Jordans Love Chocolate!

Finally, something recent!!! This was taken during a little going away party a friend threw (~2 months ago). There was all kinds of food, but the only thing Payton was interested in, of course, was the chocolate.

(I wonder if any of it ended up in her mouth?)

A look into the past: Christmas 2005

Christmas festivities can be really tiring for a 9-month-old.

We were decorating the tree and dancing to Christmas music and Payton couldn't take it anymore. Good times.

A look into the past: Six-months-old and already an avid Bears' fan

This is from last season as well. As you can see,
Payton has always been pretty excited about football. Daddy doesn't even take his attention from the game for us to take this picture! Payton is six months in this picture.

Bears - 31 points. TB - 31 points. Missed field goal in OT - 0 points. Winning 1rst and Goal field goal in OT, priceless.

My hands are still shaking from watching that game. This is Payton after Robbie missed the first field goal in OT.

I thought it was good; Payton knew better. (See Disclaimer #1)




You can cut the tension with a knife. What is going on?!? (See Disclaimer #2.)









Phew! Thanks, Robbie for helping the Bears clinch home field advantage. (Also see Disclaimer #2.)


Disclaimer #1: This picture is actually from last season. Payton's reaction was still priceless, because the Bears and Kyle Orton were not winning that one. That's what I get for trying to "stage" a Payton touchdown. She's smarter than that.

Disclaimer #2: Obviously not the same game as Disclaimer #1, this game was last season as well. But, the outcome of that one was a Bears' win -- just like today!

GO BEARS!!!!!!!!

Where is that egg?

This was Payton's first Easter as well as her first experience with the Kellogg Easter tradition of looking for the candy that the "Easter Bunny" hid the night before. Everyone participates and "helps" by issuing the hints "cold", "colder", "warm", "hot", "on fire!" (as shown here).

Hopefully, you get the good room to search and hopefully the dog doesn't find your candy first.


Though this wasn't Haele's first Easter candy hunt experience, you can tell it takes several years of practice to get really good. By the way, she was so much "warmer" than she thought. This was the last egg for her to find. By the way, after an exhaustive search she finally found it :-)




No Payton! You have to unwrap the foil before you eat it! Another beginner's mistake.

This was a very special Easter because Kyle and both of the girls were baptized at Redeemer Presbyterian. It was very moving. And with good timing, Payton was teething her first molar. It made the whole experience that much more memorable.

Hello world!

So we decided to "blog" like the rest of the Kelloggs, since, after all, "everyone else is doing it." Also, it dawned on us that we do a terrible job of sharing information with our family and friends.

I'm sure that we'll do a terrible job of updating this on a regular basis. Have fun anyway! :-)