The great catch up...family time

We had a wonderful time hanging out with Grandpa Gary, Grandma Nadine, Aunt Brenda and Josiah the 1st week of November! They came just because we hadn't seen them in a while and it was like an early Thanksgiving! :) We were so excited that they made the trip out to Kansas to see us!!

It is so much fun to see Isaac and Josiah together. With only a 6 month age gap we hope they continue to be great friends! :) Now that Josiah is crawling he isn't so much of a "speed bump" for Isaac to run over! :)

Grandpa Gary was having fun playing with the boys.

Grandpa was walking all around with Isaac. We went to the World War I museum in Kansas City and it was a great time...it is a really well done museum, if you are ever coming through KC you need to check it out.

Josiah turned 9 months while he was here and I just love this picture of him!

Josiah was a bear for Halloween and since they came a day after Halloween Aunt Brenda brought his costume to show us.....we think he is the cutest bear ever!!! Thanks for coming to visit!!!

The great catch up...Noe's wedding

In October we went to a wedding here in Leavenworth. Ready for the puzzle of how we know them....we are good friends with a guy named Kyle who went to West Point with a guy named Jordan. Well, they are good friends and so we have become good friends with Jordan and have hung out with him a lot...Waffle House anyone?? We even went to Jordan's wedding at West Point almost 2 years ago. Jordan's sister's name is Noe. Noe and Marc know each other from when Marc went to West Point. Jordan and Noe's Mom was stationed at West Point and so Marc knew Noe through Young Life. Complicated yet?? Well, anyway, Noe now lives here in Kansas City and has done a lot with Club Beyond (Young Life) here at Fort Leavenworth. Hence, the wedding was at her friend's beautiful older house in town and we were able to attend and catch up with her and Jordan! :) It was a beautiful outdoor wedding and a beautiful ceremony.

Isaac loves the fall leaves.

Peek-a-boo with Daddy.

Daddy and I-man.

Isaac looking like such a big boy sitting next to Mommy at the wedding.

ahhhh...a little dance. Isaac is all about the cute girls! :)

The great catch up...Arizona

Mommy and I went to Arizona in October and had such a wonderful time visiting Todd, Julie, Alivia, Andrea, Sophia and Joel. Julie and my Mommy have been the most awesome-est :) of friends since 7th grade (WOW) and have so many fun memories together...they had a great time laughing and catching up! I had so much fun with Alivia, Andrea, Sophia & Joel. Sophia especially was my little babysitter and was LOVING holding my hand and helping me walk...this was like a month ago so I was still a little wobbly walking at the time :).

Here are Julie, Joel, Mommy and me at the Train park. We were sitting there waiting for the train to take off. (we went while the girls were at school)

Mommy and me had so much fun on the carrousel.

Here are Joel and I hanging out on one of the cool toys...an old wagon. I was having a good laugh!

Here I am with all my new freinds! Sophia is checking me out!

Fun times!

Catch up

Sorry that we have been "out of the net" but we have been CRAZY BUSY over here! I want to get a whole bunch of new posts up over the next few days but I wanted to get a few more pics from the Veteran Day Parade....

He is our little guy ready to watch the parade.

Trying on Daddy's hat.

We are so proud of our soldier! Thanks for all you do Daddy!

#1 Fiji H2O Fan & Veterans' Day 2009!!!

OK, so it was a successful parade for me. I liked all the cool cars and all the cheering Americans & world-wide lovers of service, peace, and sacrifice. One of the main things that kept me going was the Fiji H2O that my Dad put in my sippy cup. I must give a shout out to my Uncle Jon who got me hooked on the cool, refreshing, artesian stuff when Mommy wanted to mix up my eating program early on with a formula blend. Enough of that...I'm way BIG now and love all things Army, Airforce, Navy, Marine, Coast Guard, and protector-of-freedom oriented. Check out me in these photos from Veterans' Day 2009, Leavenworth style.

Enjoy the cool car photos and make the most of your Veterans' Day!!! Love, Team Shafer

You do know that the West Point knit cap came off, right?

Well, it was warm and sunny for the parade, but of course Daddy planned for the chilly weather that existed when we opened the front door....

cousin time

My cousin Josiah is back! I am not quite sure of what to think of the little guy....

Oh yeah, he is the little guy that I like to pull the ear of...
We are having lots of fun and have lots more cute pics to share...check back. :)

Halloween Fun

Here is our little

monkey! He was digging playing with the real bananas. :)

Just recently he has really started to like bananas...maybe he JUST KNEW he was going to be a monkey for Halloween!

We had a very fun-filled day. Here we are at the "Red Barn Farm". It turned out to be a beautiful day and we had a a lot of fun on a hay ride and walking around.

Isaac is walking up a storm and doing really awesome!!

Tonight we went by our friends, The Taylors, and we had a great time hanging out with the kids...they were all just too cute!!!

Another cute group shot of the kiddo's.