October & November Flew By

Wow, how time flies...October & November came and went so fast. We went to the pumpkin patch, had a birthday, had a wonderful Thanksgiving and the kids got to meet the new niece for the first time.

Kai and Kolbie loved the hay ride out to the pumpkin patch. It was really fun and a gorgeous day.


Sadiyah and I on the hay ride to get her pumpkin.

There was a tractor for the kids to climb on and pretend driving. Kai loved it and while he was on the seat, Kolbie was inside the wheel.

The two posers waiting for the tractor/hayride to come pick us up and take us back to the haystack and barn. Notice the baby Kolbie had to bring to pick a pumpkin.

After many pumpkins that were all too large for Kolbie, or half her size that she was actually managing to get off the ground, she chose this nice petite one. Very adequate for her size I thought, and much more easy to carry.

Kai also picked a pumpkin and as usual it turned into a competition and race to pick the perfect one. He seemed to find it though, it was the first one I mentioned to him, that he said was all wrong and after 20 minutes of looking I put it on the ground (after carrying it around) and said "Kai I think I found it! Come hurry and look!" and of course "It's perfect mom! Yep that's my pumpkin. " LOL

Sadiyah on the other hand, picked hers in like 30 seconds.

I too, picked mine out quickly, after all it's just a pumpkin.

The kids tearing the guts out of the pumpkins.

Kai and Kolbie went trick or treating at the JDH building where Sahaan works. The people really love them there and they had alot of fun.

Kai started a basketball league and he had practice on Tuesday nights. Sahaan had to coach them through one practice.

Kolbie was a bit mad at me for taking this pic. But I'm her mom and I can, so I did. It was a very important day for dress up and picking the right outfit for her baby. Can you tell?

Kai meeting his niece Kate and holding her for the first time.

Kolbie meeting Kate as well and holding her. She's a real baby you know. (Kolbie stated while holding her)

The girls together. Kolbie was a bit into dress up and Valerie wasn't too sure about it yet. I heard a couple weeks later, Val figured out what dress up was and loves it. :)

Sisters!

We have had a great few months, and now hopefully I can stay caught up in the month of December. Hope you enjoyed. :)

~The McKelvey's

Visit in Seattle

We were able to end our summer with a fun little vacation up to Seattle to see Micah, Becky and little Val before the kids had to head off to school. We had a wonderful time and the kids had alot of fun.

Kai, Kolbie, Valerie & Sadiyah

Kolbie had her hair braided the week before the trip, so I thought I would share with you all, Kolbie's first corn rows. :)


Uncle Micah recruited Kai to help in the cleaning of the hot tub, so we could all take a dip the next day. Here is Micah tossing foam on Kai and making a complete mess of the yard. Kai had a blast.


Kai's little scooper got Uncle Micah a few times as well. Which just meant that things got "nastier" from then on. Alot of foam was flying around the air that night.

Kai getting more foam thrown on him! After a while the clothes had to come off.

Here's the little tan boy now. Oh so handsome for such a little man. :)

Here's the girls having a little snack at the table.

Kai came in from outside to have that snack as well. Cheetoh Puffs - who can deny those.

Becky took us to this little shopping village, where we could feed the chickens and ducks, and then go play at a playground and ride a train.

It was really cool to have the roosters come right up to you. Of course they wouldn't let you touch them, although the kids tried a few times.

So on went the feeding of the ducks. At times I thought the kids would fall in because of how close they would get on the rocks and how concentrated they were. But no accidents - WHEW!

They really liked feeding the ducks, however they were so hungry that day, they ate a whole loaf of bread in under 10 minutes.

So off to the playground we went.

Kolbie has mastered the rope swing quite well.

And Kai had to climb the pirate ship playground that was there. So to the top of the look out tower.

Diyah played along with them as well, she was such a good big sister and cousin, to play at a playground all morning. :)

Valerie had fun digging in the sand pit boat. She was such a little happy camper.

Sadiyah and Kai at the top of the look out tower.

ALL Aboard! Time to get ready to head out on the train.

There's Val, being a cheesy happy little bug! So cute you could squeeze her :)

Becky and Valerie.

Sadiyah and Me (Steph)

Kolbie hanging out her barrell.

Valerie looking at the bunnies that were hopping by in the field as we went past.

And the funniest thing on the side of the road. That doesn't catch your attention at all now, does it? LOL

It was a great way to end the summer. To be with family, hang out and enjoy one another was a real treat. The next time we see them they will have two little ones. Becky welcomed little Kate on September 18th. Thank you Micah and Becky for having us up, it was a real treat.

Love you all,

Steph

"Camping" At the Property & Sun River

Holy Buckets - It's been way too long. So the following are a few pics of our "camping" trip, which was really staying in the house in LaPine. We also went to SunRiver for 2 days. Super fun and relaxing.

Here's the kids and cousins. Gabby, Sadiyah, Kolbie, Alex & Kai.

Here's the girls getting way too far for my comfort in the lake.

Here's mini me, chillin' in the sun just like her mama.

Here's the tweens. Sportin' the cool shades and the nice hair that can not be messed up.

Here's the boys/swimmers. Both Alex and Kai swam REALLY far out into the lake and back again.

Downey joined us in the lake a few times, but then had to be tied to the tree. She LOVED the water.

Mom and dad relaxing with us at the lake. That morning, grandpa took Sahaan, Kai and Alex fishing. To say the least, Kai is not a boat fisherman, and Sahaan enjoyed the company, not the fishing. :) Boats aren't that nice to men who are over 6 ft tall for hours at a time. So especially not for a 6'9" guy who has broke up knees and back.

Sahaan keeping baby girl warm in the sun.

Me tryin' to work on my tan and make sure the kids aren't drowning.

Wow, look at those faces. LOL

The lake was getting busy, but we had a perfect spot. Alex and Kai needed breaks from swimming after going out so far.

Alex most likely laughing at the girls who couldn't quite figure out rowing at first.

Kai getting ready to go back in the water.

Kai's summer sandal tan line. :)

Kolbie checking out all of grandpa's "oooo booos". Otherwise known as owies.

Kolbie Taite and papa.

Kai in the bouncy house in Sunriver.

Kolbe's and Kai attacking the blown up animals.

Kolbie bouncing. No time to pose for the camera.

Kai wooping booty on the bumper cars. I thought he was going to pee his pants from laughing so much.

Chillin' and relaxin' at the Sunriver pool. I thought this guy was pretty good lookin' so I took his picture. :)

Sadiyah and Kai - who swam for 3 hours!

Cannon Kai Ball!

Again, working on the tan.

Kolbie Taite and me.

Again, the smokin' hot man laying next to me had to get his picture takin'. Too bad he hid behind his book.

Kolbie Taite working on her picture taking again. This was only take 3.

Kolbie and Kai swimming in the kiddy pool.

We took at chill day at the property too. We put up a volleyball, batmitten, horseshoes play set for the kids. We also converted one of the blown up rafts into a swimming pool for Kolbie.

Kolbie was ready to go.

We also thought we would make smore's before dinner. This was because the heat was 90 degrees out. 20 min later it was only 80 degrees and within a 40 minute time period had dropped to 68 and was a lightning and thunder storm.

Kolbie couldn't fit enough in! She was such a dirty little bird.

Patient and professional smore makers.

I loved the fire pit at mom and dad's. I wish we could've built a fire every night, but we didn't. It was fun though.

Here is our handsome little Kai.

So what was the project during the torrential down pour and lightning storm you ask? Well while I made dinner, Kolbie and Kai worked on their domino houses. Quite the structures.

A little sample of the storm. This was the back lot, but there was a river going through the front walk way. It was pretty perfect to have it happen really. I remembered it from all those years I went camping, just this time I got to stay dry and watch a movie during the whole thing.

Well hope you enjoyed these pics. Hopefully soon I can get more up from our trip to Seattle.

Love ya,

S.A.M.