Grace is Not a Baby anymore!!

Grace has lately been good about pictures and is always smiling when we try to take a picture. We think she knows what a camera is! She also has been talking a lot more. She says Ella, Dada and Mama all the time. She like Ella has amazing lungs so when she cries, you could hear her outside! She throws things away in the trash that we don't need and when someone is crying, Grace will come over and pat there back their back or bend down and go Ahda? When people are leaving she knows and she will kiss and wave! She is also still attached to her milk and still drinks about 40 cups a day. We love our little Goo, Goobers, Gogon, Grace!

Des Moines

We cannot believe it is time already! On Monday we will be leaving for Iowa to celebrate Christmas with our grandparents, cousins, aunts and uncles! For the last couple days we have been cleaning like crazy so we will be ready to leave! We will post during our visit!

NYC trip

The 12-16 the Makechnie's were in New york! We all saw amazing sights and learned some cool things. Ellis Island was really cool. We learned about how hard it was to come from a different country to as they called, 'The Gate to America.' Many were put in hospitals and detained if they showed any sign of sickness. Imagine how hard it would be if you were not allowed in. Well if you had not learned well, and had not passed the test, you were not allowed in. We saw an exhibit showing men who tried to draw diamonds. Some had never held a pencil, some had never gone to school, and some had not much but some schooling. It was really sad for us to thing about having to come to a different country for freedom, religion but be rejected. Not only did we like Ellis Island but Central Park was wonderful too! We loved the children park that they had. Huge rocks were heaven for Chloe! The park was awesome the structure. Grace even liked it! The zoo was sweet too. The petting zoo was very cute. We saw bunnies, geese, goats and other animals. The same landscaper the designed Shelburn designed Central Park. The park also had a merry go round in which Ella Chloe and I got to ride. We all agreed that is was the fastest Merry go Round that we had every went on! When walking around in the city, Ella saw Hello Kitty and we got a picture of them together! We came at the right time because all the decorations were out! Anyways, we had a blast in NYC!

A Grandma Visit

When mom was away in New York, grandma came to watch us kids! We had a great time with grandma doing homework, reading, going to the book store and more! Thank you Grandma!!!

Chloe at the top!!

At one of Hailey's soccer games Chloe decided that she was bored so found a playground and climbed to the top! She is a great little climber!

Halloween!!

Halloween this year! We went trick or treating with two other families. Mom was supposed to be aa spider but never got to it, Ella was a cheerleader which was decided at the last moment after wanting to be a witch, Chloe was a cute Halloween fairy and Hailey was Fabbiana from the Boston Breakers. We we are all happy dad wasn't sick again this year because we missed him!

Fall Fling 2009

This year we went to Vermont and New York on our fall fling. We had a great time! We went to a farm, Ben and Jerry's factory, Ethan Ellen homestead. Grace did a great job smiling for pics. We had loads of hot coca, apple cider and tea. We also went swimming at the hotel like last year. As always lots of junior mints and fun. Nani and Papa had to leave earlier then the last time but it was still great. One of the highlight of all

kids interviews was milking the cow. We also went to Lake Placid where the olyimpics were help so years ago. We saw lots of cool sporting places and walked all around the lake. We had a superfrajajistic trip this year!!