Kiley and her Easter Experience

Kiley woke up very happy Easter morning because the bunny had been to her house. This is the first Easter she has been excited about hunting eggs and the Easter Bunny, and was able to hold her basket and find eggs on her own.

Kiley and the triplets.....

As many of you know Kiley has to go sleep with at least one baby since Karen got her twin babies for her birthday, and her blankie. She loved the brown eyed baby until her Dad threw it in the wash and its head fell off, then she started loving the blue eyed baby. Well, when Camryn was in Washington with Papa and Gram she got to go to Toys R Us. Guess what they found? TWO more babies! Kiley has to sleep with all three EVERY night, even at nap time.

Two Clouse Men

A co-worker of mine told me that Jon is going to look exactly like Paul in about thirty years.... what do you think? They are both good looking men, so it wouldn't be a bad thing!

Three Generations of Clouses

BRU ~ Family Olympics

The Clouses also had fun participating in the Family Olympics during Beaver Round Up, we competed against about four other families. Kiley was definitely one of the youngest members, but she held her own! She had a lot of fun doing fun, silly things with her Mom and Dad, and was really ready for a nap by the time we were done. You can see in the picture she especially liked wrapping my head (or was it Dad?) in newspaper for the "Mommy Call" event where they had to yell "MOM" until I found them.

Beaver Round Up Fun!

The Clouses had a lot of fun going to all the different activities planned this year for our yearly Beaver Round Up Festival. This year we went to the "Baby Races" and Kiley had so much fun running in the gym.
Uncle Max thought she could have taken the race if she hadn't been so stubborn at the end- she didn't want to go through the tunnel again! I was happy that she finished the race, so it was a win-win situation!

Say Cheese!

Kiley has been enjoying playing with all her tub toys- especially her shaving kit. She loves to shave with her Daddy!

Kiley and Mommy

Here is a picture of Kiley and myself in- YES- Kiley's bed. Sometimes Mommy will go night-night in Kiley's bed instead of the other way around!

Kiley and her Papas

Here is the cutest picture of Kiley with her Papa Paul and Papa Don! She was so proud to take a picture with them!

Tory's Birthday!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!Tory turned 19 on Saturday!He brought in his birthday staying up until the wee hours with some friends here at the house playing X-Box 360 games, checking out MySpace accounts and chatting. His Mom and Porky cooked a nice dinner for him and a few of his friends and we all had a fun evening at their house. Kiley was right in there and helped T blow out the candles.

Papa Paul in Dillingham!

Papa Paul finally made it to Dillingham! Kiley was pretty excited to see her dad, since he was gone for a week, and Papa Paul was icing on the cake. Paul brought some fun presents from GB (who Kiley thought was coming to her house, she was asking, "My GB coming to my house?"). Kiley loved the baby bunk beds and the humongous white board that Paul brought with him from Colorado. Kiley loved the bunk beds so much that she tried to get in the baby's bed!

Mommy's Happy Boootay!

Well it is official, I am 29 for the fourth time! My husband so lovingly told all of southwest Alaska on Open Line yesterday. Thanks honey. I had a lovely day, and telling people my real age came easily. Maybe that comes with age. We had a nice family dinner and then had cake and ice cream. I think Kiley just had the cake and ice cream and that is why she was up until 11 pm last night.... Here are a few pictures from the big day. Auntie Bossy made me a cute had to match my jacket and Kiley one to match. I got Camryn to wear it but Kiley would not put it on as you can see....I'll get her to wear it soon and will post a picture.

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!