Christmas in Texas 2007

Kyla went on a tour of Texas for the holidays. She met more relatives, cut two teeth, and saw chickens for the first time.

Kyla met her Omie Bruns in Fredericksburg.



She also met her PaPa Cangelosi in Houston. He made her smile every time he looked at her.


This is where Kyla met her new friend Jackson. Jackson was born one day before Kyla. Jackson wanted to keep her up past nap time but Daddy intervened.


Um....yeah. This is Kyla's room at her Grandma Mimi's house. I don't ever remember having a Christmas tree in my room when I was a child.


"This bathtub at my Oma and Opa's house is sized perfectly for me"!


Kyla and her Mimi before leaving for Kyla's first wedding experience.


Christmas Eve in Houston.


Like mother like daughter.


Kyla's presence commanded about 80% of the gifts during Christmas.


Kyla LOVES reading books. In fact, she has probably already read more books in her life than Daddy has.

Kyla is 3 months old

Kyla had her three month birthday! She celebrated by laying on a white burp cloth and giving a pouty face.



Gone is the sling for her baby bathtub.

Kyla and her friend getting their ears pierced. It was a humbling experience for both.

I don't know why mommy put this picture in here...

Kyla and her friend Kiera crying, so cute!


Kyla met Santa for the first time. We told Kyla afterwards that Santa usually is more jovial and he usually doesn't smell of booze and stale beer nuts.

Kyla had a hand and foot pressed into clay. The clay will then be glazed and fired in a kiln so that we can keep it in a box forever. Seriously, it was cool to see her tiny little imprints....she didn't even mind having it done.

Thanksgiving in Kentucky

This was Kyla's inaugural vacation/flight, Thanksgiving in Kentucky. A flight to KY from LA......perfect for KYLA....hardy har. Now, I am not sure why the picture of the Harlem Globetrotters that we took at LAX isn't in here....I only caption these things. Enjoy!


Memaw finally got to meet Kyla, her 7th great-grandchild.

This is a view of Memaw's house in Eastern Kentucky from the nearby cemetery. Kyla got to visit Grandpa Larry here. The fall leaves are always great to see.

I learned that anti-trust laws can't keep Pepsi from monopolizing the soft drink market in E. Kentucky....so much so that I found a Pepsi machine literally in the middle of a desolate residential area.

Kyla with her cousins Danielle, Stephen, and Colby in Western Kentucky.

"I spent my first Thanksgiving at Grandma Linda's. Grandpa George bought approximately 120 lbs. of smoked ham for the big feast".

"Timeout! You're strapping me into this chair of torture for hours on end as you drive across the bluegrass state and then you have the audacity to dress me like a bunny in November".