Skirts

These cute girls have a sweet Grandma who made them these skirts for Christmas.

They LOVE them and want to wear them everyday.  With tights, boots, jeans, shorts, pretty much over the top of whatever clothes they are wearing for the day.

Love it! Thanks Grandma Welch.

Merry Christmas!

We have had a very nice Christmas Season filled with lots of family and friends.

Sidney was part of a "Christmas around the world" play at school.

We had a great Christmas Eve celebration at Jean's house!  So much fun.

Opening Christmas Eve pajamas.  I love this tradition!

Lining up on the stairs Christmas morning.

This Christmas we each got all of our ski/snow gear.

The girls did a little shopping with their American Girl gift cards.

We all enjoyed some sledding/snowboarding with the new gear.

Merry Christmas! We are so grateful for such a wonderful Christmas season and we look forward to a great new year!

The Nutcracker

We have a special girls night out to the Nutcracker.  My mom, sister, Sidney, and I all headed downtown for dinner and ballet.  Sidney loved it.  This might have to be a tradition!

Thanksgiving!

We had a great Thanksgiving.  We ate, we talked, we played, we shopped!

Haunted Halloween

 We were a house full of Pirates this year!  Even Ollie was a pirate.  I can't believe I didn't get a picture of him!

 My Dad packed up his trailer full of all of his great Halloween gear and came to our house.  They spent a lot of time on the set-up, and it was worth it!

 Our fun Halloween group.  We had different kinds of soup, bread, and salad.  It was a fun night!

Can't wait till next year!

The "Happiest Place on Earth"

 Keri and I decided that we needed to go on a little get away.  So in October we counted down the days and met up in The Happiest Place on Earth!


I hadn't been in October before and I loved all of the Halloween decorations.


We also met up with Shauna, Jerry, and Raegan for a couple days.  For some reason I don't have any pictures with them, but it was fun to spend some time with them.

We tried to pace ourselves with all of the yummy treats we needed to eat while we were there!

So the first night we decided to have dinner at ESPN zone.  The hostess was seating us and we noticed this row of recliners front row to all of the big screen TVs.  We asked if we could sit there.  Lets just say that this was the way we ended up spending the end of every night!  After a long fun day of walking and enjoying the "magic", we could lounge back in our recliners, pull out our side tables, and enjoy some warm chocolate cookie sundays!  A definite highlight of the trip!

What a fun trip!  Keri's face as we were leaving the hotel summed up exactly how we felt to leave!

Some highlights of the trip.......

Packing our bag of snacks and things for the day.

All of the fun Halloween decorations.

Seeing Shauna, Jerry, and Raegan.

Seeing Raegan meet all the princesses.

The awesome World of Color show.

Buying our cute "disney" hats and sweat shirts.

Staying in the Grand Californian hotel!

Checking our ride time app 256 times a day!

Yummy treats....crepes, mickey pretzel, churros, hot chocolate, mickey bread, etc.....I'm hungry!

Too many warm cookie sundays to count admit.

The recliners at ESPN zone :)

Great rides.

Lots of talking.

Lots of walking.

Shopping.

Spending a fun trip with Keri in the Happiest Place on Earth!

Sidney's 7th Birthday

 Sidney was one excited girl to be turning 7!  I can't believe she is that old.

 She loved all of her presents!

We went to the Ringling Brothers Circus on her Birthday.  She loved it!  It was really fun and a great way to celebrate and do something special.

Some of my favorite things about Sidney are....
She is sweet
She is a good sister
She loves her friends
She is a good friend to everyone
She loves school
She loves to read
She is an organizer! (I'm so proud!)
She can cross her eyes like no one else
Her great hugs
She loves to tell me about everything that happened at school.
Happy Birthday Sweet Sidney!
We love you

Mexico!!

We took an awesome trip to Cancun this summer!  We had a great time with my Mom and Dad, Stuart, Paul, Rachel, Adam, Jean, Maxine, Jill, and Chris.  

We stayed in Cancun for the first half of the week and Playa del Carmen for the second half.

The kids had a blast....and so did we!!

Some Highlights of the trip.......

Swimming....all the time!  Two cases of swimmers ear to prove it!

The ocean!

Porter decided he really liked boogie boarding!

Sidney turned into an awesome swimmer!

Lots of SUN!

Strawberry daiquiris in the pool!

"Happy Hour"

Porter and Allen rented kayaks and set out in the ocean.

Lots of people to entertain the kids!

Jean, Maxine and Jill watched the kids while Allen and I went to the spa for massages!

Sidney loving the sand and burying herself in it.

Turning her into a sand mermaid!

Good food.

Scuba diving.

Porter and Sidney getting snorkeling gear to bring and loving it!

Late night walks on the beach :)

Watching the Turtles come up on the shore to lay their eggs.

The hot tub on the balcony.

Enjoying time together as a family!