SURPRISE!!!

January has been a VERY busy yet VERY fun month for us! We started out with a trip to Iowa to surprise the Tripp side of the family! Super Fun! The only person who had any idea we were coming was Kendal's dad! The look on everyone's face when we showed up was priceless! Especially Kendal's Mom! Kennedy had a blast visiting with her favorite cousin! She spent 3 whole days following him from room to room playing & giggling :-) Couldn't have asked for a better time! After 5 days in Iowa it was time for Kendal to get back to work, he got on a plane back to Charleston while Kennedy and I hopped on a plane headed to Cleveland to spend the rest of the month with Grammy & Papa:-) I'll have pictures of our trip to Ohio up next week but for now I am enjoying a look back at our trip to the VERY COLD mid west!!

Our 1st evening in town the whole gang went out to dinner at Quaker Steak & Lube...

While at dinner a few of the boys decided to try the "triple atomic wings"
They had to sign a waiver before taking a bite and eat the darn things with rubber gloves on!
I think from the looks of these pictures~ they were all feeling the burn!! Haha!

Working on the tractor with "Pa"

Racing Daddy around the house:-)

We surprised G-ma and G-pa Ty too with a pizza party!
Grandma demonstrating grandpa's new piece of equipment~haha!

Kennedy playing dress up with Grandma's stuff~

3 Generations of Tripp men!
(should have gotten Jared & Gaige in there and then we would have had 4 generations)

The Tripps:-)

The following day was Gaige's birthday and A SNOW DAY!!
The 2 of them had a ball playing outside:-)

Mommy stood inside the warm house taking pictures through the windows! haha!

Out to dinner!
MMMMM!

Kennedy & Daddy enjoying some sweet treats as well!

The Birthday Boy and his awesome cheeseburger cake!

Early morning picture~ lol
I LOVE HIM!

Craft time with "Nana"
They made snow flakes!

Serious business!

Going for a ride:-)

A little squirrel hunting~ hahaha

A little Snuggle time with Nana!

and some tickle time with her Uncle and Cousin!

The Cousins:-)
Family!!!
I'm a week behind with these but here is my 23 week picture!
Colton is moving like crazy these days! Everyone loves feeling his little kicks including me!!
Only 15 weeks to go!

Happy New Year 2011!

Can you believe it is 2011?? I sure can't! We had a great weekend full of friends! New Years Eve we all stayed up way too late playing games and watching fireworks, New Years Day was spent playing at the park and enjoying 70+ degree weather & hanging out with some old friends we hadn't seen in quite a while. On Sunday we headed over to our "frien-emy's" house (friend/enemy..they are steeler fans) and watched the Browns vs Steelers game! Of course my beloved Brownies got creamed so instead of watching we played board games all afternoon:-) We had a wonderful weekend and are sooooo excited about the year ahead! So many exciting things to look forward too!! Hope everyone is having a great start to the New Year! See you all soon :-)

Her favorite part of NYE
The Cupcakes!

1am and still awake
Poor baby was so tired but couldn't miss a minute of the action:-)

I GOT TO KISS MY HUSBAND THIS YEAR!!!!

The Next Morning...
My two sleepy heads refusing to get off the couch!

Such a beautiful weekend:-)

Hanging out at the park:-)

Playing with her new playdough kit...

UGH! So miserable...
Surrounded by PittsPUKE Colors

Even Kennedy was bored...LOL

Week 22!!
Already sooo uncomfortable...swollen, gaining weight like crazy and super emotional:-(
The good news~baby Colton is kicking like crazy and I'm loving every second of that:-)
18 more weeks to go!