Happy New Year

Yep another post a month and a half late. So we had a very fun New Years here. We invited some neighbors to our house and watched the ball drop, decorated gingerbread houses, and ate good food. After the ball dropped the men were very good sports to light some fireworks for us to watch from the inside. It was cold that night. So here are some pictures from the night.

This little man did not make it to midnight.

However this little girl did and this is her the next day. She fell asleep while picking candy off the house.

!Our Little Girls 4th Birthday!

Ok so only about a month behind in posting this. But we celebrated my daughters birthday at home and invited the neighbors over for some Pumpkin Chocolate chip pancakes, bacon, fresh fruit and orange juice for dinner. As well as some chocolate cake and ice cream for dessert. I took her to her Well Check appointment that morning and she is growing just like she should and then got her Kindergarten shots. Ok I know what you are saying how could you give her shots on her birthday. Well this is how the Doctor informed me that they had the combination shots now so that if we wanted to we could get it all done and it would be less shots in the long run since they don't always have the combination ones. But I did give her a choice and told her she didn't have to and let her decide. This is the first time that she complained about the shot but was very quickly over it as soon as she saw the cool band aids they put on her. In fact her words were, "Oh Cool". Then I had to prevent her from showing off the band aids the rest of the day. Then we had frozen yogurt for lunch. I know it is the lunch of champions but hey when it's your birthday sometimes you need to think outside the box. Then we went to a bounce house close by and let her and her brother play for a little bit. All in all it was a good day and she seemed to have fun. Here are a few pictures of her, her friends, and her cake.

She wanted a Chocolate cake with brown frosting and a rainbow on it. I would have to say the cutest easy cake I have made and yet time consuming because you have to switch colors. But I think it turned out ok.

She had a hard time waiting to blow out the candles and even blew them out before we were done singing to her.

Enjoying cake and ice cream.

Ellie The Snowperson

So the other day it actually snowed where we live enough to cover the ground. So after I ate my lunch I went outside to help her and her friend make a snowman. My daughter was very cute. She wanted to name the showman Ellie and she hoped that she would come alive like Frosty the snowman. Here are a couple of pictures of the kids next to Ellie.

Merry Christmas 2010

So for Christmas every year I like to take some pictures the Sunday before Christmas all dressed up from Church. This year I pulled out a green sheet and tried to take them. Here are a few from that night that make me smile. Hope they make you smile too.

The 3 loves of my life

Christmas morning. Here she is with her pillow pet. I bought this a while ago because this was them one she kept wanting. Then after I bought it she changed her mind every week. So I was a little nervous. But when she told Santa last week that she wanted a ladybug pillow pet I knew it was good. It was nice to see her smile.
opening their stockings
He had a hard time putting this toy down to open any other presents.
Daddy juggling an Apple and and Orange
The blanket I made for her big bed to match her pillow pet. She seemed happy with it.
Hope you all have had a wonderful Christmas. Full of family and love. I also hope that everyone took a moment to reflect amidst all the Christmas presents and food and games, shopping and candy, that you found yourself with your families reflecting on the reason for the season. I am so grateful to a Father in Heaven who sent his only begotten Son to this Earth. I am humbled by the humble surroundings of the baby Jesus' birth. Which was the start of a miraculous life. A man who suffered for my sorrows, grief and pain. Who loved me before I came to this Earth enough to give his life for me. In the words of Luke 2:11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. From our family to yours, Merry Christmas!

Christmas Recital 2010

She had her Christmas recital last night. She was cute, adorable, beautiful, and a little bit a show off. She did so good. No extra craziness like last years telling elves off but it was good all the same. I love how confident she is when she dances. For this reason alone it is worth it to me. I want her to grow up knowing that she is beautiful. I also want her to be kind and confident. So many things that I want for her. Well you aren't looking at this to read my sentimentality. Enjoy the pictures!

Before the recital started. The costumes this year have a french theme.

Behind Stage getting ready to go on

One of her dance friends

Most of her class

Another one of her dance friends in their Christmas doll outfits

After the recital my kids got to see Santa.

Now without further ado I present the recital Dances on Video

Sad Dolly Dance

Santa's Workshop Candy Cane Dolly Dance

The finale didn't turn out according to the teachers vision but in her words they are little kids and that is half the fun. There was a little girl that was dancing in front of everyone else the whole time and she knew she was the star of the show. However we were focusing in on our daughter. You can see at one point where my daughter seriously considers joining the other little girl though.

I just looked at last years recital and it brings tears to my eyes to see how much she has grown. And laughter to my heart to relive those memories.

Dance Rehearsal

She gets to be a doll for for Christmas. As if she isn't a doll already. Here she got to try on one of her costumes and practice with everyone else to get ready for the recital. Isn't she cute!

Crazy kids

Pictures of them In December. Just having fun at home. And some at Temple Square seeing the lights.

Oh and a quick Video of a Happy Boy!