ABC's and chapstick!

Wow, this kid is growing up way too fast! He is learning his ABC's...here is a treat for you all to enjoy :)

The newest member of the Penrod family

After months and months of contemplating...we finally decided it was time to get a puppy! What perfect timing, now that Aaron has the time to spend with her, and Rowan is at the age where he can play with her and respect her. Her name is Paisley! She is a 13 week old Staffordshire Bull Terrier. She is doing great! We are working on house training her and getting her adjusted to us and her new home. Max would have loved her, and I know he is happy for us, smiling down from doggy heaven :) We look forward to many fun times with her....walks, hikes, camping trips, and just some goold old snuggle time. We are also happy that Rowan will get to grow up with a great little friend, who will teach him so many lessons and responsibilities, as Max did for me. Welsome to the family Paisley!!

Merry Christmas!

I know I am almost 1 month late, but I wanted to share some photos from 2009 Christmas! This year was fun because Rowan is starting to grasp the concept of Christmas, Santa, and the spirit in the air! Even though this will be the last year I can take him along while shopping! We took him to see Santa, but he was not impressed. I think he had more fun, playing with Grandpa.

We had a blast decorating our new place for the holidays! We put up lights and got a few new decorations.


We made it to the Festival of Trees, as we do every year. It has become our tradition.


Here is our tree, and the gifts Sant left!


Rowan got a little more than I planned, but hey, he's a kid and it's Christmas!!!!


His big gift was a slide, which he LOVES!


We hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! We are so grateful for our many blessings.

Family photos, Dec '09

Happy holidays everyone!

Ready, set, decorate!

One of the best things about buying a new home is decorating it! We broke out the Christmas tree just a couple days after Thanksgiving, and have been slowly decorating ever since! Now that we have more room; I feel like we need more stuff! And I love that Rowan is at the age where he can appreciate it. It's hard to think that last Christmas, he couldn't even crawl! My oh my he is growing fast! If you ask him what Santa says, he'll tell you "ho ho ho". He picked that one up form nona in about 5 seconds flat!

We decided to put the tree in fromt of the window in the upstairs family room, but will probably open our presents downstairs near the fire!


Aaron being brave and putting up the lights


I have re-decorated the mantel since this picture was taken, but I fell in love with this sign at Festival of Trees and had to have it. So funny!


And here is the house at night...so festive!


While we're at it, he is our picture of Rowan and Santa. I was secretly hoping he would cry, but he just plain wasn't impressed at all. I think he knew it wasn't the REAL Santa :)

Wow, look how little he was last year!!!! (I just had to add this one for comparison)

Gobble gobble!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! We hope that you had fun and were able to spend some time with family and friends. We had a wonderful feast at our new home, and were fortunate enough to spend the holiday with Aaron's parent, Rob and Linda, as well as my parents, Mickee, Aponi, and her brother Jed. I stiffed and roasted a turkey, and Aaron fried another turkey. I think we tied in the duel; they were both fantastic!

Here are some pictures of the dinner and the great time we had at the cabin towards the end of the weekend.

Twenty pounder!


Handsome boy!



His new toy...a turkey fryer!


Papa and Nona


Rob and Linda


Mickee and Aponi


I'm ready to ride the snowmobile! Let's go!


Cutest cousins


Chaos!


And all of the grandkids got to spend a little time with my Grandpa, who we haven't seen in a long time. It was very nice to be with him.

Happy Halloween!

We hope everyone had a happy Halloween! We sure did! Rowan was a pumpkin this year, and although he wasn't crazy about wearing his costume, he sure knows how to say "pumpkin" now! He is talking up a storm! Here are a few of his newest words:
Football
Broncos
Buckey (the broncos mascot)
set...go!
truck
bus
cereal
meme (pacifier)
monkey
lion
doggy

The list goes on and on, and he adds a new word everyday!

Anyway here a a few pics of our Halloween holiday. Enjoy!


The cutest dang pumpkin you ever did see!



We were clue characters, I was Ms. Peacock and Aaron was Mr. Green



Our 5 minute pumpkin masterpiece



We gave out good candy to the young kids, and soda to the older kids, and asked them not to toilet paper our house :)



A yummy pumpkin pizza!



Rowan loves candy!