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Tuesday, December 21, 2010

The MFB is MIA

Wow, how time flies when you are having fun (and working). So the Moch Family Blog has been Missing in Action, but here is a very long update. Bryn has not mastered the sippy cup (like all the Moch kids) she has mastered the straw for drinking. She is a big one year old, so no more bottle for this girl.



Loved this little picture. Such a sweet baby. She only fell asleep for a few minutes and then back on the go.


I know this is gross. But let's just say Bryn does pretty well to eat most of her food.



Kate and Jack's favorite pass time. Bath, popcorn and a movie!



Bryn loves the tub. She is getting to be much like her big brother and sister. She could spend lots of time in there until she takes a nose dive.



We made the big trip home to Bismarck. Ann had to work five nights in a row, so the kids and I (along with Aunty Krista) braved the trip home without Ann (we now love her even more than when we left).




Spending a little time at Papa Bob's and Grandma Mikie's. Thanks for all the pancakes.



I know what you are thinking... "Mike this is not a nice picture." True, but the guess what I got for my birthday. Thanks Myles and Maureen.


Ann got a new scarf, hat and mittens for her birthday...Ahh, cozy!




Bryn also had a birthday. Here is her first gift.




Meanwhile, Jack put on a great show at the book fair. He's come a long way. Last year, he would only go to the show not perform.


Will she ever walk? Here is a start (pretending to pull herself up).



We have had a lot of snow here. I mean a lot. Here is a little evidence of how much falls at one time.



Jack and Kate have taken up skating lessons. They have made great improvements over the last few weeks.


Kate had to get new skates. She wore hers down to the shoe.


We had great helpers to decorate the Christmas tree this year.



We laughed because most of our pictures of Bryn are with her eating in this chair. Yum.



Kate and Jack helped to decorate Bryn's birthday cake. She turned the big 1!


Bryn sampling her cake. I am not sure if she was a fan. A Moch kid who doesn't love sugar? Where have we gone wrong?



Instead, she enjoyed her favorite birthday meal....cheese and peas!




Bryn has been doing a good job getting around. Crawling like a rock star!


Bryn was not too interested in the wrapping paper for her birthday celebration.


Bryn helped to decorate the tree. She has done a great job of not pulling the ornaments down.

Kate had a reading part in her Advent play at church. She did a great job. She had a part that said... "low the angel said to Mary..." Kate got to church and told Ann, "Hey mom, I think I see Low." Kate thought the angels name was Low:)


Giggles from the girl.

I had to capture this moment. The kids went around collecting books in their bags and read on the stairs together.
Bryn cleaned out the diaper bag and found a little book we made for Kate. She loves it as much as Kate did.

A cheesy smile to all of you. Merry Christmas. I am sure we will have more photos after Christmas.

Saturday, November 27, 2010

The Trip Home

EARLY in the morning at the airport. One last pose with Mickey. Kate, Bryn and I traveled together and then everyone else flew on a different flight. They left earlier than us girls so we were all at the airport very early.
We had some extra time to kill at the airport so we had breakfast at McDonald's. Bryn got to try the hashbrowns...loved them! Of course, Deb had to take a picture to document this first...I didn't really want to admit that she has already had McDonald's.
Kate, killin' time with some classic cartoons at the airport. She was laughing out loud at The Pink Panther with a little boy sitting next to her.

Bryn is wondering if we are ever going to get home. She screamed for 45 minutes straight on the flight to Chicago. Poor guy next to me got an ear full. Then as soon as we landed she was happy as a clam.
She was really happy during our final landing. It helped that there were extra seats so she had her own space, but I think she could sense that we were HOME AT LAST! Can't wait to do it again, though:)





Disney: The Finale!

Again, my blogging abilities are lacking because I absolutely cannot get these pictures in the right order. Sorry! Our last day at Disney started at the Animal Kingdom and ended at Epcot for some final fireworks. This is Bryn at the end of the night...BEST baby ever!!! Kate in front of Test Track. Our final ride of the vacation.

Because not everyone could go on Test Track at the same time, Kate spent some time running through a fountain near by while we waited for our turn.

We had a great lunch at the Rainforest Cafe before we left Animal Kingdom.



This is a family shot inside of the Rainforest Cafe...in front of a giant fish tank.

Kate braved "Everest"!!! The mountain you see behind her is the ride. She almost didn't make it. There were some tears, but after some deliberation she went for it and loved it! She did it "for her mom."
Here we are on the way in to Everest...before the tears started.
The four of us in front of the "tree of life". I swear Bryn was with us, but always in her stroller and never in the pictures:)
You might notice that we look soaked here. This is the "after" picture after we were on Kali River Rapids, aka The "totally soaked" ride according to Jack.

So Jack finally got in to the picutre taking business on the final day. Here he is posing for a picture by one of the animals carved in to the tree of life.
The kiddos on our way to Dinoland in Animal Kingdom.Bryn, patiently waiting while some of us were on rides. Having a snack, of course!
Kate and I on Triceratop Spin.
Auntie Kristin with Jack and Taryn on Triceratop Spin.
A "before" picture on the "totally soaked" ride.
Another before picture...you saw the "after" picture above.
Kate, Mike and Jack stopped for a little drummin'. I have a picture of Mike at this exact spot when we went in 2001. He looks exactly the same...minus the children.
First thing that morning we went on a Safari and saw tons of cool animals. Here is Jack posing with a great smile in between animal sightings...hippos, elephants, rhinos, giraffes, you name it, we saw it!
Waiting in line for the Safari.
Here we are at the start of the day. It was a little bright that morning...but we weren't complaining!