The Early Family

First Christmas Gift

2011-12-24T18:59:00.000-08:00

We always let the kids open one present on Christmas Eve. This year we decided to trick them and give them a joke gift. Zach got Top Ramin (his favorite) and Zoey got a light bulb. As you can tell they weren't to thrilled! Zach through his across the room and Zoey's comment was "What the heck." She actually thought is was really one of her gifts and said "well what am I suppose to do with it?" Needless to say they actually got their real gift. Zach got some Charger basketball shorts and Zoey got a Fairytail Barbie doll.

It is so nice to see them so excited for Christmas. We ended the night driving around looking at lights and then making cookies for Santa and little doughnuts for the elves. I will post those pictures later. Oh and Zoey made some reindeer food at school so they decided to spread it all over outside for them.

Merry Christmas!!

Getting Old

2011-12-24T18:50:00.000-08:00

They are getting so old! We were on our way to see Santa, Zach was not to thrilled. He says he is told old to see Santa! When Zoey sat on his lap, he asked her what she wanted and she was just beside herself that she was there with Santa and he was talking to her. She just started giggling and then was trying to hold back her tears of excitement. She kept wiping her eyes and just looking at him with amazement! The photographer said that is the first time she has seen a little kid so excited to see Santa that she cried. Oh lord, I am going to have the crazed teenager that cries over a pop star!

Zoey's Christmas Program

2011-12-24T17:54:00.000-08:00

Our little performer!!

Zoey and Sophia

The two Zoey's

Zoey and one of her teachers Jenny. We LOVE her!!

Zoey's First Pedicure

2011-06-04T19:16:00.000-07:00

They had cute little chairs for the little kids! Doesn't she look so happy!!

The end result. Mickey on her toes per her request!

You can't really see it but Mickey on her fingers too.

Zach's Baseball

2011-06-04T16:53:00.000-07:00

First kid struck out after three strikes in a row!!

Summer is here!

2011-05-29T21:37:00.000-07:00

Summer is now here, and the weather is finally wonderful! All of us have bikes except for Zoey. I took her today to pick out her first bike so we could all start riding bikes together again. She was so excited! She knew what she wanted before we even went into the store. She said that she wanted a princess bike. We went to the store and of course the first bike she saw was a Disney princess bike, and that's all she wrote!! Here are some fun pixs from her riding her knew bike. She has never rode a bike before so we knew it was going to be interesting.

Zach took a fall and he didn't know that I got the picture of it!

She was so mad because she couldn't figure it out! She kept stoping herself instead of continuing to pedal.

Mad again because Travis was helping her!

Zoey's first fall! It was the end of the world!

The Kids Sledding

2011-01-25T19:42:00.000-08:00

Snow angels!

Zoey crashed and I was afraid she was going to come up crying, but not my little Zoey girl, she was laughing so hard and said "AGAIN"

Snack time!!

Snow Bunny!!

How handsome is he??

She loves the snow!! It is so fun to watch both of them play in the snow! They get so excited to be frozen!!

Ice Skating

2010-12-30T20:17:00.000-08:00

Aren't they cute!

What a cutie!!

She started getting better.

Zoey had so much fun! Every time Travis would take her off the ice she would scream and cry. Zach has only skated a handful of times, but he is so good!

Zoey's Christmas Program

2010-12-27T09:19:00.000-08:00

Zoey and her little friend Hailey. Aren't they cute!! They look like BFF's

Zoey and her teacher Ms. Abbey.

Once she saw us she didn't want to sing, she just cried the entire program.

Next time we will have to sit in the back where she can't see us. Last year she was one of the loudest kids there?? We asked her why she cried the whole time and she said "I just wanted to give you a hug." At least she looked cute!!

Christmas Morning!!

2010-12-26T12:07:00.000-08:00

Santa was here!! Zoey got a scooter, Minnie Mouse and Max and Ruby dolls. Zach got a Charger snuggie, NFL training for the Wii and play guiter and amp. Zoey will not stay off her scooter and Zach will not stop playing his new game. What a suprise. Travis and I even exchanged gifts, which we don't do too often because we focus on the kids. This year I got a new pair of Uggs and Travis got a Nook. It was a great Christmas!!

When Santa left he left a trail of red hershey kisses up to Zoey's room and a green trail of kisses to Zach's room. At the end of the trail there was a big "Kiss" left from Santa.

Zach just opened his ipod touch!! As you can tell he was so excited!

A telescope from grandma and grandpa Arsenault. He thought it was so cool!!

Zoey opening her Dora backpack.

Cookie's for Santa

2010-12-24T19:49:00.000-08:00

Cookie's for Santa and carrots for the reindeer!!

Grandpa & Grandma Romero's winter visit

2010-12-24T19:35:00.000-08:00

Grandpa reads to Zoey!

Aren't they cute!!

Yes, grandma was there to, we are just always behind the camera.

Presents from grandma and grandpa.

Zoey is our little entertainer grandma and grandpa gave her a Dora microphone to sing into.

Zoey's 3rd Birthday

2010-11-29T20:44:00.000-08:00

Zoey enjoyed Dora cupcakes with her friends at school.

Zoey has excited to ride on Cinderella's Carriage.

Cinderella's Carriage. She has waited for months to ride on the Carriage. She was grinning from ear to ear the entire time!

"Bobby" the horse that pulled our carriage. Zoey didn't realize that he was pulling the carriage until we turned a corner and she saw him. I guess she thought the carriage was rolling on it's own??

A nice cup of hot chocolate after the carriage ride.

Zoey had such a wonderful day! She has been talking about riding the Cinderella Carriage for months now. We kept telling her for her birthday, in hopes that maybe she would forget? Not so. It was pretty cold tonight but she didn't complain at all because she was so excited, Zach on the other hand was cold.

Zoey made sure to tell everyone as they walked by while we were on the carriage that it was her birthday and she was the princess. It was so neat to see her so excited!! It was about 30 degrees so after the ride we took the kids for some hot chocolate. While in the resturant Zoey sang as loud as she could "Hot chocolate, oh we got it, hot hot." In case you don't know it is a song from The Polar Express. Overall I think she had a GREAT Day!

Video's of the kids making Santa Bread

2010-11-21T09:47:00.000-08:00

Making Santa Bread

2010-11-21T08:56:00.001-08:00

Zach finally decided to join Zoey and I at the end of the process. I guess he finally realized he wasn't too cool to cook.

Halloween 2010

2010-11-21T08:17:00.000-08:00

A little late, but better late then never! Zoey had such a great time cleaning out the pumpkin this year. This was Zach's first year that we let him do everything on his own, and I have to say he did a pretty good job! He made me a little nervous with the knife a few times, but the only thing that was cut was the pumpkin!

The Kids

2010-11-18T19:19:00.000-08:00

Are they not some of the cutest kids you have ever seen?

Zoey sees Dora and friends

2010-11-14T13:45:00.000-08:00

This was her first show, and she loved it!!

Flag Football

2010-11-14T13:31:00.000-08:00

He had another great season!!

Zach Sings

2010-11-14T12:57:00.000-08:00

Zach was asked to sing a duet in his third grade program. He is the louder of the two.

Zach's 9th Birthday

2010-10-24T18:28:00.000-07:00

He wanted a pint of Rocky Road ice cream instead of a cake! That's my boy!!

I got up at 5:00 in the am to blow up all the balloons to cover his ceiling. He was pretty cool! Zach didn't like it as much as Zoey did though.

Dance Drop Out

2010-10-24T17:35:00.000-07:00

Well, Zoey asked us to take dance class. As you can imagine I was just as excited as she was. However, when we got to her first dance class she didn't want to dance with the other girls. I sat in the class with her to see if that would help. The next week I was out of town and thought maybe she would do better if I wasn't there?? Nope, same thing she didn't want to dance with the other girls. We figured she wasn't ready and decided to wait awhile. Now she is asking us to start gymnastics???? I told Travis we would let her try it and see if she might like that better?? Who knows though. I will keep everyone posted.

It's been awhile!

2010-10-03T12:46:00.000-07:00

Zoey's mess with the dye while coloring Easter eggs.

Here is Zoey while she is coloring eggs, Zach no longer likes to get his picture taken, so I have to sneak it in every once in a while.

Zoey at the Easter Egg hunt!

Well, it has been awhile since I have posted anything and of course it will take me awhile to catch up on everything. I got tied up in Facebook, but really I like the blog better, so I will be going back to doing this more often. I will update with pictures starting with the first part of the year so give me time and I will hopefully catch up by Halloween. So lets start with Easter!

A White Christmas for the Early's

2009-12-26T10:41:00.001-08:00

Zoey's castle from Gma and Gpa Romero

Still happy about bakugan's. I don't understand some of the boy stuff.

Zoey was so excited when opening each gift, even if she didn't know what it was!

From Gpa and Gma Arsenault and Aunt Kimi and Uncle Ken

Zoey got dress up stuff and had to put it all on right away. She is also holding her new baby, which she calls Abby????? from Auntie April, Uncle Jeff, Kylee and Haiden.

Loving the Wii game from Gma and Gpa Romero

Opening gifts!

The little princess in her new castle. As you can tell she has another dress up outfit on.
Zach opening the Nerf machine gun that he wanted.

Zoey all dressed up sitting on her new Dora couch from Gma and Gpa Arsenault.

Zoey's new Dora big girl bed from Santa and the Dora sheets from Aunt Kimi and Uncle Ken.

We ended up with about a foot and a half of snow yesterday and there are still light flurries today. Zach got a new sled and tube that he is dying to use.

San Diego Zoo and Disneyland

2009-12-26T10:22:00.000-08:00

My little insects!!

Waiting in line at Pirates.

Still waiting in line.

Zoey loved Tiger and Pooh, but hated Eyore!!

Zoey at Minnie's House. Gotta love that smile!!

Watching the parade at Disney.

There is that painful smile again. Now we are at Mickey's house.

We waited 45 minutes to meet Mickey and she loved him sooo much!!

At the end of the night with bubble guns with Blake!

The Zoo and Disney was pretty much for Zoey because she had never been to either place. There are no pictures of Zach at Disney because he was off riding big rides with Kylee.

Zach meets the Chargers!!!

2009-12-26T09:21:00.000-08:00

A limo picked us up!

When we arrived at the hotel they had a suite for us as well as balloons and candy for Zach. Here is a picture of one of the rooms in our suite.

Another shot of the hotel room. Make a Wish took such good care of us while we were there!!

Inside the limo. As you can tell the limo was enjoyed.

Chargers training center.

Yes I was on the trip to, although this is the only shot of me in the limo with the kids!!

The pilot invited Zach up to the cock pit!!

The Charger tree at the training center.

Charger memorabilia.

Rivers memorabilia.

Zach in the Charger weight room!

LT's locker!!

Sproles! Zach was so excited, he walked up to Sproles and asked if he remembered who he was and Sproles said "yeah I met you at camp." Zach was so excited that he remembered who he was.

LT!!!!

Cesear!!

Castillo!!

Zach made sure to stop ever ref on the field to tell them to make sure they watch the flag throwing, unless they were throwing flags on the Bengles.

Zach heckling yet another ref!

Zach got to meet "Spanos" aka team owner

The guys on the field!

Zach on the Charger field.

Tolbert!

Going through the Charger tunnel!

Zach singing one of the Chargers songs they were playing! He was having a blast!!

Zach after a Charger touchdown!!

Merriman!!!

Zach had so much fun on this trip! This is just a few pictures of the trip. I felt like the paparazzi the whole time trying to capture ever moment. It will be something that we will all remember forever!!

Kids see Santa

2009-11-14T06:18:00.000-08:00

Last night they had the tree lighting ceremony here in Overland Park. Santa was there as well as hay rides pulled by hores, so went down to check it out. Zoey was upset waiting in line to see HO HO and started crying because she wanted to see HO HO. By the time it was her turn she was in a full blown melt down. I told her to go ahead and see Santa. Travis and I actually thought she would be scared. She wasn't she ran up to him, jumped in his lap and wouldn't let go. So here is a little video of the kids with Santa. We didn't get as much as I wanted but it was so crowed this was all we could get.

Fall Pictures

2009-11-08T15:27:00.000-08:00

With it being fall out here, the trees are just beautiful so I decided to take the kids out and take some pictures. Here are few that I thought were cute!!

Halloween

2009-11-08T08:44:00.001-08:00

Zach aka "Jason"

Ready for trick or treat

Our Little Dorothy

Trick or Treating

Enjoying the goodies afterwards!!

The kids had a blast trick or treating. We didn't think Zoey would understand what to do, but it only took two houses and she figured it out. The first house we went to the lady opened the door and Zoey walked right in. By the the third house she was a pro!! When it was time to go home she said "no home" It was a nice fall evening too. The weather was a little crisp and it actually felt like Halloween. It was so nice that they were able to wear what ever costumes they wanted because in Arizona you had to be pretty selective so you didn't die of heat stroke!!

Fall Fun

2009-11-08T08:19:00.001-08:00

Grandma's yummy carmel apple!

Enjoying the fresh cider doughnuts!

Corn Maze!!

Zoey playing on in the hay maze.

We took the kids to a local pumpkin patch at a working Cider Mill. They had home made cider doughnuts and Linda had a carmel apple. The were both GOOD!! We all went through a corn maze for the first time. The maze was Drakulas head. It was huge and we thought we would never find the end. We had a lot of fun there. It is so nice to finally be somewhere were it fills like fall and the kids get to enjoy so much.

Zach's 8th Birthday Party

2009-10-04T17:52:00.000-07:00

Birthday Boy!!

Everyone getting there ice skates on.

Zachary with 3 of his friends.

Poor Zoey wanted to skate so bad!

Zach and Cade eating ice cream.

The whole gang. Travis and I with 10 screaming 8 year old boys!!!!

Zach and Davis

Getting ready to go back on the ice.

Zach invited 10 of his friends to his birthday party this year. He had his party at the local ice skating rink. The boys all had fun. Only three of them knew how to skate so Travis had to help the rest of them. By the end of the party almost all the boys were skating on their own. They had so much fun. All the boys kept us busy, I never knew 10 eight year old boys could be so loud!!!! Zach had so much fun. I can't believe he is already 8!! We love you Bub!!!!

The Early Pizzaria

2009-09-28T14:56:00.000-07:00

Zoey eating her Canadian bacon before it was even cooked.

Mine and Travis' pizza's. Mine is on the left and Trav's is on the right.

Zachary's Pizza

Zachary making his pizza

Zoey making her pizza. She was so cute she put all of her canadian bacon all over her pizza and then ate it all off before the pizza even made it to the oven.

Zoey rolling out her dough.

Zachary kept trying to spin his pizza like a real pizza man.

The kids had a blast. Zach can't wait till we do it again.

Your Favorites (8 photos), by Traci Early

2009-09-23T15:44:00.001-07:00

I'd like to share my Snapfish photos with you. Once you have checked out my photos you can order prints and upload your own photos to share.

Zachary's First Flag Football Game of the Season!

2009-09-19T17:13:00.000-07:00

Zoey was the little Cheerleader!

Zach has the ball.

Zach is the center and runs for the touchdown!

Zach is the one that catches the ball, which is hard to see, but you can see him dive for the touchdown!

Zoey and Travis' First Day of School

2009-08-31T09:28:00.000-07:00

Travis ready for school.

Zoey's school "Creme de la Creme"

Zoey ready for her first day of preschool

Gosh she looks so big!!

Well, Travis and Zoey started school today. Travis of course started Chiropractic School and Zoey started preschool. I took the day off because I wanted to take Zoey to school for her first day. She is going to a really, really good preschool. It looks like a little Disneyland inside and it better for the price. I thought she would be so excited to go play with the kids, but she clung to my leg and wouldn't let go. The teacher pulled out snack and I thought she would be okay then. I got her to sit down and then I snuck out. I ran to the front to watch the video camera's. She started crying which in turn I started crying and the whole office was there watching the screens with me. The teacher was holding her but we couldn't tell if she was still crying, so the manager called the teacher and she said that she wasn't crying anymore but she didn't want to be put down. I called a hour later and the teacher said they were outside playing and blowing bubbles and she was having fun. I am going back down around lunch time to watch the video screens and check on her and I will pick her up around 3. OHHHH, what a stressful day. Here are at least some cute pictures of her oh and one of Travis.

A trip to the Apple Orchard

2009-08-22T19:07:00.000-07:00

Zachary was so excited that he kept getting a head of us, so this is the only picture I got of him.

Zoey's first pick!!

Zoey had to carry her own bag of apples, she wouldn't share with Zach.

Zoey testing the apples on the way home.

We went to a local orchard today to pick peaches and apples. The kids had a blast!! Here are a few pictures.

First Day of 2nd Grade

2009-08-22T19:03:00.000-07:00

Zach was not happy that I wanted to take a picture so he gave me the fakest smile ever!!

Getting out of the car at school.

Well, another year has passed and Zachary started 2nd grade this week. Where did the time go? Here are some pixs from his first day.

Kite Flying

2009-08-22T18:56:00.000-07:00

I am really behind on blogging so here is some pixs of the kids flying kites over 4th of July weekend. They had so much fun. This is the first time Zach has flown a kite, because in Arizona it was either to hot or way to windy, so he had a blast.

"Make a Wish"

2009-08-22T18:54:00.000-07:00

As most of you know already Zachary has been granted a wish from the "Make a Wish" Foundation. As soon as we know how everything turned out we will let everyone know. Here is a picture of him with his wish granters!!

Another trip to the Farm

2009-07-12T16:59:00.001-07:00

Zoey used to be afraid of the goats and now she is pushing them around.

Here she is hearding the goats again.

Loves for the goat!

Feeding the baby goat with a baby bottle, and what you don't see is after she fed the goat she decided she needed to try the bottle as well! YUCK!!!!!

Check Zoey out just after the 1 minute mark, very funny!!!

4th of July!!

2009-07-04T21:53:00.000-07:00

Waiting for Fireworks!

Me and the kids!

Zoey was dancing!

Time for a snack!

Running and playing in the grass with Zach!

Daddy and the kids, Zoey didn't want to sit for the photo, she was to busy playing!

Zoey making faces at me!

Fireworks started and Zoey didn't want to look at them!

Travis and Zach enjoying the show!

Zoey is not asleep, she is just still refusing to watch the fireworks!

She decided to sneak a peek!

This was the best 4th of July that we have every had! We had a great dinner, and then headed out to watch the fireworks. We got there a hour and a half early to make sure that we had a good seat. The weather couldn't have been better, it was about 75 degrees with a little breeze, the kids were playing and laying on the blankets we brought, just hanging out. It was great!!! I hope everyone had as great of a 4th as we did!!

Water Park

2009-07-03T08:31:00.001-07:00

They had a great little play area for the little kids. Zoey had a blast. She was a little more daring than we would have liked her to be though.

Zach had a blast on the slides, and can you believe it Grandma and Aunt Donna, he didn't get kicked off once! HA HA

This was another part of the water park that just had water spraying everywhere. At the top of this structure there was a huge bucket that would fill with water, and every five minutes it would tip over and the water would come crashing down. The kids loved it!

This is when the bucket had tipped over. Zach is in there somewhere.

Zoey finally got pooped out.

We were all just floating in the "Lazy River" and Zoey got so comfy that she fell asleep. I was kinda in an awkward position but I didn't want to wake her. So after a while of floating Travis took her and held her at the table. (The above picture)

The bucket of water came crashing down!!

Zach on the "Lilly Pads"

We were planning on going to the big water park, but it was suppose to rain through out the day and we didn't want them to close the park due to the rain, so we chose to go to an indoor water park instead.

Summertime and Water Fun

2009-06-23T18:59:00.001-07:00

Zoey and Jared

First Bike Ride

2009-06-23T14:52:00.000-07:00

I fixed the seat on Traci's bike so I could finally take Zoey on a bike ride. She had the child seat on hers and I think mine is to tall for the seat to fit right. We rode around the complex twice and she just had the time of her life. She was laughing and screaming the whole time, everytime I looked back she a smile on her face.

Ice Skating

2009-06-16T14:34:00.001-07:00

Day at the Farm

2009-06-15T19:29:00.001-07:00

Zach Met the Chargers!!!

2009-06-12T15:04:00.001-07:00

From left to right: Sproles, Cason, the Early's minus one, and Jammer

Jammer and Zach

Cason and Zach

Darren Sproles signing Zach's shirt

Zach with Darren Sproles

Last Nights Baseball Game

2009-06-11T10:12:00.000-07:00

Here was one of Zach's hits from last nights game. The first hit was a foul but he hit it so hard it went all the way to the fence. He is a natural! He is on a pretty good little team this year. The games are actually fun to watch because you don't get to frustrated sitting in the bleachers, they are starting to get the concept of the game. Travis said Zach's batting average is 675, whatever that means??? They have won all of their games except last night it was 8-8.

Visit with Trisha

2009-06-08T19:30:00.000-07:00

Trip to Deanna Rose Farm! Hang Loose!!

Thanks for a wonderful dinner! We had a great time with you!

Love's for TRISHA!! Thanks for the yummy chocolate cake! Love Zach and Zoey

Zach's Baseball game

2009-06-07T08:08:00.000-07:00

Okay I was trying to download another video but it has been trying to download for five hours. So this is it for now.

Busy Saturday

2009-05-23T16:09:00.000-07:00

They had a Army fighting helicopter at the Bar-B-Que festival that we went to.

Here is Zoey, crawling over some T-Rex bones.

Watch for where Zoey looks in between the jeep and a large brown dinosaur bone. It's not in the video but I had moved to the other side of the room where Zoey had moved, and she walked back over to that side and before I could get to her she had snuck out in between those two things and the exit was on the opposite side of the room. I kept trying to get out the entrance but they wouldn't let me out. So I ran to the exit and started screaming for her. I didn't see her and the next the I new I saw her little red dress crawling up the stairs to the restaurant and an employee had her. I didn't think I would ever say this but I think my kid needs a leash!!!

We had a very busy weekend. First this morning we went to one of Kansas City's largest Bar-B-Q festivals. It was a lot of fun. These people don't mess around with their BBQ. After that we went over to a new outdoor mall that was suppose to be really cool, it's called "Legends." It was right next to the Kansas City Speedway. It was pretty cool. We went into this restaurant called T-Rex. It was kind of like Rainforest Cafe but with all Dinosaurs. Inside the gift shop they had an area that the kids could dig for dinosaur bones. It was only $2.50 and Zoey was free,they played for probably around a hour. Zach and Zoey had a blast. We are going back on Wednesday to eat because we had just came from the BBQ so we were full, and besides that kids eat for $1.99 and the place they dig for bones at is only .99 cents. Such a deal!! After that we went to the middle of the mall where they had a water fountain and of course the kids got SOAKED!! Kansas City is called the "City of Fountains," I told Travis by now we should know to bring an extra change of clothes for the kids. We had a great time! We just LOVE having things to do for the kids.

Zach's Last Football Game

2009-05-16T13:01:00.001-07:00

He's running with the ball in between the two orange kids.

His medal

Zoey's new little friend

2009-05-03T09:01:00.000-07:00

Zoey has a new little friend in the neighborhood, his name is Jared. They are so cute together. Whenever we are outside Jared comes out to play. Here are a few cute pictures of them playing yesterday.

Zoey and Baby Goat's

2009-04-28T16:58:00.000-07:00

Here is Zoey at the petting zoo with the baby goat's.

Visit to the Farm

2009-04-25T19:10:00.000-07:00

Zachary looking for gold.

Old schoolhouse, it was really cute!

Today we went to a local petting zoo/farm here in Overland Park. The kids had a blast! It was such a beautiful day, 75 overcast with a light breeze. It was a perfect day to visit the farm. There was so much for the kids to do. Zach went fishing, fed some goats, road some kid tractors, road a horse and went mining for gold. He had such a great time. Zoey had fun to, she played at the play ground and tried to pet some baby goats. She would act like she wanted to pet the goats and then she would just run away and laugh and scream with excitement. It was so cute. Here are a few cute pictures from the farm. Can't wait to go back again, and the best part is it is FREE!

Hemophilia Coastal Ride For Zach

2009-04-21T21:18:00.001-07:00

Please watch this amazing video that Bobby (Travis' Cousin) made in order to help raise money for Hemophilia. If you would like to donate, please see the attached link below. Any amount would make a difference.

http://www.active.com/donate/coastalrace09/bmarch

Thanks Bobby

Gymnastics

2009-04-18T15:58:00.000-07:00

Zoey had her first gymnastics class today. It was an open gym for kids of all ages, so she was a little overwhelmed with watching everyone. We couldn't get her to play on one thing, she wanted to do it all. Zach had fun trying all of the equipment as well. The gym was certified through the Olympic Association so they had all of the equipment that you would see at a gymnastic gym. I couldn't get to many pictures because I was chasing Zoey around, but here are two.

Easter Egg Hunt

2009-04-11T18:30:00.001-07:00

Zach was showing Zoey all the eggs, and I thought it was so cute!

Zoey loves the grass now, she was trying to do a somersault.

Coloring Easter Eggs

2009-04-11T17:37:00.000-07:00

He is so darn cute!

She thinks she is so funny! This was only the beginning!

Well, this is how Zoey colors eggs!

More Snow Pictures

2009-03-29T13:05:00.000-07:00

The video stopped in the middle of taping.

Zoey in the Snow!

2009-03-28T18:40:00.000-07:00

She was making a Snow Angel.

Here is Zoey in the snow. We ended up getting over 4 inches today. This was the first time we bundled her up and let her go out. Her boots kept falling off so she didn't get to spend that much time outside, and she had a melt down because of it. We will try again tomorrow.

Snow!!

2009-03-28T13:39:00.000-07:00

Another beautiful snow day in Overland Park, KS!

Zoey had to play in the snow too!

Traci's B-day Dinner

2009-03-28T13:33:00.000-07:00

For my Birthday we went to a Japanese restaurant with a hibachi grill. I took a short video of the Chef throwing food at Zach and Travis so they could try and catch it in their mouths. That was our first time that we had gone to a place like that. We had a lot of fun.

First Football Game

2009-03-21T11:52:00.000-07:00

Zach had his first football game today. He did GREAT!! He made one touchdown, intercepted a pass and scored an extra point. Here is a few pictures and a little video from the game.

Puppy Love

2009-03-21T11:25:00.000-07:00

Zach wanted to go look at this pet store after his game, because they had a bunch of puppies. So we figured we would take the kids because Zoey has never seen any puppies up close. Zach and I fell in love with this little Maltese puppy. So we asked if we could see her, because we wanted to see Zoey with her. Zoey loved her!! Maybe a little to much. She would hug her so tight that we couldn't let her hold her. She just kept giving the puppy loves. Zach wanted to take her home and I asked how much she was. $1299!!! OH MY GOSH!! I told Zach that we would think about checking into the pound. The thing we like about the Maltese, was that that type of dog is hypoallergetic. I doubt we will get a dog write now, but she was so cute.

Zach's First Flag Football Practice

2009-03-20T18:29:00.000-07:00

Zach's first practice of flag football. He is the one running with the ball.

Zach is the one catching the ball and then he goes back and forth playing quarterback. Yes, that is Zoey screaming in the background.

About Kansas

2009-03-19T18:15:00.001-07:00

Things that I have learned about Kansas since being here one month.
1. Everybody drives really slow and is in no hurry to get anywhere.
2. The wheather changes almost everyday. In the past 4 weeks we have had days of 10 degrees and days of 80 degrees.
3. The snow is fun, but the ice sucks!!
4. Everything is much cheaper!! Gas this week at Costco $1.79. Car insurance about $50 cheaper a month. Baseball game to the Royals very cheap.
5. Overland Park was #9 in 2008 for the best places to live, and in the top 15 the last 4 years previous.
6. Down the street we have 21 baseball fields, 14 soccer fields (opening in June 09), a skate park and an 18 hole golf course all done by the parks and rec. In that park there is a 8 mile bike/running path that goes through trees and by a creek. It is really pretty down there. The area we live in was #17 in the US for places to raise children under 18.

More to come down the road.

Sledding Pictures

2009-03-01T16:51:00.001-08:00

Snow Sledding!

2009-03-01T16:08:00.000-08:00

We were driving by the freeway by our house, and saw some kids sledding on a hill. Zach wanted to try it so we went and got him a boggie board and snow clothes. He had a BLAST!! Here are a few videos of him sledding. This hill is actually at the Chiropractic school that Travis will be attending.

Zach Ice skating

2009-02-28T14:51:00.000-08:00

This was Zach's first time on the ice. I caught him stepping onto the ice for the first time. He is just a little blob at the left at first, but he is in the red jacket. He did such a great job for his first time.

Getting on the Ice for the first time!

He's getting braver!

He gets better and better every time!

He LOVED it! He already wants to go back tomorrow! At first he was only going along the sides of the rink. By the end thought he was good enough to skate in the center of the rink. In the beginning when he fell he would crawl to the edge and pull himself up. By the end he would fall in the middle of the ice and was able to get up without the edge.

Ice Skating

2009-02-28T13:26:00.001-08:00

Travis was such a DORK!! He put on, what I thought were leggings, he said they were long johns, so he could wear them under his clothes to stay warm while ice skating.

Zach went ice skating for the first time. He had a blast! Here are a few pics.

Playing in the snow

2009-02-28T08:59:00.000-08:00

Thanks Grandma Romero, the gloves finally came in handy!

SNOW!!

2009-02-28T08:50:00.000-08:00

He was trying to make a snow angel. He dove face first into the snow!!

Snow Angel!!

We woke up this morning to about 4 inches of snow. Zach was so excited!! Here are a few pictures of him playing in the snow!

Traveling to Kansas

2009-02-25T21:21:00.000-08:00

I packed Zoey's favorite snacks for emergency's. This was an emergency twinkie break.

She was happy again!!

Day two, finally a little quiet time for mommy!

We stopped in Oklahoma to see my family. Nobody there had every seen Zoey. This is my cousin Josh with Zoey.

My Uncle Troy with Zoey! She was full of kisses that night.

Zoey was incredible on the 20 hour, two day drive to Kansas. She only had maybe two or three meltdowns. We are glad to all be back together again.

Zachary Loving Kansas!

2009-02-25T20:54:00.000-08:00

Sunday after we dropped my mom off at the airport, Zach spent the next two hours outside. He was so excited it was a beautiful day. He got to experience climbing a tree for the first time.

Buckethead Zoey

2009-02-05T10:30:00.000-08:00

Zoey now thinks it is funny to put this vinyl bucket on her head and run around the house. She entertains herself for quite a while doing this. She is such a dork!!

House Disaster!!

2009-01-27T11:17:00.000-08:00

Well, with packing underway our house is very chaotic these days. We are walking around boxes left and right. I fly out early, early Wednesday morning to go and look at a house in Kansas. So everything is really moving along. If the house turns out to be the one then I will be moving out there the second week of February and Travis will follow with the kids two weeks later. I don't know how I am going to survive without my kids for two weeks, and I don't know how Travis is going to survive with them by himself for two weeks!! He will do fine it is just always nicer to have and extra set of eyes, ears and hands!!! Just thought I would show everyone what our house is starting to look like.

"Zoey and the Heartbreakers"

2009-01-05T19:36:00.000-08:00

Here is Zoey rockin out with Travis and Zach on Rock Band. She picked up the mic and started singing, we couldn't beleive it. The picture is dark but you can still make her singing out. Watch Zach to, at the end he starts to really get down to. I am so glad Santa brought this for him, we have so much fun together playing. And as you can tell it is something that Zoey likes to do as well.

Sibling Love

2009-01-02T17:18:00.001-08:00

It was such a beautiful day outside today that we took the kids out to play. Zach wanted to take Zoey for a ride in his hummer. She loved it!! She laughed the entire time. She was mad when she had to get off. Here are a few cute pictures of the kids riding the hummer around the neighborhood.

Christmas

2008-12-27T13:19:00.000-08:00

Zach never let's Zoey play with his footballs so Santa brought her one.

Well, we hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas, we certainly did! John and Linda came over at 7:00 am Christmas morning to watch the kids open presents. It is so nice that they come over and watch the kids, Zach looks forward to it. Then we went to my parents for an early dinner. It was a wonderful day! Zach even said how he had such a great day and how he couldn't believe he got everything he wanted. Santa brought him "Rock Band" for the Wii, it is so fun!! Zoey got a little kitchen from Santa. Zach also got a Nintendo DS, with some games from us and Grandma and Grandpa Romero. At my parents house Zoey got a little rocking chair to match her room (pink and chocolate) and Zach got a nerf game for the Wii. It was a wonderful Christmas. I hope everyone was as blessed with as a wonderful day as we had. Here are a few pictures.

Special Delivery from the North Pole

2008-12-19T19:24:00.000-08:00

Zach and Zoey had a special package arrive today from the North Pole. The package had an elf inside with a special note from Santa. The note said "Dear Zach and Zoey, I am sending one of my elf's, Andy, to watch over you during the holiday's. Andy will be giving me a full report on your behavior every night. So make sure to be good and kind to one another! Love Santa." There was a cute little elf inside with a book about the elf and why he arrived. Every night the elf fly's back to the North Pole to tell Santa how they have been acting. The next morning the elf hides in a new spot so Zach and Zoey have to find him. There is one rule though, you can not touch him, or he will lose his magic. On Christmas Day the elf will fly back to the North Pole with Santa and will come back next year. I think that Andy may be making some stops throughout the year to check on their behavior though. So I told Zach even though he doesn't see Andy after Christmas doesn't mean he is not just hiding somewhere watching him. Here is a picture of Zach with the elf that Santa sent him.

Pretend Play

2008-12-19T08:52:00.000-08:00

Zoey is already into pretending. She is so funny. We were at my mom's a couple of weeks ago and she had a plastic play pizza and Zoey kept pretending to eat it and would say mmmmmmm. I thought she was to young to already start to pretend play. So we asked Santa for a little kitchen set with play food. Last night she made her own make shift play food. She got into one of the cabinets in kitchen and took the lid off of one of my quart jugs and she found her own idea of a spoon and was making what we thought was soup. She kept walking through the house saying mmmmmm and was trying to feed us. It was so cute I had to take some pictures.

School Christmas Program

2008-12-17T18:06:00.000-08:00

Zach had his annual Christmas Program at school today. It was called a "Cowboy Christmas." I finally got the video to work. So here is the video along with a few pictures of Zach once we got home. He did so good. He must have some of my blood because he has some rhythm. He is front and center in the green hat.

Gingerbread House

2008-12-15T15:40:00.001-08:00

Well, Zach and I finally thought we would try and make a gingerbread house this year. I have always wanted to make one and so I though this year he would be old enough to do it. It was a little harder than I thought it was going to be, but we had fun and it turned out pretty good. Zach had a great time decorating it.

Santa

2008-12-07T10:59:00.000-08:00

Well, the kids went and saw Santa yesterday, and as you can tell Zoey LOVED him!

Zoey's B-day Party

2008-12-04T09:37:00.001-08:00

Birthday Girl!

She just loved her Rudolf. His nose would light up and his head moved back and forth. He could also talk and sing.

Giving her new Hippo loves from Grandma and Grandpa Romero.

She just LOVED her cupcake. She ate the whole thing, and was licking her fingers when she was done. I have never seen a kid devourer a cupcake like her.

The end result. She was a mess but we loved every minute of it.

Here are a few pictures from Zoey's Birthday party. She had so much fun!

Happy Birthday Zoey!!

2008-11-29T14:35:00.001-08:00

Well, our little princess is now one years old today. It is hard to believe, this year has gone by so fast. When we started this journey we never thought it would turn out so perfectly. She brings such joy into our lives. All of the painful shots and long trips to California was completly worth it. Thank you Zach for being so patient with us when we were going back and forth. I think he was just as anxious to have a little sister as we were. You never know true joy until you see your kids laugh and play together. They love each other so much. When I was pregnant with her I was afraid after having such a perfect baby the first time that she would be the devil. She lights up everyday with endless smiles and laughter. She is truely a blessing. Happy Birthday princess! We love you!

Zoey I can't wait to celebrate your party tomarrow. I love you! Love, Brother

Thanksgiving

2008-11-29T14:26:00.001-08:00

Zoey just loved her Uncle Sig. She would not stop giving him loves.Zoey at Grandma and Grandpa Romero's.

This was the only picture Zach would allow me to take. He was to busy playing with is cousin to stop and take any pictures. I am thankful that I at least got one!

Hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving. We had a great one visiting with everyone. Linda your dinner was wonderful. Thanks for the leftovers. Here are a few pictures from the day.

Zoey's 1 year Pictures

2008-11-26T12:02:00.000-08:00

We had Zoey's one year old pictures done last week. I haven't gotten all of the pictures yet but I did get this one from the photographers website. Saturday is her actually 1st birthday. I can't believe it, it has gone by so fast.

Us and a boy

2008-11-24T19:03:00.000-08:00

This is photo of us all in Denver on the final night. They had a dress up booth and you guessed it a face painting booth for the kids.

Denver Trip

2008-11-17T20:38:00.001-08:00

Cute little Zoey!!

This tiger kept pacing by Travis and Zoey, I think he thought Zoey was dinner. You can tell by looking at Travis he was a little uncomfortable.

Zach in one of the fish tanks

Zoey's first plane ride. She did great. On the way home she got her own seat because the plane was pretty empty, and she thought she was a big girl. Travis sat with Zach and I sat with Zoey in the row in front of them. For the first hour she looked through a magazine and played peek a boo with daddy and Zach, then she went to sleep.

Zoey got to experience her first snow. She got so excited!!

Zach was hoping for snow. It wasn't in the forecast when we left, but Zach opened the curtains our second day there and was pleased to see it snowing. It was snowing so hard we couldn't see the hotel in front of us.

Denver's local aquarium. It was pretty cool.

These pictures didn't get downloaded in the order that I wanted them to, but I wasn't going to do it again. We went to Denver this last week for a Hemophilia Convention. It was the first time that we were able to attend. We had a great time. Zach had a blast. He got to join their kids program that took them out into Denver while we were at meetings. It was great for him to see that he is not the only child with hemophilia. He is starting to struggle with the whole idea of having hemophilia so Travis and I thought that is was very important for him to be around kids with hemophilia so he could see that he was not the only one. We had a very long but fun week. We all really enjoy Denver.

Obama

2008-11-17T08:31:00.000-08:00

I just read my cuz's blog and I just had to put up a post of my own. Obama won and this is a good thing. First we get someone in office who will help get health care for everyone. Stem cell research will get funding again and maybe we could find a cure for Zach. Another thing is he may start to end this war, that we should have never been in this long. We are defending a country who is generating a surplus in their economy, while our country is losing money hand over fist. W. has been the worst prez in history, that is a fact!!! In 8 yrs. we have lost all our allies, scientific research, thousands of soldiers, the WTC buildings, good gas prices, ect. ect. Bush you suck!!!! The country is thankful not just for Obama winning but for the end of W. in Washington.

Zach's Final Soccer Game!

2008-11-11T12:02:00.000-08:00

Well, soccer season has come to an end. Zachary had another great season. He really enjoy's soccer and it is a great way for him to get out and run around. He is really pretty good. I think that is because he his not afraid to get out there and be aggressive. Here is a few pictures from his final game. He is so darn cute. Tomarrow we are headed off to Denver for the National Hemophilia Convention. We are all so excited. I will post pictures when we get back.

Traci

Halloween

2008-11-02T18:27:00.000-08:00

Well, hope everyone had a good Halloween. We didn't do much, Zach went trick-or-treating at our local mall on last Sunday so he already had a lot of candy. We took him out to a neighborhood and he went trick-or-treating for about and hour and a half. He then wanted to come back to our house to hand out candy. It was Zoey's first Halloween and of course she had to be a princess. So I dressed her up as Snow White. Zachary wanted to be a storm trooper from Star Wars. All and all we had a good time. Here are a few pictures of the kids.

The Early Family

First Christmas Gift

Getting Old

Zoey's Christmas Program

Zoey's First Pedicure

Zach's Baseball

Summer is here!

The Kids Sledding

Ice Skating

Zoey's Christmas Program

Christmas Morning!!

Cookie's for Santa

Grandpa & Grandma Romero's winter visit

Zoey's 3rd Birthday

Video's of the kids making Santa Bread

Making Santa Bread

Halloween 2010

The Kids

Zoey sees Dora and friends

Flag Football

Zach Sings

Zach's 9th Birthday

Dance Drop Out

It's been awhile!

A White Christmas for the Early's

San Diego Zoo and Disneyland

Zach meets the Chargers!!!

Kids see Santa

Fall Pictures

Halloween

Fall Fun

Zach's 8th Birthday Party

The Early Pizzaria

Your Favorites (8 photos), by Traci Early

Zachary's First Flag Football Game of the Season!

Zoey and Travis' First Day of School

A trip to the Apple Orchard

First Day of 2nd Grade

Kite Flying

"Make a Wish"

Another trip to the Farm

4th of July!!

Water Park

Summertime and Water Fun

First Bike Ride

Ice Skating

Day at the Farm

Zach Met the Chargers!!!

Last Nights Baseball Game

Visit with Trisha

Zach's Baseball game

Busy Saturday

More Farm Video's

Zach's Last Football Game

Zoey's new little friend

Zoey and Baby Goat's

Visit to the Farm

Hemophilia Coastal Ride For Zach

Gymnastics

Easter Egg Hunt

Coloring Easter Eggs

More Snow Pictures

Zoey in the Snow!

Snow!!

Traci's B-day Dinner

First Football Game

Puppy Love

Zach's First Flag Football Practice

About Kansas

Sledding Pictures

Snow Sledding!

Zach Ice skating

Ice Skating

Playing in the snow

SNOW!!

Traveling to Kansas

Zachary Loving Kansas!

Buckethead Zoey

House Disaster!!

"Zoey and the Heartbreakers"