December Letter

Dear Family & Friends,

I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and are looking forward to a great new year!  We had a really fun month celebrating and preparing for Christmas.

We did lots of really fun Christmas traditions including seeing the lights at Temple Square and visting the elves at Gardner Village.

We also had a super fun Christmas Eve party at Uncle Randy & Aunt Melissa's house this year.  I finally got to be a king in the Nativity play (normally I have had  to be a sheep)!  We also got new PJs on Christmas Eve night which is a tradition.  This year they were Cars 2 PJs!!

You will be glad to hear that none of us ended up on Santa's naughty list so there was no sign of coal in our stocking on Christmas morning.  Santa brought me a blue HERO Factory guy, just what I asked him for!!!

 

I also got a remote control car from mom & dad and a different remote control car from Grandma Chris.  We got Mario Kart for the Wii from Grandpa Pat and some cool new movies we had been wanting from Grandpa Don & Grandma Jinx.  We were very spoiled this year.  It was really fun!!

Another really great thing that happened this month is that mom finished up working just before Christmas so now we are going to be home together during the days again.  I had fun playing at Little Joshua's house and Peter's house but I like being home with my mommy too. 

I like Christmas b'cause um, I nonted for Christmas the blue guy.  I like Santa.  B'cause he brings me new undies.  And I like my blue car because it has a c'trol with it.  I like going to Sean's house.  And Grandma Pat gave me Mario Kart.  I like Mario Kart!  I like going to Alex's house.  I like flaying Mario Kart.  Mario Kart is cool!  I like building puzzles.  And I like my car.  That's all mom.

I hope that you all had a great Christmas as well.  This has been a great year for our family and I hope that 2012 is just as good for us all.

Love Kyle Patrick Barnhisel

November Letter

Dear Family & Friends,

Hello everyone!  We got our first big snow this month and were very excited to get on our snow gear and get outside and play!

We had a really nice Thanksgiving this year down in Lehi at Great-Grandma Norberg's house.  It was really nice to see so many cousins.  My cousin Abby even brought a play about the first Thanksgiving and made us all hats and gave us parts in the play.  I was an Indian dog. :)

Then the next day, my family, along with my Uncle Jonah who was in town headed up the cabin for a day of fun in the snow and to cut down a fresh Christmas tree.  It was hard to walk in the snow.  Good thing that Jonah carried me on his shoulders the whole way.

Then on Saturday we celebrated daddy's 36th birthday!  We went out for pizza for lunch and then had cake and ice cream that night.  I love anything chocolate and get very excited at the sight of chocolate!

I am still spending a lot of my days at my friend Peter and little Joshua's house while mommy goes to work.  I like to play with my friends and am always very happy to load up my backpack with toys and go off to their houses.  Mommy works from home some of the time so on those days I enjoy being home with mommy as well.  I am pretty easy going and don't mind whatever is going on each day. 

Hi.  I'm sledding in the snow.  I like sledding.  I like wearing a Indian hat.  I like cutting down a Christmas tree.  I like going to the cabin.  I like 4-wheeling at the cabin.  I like eating cake.  The kind was chocolate!  I like chocolate!  I like eating ice cream.  I like eating it.  I like playing LEGO Harry Potter.  I like playing chess.  I like doing scouts.  I like playing with Alex.  I like sharing my toys.  I like playing with them.  And I like playing with my brothers.  I wanna say I like Christmas, our Christmas tree.  I like putting Christmas decorations on Christmas tree.  I like putting Christmas stuff all over our house.  I like getting out Christmas lights and Christmas cups. 

Love Kyle Patrick Barnhisel

October Letter

Dear Family & Friends,

Happy Halloween!!  Did you have a great Halloween?  I sure did.  I had a great month of October.  We were all pirates for Halloween this year, even mom and dad!  It was super fun!  I love trick-or-treating!!  I got lots of yummy candy.  I love to run with my brothers as fast as I can (I do my best to keep up).

This month we did lots of fun things like go up to hunting camp with dad for the day. It was at Strawberry reservour and we got to shoot guns (I just got to watch) and ride the 4-wheelers. We also spent some time at Gardner Village visiting the witches this month which is something that we do every October. And dad even took a day off of work one day and took me and my brothers to the zoo. I hadn't been to the zoo before and I really liked it, especially the elephants!!

 

We went to Uncle Ryan's pumpkin patch and picked pumpkins and then brought them home and carved them.

We also celebrated Brandon's birthday this month and got to make silly faces on cakes.  It was super fun!

We also had our super fun family Halloween party at our house on Saturday night. Lots of my cousins came and we got to bob for apples, eat doughnuts off a string and eat a lot of junk. There were lots of soups and other good food there but I settled for desserts and rolls. Yum!!

Mommy went back to work this month part time for her old job.  She is just helping them through their busy season so she will probably just work until around the end of the year and then she will be back home with me.  I don't mind it too much.  I go to two friends houses during the day.  I go to Little Josh's house during the morning and am helping to teach him how to share since he is only 1 1/2 and an only child so he isn't used to sharing.  Then in the afternoon I go to Peter's house.  I love Peter's house and he is one of my very best friends so that is really fun.  The only bad thing is that I don't usually get my nap during the week because I am not home and so by the time mommy gets home I tend to be tired and crabby.  And for some reason, when I am tired and crabby, I forget how to do pretty much everything.  "I don't know how" to wash my hands, put on my shoes, open a door ... all the things that I full well know how to do, when I am tired and missing my mommy, I forget them all.  Luckily I have been really good about still getting my naps on the weekends so mommy hopes that once she is done working I will still take my afternoon nap like I normally have done.

I like the cabin.  I like the gym.  I like Alex' house.  I like Peter's house.  I like little Josh's house.  I like to flay.  I like to jump.  I like to flay in the party, I like the party.  I like, eat cake.  I like getting candy.  Yeah, I do.  I like Peter and my family.  I like to play with my friends.  I like to play with spot, my light saber and I just flay with those two.  I like to flay with Eric's LEGOs.  I like to flay with Brandon's LEGOs.  I like to flay with my LEGOs.  I like to go to some parties.  I like taking pictures.  I like flaying 'puter. (playing computer)  I like to draw pictures.  I like to like, play downstairs in the toyroom.  Bye.  I love you! 

(Italics are direct quotes from Kyle when asked what he would like to say.  It was hard to get him to stop!)

I hope that you are all doing well and looking forward to the holidays.

Love Kyle Patrick Barnhisel

September Letter

Dear Family & Friends,

How are you?  I am doing great.  I hope that you had a nice September and end of summer.  I know I am really looking forward to the fall.

We had a lot of fun this month.  Over Labor Day weekend we went up to the cabin and got to play and also go to the Mountain Man Rendezvous and got painted up like wild little Indians (how fitting!)

I am becoming quite the tough little nut.  I don't like to be told what to do and will tell anyone who is trying to tell me what to do that I won't let them in my room anymore or that I am going to break their whole house ... mommy is usually the one on the receiving end of this. 

But I also say sweet things to.  My family always gets a kick out of any "P" word that I say.  I love to eat "Fretzels" and "Fringles".  I love to "Flay".  I love to "flay" Legos and I love to ride scooters and this month I learned how to pedal my bike.  Yeah! 

Love Kyle Patrick Barnhisel

August Letter

Dear Family & Friends,

Hello everyone!! How are you? I am doing great!! This month we have done a lot of Saturday hikes and spent a lot of time in the mountains. We love the mountains.

We also had a really fun neighborhood bike parade which I really liked.

"Brothers" started school this month so I have been having a lot of dates with mommy. I love having the whole house to my self. I spend a lot of time in my room or Eric's room building Legos and sometimes mom doesn't see me for a long time because I am just so happy playing.

I hope that you are all doing well and that you are healthy and happy!

Love Kyle Patrick Barnhisel

July Letter

Dear Family & Friends,

Wow what a month!! I have done so much fun stuff this month that I just have to so much to tell you!!

First, at the beginning of the month we had lots of my moms family in town for the 4th of July and we did lots of fun things like bowling, hiking, parades, fireworks and play play play!!

Then in the middle of the month we went to Yellowstone with some of daddys family. It was great! We got to go out fishing on a boat, sight see, hiking, all sorts of fun things!! I loved Yellowstone!

Then at the end of the month we went up to the cabin and had a great time. We spent a morning fishing and I caught 2 fish!! Yeah! It was awesome! We also did lots of beautiful 4-wheel trails and explored some great places, even some we hadn't been to before. It was a great weekend.

I have been having a super fun summer and playing a ton with my friends Peter, Joe and Alex. I am quite a social guy and love to play with friends. I love to play with my brothers too. They are fun!

I hope that you are all doing well. Hope to hear from you soon!

Love Kyle Patrick Barnhisel

June Letter

Dear Family & Friends,

Hello there! How are you? I am doing great!

I have been enjoying summer and playing outside. I think that I am much older then three because I always ask mom if I can go to my friends houses to play and if mom doesn't keep a close eye on me, she finds me at my friends houses. :)

We finally made it up to the cabin this month now that enough of the snow has melted. That was super fun!

Eric turned 6 this month and I had a lot of fun at his birthday parties!! Horray for treats!!

And at the end of the month our Sintay cousins came to play for a few days on their way up to Washington and we spent time at the park, playing outside and BOWLING!!!

I hope that you are doing well and that you are happy. I hope to see you all soon!

Love Kyle Patrick Barnhisel

May Letter

Dear Family & Friends,

Hello! How are you? I am doing great!

We have had a very cold and wet May so I got to play in the puddles a lot.

At the end of this month we took a trip to Colorado to visit Mommy's family. We also got to see Daddy's cousin, Jenny in her home in Conifer which was really fun. It was a beautiful place and we got to do lots of hiking and enjoying nature there.

We stayed at Grandpa's house and got to play with our cousins, Miriam, Marcus, Amelia & baby Vivian and Corin & Declan. It was so much fun playing with our cousins and the weather was beautiful the whole weekend.

It was a really nice trip because I got to see my Great-grandpa O'Berry, Grandpa O'Berry, Great-grandpa Barnhisel as well as lots of Aunts, Uncles and Cousins.

I hope that you are all doing well and that I can see even more family soon.

Love Kyle Patrick Barnhisel

April Letter

Dear Family & Friends,

Hello Hello!! How are you? I am good although you will see from our pictures that we are very confused as to what season we are in ... spring OR winter?? We have had a little of spring this month but we have had a ton of rain as well as quite a few days of snow which is just crazy.

At the beginning of the month we went down to Moab. We did a lot of hiking in Arches National Park which was great! I love to hike!

Also this month was my birthday ... I am now THREE!!!


We had two Easter egg hunts this month and had pretty good weather for both. We had one at my cousin Kate's house with the Barnhisel cousins and we also had one at my house with my cousins on the Norberg / O'Berry side. I love hunting eggs. Did you know they are full of CANDY!!

Easter was nice. See how handsome I am. :)

And my "Best Pets" babies finally hatched. We get baby ducks in our backyard every year and this year we have 14 baby ducks. I love our duckies. There is a canal behind our house and that is where my duckies live. They are my "Beautiful Duckies."

Then today, the last day of the month we woke up to 3+ inches of snow on the ground and had to run in Brandon & Eric's school's Family Fun Run in the snow. It was fun. We ran the mile race and I finished it. I love to run!!

I hope that you are all having a good spring (if you are actually getting spring) and I hope to hear from you soon.

Love Kyle Patrick Barnhisel

March Letter

Dear Family & Friends,

Hello!! How are you? I am doing great! I had a super fun month and our family took a trip to California. It was so great! I LOVED the beach! I got to chase the birds all around the pier and down the beach! I could've stayed there, chasing the birds forever.

Then we went to Disneyland and spent three days there. We got to see Chip and Dale, Buzz Lightyear, Woody and the green army guys as well as Goofy and Pluto.

We got to ride on so many fun rides. I loved it all!!

We finally got some spring like weather this month so we set up the tramp and I spend a lot of time (when the weather is warm enough) outside jumping and swinging on the swings and playing in the sandbox. I love to be outside!

I hope that you have a good spring.

Love Kyle Patrick Barnhisel

February Letter

Dear Family & Friends,

Hello there! How are you? We are doing good. I had a good February and am looking forward to March. In February we celebrated Valentine's Day and got lots of yummy treats!!

We also celebrated mom's 35th birthday.

I am learning so much. I am a puzzle master. I love to go big puzzles that are normally meant for 6 year olds. I won't let anyone help me and I don't need help because I can crank through them all on my own.

I love knowing my letters and spend a lot of my time singing the alphabet. I also love to list all the letters that I see on store buildings and such.

I love to build with Lego's, play with my Potato Head guys, play trains, read books and sing songs.

I hope that you are all doing well and that I get to hear from you soon.

Love Kyle Patrick Barnhisel

January Letter

Dear Family & Friends,

Hello!! How are you? I am doing great. Although my mom has been really slacking on taking pictures. Dad got her a nice new camera for Christmas and now that Christmas is over we haven't been taking very many pictures.

We have been spending a lot of time outside sledding and playing in the snow. Salt Lake Valley in the winter is not fun when the air gets really yucky from the inversion so often times on the weekends we will head up into the mountains to see blue sky and breathe clean air. That makes for some fun adventures and makes the winter bearable.

I have been learning so much these days. I have learned to recognize all my letters and can tell you all their sounds. I can also count to 20 with only missing a number or two. I know most of my colors although I often times do get lazy and just guess green on everything. :) I love to color, to play toys, to build with Legos and to play on the computer. I have learned how to use the mouse and can navigate throughout computers games really well now.

I am very strong willed and there are certain things that I insist on doing all by myself. I am the one who sets the table for dinner every night and go crazy if anyone else tries to do it. I have learned how to dress myself and don't want any help (except with getting my shirt on). I love to battle bad guys and since my brothers are so into Toon Town I go around the house battling Cogs and Flunkies.

I miss my brothers when they are gone to school but like spending time with my mom. I like going to the gym playroom in the morning and hanging out with "my buddies". I also like doing my own "work ups" there at the gym.

I hope that you are all doing well. I love you and I miss you!

Love Kyle Patrick Barnhisel