Merry Christmas 2011

We had a wonderful Christmas!

The best part was to have Jeff home with us!!

And as you can see, we all got shirts for Christmas....

They say....

Idaho State University

EST. 1968

Engineering

We are officially the coolest family EVER!!!!

We hope and pray that everyone had a wonderful and Spirit filled Christmas. As we celebrated the birth of our Savior and Redeemer, Jesus Christ!

Merry Christmas!!!

We send our love to all our Family and Friends!

It has been quite the year, but we are gratefull for our many blessings

and for all that we do have!

We are so happy to have Jeff done with his Bacholors and looking forward to this year of him working on his Masters in Civil Engineering!!

Love to all

Love, the Kidd Family

Grand Kids Brag Book

For Christmas, my sister Jillyn, put together a book for my parents about their "Grandkids"

Here is most of the book...... enjoy!!!

(this is the front of the book - Annie our star)

Then she put in a family picture of each family

Then each Grandchild got their own page

We are the Bruce and Jill Tietjen Family

This was the cutest idea for a gift for Grandparents!!!

Nothing is better than a book about Family!!

The Kidd Family Thanksgiving!!!

The Kidd Family Thanksgiving!!!

The Richard and Danielle Kidd Family

The Dorian and LeAnn Kidd Family

Grandma Kidd

It was lots and lots of fun to just get together as a family and eat and spend time together!! We hope to make this a tradition!!

Spelling Test

Tietjen brought home his first Spelling test.
As you can see, he did very good.

He is loving school and loves to learn!!
We love you our oldest Boy!!

Tietjen Family Get Together

We had planned on getting together for Thanksgiving, well Life doesn't always go as we plan. Instead, we got together 3 weeks earlier for the funeral of my Grandmother Beth Davenport Tietjen

Here is the Bruce & Jill Tietjen Family

Here is the Jeffrey & Mickie Ann Kidd Family

We had a fun 2 days being all together.

Couzins playing, sisters talking and giggling and crying, brother-in-laws rolling their eyes at their wifes and sister -in- laws,

and Grandparents enjoying every minute of being all together as a family!!

I love you my sisters!!!!

Nothing is better than being with those

"Tietjen Girls"

as we are known in our ward we grew up in!!

Growing Pains

Anna Belle had to get some work done on her teeth.

Here she is after having a filling done and a silver cap put on.

Unfortuntaly Next week we have another filling and cap to get done!

Aiden is growing.... he is either crying because his teeth are comming in, or because he is hungry, or because of just growing pains, or crying to cry....

The other day, he just cried and cried... Jeff couldn't figure out what he wanted and just let him cry. Then all of the sudden it stopped... Jeff went up stairs to find this......

Apparently he was tired, Aiden found a blanket and his binkies (he likes to have one in the mouth and one in his hand) And he was alseep on the front room floor!!

Growing Up is Hard!!

But they sure are cute!!!

Fun in the MUD !!

Anna Belle & Aiden spent some time playing in the mud!!

Anna Belle likes to find worms and collect them in a cup!

Aiden just liked getting dirty!

This was not the worse of it. By the time he was done playing he had mud on his face, tummy, and down his diapper!!

Aiden is a big Daddy's Boy - so excited when he comes home and mad when he leaves!

Anna Belle's First Day

Yesterday was Anna Belle's First day of Head Start Preschool.

It is Goverment Funded, we had to apply for it. They were full, then they had a drop out, and she gotin and in the same class as with her BFF - Zena, our neighbor. We look into their backyard.

They are in Sunbeams together and now Preschool!!

We already told the teachers that they (okay Anna Belle) will be a talker to Zena!!

Anna Belle is quite the girl! She knows what she wants and tell you. She loves girly stuff but is not affraid to play with the boys. This girl, will be chassing the boys, and the boys will be clammering to get her attention!!

(jeff knows she is going to stress him out even more when she is a teenager - I am excited to have "girl" talks about the cute boys she likes)

She is a daddy's girl!!!

Jeff picked out a new shirt -

it says " it's only funny until someone gets hurt, then its hilarious"

He thinks it is hilarious - that my man !!

Aiden is growing, growing, growing.....

His teeth are comming in.... still.... you can see that he only has 3 on the bottom, the 4th has broke through, but not come up yet... he looks so darn cute.

My dare devil boy, is already driving me crazy. His new stunt is to stand on the seat of the wooden tricycle, we have, stand up and let go of the handle bars..... this kid will be one to break a few bones before his mission.

My babies are growing up!

Finally..... First Day of School

YAH!!!

School days have begun!!

Today was Tietjen's first day of 1st Grade!!

Tietjen wanted Daddy to take him to school today.

After today he will ride the bus!!

My first baby is growing up!!

He is so smart and has such an amazing memory!

We love you Tietjen Boy!!

August Days

I have officially worked at McDonalds for a month now.

Jeff has worked there for 4 months.

I am having a contest to see how many of our fellow co-workers like me better than him.(heehee)Some are all for me (they don't really know Jeff, since he works nites and I work days)

Others that do know him, some are ALL on his side, they think it is funny, and the boys don't want Jeff to beat they up, if they pick my side!! (theses are all mostly teenagers - we are of the few that are the OLDEST there) - A job is a job
It just makes it fun!!

Reminds me a bit of our Leatherby's days when we first met.

Except now one is working while the other is home with our 3 kids!!

We got to have a visit from my sis Brookie and her 2 little ones!! Hubby Aaron was out of town for work for a week, so she spend it up here in Idaho with us all!!!

Aiden is still growing and growing... here Annie is feeding him his oatmeal breakfast...

CARS!!! Is the new thing for Aiden about just a month ago, all of the sudden he discovered our VAST collection of Hotwheel cars!!

He is hooked and plays and plays and plays!!

Jeff was driving down town and past by a 2nd hand store and out front was a little pink bike.

He turned around and found out that it was for $10 !! He bought it.

Anna Belle LOVES to ride her bike!

The best buy of the year!!

We are doing well. We keep busy with Jeff & I working, plus now school has started today for Jeff and next week for Tietjen.

We have been so blessed even though we have our trials. We are grateful for the gospel that we live and the blessing we are given.

Bunnies

The kids got to hold our neighbors bunnies!!

The neighbors also have chickens the kids think it is fun to chase them!!

I just love their smiles!!

My Baby is Growing UP!!

This little is boy is growing up and getting quite the personality.

Like the rest of the family, he likes to have your attention!!

He thinks he is bigger than he is sometimes and yells at me when I wont let him just go off and play with the neighbor kids.

Here he discovered Grandpa Kidd's cowboy hats,

he loved wearing them, and giggled and giggled!!!

Baby & Little Einstein's has caught his attention.

Here are two seperate occations where I have gotten to just SIT for more than a second....

(i know they are wearing the same pj's but the top one was last week and the bottom pic was just this evening! - silly boy = at least he is not yelling at me)

My baby is getting less and less a baby and more and more a little boy!

love you Aiden Justice

Boys will be Boys!!

Tietjen with his Bigham Couzins - Blake, Caleb, & Bryan

(missing is Gavin Bigham, Aiden Kidd, & Landon Beldwell from the clan of couzins)

These boys are going to grow up to be amazing Missionaries & Fathers!

Letter of Congradulations

Jeff received this letter yesterday from the

"College of Science and Engineering" of Idaho State Univeristy.

He has made the "Dean's List"

I am so proud of Jeff. He works so hard studying and working 2 jobs to support and take care of our family! He is the most amazing man ever!!

I love you Jeffrey!!!

Quality Daddy Time

With Jeff working two jobs, our time with him is beyond precious.

He does all he can to spend quality time with the kids.

Last Sunday afternoon, they made a "Fort" out of sheets and toy shelfs !!!

My Beautiful Daughter

My Silly Boys!!

I Love you Jeffrey, Thank You for working so hard for our family!

Adien's 1st Bday Party

My baby is now a ONE year old.

We had a small bday party the day after his bday.

Like a typical baby, he feel asleep just as the party started and stayed alseep the entire party!!

Later the next day, we gave him a piece of cake to let him dive in to!!

It took some coaxing to get him to want it.

Then he lOVED it!!




Thank You for all those that were able to come and for the gifts he recieved. We are so gratefull.

Aiden says THANKs!!