Ragnar!

This is mommy's 3rd Ragnar relay race  --- but Daddy and my first!  
Last weekend we all flew out to Colorado to go camping and running around Snowmass, CO (outside Aspen) with our good friends the McCalls.
It was so much fun to go camping and watch the runners.
Each team member ran 3.7 miles, 4 miles and 6.7 miles - at 8000 feet elevation and wicked climbs up the mountains for each leg of the race.  It took 25.5 hours to complete to the 115 mile race

Josh & Kyle

The people who live right across the street from me have two sons. Josh 8 and Kyle 6.  I am obsessed with them.  Everyday when I get home I want to play outside so I can watch for them to come home and hope they will play with me!  Lucky for me they seem to like me.  We have played together in my house or outside almost every day this week.

Gobble Gobble

I spent this Thanksgiving with my friends Duncan and Áine.  Their daddy is a great cook and made us a yummy middle eastern themed Thanksgiving because their mommy just got back from deployment and we wanted to eat some of the foods she had while overseas.

I also watched lots of movies with them and played games. I also tried to share my mommy but that got a little hard at times.

Today was also my mommy's birthday, we watched the Gators beat the Noles while eating Chipotle - what a perfect night!

Karrels are the victors!

Clan Karrels successfully repelled the invasion of Clan McCall.  

We now live in peace, and all go into zombie mode when Caillou comes on.  We will visit each other again for Thanksgiving. 

McCall Invasion

Duncan and Aine came to visit me this weekend.  I am having a lot of fun despite having a fever.  We went to the dinosaur museum today and tomorrow we are going to make pizza.  Their mommy Kristin is still deployed for 6 more weeks, I bet they miss her so much!

Invasion of the McCalls

This weekend my good friends Duncan and Aine came to visit me!  I spent all weekend riding my tricycle while Duncan rode his bike.  I also went on several wagon rides with Aine.  We even cooked banana bread together.  It was a lot of fun and I miss them already!

Duncan and Aine

This weekend my good friends Duncan and Aine McCall came to visit on their way home from Disneyland in California!  We had tons of fun playing and eating together.  I can't wait to visit them again, next time at their house in Colorado. 

Colorado Trip

I spent Thanksgiving in Colorado with my friends Duncan and Aine McCall.  Duncan is 5 and Aine is 2.  We had tons of fun playing together and eating together.  

Since mommy and daddy slept in Duncan's room I got to sleep in the play room with Duncan in a tent!  This was hard to do because I would rather play with all the stuff than sleep so I ended up sleeping with mommy and daddy.  Still it was fun to play inside the tent.

Aine and I had fun doing puzzles together and having tea parties. 

 We went to a playground both days I was there.  Thanksgiving it was 70 and sunny and I played in shorts the next day it was 40 and windy and we had to bundle up.

Here is the whole family that I visited - Jon, Kristin, Duncan and Aine.  I had so much fun playing with them, I am glad they live only 6 hours away.  Kristin is getting deployed next year so I volunteered to visit them several times while she is gone to play with my friends.

More Babies

2 babies were born recently (well probably many more, but only two that I know)

My cousin Jason had his third child today: A baby girl named Genna Elizabeth

My friend Amanda had her second child tuesday: A baby boy named Archer


Welcome to the world fellow babies!

Welcome Raleigh

My good friend Holly had her baby girl today! Raleigh Maclaine Miller is 8 pounds 11oz and 23.75" long.

So happy for her, Jeremy & Rowan