We have spirit!

Yes we do! Every year we go back home to visit family and friends for the holidays. Normally we skip the whole decorating the house and tree thing. Mainly because we just won't be here to enjoy it. But this year we decided to do a little decorating for the Christmas holiday. Instead of one tree in the house we decorated two outside. Here is a quick picture of our handy work. Joslyn says it's beautiful! From everyone here Happy Holidays!

Upgrade, Upgrade

We here at Mahokenatez.blogspot are committed to bringing you the very best. Santa came early to our house (disguised as a UPS Driver) to deliver a much anticipated new digital camera which will deliver brighter, clearer pictures of the whole clan as well as HD video. Since we just got the camera here a few shots taken recently. We hope you enjoy them!

Turkey Day

Here is a quick shot of Pete and his wonderfully smoked turkey. As you can see Joslyn was very excited for Turkey!

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Mmmmm Turkey!!!

Gimme some!

Still smilin'

This week Josyln has been suffering through a slight head cold. Even though she hasn't felt well all this week she is still a happy smilin' baby! Here a few pictures of her making the best of it!

Nice day for a bike ride

Today we took advantage of a beautiful day and went for a bike ride on the greenway trail system not too far from Kate's office. It's a very nice multi-use path. We took a couple hours today to ride the trail, and here are a few photos of our trip.

Stone Mountain

Joslyn and I climbed to the top of Stone Mountain with our friend Andy, and his two boys Aidan & Caleb. Here's a couple photos... Note that even though it looks flat out to the horizon, the trees hide the many hills that give me a workout while I'm cycling.

Can you see our house?

Downtown Atlanta in the distance

At the top!!!

Boo at the Zoo

A few days before Halloween we went with a couple of friends to the Atlanta Zoo. They were having all kinds of activities for the kids. This was our first trip to the zoo. Joslyn was still a little young to "get it", but in no time she'll be asking to go see the pandas!

Joslyn was a little freaked out in the petting zoo.

Howdy partner!

Happy Halloween!

Heheheheheheheheh

Miss Marie and Miss Joslyn enjoying themselves at the zoo.

* a special thank you to Miss Marie and her mommy and daddy for lending us the costume.

I'm No Peanut!

Hey Everyone!
Just wanted to tell you all that I went to the doctor today for my check-up and she says I'm doing good! And, Mama and Papa are happy too because I'm not such a peanut anymore!

I'm now 22 lbs (25th percentile for my age) and 32 inches long (76th percentile), though still do have kind of a peanut head. Papa laughed and told Mama that at this rate there is a good chance that I will be taller than she is. Ha! Wouldn't that be funny?!?! (http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/child-growth/AN01610)

Anyways, here's me at dinner tonight, chowing down and sending my love to all of you.

HUGS!!!

Joslyn

Picture This...

Hey Everyone! Don't have much to say, but wanted to share some recent photos. Joslyn has grown so much--every day is a new adventure!

Pete's partents were here during the flooding, so Baby J had lots of hangin' out quality time with the grand parents!

Sadly, my mom's vacation schedule changed, and she isn't able to get enough time off at once to make her trip out this Fall:( So, we won't see her until Christmas. We miss you Grammy! Amazingly--luckily!--Christmas is just around the corner now!

From that day on, if I was ever going somewhere, I was walking...

Joslyn is just a week shy of 14 months and she went from not even standing by herself (because she was a chicken!) to first steps to walking laps through the dining room in under an hour today. I'm so glad Pete and I were both here to see it!

Wahoo! And so the fun begins... :)

A summer of racing...

And finally a win. Kate has been moving up the ranks all summer and learning something new after every race. This past Sunday she put it all together for her first of hopefully many wins! Someone once said that no one knows but a bike racer how hard it actually is to win a bike race! How true!! The race was The Grant Park Criterium in downtown Atlanta. Kate raced against 19 other girls in the category 3/4 race. Kate showed she was the strongest on this day by not only winning the race but she also took home a few primes (Prizes awarded on certain laps through out the race). She capped of the day by also racing in the Category 1/2/3 race as well - finishing 5th in that race. Here are a few pictures of Kate racing on Sunday.

Conserving energy towards the back of the pack.

Going for the win!!!

Victory is mine!!!

The podium!!!

Cat 1/2/3 sprint - Kate takes 5th.

Baby Steps

Happiness is...

Happiness is... a series of never ending meals!

This is me at breakfast today

I've had a serving of rice cereal with whole milk, a 4 oz cup of yogurt, a whole banana, one and a half eggs scrambled with cheese, four mini rice cakes, a quarter of Momma's mango, a small handful of cheese cubes, washed down with about 4 oz of water....

but, my hollow leg isn't quite full... Papa, what'cha cookin' over there?!?!

Big girl play dress up!

Look at me! I'm dressing myself!

Baby all dressed up!

This is fun!

I'm so cute even Odessa wants to smooch!