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

December Letter

Dear Family & Friends,

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all! We had a very fun month and I hope you did too.

We got to do lots of fun Christmas activities that have become family traditions for us like going to Gardner Village to see the Elves. We also went to the Dickens festival, built a gingerbread house, decorated Christmas cookies and performed the Nativity play at our family Christmas Eve party which we had at our house this year.

We also did some fun things while Brandon & Eric were out of school and dad was off of work. We even got to go bowling which I loved! I even bowled a strike with the help of the bumpers and the rail. :)

Christmas morning was AWESOME!! I got new guns from Santa ... just what I asked him for.

I also got some Hero Factory guys which I wanted. Yeah!! My own guys!

I hope that things are going well for you and that you are all healthy and happy. I hope you have a great 2011!

Love Kyle Patrick Barnhisel

November Letter

Dear Family & Friends,

How are you? I am doing great!! This month daddy was able to baptize Brandon. It was really great. I had lots of 2 year old cousins there to run around with. :)

Uncle Ryan even let me and Collin play with his Fireball game!!!

Thanksgiving was fun although I really don't come for the food. I am mostly there to play with my cousins and to hang out.

I have learned lots of new sayings this month from listening to others around me. From mom I learned to say "I missed you too" and "Just knock it off." And from my brothers I learned to say "Sorry ... accident".

I come in mom's room every morning and ask for dinner. Anything Star Wars I call "Star Wars 'da Clone Wars". My favorite cartoon is "Tom & Jerry" and I won't wear any PJs that don't have a SuperHero on them. Batman is my favorite!

I am very tough and spunky. I am very into weapons these days and spend my days shooting every one in sight as well as many bad guys who are not in sight. I don't always win these battles I have with the imaginary bad guys though. I can often be found on the floor saying "I dead!" I also place mom under arrest many times a day.

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

Love Kyle Patrick Barnhisel

October Letter

Dear Family & Friends,

Hello everyone! How are you? I am great!!! October is a very fun month. As you can see from my pictures I have done lots of fun Halloween things this month.

We got to pick pumpkins in Uncle Ryan's Pumkin Patch ...

And had a super fun family Halloween party at our house where my favorite activity was the doughnut game.

I also got to go trick-or-treating with my brothers and even though it was raining I totally got the concept and didn't want to quit ... people give you candy, and I LOVE candy!!

This month has been a good one for me. I have finished up my potty training and am completely done with diapers!! Yeah! I am really good at taking myself potty whenever I need to go, then I just go and track mom down half naked when I am done to show her my results. :)

We closed up the cabin this month and are done going up there for the winter. I love "my cabin" and will miss it very much over the next few months.

I am very much into the terrible twos. I am VERY strong willed and things have to be done MY WAY and I like to do everything MYSELF!! Mom has to really think before doing anything for me or she ends up with a temper tantrum on her hands. If she does something for me when I don't want her to do, I will undo what she has done and redo it MYSELF!!! Mom and dad say that all my brothers have been that way but that I am the most stubborn of them all. Good thing I am so super cute, helps me get away with more. :)


Hope to hear from you all soon.

Love Kyle Patrick Barnhisel