Merry Christmas!!!

We were very blessed this Christmas to be able to share great memories, gifts and food with many of our family & friends. The girls seemed to be especially excited on Christmas morning this year....Ella the most. She looked for her name on the packages and started to rip in. She was most excited about her Barbie Diamond Castle while Emma found Santa left her a play store. Together, they got a Wii which has been a big hit. The girls love to bowl. Taylor and I have also tried our talent at tennis, as well. Santa even left Romo a new cat climber which he loves and Champ got a new pig ear. Daddy got many new Dallas Cowboy nicknacks that were needed to complete his basement collection and Mommy was spoiled with a new camera, Ugg boots and perfume to name a few. The girls had fun shopping with daddy this year to pick me out lots of "girly" things. We wish all of you many blessings, happiness and good health for 2009! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

We were very disappointed to find out that Emma & Ella's preschool Christmas program was cancelled due to severe ice that we had on December 19th. The girls were very much looking forward to it and so were we. Mrs Hummel, their teacher, has never had to cancel in 20 years. I had the girls perform what they could remember in front of our tree at home so I could video tape them. It was too cute listening to them sing around the house for the past month that they have been practicing at school. I couldn't just let it go. I think they had fun, too. This is just one of many songs...Enjoy!

Christmas is coming....

The girls and daddy had great fun getting ready for the holidays this year. They all loved getting out the decorations and helping put everything out. It has become a tradition for daddy and the girls to decorate the sugar cookies. Mommy gets to cut them out with the girls and clean up. This year they attempted their first gingerbread house which turned out pretty good considering the girls ate half the candy that was to go on the house. Taylor always gets to put the star on the tree top.

Happy Birthday!!

Wow...Taylor is 8 years old! We celebrated her birthday with dinner (sloppy joes, chips and cole slaw) of her choice at our house with Nana, Grandpa Jim, Great Grandma & Grandpa, Aunt Tammy, Hope and Calla. JT and Uncle Tom were home sick with strep throat. Taylor is also not much of a cake eater so she wanted brownies with ice cream. She was very blessed with many new gifts. A few of her favorites were a new bitty baby, she named Gabriella, and a digital camera. Our baby is growing up so fast....right before our eyes. It is amazing to see how she has grown and matured into a young lady. She is very well mannered, caring and polite. She is still taking piano lessons and gymnastics which she loves doing both. Taylor does great in school and has become quite the reader, which I admire because I am not.

Elf Yourself

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Let's Party!!!

Taylor had her first sleepover birthday party on Saturday. There were 7 girls total and my best friend Tracey(Toree's mom) that stayed to help out and keep me company that met at the house at 5 for pizza and then on to Build a Bear where they each got to make and dress their own bear. Then back to the house for cake, icecream, presents and lots of "girly" fun. The girls were very good and had lots of fun although some didn't fall asleep til 4am. Lots of cleanup for mom on Sunday but then we all took naps in the afternoon. Emma and Ella got to spend the night with their cousins Hope, Calla and JT so they had their own fun and were quite tired, as well.


Front L to R: Mia, Taylor and Rachel
Back: Alyssa, Molly, Ashley and Toree

Forgotten Photos!

Here are a few photos that I had forgotten were even on my camera. They are too cute not to share. The girls were lots of help on a beautiful Indian Summer day raking leaves and then jumping in them so I had to start all over again....which is all part of the fun. On the flip side, Emma and Ella also had great fun with the first snow of '08. Ella definitely is much more of a snow bunny than Emma or Taylor. She stayed out for over an hour (by herself) just running around making snow angels, snow balls and sliding down the slide...you go girl!