A Very Merry Christmas

We had a wonderful Christmas filled with love, family, and joy. The girls were very into Christmas this year....they were excited about Santa coming, putting up decorations, celebrating Jesus birthday and of course opening presents! I think they are sad that they have to wait a whole year to experience it all again! It truly is a magical time of year!

Our Christmas in pictures:













The girls got a lot of wonderful gifts. They were too funny to watch opening their presents....Addyson tore threw hers so fast, she didn't even look at what was inside the wrapping. She was through her whole pile before Caitlyn even got one open. Caitlyn took her time and carefully peeled off each piece of wrapping paper. I think Brooklyn was somewhere in between! Brooklyn's favorite present was the four-wheeler that Santa brought, Addyson likes the doll house she got from Dodie and Pee Wee best, and Caitlyn loves her twin stroller she got from Nana and Poppy!

Everyone always asks me if we get buy three of everything and the answer is no! There are very few things that we buy three of because the girls all like different things and for the most part they are good about sharing :) I feel very blessed to have had such a wonderful holiday. It is hard to believe that we are starting a new year and I am so excited to see what this year has in store for our family!

I am going to try and get caught up on all my blogging this week. I hope that your Christmas was as special as ours! Happy New Year to you and yours!

More Birthday Pics

After the girls birthday party, I kept telling them that their "real" birthday was coming up soon. So for two weeks they would constantly ask me if it was their "real" birthday yet. They were more than excited when they woke up on their birthday and I told them it was finally their birthday! We celebrated with Brian's family first then headed to Houston and celebrated with my family. Dodie made each of the girls their own special birthday cake and the girls just loved them! They opened presents and had fun playing with some new things. They also had cupcakes at school with their class and everyone sang to them at gymnastics, so by the end of the week I think they were feeling pretty special!

Tutus and Cowboy Boots

The girls are turning three in just two days! We had their birthday party the first weekend in December to try and spread out all the presents that they will be getting this month. They had a princess pony party at a local equestrian center. The kids got to ride horses, and we also had a bounce house and a hay ride. It was a little chilly but I think all the kids had a great time. I think the girls would have stayed on the horses the whole time if they could! A big thanks to all of our friends and family who came out to celebrate with us and make the girls birthday so special!

Dinner With Santa

We went to the big fundraiser for the girls' preschool last Friday, Dinner With Santa. There was dinner, crafts, games, and of course, Santa! The girls were very excited about seeing Santa. We had been talking about it all week. So as soon as Santa made his appearance we quickly got in line to see him and get our picture taken with him. The camera was ready and we had finally made it to the front of the line....as soon as the girls saw Santa, they SCREAMED bloody murder! They were crying hysterically. There was NO way they were going anywhere near him!!!

So needless to say, I don't think we will have a picture with Santa this year. I didn't take many pics but here are a few. After the whole Santa debacle, the girls were fine and had a great time seeing their friends, eating, and playing games.


Working on a craft



Showing off their balloon swords with their friend Harrison

Attempt at a group shot

Thankful

I know that I am very late posting these but better late than never! We had a wonderful Thanksgiving at the ranch with Brian's family. The girls loved playing outside with all their cousins. It is such a great dynamic when they are all together! Brooklyn even got to go on her first deer hunt with daddy. I think it is the first of many! We have so much to be thankful for but most of all our amazing family and friends : )

Choir Girls

The girls joined the Children's Choir at church this year and they had their first performance yesterday. It was pretty funny to watch a bunch of two, three, and four year-olds stand up there and sing. The girls sing those songs constantly when we are at home or in the car but I don't know if any of them sang during the performance. I think they did better at the second service but then they figured out that they were showing them up on the big screen and they started pointing and saying "I see me!" No matter what, I am proud of them and I always love listening to them sing, especially when they sing about Jesus!

Halloween 2010

Ok, I know that it is halfway through November but I just realized that I never posted the girls pics of them trick or treating on Halloween. The girls were really excited about going and we ended up going to a lot more houses than I had planned. We went with Mason and Hudson, so we had two pirates and three fairies. They were precious!