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