The Braund Bulletin: January 2016

Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Soccer Skills

Going for some "test drives"

Helping to build the soccer net

Dudley's still learning to play defense

Using just her feet

Just taking a quick phone call while practicing on the field

Winter Break Fun

Making some delicious lunch

Waiting time cuddles

Light reading on the floor

These three....trouble with a Capital "T"

Best of Friends!

Star Wars Date Night

Christmas Continues...

Enjoying her cozy new elephant robe from Gramma and Papa Richard

Checking out her new Native shoes

Gramma always comes to the rescue when presents are too difficult to open

Watching the game while doing some light reading.

Getting to color is always so much fun

Silly times with Daddy

"I've got your hat Daddy!"

"Time for Kisses!"

"Oh yeah, I have his hat!"

Love these two so very much!

Unfortunately, over Christmas Eve Great Gramma Anne had to go to the hospital for some edema issues. Luckily, all turned out to be ok and the day after Christmas, my mom and I were able to go up and visit with her for a bit. She looked great! Her nurse ended up being named, "Marissa" so we called cousin Marissa to tell her all about it. Then we even had a chance to talk to Aunt Julie from Florida. While we were at the hospital, Mike, Ernie and Kensington had a chance to build her first gingerbread house, complete with homemade icing from scratch.

Chatting with Marissa

And talking with Aunt Julie

The finished product

The engineer and designer

Enjoying the delicious "gummies."

So in awe with her work, or the gummies

Arriving home on Saturday and getting to sit front row for a show by Papa Richard

"He's signing, 'You Got A Friend In Me'."

Someone is excited about story time with Gramma and Papa Richard

Papa Richard is an amazing storyteller

Showing Papa Richard and Gramma the "Evil Queen."

Friday, January 1, 2016

Christmas 2015

Christmas morning, Kensington slept in until 8:30 and then it was time for presents and breakfast. She was overjoyed when she found a bin from Santa. When she opened each present, her excitement grew as she realized that it was Paw Patrol Theme! Santa had listened to her request and brought her a "Paw Patrol cup and Paw Patrol shirt." After opening Santa's gift and her stocking, it was time for a brief breakfast pause before relocating to the living/dining room to continue with gifts. I think it's safe to say that her favorite part was actually helping everyone open their gifts.

Around one o'clock we headed up to Grammy and Grampa's house to drop off their dogs before heading over to the P.V.T's for Christmas dinner. Kensington loved getting to play with Henry and Jack as well as getting to wear crowns from party poppers. But her favorite part was getting to eat a huge ice cream scoop for dessert.