the water. Needless to say Gramma got one shoe off, Kenzi put one foot down and instantly picked it up again. She refused to put it back down. She was cool with going into the water as long as she was being held and not getting wet in any way! She really liked walking on the beach everyday. She would tell JT on the way to school, that we were going to the beach! We had fun and there will be more pictures to follow!

Slacker ME!

Ok, so I have been a complete slacker as far as Mackenzie's blog. I am VERY sorry!! I will repent. However, I am in Southern California right now until the 19th and I will probably not be able to post pictures until I get back. I will definitely try though! We are doing well. We had a nice quiet Christmas at home in our first house! It was so great to be lazy and stay in pajamas all day! Our New Year's was fun. However I actually have a picture to go with that story, but let's just say that we rang in the New Year on the DART train! It was fun! So since I am completely hitting a mind blank, I will close for now and know that I am not letting this go. I think that this is a great way for people to stay connected to Mackenzie. Besides, she is ADORABLE! Even if you are not the proud parents or grand parents you have to agree! Ta-Ta for now! Kari