halloween madness

It all started at the annual Rasmussen Halloween Bash:

Kurt the blue power ranger...
and Jake the dragon...
even their daddy dressed up...
It was a Happy Halloween :")

Utah 10/2009

We went to Utah for a quick weekend trip so that Kurt could swim in the alumni swim meet and we had a blast! I didn't get any good pictures at the meet, but Kurt swam pretty fast for an old guy... he beat everyone on the actual BYU team in both the 50 and 100!!! The rest of the Mullen Family (minus Ryan's family) happened to be there too, so we had lots of fun hanging out with all of them and my brothers while we were there...
kurt might be 1/2 dog:
Jake in the spider web:
Izzy & Kurt had a blast running around and playing together:
so did Jake & Zoie... it's so fun to have cousins the same age :")

Jenna's Blessing

A few weeks ago we headed to Santa Barbara for the day for Kurt's brother Ryan's daughter Jenna's baby blessing! Kurt and baby Jenna:

Jake, happy to be outside:
Boys and cousin Marielle enjoying a cookie at their table:
AND, I still can't believe that I didn't take a picture of Jenna in her beautiful blessing dress, but I did happen to get one of her dressed up as a hot dog! Thanks Ryan and Mary Karlee for a fun day...
We love you Jenna :")

rocknroll

the park

running wild.

Kurt's 1st day of Preschool!

Kurt was SO excited to start Preschool and he loves it:

please note that every other child is sitting (I'm not surprised):
Not sure if you can see, but kurt is holding up his scissors- SO excited to use them... seriously dangerous!

Jakey Snakey

14 months

We LOVE our little snake :")

Bermuda

My dad had a work trip to Bermuda and we got to go too (thanks Dad!) ... without any kids ( thanks to my inlaws!)  We even celebrated our 6th anniversary in Bermuda too- so fun :")

Kurt, JD & Doug:
haha, this picture makes me laugh... please note that Tori is screaming and we haven't even left the rock yet :")
There are more pictures to come of all of us and our sweet rides (scooters) in Bermuda so get excited.  Also, the only two pictures that I have of the boys in El Paso while we were gone are the following and they are both doing something violent... welcome to my life! They are into all things violent: guns, swords, bad guys, etc. ... even Jake! I'm sure they kept Doc, Shula and Ally pretty busy all week fighting imaginary bad guys and pirates:

Rasmussen Family in Idaho

I plan on adding more pictures once I steal them off my parent's computer, but until then here are a few that I took...

Jake being silly on the plane ride to UT:

A family photo in Yellowstone:
T & Jake:
The Kurts swimming in a river in Yellowstone:
Our night at the Rodeo... beautiful surroundings:

Kurt loving the kid cowboys:

Dad & Jake - not loving it as much :")

lots more to come... check back soon :")

Happy 1st Jake!

I need to steal the rest of the pictures from my mom's camera, but here are some pictures from Jake's 1st birthday which was July 25th...Proof that Jake is a Mullen... he went straight for the donut tire:
Kurt trying to show him how its done:
still lovin the donut :"0
Happy Birthday Baby Boy... we love you lots.
Sign of a good party... Jake was out by the time we pulled out of my parent's driveway!

Caught!

I thought the house was a little TOO quiet, so I went on a hunt and found this...
My little snake has been causing a little trouble lately!!! 

Fun TImes with the Fam

I wish I took more pictures while the Mullen fam was here in July, but we were having too much fun! We made several trips to the beach & pools, spent a day at Disneyland, shopped, Megan and Ally got to go to "So You Think You Can Dance, Dad made a few trips to Long Beach, Megan got to visit a few areas from her mission, and we all had our fair share of  Krispy Kreme Donuts :")   

Here we are celebrating Megan's b-day a little early...

Shula & Jake, so sweet.
Love this picture of Ally...
Love this one even more of Kurt enjoying the park (totally alseep)...
peek-a-boo!
Ally, Shula & Megan...
Brothers having fun on the slide...
notice how excited Jake is...
he LOVES his older brother...
and his older brother LOVES him!
too cute.

Happy 4th of JULY

Our day started early, cheering Kurt on at the 5k... he ran REALLY fast:

Then headed to the firework show that night with a bunch of friends...

b-a-n-a-n-a-s

I cannot believe that this little boy turns 1 at the end of this week...that is bananas!!!

Kurt turned 3!!!

Here are some fun pictures from his Pirate Birthday Party that he had on his actual b-day... it was a blast!

Kurt & Jake waiting for the party to start:

Kurt & Max excited about their pirate hats:
Digging for gold coins in the sand:

Going on a treasure hunt:
under the slide was the 1st clue:
kurt found it:
by the 4th clue we only had about 4 little pirates still excited about finding the treasure:
the final clue:
following the path to find the treasure:
FINALLY, the treasure... they were SO excited!
Kurt and T opening his treasure box:
Lunch time was all of Kurt's favorites... corn dogs, dorritos & grapes and Kurt cleared his plate!  Jake followed in his brother's footsteps and enjoyed his own corn dog (1st time having one and polished the whole thing off!), kinda nasty, but made his dad proud!

Kurt & Olivia:

Lucy & Sayler:

Rowan & Jack:

Ruby & Naomi:

Taylor & Coleman:

Sydney, Piper & Max:

Getting ready for the pinata
filling up their bags with candy:
blowing out the candle:
and last but not least, the sword fight! Thanks to Grandma for supplying all the kids with their own swords... it was the best part of the party:
the kids ganging up on Captain Dougie:
I had to teach some of the girls how to hold the sword, but the got the hang of it pretty quick :")
Even Jake loved the sword fight and it is now his new favorite toy... he won't let go of that sword for anything! We cannot pry his little fingers off of it... he crawls with it, stands with it and eats with it in one of his hands, he is crazy!:

"ARRRrr matey"

After the party, the Kurts headed to our ward's Fathers and Sons camp-out and spent their first night in a tent together. They had a blast and are anxious to go again soon!  Then the met us at my parent's house for a swim day and to try out kurt's new pirate ship in the pool...

Tori & Jake checking out the latest trash in People magazine...

Oh and this was a different night, but here is Kurt roasting some marshmallows  for the 1st time... 

Fun Out on the Lake

We took a trip to Lake Mead at the beginning of April and had a blast. We got all the boys out behind the boat (except Jake)!  Kurt and Mommy on the tube...

Grandpa skiing:

Doug wake surfing:

Kurt wakeboarding:

Jake & Grandpa:

The captains hard at work...

T and Jake being silly:
Mommy & her boys:

The ducks followed our boat because doug and kurt fed them some serious snacks:

Irvine Park RR

I stole some pictures off my mom's camera and I have a ton of catching up to do!  On one of the Fridays before Easter, we headed to Irvine Park for an Easter egg hunt and tons of fun...

Kurt's first time on a horse:
Kurt loved it SO much that he excitedly told my mom as she was walking the horse around the path "this is just like Disneyland!" I guess that means it was super fun?
Kurt the horse whisperer...

Ragnar Relay 2009

Kurt and a bunch of his buddies ran the Ragnar Relay April 24th - 25th.  They had a team of 12 and relayed from Santa Barbara to Dana Point- 188 miles! This is Kurt's first run, right along the ocean:

midnight snack at IHOP:

kelly kapowski also ran the ragnar:

dougie & kurtso waiting for the runners to get to laguna:

loving the water:
grandpa & jake finding some shade:

James to Kurt... the last leg:

headed up the last big hill:

where's waldo?

the finish line:

V.I.P's finishing it up:

stopping the clock (kurt averaged under 7 minute miles the whole race!) :

high 5's:

the kurts:

the crazy crew:

family at the finish line:

We had everyone over to our house after the race for a bbq and this is how we found little kurt while everyone else was eating... in our room, tv on and passed out on a chair!  I think this is how both kurts felt after the race:

for laughs

These pictures are from back in January so Kurt is about 2 1/2 yrs and Jake is 6 months...

I just wanted to document Kurt's legs ...
vs. Jake's legs...
Yes, I had to pry those fat little thighs out of the chair but he is starting to thin out & I just don't ever want to forget Jake's little chubs!