New cousin!

Welcome Kaden Ryan Salley!  My sister, Rachel had her sweet baby boy and we are pretty excited.  So happy that we only live 20 away so we can squeeze and love on this little man!

A little photo shoot at Aunt Randi's.

Such a sweet baby!

Rylee's Dance Recital

Rylee has been loving ballet with Miss Julie.  They practiced and practiced and had a fun recital.

She was so excited!

An extra tight squeeze for Claire....such great friends!  Right Claire!?!

So focused :)

Love this!

She was spoiled with flowers from Mom & Dad and Grandma & Grandpa!

What a lucky girl.

I love her huge smiles and I love when there is a special reason to have an evening all about you.

Great job Rylee!

Girls trip

I had a great time with these girls!  We flew to Vancouver and drove to Cannon beach to stay in Brittany's family beach house.  Oh, the memories!

Chef Bob's cooking school dinner.  Delicious!  And so entertaining.  Pretty sure most people there thought we were polygamist "sister wives" from a compound in Colorado :)

We went on walks, soaked up the beach, played games, ate yummy food, and enjoyed the great company.

Beautiful Cannon beach!

Porter's Medieval Day

I volunteered at Porter's Medieval Day at school. They made hats, personal crests, and competed in challenges. Porter did great and won every challenge he participated in! Always fun to spend time with Porter at school.

Daddy Daughter Dance

SkyView had a Daddy Daughter dance.  Sidney was so excited and looked forward to it for weeks.  Dad didn't disappoint and even took her to dinner before.

There was dancing, laughing, friends, and even a chocolate fountain!

I love that she wanted to get dressed up and look her best.  And that she is holding on so tight to his hand.  Love everything about this picture.

Good buddies and Good memories

Love these cute kids!!  I love that we live so close and that they all get a long so well.  They have so much fun together.  The girls match up perfectly and Porter is the cool big brother that watches out for everyone.  They have been friends since we moved in when Lily and Sidney were 2 1/2. They started going to playgroup together and the rest is history. 

Pinewood Derby 2011

Plans were made, and the sawdust started flying!

The "pink sister" car showed up again :)

It was a great race.  3rd place overall, a trophy, medal, and a car stand!

Basketball game

We all love sports around here!  So it is fun to get the chance to take the family to Nuggets game.

The kids love it.....and so do we!

Always a treat to get to see Rocky!

Don't be fooled, Rylee loves Rocky and watches him more than the game.

Artists

Who said you can only color on paper!  That is not how we roll.  Thanks to Aunt Keri we have some budding Artists in the window mural category!!

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!