Thomas Family

Tim, Heidi and their darling daughter, Kairis. This is our family blog about how we do life....the ups and downs and everything in between!

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Kairis' first camping trip!

"I can't believe we hadn't done this earlier...." is what ran through Tim and I's mind on our camping trip last weekend. We went with our church, Grace Community to Champoege State Park for a two night camping excursion. We shared a camp site with my childhood friend, Melinda and her husband, Cole. We spent many hours visiting with friends around the campfire, winning a three legged race (yeah, Tim and I are super coordinated!), winning second place on the balloon toss (Amy and Ivo beat us, but only after three tie breakers!), eating awesome food (gotta love those hotdogs), and sleeping relatively well, considering Tim and I forgot our pillows. Speaking of food, we did enjoy an amazing campfire meal by Jesse Culver...I don't think I'll forget that steak, chicken, potatoes or popcorn anytime soon!!! (and that's saying a lot, as I usually never eat steak!)

Seriously though....church campout was a blast this year. We weren't sure how well Kairis would do, sleeping in a tent with us and all. She was her usual sweet self though, and adapted very well. She slept in my Ergo carrier during the day for naps and fell asleep in it again at night for bedtime, and we laid her down in the pack-n-play when we went to bed...which was around 1am each night I think. She slept great, and didn't seem bothered by our sleeping arrangements in the least. She thoroughly enjoyed roaming around in the dirt and grass during the day too. :) We're already talking about our next camping trip....and hope it to be soon, before the summer comes to an end! Unfortunately, I didn't take as many pictures as I would have liked.....if I get some more from anyone I'll be sure and post them.




Wednesday, August 12, 2009

First Birthday!

Our little girl turned 1 on Saturday! We celebrated with cupcakes in the park, good friends, and lots of balloons. We had a great time!

8/8/09-eating blueberry pancakes for breakfast

Birthday dolly!



Kairis' first cupcake and real experience with sugar!


The following day, we had a family party for Kairis at my mom's house.


My Grandma's birthday is August 2nd-she just turned 90 years old this year!




If you look closely at these two pictures below, you can see K's two front teeth coming through!


When the day was all said and done, Kairis crashed in my arms after a warm bath at Grandma's. Oh, I love that girl!