Santa

We went to our ward Christmas party and saw Santa. Katie Belle was sooo excited she didn't even know what to do with herself. She was shrieking and jumping up and down and then when she got to him she just froze (and stood there in awe) so we had to get in line again to sit on his lap! Maia was the one who I had to drag to Santa. She still has nothing to do with strangers and that includes Santa! Anyway, they're all really excited for Christmas and who can blame them? They've been good this year so there's plenty to be excited about! Merry Christmas everyone!!! Hope you've all been good, too! =)

Maia's Birthday

Maia is 4 years old! It's hard to believe she's getting so big.

You're so pretty, Maia. We love you. Happy Birthday!

A Cutie!

Sadie got her haircut on Saturday and since the haridresser didn't have time to do it, I curled it when we got home. She looks sooo cute! It's kind of scary to watch your daughter grow up into a beauty!

Getting Metal Teeth

Katie Belle has been terrible about letting the dentist fix her teeth so she had to go in and get knocked out to have her teeth done. She'd actually been looking forward to going to the hospital. So here is a before shot of her:

And here she is waking up. She has crowns on her bottom molars so when she woke up the nurse gave her a mirror and showed her her new metal teeth and she's very proud of them!

Decorating for Christmas

Katie Belle wanted to decorate for Christmas the day after Halloween. Luckily, I held her off until the day after Thanksgiving, and, no, it wasn't easy. But, as promised, we took out the little Christmas tree and started decorating. The kids put all the ornaments on. It certainly has character and, even better, the decor changes EVERYDAY! No need to be bored with the same old thing around here! We keep things exciting and even hide ornaments for mom to find now and then. Yes, let it be known, we LOVE our tree!!!! =) (And if you see the video, you'll find that there are even a couple ornaments that are best friends!)

Luke's Christmas Concert

Luke had a Christmas concert at school Thursday night. We were so proud of him. He really knew his songs and did a great job and then, just to be Luke, he started making the Star Trek "Live Long and Prosper" sign to his dad from the bleachers. =) Gotta love that boy!

He's on the very right-hand side in the white shirt and black pants holding a drum.

Here he is with his best friend Parker. Nerds.

A New Post!!!

I know. I know. It's been literally forever since I've posted anything and I apologize to all my fans out there. =) Between the sick kids I've had around here for the last two months (really!) and the fact that the memory card in my camera was full and I had no place to empty it to take more pictures, blogging became something I just thought about doing...and then didn't. There, you have the truth! Anyway, since now I have to beg pictures from everyone else and who knows when I'll get them, I decided to just start from recent events and add a random post about the last few months whenever I get a picture! Sound good? Good! There, Mom, are you happy? =)