Happy Thanksgiving!!!

This Thanksgiving was extra special. We have so much to be thankful for that we decided to celebrate it twice! We had a Knutson celebration the Saturday before Thanksgiving with both of my sisters coming to visit. It was so much fun getting everyone back together. Unfortunately, Colton was coming down with a head cold and wasn't feeling too great. But he did make it to see New Moon with us that evening. It was so much fun watching Kyla and her cousin, Morgan, play together. They are the best of friends...and LOVE playing dress-up in grandpa's hats and gloves! Kim and Debbie are both pregnant too...so fun! It is always so much fun when we all get together. I LOVE my family more than anything in the world!!! I am one lucky girl!

The Knutson Family

The Knutson Girls

Colton and Kyla playing with blocks

Hunter is such a great helper...both with cooking and babysitting!!!

Morgan and Kyla had so much fun playing dress-up and being SILLY!

My beautiful sis, Kimmy, and my cute nephew Oliver

We celebrated actual Thanksgiving with the Fagans. Craig's brother, Sean, and his family came from Seattle. So again, we had all of the family together. I taught them all how to play Canasta (a Knutson family tradition), which was really fun. Next to teach them Pinnacle! The boys' cousin Justin spent three days with us, so that was lots of fun. Craig and I also had our photographer do a family photo shoot, since the Fagans are not so great about getting photos on a regular basis, and usually only get everyone together once a year. I can't wait to see them! Stay tuned and I will post them on the blog in a few weeks. :-)

The Fagan Family

Kyla LOVES playing with Uncle Dean and Aunt Karen!

'Pony Boy' is always a hit...and Karen's special game with the kids. :-)

My beautiful niece, Missy, and me...wearing contrasting outfits - not intentionally planned!
And of course, cute Justin with the puppy dog eyes!
We hope everyone else also had a wonderful Thanksgiving spending time with loved ones. :-)

It's fun to play for the Y-M-C-A!!!

Colton has been playing Junior League Basketball at the YMCA for the past few months. This has been his first experience with playing basketball on an acual team (rather than just shooting hoops for fun.) He has really been enjoying it, and has learned a lot!

The pictures aren't the greatest quality...I REALLY need to get a new camera. But it gives you an idea anyway.... Colton is number 17 (my lucky number!) So far they are 3-1, with only one game left, then the final tournament.

GO COLTON!!!

Family Pictures

Here are a few of my favorite pics from our recent photo shoot. We just love our photographer's style and creativity. Her 'real life' approach to photography also makes getting pictures far less painful with three kids...and I think our pictures have much more spunk and personality than the cheesy ones we used to get from Kiddie Kandids! :-)










And even more.....enjoy the slideshow

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween to all of our friends and family!!! Time has been flying by so quickly. It is hard to believe it is now November! We had a great time carving pumpkins, getting ready for Halloween and going trick-or-treating. The boys were 80's Rock Stars (though Colton's costume reminded me of an outfit Dennis Rodman wore once on Jay Leno!) Hunter kept taking off his wig, so his costume turned into Tom Cruise from Risky Business! Kyla was a pretty fairy princess. Hunter spent Halloween with his friend, Melinda, and her family at a party...and had a great time. Craig and I took Colton, his friend, Camryn, and Kyla trick-or-treating over by Grandma and Grandpa Fagan's house. Both boys ended up with a pillowcase of candy each....every parent's dream! Now we prepare for Thanksgiving! Enjoy our Halloween photos...

Oh, the joy of cleaning out the pumpkin!

Yuck!!!

Hunter's (above) and Colton's (at right) jack-o-lanterns!

Mommy and her Fairy Princess!

The Rock Stars!

LOVE the jeans!

Family Update

Wow, I just realized that it's been almost TWO MONTHS since my last blog! So I figured I'd better catch everyone up on what the FAGAN clan has been up to lately...

It was a quiet summer with the boys visiting their mom and stepdad in Virginia. They came home right before school started, and life has been crazy busy since! It just so happened that at that same time we put our house on the market (which means lots of extra house cleaning for everyone), and also made an offer on a short sale that we REALLY hope we get (which we have yet to hear back on...frustrating!). Work has also been really busy for both Craig and myself. I am still working full-time at the Youth Ranch, and keeping up the private practice on the side. I ended up getting slammed with referrals with both jobs, so I guess that explains why blogging has been at the bottom of my priority list!

Other than being CraZy BuSy with work, business trips, school activities, and house cleaning...Craig and I have been doing well.

Hunter is enjoying 7th grade. He is taking guitar as an elective, and has really gotten quite good. He definitely has some natural musical talent (which I'm sure he gets from his mom.) As most 12-year-olds, his greatest priority is his fRIenDs. He has lots of friends and has been doing a lot of roller blading lately, both in our cul-de-sac and at the skate park close to our house. He is really good at that too! School may not be his top priority, but it is ours! So he is 'strongly encouraged' to do well, and he has been so far. :-)

I just couldn't resist this one...too cute!

Colton is also enjoying his last year in elementary school - 5th grade. He is doing great so far. He has a WONDERFUL teacher this year; she is working hard to prepare the kids for middle school. She is really organized and trying to instill this skill in the kids (which I REALLY appreciate!). Colton has strait A's right now, and often comes home with over 100% on his assignments (he takes advantage of extra credit.) He also loVEs hanging out with his friends. Like his brother, he is playing guitar too! He can't wait to get involved in sports...he is definitely the athlete of the family. We're looking at basketball and soccer teams now, since he is too late for football (what he really wanted to do...there's always next year.)

Colton...and his BFF Camryn (being silly).

Kyla is quite the little bundle of energy. She is so happy to have her brothers back home!!! She can typically be found following them around at any given time. They are so good with her! She just started a dance class, which she LOVES! She got a guitar for her birthday and enjoys playing with her brothers. She also loves to play dress up! She is definitely ALL GIRL.

SiLly GIrL!!!