From Angel to Monster in 60 seconds......

Kiley enjoys every day she spends at Papa and Gram's house. She had an extra special treat this last week when Olivia got to come and visit for a few days, Gram was extra specially tired too! Umma Bossy and Auntie Babe went to Gram's house for lunch when Olivia was there and wanted all the little children to pose for a picture....Kiley was up for it when Umma Bossy said she would give her gum, but didn't want to put her arm around Baby Graelin. You can see what happened next.... the look on Olivia and Graelin's faces are priceless!

Best Friends!

Here is the latest picture of Kiley and Olivia. Olivia started calling Kiley "Ki-Ki" and since Kiley can't say Olivia, she is now "Ki-Ki" too. No matter how many times we tell her that SHE Is Ki-Ki, it doesn't matter. Olivia is Ki-Ki. The two girls are really playing well together now and give eachother hugs and kisses when they see eachother. They adore their "big sisters" Camryn and Rikki and try to do everything the older girls do. 2-2-2 Cute!

Auntie's Birthday

Auntie Ang turned 27 in February. Happy Boootay Auntie!

Crazy Hair!

Kiley has got the craziest hair in the morning and after naps! Here is a so-so picture of one of her crazy hair days.

Uncle Max's Birthday

My brother Max turned 30 on the 18th! We had a nice family party at my parent's house. Kiley even sang her Uncle "happy boootay".

Sledding

Here is a picture of Kiley getting ready to go on the "Go-Go" with her Dad. It warmed up to about 15 degrees so we were out the door ready to go sledding!

Max the Hunter

It hasn't been too cold around here for my brother Max. He still rips around on his new snowmachine no matter how cold it is! He went out moose hunting in -15 degree weather right around Christmas. As you can see from the pictures he saw a lot of moose and got a monster!!

The Acquarium

We went to the Dallas Acquarium,in the heart of Dallas. After fighting what seemed to be hours and hours of endless traffic, two potty accidents by Miss Kiley (thank goodness we had extra clothes!), and one puking incident by Devin (he felt better afterwards), we finally made it. We were supposed to go to the zoo....but that is another story. But all the drama was worth it. We all enjoyed the monkeys, fish, sharks, birds, spiders.... it was very nice.

Finally Home!

Our trip to Texas went great, but the return was a nightmare. We left Quinlan at 3:30 to make our plane at 6:00 am, made it into Seattle. Phew, right? Wrong. We ended up waiting, waiting and waiting some more in Seattle for our plane- a total of 11 hours! Come to find out that someone had flushed a diaper in the bathroom toilet and they couldn't get it out. ??

After a night in Anchorage we shopped til we dropped before we headed home. Luckily all that went well. Jon and Kiley went home on Frontier and I followed later. We flew from balmy 60 degree weather to -25. It is so good to be home! I had grand plans to ski every day, take Kiley sledding and just have some fun outside. Instead it has "warmed up" to -10 every "day" and plummeted down to -30 at night. We love Alaska!

Kiley emjoyed being home too. She loves playing with all her new toys, and has even MORE fun playing in the bathroom as you can see in the picture. Her and Olivia had a blast "washing" and playing together when Olivia came to visit. Since we have been home in January Kiley is "dapte" (pacifier) free, and has gone poop in the potty four times! She is definitely on her way to being a very big girl.

Christmas in Texas

The AK Clouses finally got to Texas- Jon, Shannon and Kiley anyway. Kami stayed home with Papa and Gram and helped babysit Auntie Jen's new puppy Harley. Tory flew to New Stuyahok to spend the holiday with his family (he's extended his stay a few days longer, we still haven't seen him in Dillingham!).

We enjoyed so many fun things- not everyone can say that a trip with their in-laws was a blast, but I can! Kiley enjoyed countless pony rides with her Auntie "Tep" and impressed her so much with her "natural ability" that she even got to ride the pony ALL BY HERSELF. Most mornings Kiley would grab my head and say, "Mommy, neeiighh (horse sound) ride, yes". She also enjoyed go cart rides, digging in the mud, the acquarium and just the ability to boss her four older boy cousins around to her heart's content!

I enjoyed some awesome shopping with my sister-in-law's, a trip to Dallas and to the acquarium. Even though I didn't get to participate in the "late night talks" due to the fact I was on Kiley duty, I enjoyed catching up with everyone and what is going on in their lives. Although I had fun in Dallas I know I am just not a city girl- the traffic and driving killed me! I know Jon enjoyed spending time with his siblings, nephews and parents.

Christmas in Dillingham

We had a very busy December in Dillingham. Busy with work,school, parties..... It is amazing how fast the month flew by! We had a very fun family Christmas party the weekend before we went to Texas. It was so much fun and filled with laughter, great stories and tons of great food.

Tory and Kiley

Look who is warming up to Tory! Kiley decided to torment our teenager a bit the other night. She climbed up onto his chair, where he was doing what he likes to do best, watch basketball, and said, "Hi T!". So went the night. Tory still isn't quite sure what to do with Kiley but it looks like they are warming up to one another!

Kiley and Graelin

Just the cutest in the world!You can tell by the look on Kiley's face how proud she is that she got to hold the "baby". Kiley is so ready for another sibling! Graelin is Kiley's "little" cousin whom she loves, but doesn't like Mommy to hold for very long. When we were at Will and Robyn's she actually told Robyn to hold Graelin so I could hold her!

Thanksgiving

We had a great Thanksgiving here in Dillingham, my parents are great cooks! Everyone was here except for Angela and Jeanette, they got to spend the holiday in Anchorage (shopping). Tory decided to go to New Stuyahok and spend the break with his family. Cody, who needs to cut 14 pounds by wrestling regionals next week, enjoyed his Thanksgiving dinner like he was UNDER 14 pounds! It was a great break and we all enjoyed being together. We played a fun family game called "Ping" that Camryn really got into. She'll be our next Ping Champion.

Cuteness!

Another cute picture of Kiley I thought all would enjoy!

Good morning!

Kiley wanted to say good morning to everyone! She woke up a very happy girl this morning, full of energy as always!

Busted!

If you haven't heard me complain lately- here goes. Kiley has been getting into EVERYTHING lately! She uses step stools, her horse, chairs, or just climbs up with her monkey self. She has gotten into my polish and painted not only herself (twice) but poor Kami and Kami's bed. Kiley loves anything "Mommy", hairspray, mousse, jel, polish, lotion, perfume..... you name it and she loves it. So last night I was on the phone and there was a little too much silence going on in the bathroom....and whoa and behold guess who got into Daddy's shaving cream? Yup- head to toe. I guess she loves everything Daddy too- but usually his stuff isn't as much fun as mine. =) She was too cute to get mad at though, when I caught her she was patting her cheeks like Jon does before he shaves.

Trick or Treat!

Kiley went to her cousin Rikki's birthday party for a little while on Halloween (Karen put on her own mini Halloween carnival!) and saw her best friend, who was dressed like the cutest little geisha ever. The party was a little overwhelming for her so trick-or-treating was a nice break from the scary masks and hyper 6 year olds!
We weren't sure how Kiley was going to do trick or treating, but she had fun. She only wanted certain candy however, and did say nooooo when she was given candy she didn't want (anything not chocolate). Kiley actually tried to give candy back! Our first stop was at Umma Bossy's house, and she loaded up. Umma Bossy even gave our monkey a banana (which she thought was the coolest thing!).
We were lucky that the weather was beautiful, gorgeous blue skies and no wind. We went only to a few of our families houses, but that was enough! Kiley had a melt down on the way home....but we fixed that with a few candy bars. She had around 2 snickers bars and a hershey bar and was zooming, skipping and jumping all over the house! She didn't settle down until around 9 p.m. and woke up around 5:30 a.m......We can't wait until Halloween 2007 (yeah right).

Happy Halloween!

Kiley is going to be a monkey this year for Halloween- fits her perfectly since she climbs on and gets in to everything. I am happy to say that I got her costume on her this morning and her dad couldn't get it off her! I was afraid of the opposite..... Angela and I dressed up on Saturday night and went out to a few Halloween parties in town. Angie was a sexy cop who was out to bust all the Dillingham drug dealers and I was on a mission to save them all. =) It was a fun evening, but I was home before midnight! Tonight Kiley gets to go to her cousin Rikki's birthday party and for the first time she will go trick-or-treating. I'll post more pictures of that later.

New Steam

My Dad was on a mission during his visit to Dillingham. Here are some pictures of the "building of the steam". I can't get blogger to put these pictures in order, like how the steam was built, so you will just have to piece it together yourself.

October

October has been a busy month for the Alaska Clouses! Papa and Gram were here for a month, visiting from Washington. Kiley got to spend every day with her grandparents and loved every minute of it! I know she can't wait to see GrandPaul and GrandBonnie..... I wonder how long it will take her to get THEM to bend to her every whim? She's pretty good at that.
Well besides the visiting grandparents we had Jeff and Lori here visiting from Washington, my Dad rebuilt our poor burned down steam with the help of Jon, Tory and Jeff, and we have been busy with work, school and sporting events.

Kiley has been expanding her vocabulary on a daily basis, and her favorite word is now "No". She says it a lot cuter, it is more like, "Nooo". She also likes to say, "Oh" after we tell her something, which seems like she is agreeing with us but she actually isn't. Kiley also has started to warm up to Tory, which is cute, but he doesn't quite know how to handle it. She is loving the snow outside and calls it "Num-Num's", I haven't gotten across to her to stay away from the yellow parts.....

Tory is busy with wrestling practice and school. He got his first report card in and got all A's and B's! Yeah Tory. He also passed the written section of his driving test, learned how to drive a stick shift, and then passed his driving test. So he is now has a lot more freedom then he did....so far so good.

Jon and I have been busy with work, Jon more than me. He has started traveling and will be busy with that for the next month. It looks like he will be gone for two days, home and then off again. They are trying to get all the computers out before Thanksgiving break. I'm trucking away with my Masters project, and a library science class. I am tired of school and ready to be done. I can't wait until both programs are over!