Kentucky was a long time ago.....

I know, I know. Thanks, Ashley, for the reminder..... that our trip to Kentucky was a LONG time ago. We have done a lot of fun things and have been busy since that trip to Kentucky, but I have no pictures to prove it since our camera takes quite pathetic pictures I don't bother with it anymore. Don't worry, a new one has been purchased but hasn't arrived yet (that story could be a post in itself--although many of you have heard it already, lucky you :). That is also why no Christmas cards went out this year....what fun is a card without a picture? And forget attempting professional photography-- so, I'm planing a letter later in the year to pass along our new address and to announce the arrival of baby (boy) #3 due in April.

Here is one of my many attempts at a Christmas picture. I almost had it!

We had a pretty good snowstorm a few weeks ago and school was off for 4 days. Karsten went out to play one morning. Morgan had a bad cough, so we stayed inside and played. We put her hair up in a ponytail for the first time and she was happy to show it off:
Karsten's New Years Celebration with his some of his friends.

Sometimes Karsten likes to climb into bed with Morgan in the morning. The other day when Karsten was at school, Morgan came down with the fire chief's hat on and the clothes in her hand and asked for help getting dressed. Karsten wasn't very happy when he got home and saw she was wearing his clothes, but she had fun.

Our trip to Kentucky

A few weeks ago we went to Southern Kentucky to go hiking. We stayed two nights and had a great time. The hikes were a little difficult when carrying Morgan up and down thousands of stairs, but we still had fun and enjoyed great weather. Luckily, the water was really low and the weather was warm enough we could wade out into the water.

Cute siblings. Karsten was worried Morgan would fall off the big rock they were standing on...
Karsten and Theron enjoyed trying to catch crawfish and see what other life they could find swimming around. Morgan enjoyed splashing and following Karsten around.

Here we are on one of our hikes to a small waterfall.

I think Morgan is handing out a kiss for the camera. As long as she had a water bottle and the lid to put on and off and on and off, she was happy.

A view of Cumberland Falls in the background. This is the only location in the Western Hemisphere that has Moonbows during the full moon. Unfortuantely, the Moonbow occured a few days after we left.

Funny Pictures

Can you tell what Karsten is doing? We get really creative with our chalk art, thanks to dad!
This picture just makes me laugh. Morgan did this all on her own. The sad thing is she really could almost fit into my size.

HALLOWEEN!!

Here are some pictures of the kids from Halloween! Karsten was a Dragon and Morgan was a Cat. We went Trick-or-Treating with some friends and had a Halloween Party at church. The kids had a blast and, of course, ate WAY too much candy.

Apparently Karsten likes to carve topless... He carved a train

Morgan (with the help of dad) carved a pig.

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Some random pictures from the week

Morgan and Karsten shortly after they woke up one morning. This is actually a good hair day for them both.
We went to the park today. Here they are watching the boats on the lake.
A few weeks ago we rented a little row boat and went fishing. Here is Morgan on our way there. She kept begging for us to put her hat on, then she'd rip it off and scream again to have us put it back on. This happened the whole ride there.... Here we are fishing. Morgan hated it because she was suffocated by the life jacket and she couldn't walk in the boat. The next weekend Theron and Karsten went canoeing with some friends. I opted not to take Morgan since we knew how much she loved the boat experience (ha). The boys had a blast! Theron said "it was funner than a week at the Bahamas." I'm still wondering if he was really serious??
Looks who's driving the city bus in Cincinnati!! Get off the road, she's a crazy woman! Here we are at the Children's Museum.

Karsten's First Soccer Game

Karsten had his first soccer game today! We signed him up a few weeks late, so he has only had 2 practices and is virtually clueless on the field (the other kids had been practicing for 3 weeks). He had fun though! He sat out the first quarter with 2 other kids and he proceeded to run around and around the tree that was by the sidelines. I was kind of hoping he would pay attention to the game so he would have a clue, but he had too much adrenaline or something. When it was his turn to play, he had a HUGE grin on his face as he ran aimlessly onto the field. I wish I could have caught that face on camera. Here he is on his way to the game.

Here's an "action" shot.
Notice in the next three pictures Karsten is hanging just a little outside the rest of the team. Well, that pretty much sums up where his mind was during the game when he was playing...just not quite all there. But he had fun, and that's all that matters (at this point anyways :).


I took a video that I'm hoping to figure out how to get off my video camera so you can see how funny he was in action. Stay tuned...