Murder Mystery Party

We did a Halloween Murdery Mystery Party this weekend and it was a BLAST!!! We did one last year and I was a little iffy about whether we would like it or not, but we REALLY did and so we are making it an annual thing and this year was even more fun than last year. We had a lot of friends come and get all dressed up. Jeremy was a serial killer and I was The Phantom of The Opera.

We had a fun Halloween this year Karli thought the whole thing was very funny. We carved pumkins and got a costume for Karli, and she held on to her little pumpkin bucket all day.


About to carve pumkins, Karli still thinks they are balls and is pretty excited about it, because she LOVES balls.


And this is when she realizes that they are NOT balls and is trying to get as far away from them as possible. Soon after we started carving them she said "All done" and walked to her room to get ready for bed.



But Jeremy and I finished both pumkins one with Pooh Bear for Karli and then a cool spooky one.


A tradition at my house growing up was after everyone got done with their pumpkins we lit them all and looked at them in the dark...very cool.



Karli found this Pooh Bear costume at the store and wouldn't let go of it...so we got it and she got really excited every time she saw it.


Tricker Treating


She can't say Trick or Treat, but she said "Pssssss" (Please) at each house, and then she would blow kisses to say thank you. So cute!!!


"Yummy Skittles." I think Karli found her new favorite holiday.


And of course sharing with Mom.

Jeremy's B-Day Weekend

Jeremy's team at work won a competition and so he had an extra Friday and Monday off, and he had to use them by the end of October. Which worked out great for his birthday this weekend. We just relaxed at home: watched movies, played games, did yard work...(our landlord is paying for the materials to landscape the backyard and we are very excited for Karli to be able to have an outside place to play where I'm not constantly freaking out about the street!) and of course we went to the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta. This is a world wide gathering of hot air balloons and it goes for two weeks. We went at night and then "chased" balloons in our car another morning. We had a great weekend and here are some pictures!


Jeremy wanted his fruit pizza to look like Superman's Shield... and so i did my best. I love him!


Before they do the balloons they have a big carnival-like thing. There are booths with overpriced things and over priced food, but it's generally worth it because you can't get the stuff except in this setting...and besides, it's fun! Karli wanted to walk most of the night even though we had her stroller.


I don't think she understood the point of this picture, but it's still cute.


It was a pretty breezy day and so people were flying kites on the balloon field before the balloon crews got there. Karli REALLY liked the kites.


These were the first balloons up (they don't take off at night they just 'glow' by using the gas fire that heats them)


The fires were loud like a HUGE blow torches and Karli was pretty freaked out. She clung on to me and she didn't let go until we put her in her car seat to go home. She likes here momma quite a bit.


This is a few going up. They use fans to fill the balloon as much as they can first and then the use the fire to make it stand. It's pretty fun to watch and every one claps.


Our little family in front of the balloons (Karli still clinging for dear life.)

Labor Day

Labor day weekend was a BLAST! My parents came down from Wyoming and spent it with us, and Karli was especially happy to have Grandpa and Grandma 'Quade' there. Here are some pictures from our weekend.



We went to the zoo and Karli just loved it! She got to see all the animals and since Grandpa and Grandma were the ones who showed her most of the animals she did not let them out of her sight. Any time they got too far away she pointed and "ooh"ed until we caught up. In this picture they are all looking up at the monkeys.



Karli and her Uncle Sean are in the bird cage.



Along with the zoo we went to botanical gardens and the aquarium. One of the gardens had everything giant sized so it felt a little like "Honey I Shrunk The Kids" and this is Karli inside a giant carrot.



And of course we watched BYU's opening game where they won (I think it was directly related to Karli's cheer outfit) That was a good night!!! Go Cougars!




And this last one is a picture of Karli's church dress. Man she is a doll! Thank you Grandma Schoonie for the cute dress.

McQuade Renuion 2010-Bear Lake

We had a McQuade family reunion at Bear Lake this year. Everyone but Michael, who is in Korea on his mission, was able to come. Megan and Monte were awesome-they came up with the theme and the place, and planned tons of fun activities for adults and for the kids. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! Also my mom and dad were amazing-they footed the bill for the house and food (which there was a TON) MAJOR THANKS to them too!!! From Monday to Saturday we played games, swam, played games, played volley ball, played games, sang, and of course played games!!! And our MAJOR news was Karli took her very first steps. I have so many pictures that I just did I slide show and then a video of Karli's first steps.

Karli's 1st Birthday

For Karli's birthday we went up to Colorado so she could have a fun party with her cousins. She had her Grandpa and Grandma Schoonie, Megan and her family, Ben and his family, Mandy and Rick, and even Lacey and Mark who came down for the weeknend. All came to her party! Although she had no idea what was going on she sure had fun and so did we!!!



Karli and Samantha (Megan's youngest)

Mithchel, Samantha and Karli all playing.

Yummy Food!!!

Karli sees her cake, but mostly just wants the sparkly think that's sticking out of it.

"Cake?...I don't know what you're talking about... I didn't eat any cake!"

Karli got a lot of fun toys, and one of her favorites was this bike/walker thing. She doesn't quite get the bike part of it so we just keep it pulled up so she uses it as a walker. There's a video of her walking with at the end of the post.

Karli gets her new dress and new shoes on for church.

Schoonmaker Reunion 2010

In June we had a family reunion in Utah where ALMOST everyone (we missed you Nicki) got to come. It was so fun to see everyone and even though Jeremy and I have been married almost 2 years and dating for over 5 years it was the first time I got to meet a few of Jeremy's siblings which was great!! So here's some pictures from that.

Our first day we walked around BYU campus and went to the Bean Museum which Karli LOVED because she loves animals! (dead or alive apparently) This picture is taken before we went to the museum it is of Karli and her mom and Evaleen and her mom.

Karli and her cousin Estella Grace (Robbie's youngest)


Jeremy is holding Karli and Ruby and they are not quite sure what they think about it.


One of the really fun things we did was go to a jumping place... it was like a big gymnastics training area and it had trampolines, mats, a big pit full of little foam cubes you could jump into...and it had sumo suits... which as you see in this picture and the following video Jeremy and Trista found.

Pre-Move Favorites

We have so many pictures and videos for the last few months so I am just going to do a bunch of posts to get caught up. This first one is just some random pictures from before we moved.


This is a collage that I made of our pretty lady!


This is one of the all time favorites of McQuade children everywhere. The hat/boat/t-shirt story that my dad does with the newspaper. She is cute in her hat!


Karli and her Grandma.


Karli found one of her mom's hair ties and decided it was quite tasty...she looks like she has a goatee or something.


Karli got to try a shake from Sonic...big mistake we couldn't get it back from her.


Brushing her teeth all by herself...she's cool!


Grandma Schoonie got her a new book, and they are reading it together.