Christmas 2010

Christmas Day this year was a little on the full side. We spent a wonderful morning together, just us, at our place. We had our traditional cinnamon rolls and opening of gifts. The girls continue to become more and more delightful with these holidays as they get older. More able to understand and have built-up anticipation and glee at the festivities and of course new gifts. What an incredible moment to sit back and contemplate the amazing gifts God has given me. Not only the earthly gifts of family, friends, church, and so much more, but the eternal gift of a Savior born to take away my sins and give me abundant life. Amazing grace, how sweet the sound!
My three precious girls on Christmas morning, fresh out of bed and ready for fun!

Jason reading from the gospel of Luke. Reminding us of what we are truly celebrating!

Present time! It's Kate's turn!

Chubby Cheeks!
I love this picture! Look at the wrapping paper on her tush! She was full of curiosity this morning!

When all is said and done, there's Emily still exploring!

Mmmm, cinnamon rolls!
For Lunch we went to Gramps and Gram's house. Here is Gram reading the Christmas story to all the little ones. They are just a little into it!

Well, from here, I am not quite sure what happened to my camera. No more pictures, oops! Next, we went to my parent's house for dinner and more family Christmas fun. And, special this year, Jason and my Dad got to go to the Cardinal's game on Christmas day. Maybe we were having so much fun, that I forgot to take pictures! Yep, that's it, I'm sure!
Merry Christmas!

Kindergarten Class Christmas Party

And let the festivities begin! Jason and I were able to go to Abby's Kindergarten class Christmas party. The parents and kids made gingerbread houses and the kids sang us some of their favorite worship songs. They were so cute!
Well, the house started great. But it didn't take long before Abby was more interested in the candy!
She was glad when I told she could just have fun and eat her candy !
The final project
Abby and Mrs. Ames. We love Mrs. Ames!

Spaghetti Face!

Great Papa, Mary, Aunt Kathy, and Uncle Chris come to town!

It is always a highlight to have our extended family come for a visit! We feel very blessed to have such amazing family. My Grandparents and my Aunt and Uncle came to visit and meet the new babies, Emily and Brooklyn. We celebrated Gracie's birthday and hung out as much as possible. I love and cherish them, and so wish they were closer. Thank you so much for spending the time and money to come make memories with us!
Sweet Gracie!
Sarah always has these amazing birthday cakes! Gracie obviously loves McDonald's french fries!

My Grandpa and my Aunt Kathy
Mary and Tracy
The babies, Emily and Brooklyn
Sarah even had a birthday photo spot!
Kate and Reagan playing kitchen.
I liked this picture of me and my love!
Two treasured photos! The girls with their Great Grandparents!

Let's just say Sarah ALWAYS dresses the her girls super cute! Look at Reagan's dimples!
Somehow, this is the only picture I have of Uncle Chris from the whole trip! How did that happen?! So sorry Uncle Chris! I guess y'all are just going to have to come back soon!

Thanks for the visit! We love you all!

Haley's Painting Craze!

As usual, I check my camera for pictures after my niece Haley babysits. Does this make her a good or a bad babysitter? Um... I guess good in my book! That is, if she cleans up!

How The Grinch Stole Christmas, The Musical

This year, we had the opportunity to take the girls to their first musical at Gammage! How the Grinch Stole Christmas was fabulous! Very well done! With Katie still being 3 and a little squirmy, we weren't quite sure how she would do. Especially because the play started after her bedtime. She was SO CUTE! As soon as the curtain rose, she had an enormous smile glued to her face. The colors, costumes, sets, lights, and music enveloped her! She kept looking at me with this awed look and couldn't wait to clap. In fact, she actually started the crowd clapping at the wrong moment. Their was a pause in this song and Katie immediately erupted in applause. To which the crowd followed. But the song wasn't over and their was that awkward moment. She looked at me with this, "oops, did I do something wrong?" look. I couldn't help but chuckle and tell her she was fine. Abby was also perfectly behaved and cute as can be. All in all, a fabulous musical, and a sweet memory. I hope they come back next year!

We got reprimanded for trying to take a picture with our camera in the auditorium. So here was our iPhone picture. We just had to capture the moment!

Emily, 10 Months and Cute as Ever!