A Little Bit of December and Christmas Eve

I know I know, it's almost March and I'm just now posting pictures of Christmas. I have to get caught up because we are going on a family vacation in just a few weeks and I have a feeling that if I'm not caught up I might just give up on blogging all together...and I don't want that!

One of the many holiday activities we did this year was gingerbread houses. Our neighbors and good friends came over one Monday night for some good FHE gingerbread houses. We had so much fun and the girls LOVED snacking on all the candy.  

On the Sunday before Christmas, we asked our neighbor to take a few pictures of our family all dressed up in our Christmas dresses.

I LOVE having little girls and getting to doll them up...especially for Christmas!

We had some plans of going to Leavenworth on Christmas Eve and staying in a cabin with Nate and Shelli, but Mother Nature had other plans for us. It's a big long story and really not worth the time to type it out.....but long story short, we ended up going to Nate and Shelli's house and loved every minute of it. We are so grateful to have such amazing family members.

We started off by making cookies with Santa. Thank you Sydney for helping us with that!

Look at this cute Christmas plate just waiting for cookies

Christmas dinner was AMAZING! Thanks Nate!!!

Christmas Eve FHE

Getting a little crazy....maybe just excited for Santa?

Sydney just realized it was Christmas Eve and that she had been a very naughty girl this year!!! :)

After our lesson, the girls decorated their cookies

 Don't those look like a sugar overload? Santa was on a sugar buzz after he left that house!!!

Hanging up the stockings, putting out the cookies

Looks like Santa found us!!!

Elley's Questions

On the way home from church today, Elley asked if they could watch a Jesus movie when they got home. Of course I agreed. She went on to ask if she could watch the one where Mary is pregnant with Jesus. I wasn't sure which exact one Elley was referring to, but whatever movie about Jesus she wants to watch is fine with me. And then the conversation turned to this...

Elley: Mom, how was Jesus born?

Me: What do you mean Elley?

I have to interject right here and explain that we've always just told the girls that when mommy's have their babies they go to the hospital and the doctor helps them get them out. And in my case, the doctor always told me what day I can have the baby then I meet him at the hospital and out comes the baby. She has always been satisfied with that answer and so we've never told her more.

Elley: Well mom, you always tell me you go to the hospital and the doctor helps you get the baby out. When Jesus was born there was no hospital, and no doctors.

Me: (getting kind of nervous) You're right Elley.

Elley: Then how did Mary get baby Jesus out? Who knew how to help her?

Me: Well, Joseph was there.

Elley: Joseph wasn't a doctor. (a little pause here while she thought about that for a moment) Maybe he just cut it out or something?

Me: Yeah, maybe. So, who's excited for lunch? Maybe we could even have some valentines candy after lunch.

Cheers from the back seat!!!!!

The Sneeze

I know, I'm so behind on keeping up with this blog. It's kind of overwhelming! My kids are growing at such a rapid pace and life sometimes seems like a whirlwind of events thats it's almost impossible to keep up. Oh well, I will continue to try and I will probably always be behind...such is life!!!

I just wanted to record this story that made me smile. I was doing Molly's hair the other morning and she was playing a game on my phone. She hates getting her hair done so this is a little compromise we've come up with. Not that getting to play with my phone is anything special to her, but it seems to keep her still and quite while we get something done with her beautiful blond locks.

Anyway, as she was playing she sneezed. Not just any sneeze, we're talking the mother of all sneezes where all sorts of bodily fluids come flying out. We both looked at my phone and thought, "oh, thats disgusting...clean that ASAP!"

I stopped for a second and said, "well bless you Molly!"

Still looking at the phone screen with all it's bodily fluids on it she said, "bless this phone!"

She's FOUR!!!

I can't believe it's taken me so long to blog about this beautiful girl. We celebrated 4 years of this little girl back in November, and we partied, because this girl deserved it!

Molly has a special place in our family. She keeps us all laughing, all the time. Most people think she is a quiet, shy, cute little blond haired, blue eyed girl. But, those who know her well, know that she is not shy and she is not quiet....although, she is a cute little blond haired, blue eyed girl...that part is true!!!

Molly is full of wit, sass, and is extremely funny. She's even got a little sarcastic side to her. She makes me smile!

These pictures were taken on her actual birthday, her party wasn't until the next day. Just a little side note, the owl shirt she has on is her favorite shirt of all time. It was actually given to Elley and has since been passed down. It's getting kind of ratty, but she loves it. The Hello Kitty has now become her new favorite shirt....thank goodness!!!

Molly had a few friends over for her party. We had lunch, played a few games, and had cupcakes. She was also spoiled by her friends with all the cool gifts she got.

Her Grandma and Grandpa gave her some birthday money this year, and ever since Elley went to Build-A-Bear for her last birthday, Molly has wanted the same. She spent every last penny!

Making a wish and giving it a kiss! 

Elley brought along her Hello Kitty she got last year. I love these 2 little girls.  

This is a total random picture but its one of my favorites! I hope Molly truly knows how much her dad loves her. My girls have the BEST dad. He's protective, loving, and gentle. He treats them like little ladies but is not afraid to kick a soccer ball around with them or wrestle. He is the best!!!  

She Likes Me!

Elley goes to a year round school. She has two 3 week breaks during the school year and a little shorter of a summer. So far we love it, but we haven't had much experience with it seeing that she is our first child.

Today was her first day back after one of her 3 week breaks. I enjoyed her being home for the past few weeks. We got to stay up late, sleep in, and play, play, play!

Elley loves school and I was worried she would miss it while she had this break. I asked her tonight if she was so glad to be back at school, and this is what she said.

"Well, I kind of like school, but I miss you for those 3 hours. I just like you more than I like going to school."

And that one moment made everything worth it! Nothing could of made me more happy than that one statement. I love that little girl more than anything!

Kissing My Boyfriend

The other day, as a family, we were making a trip to Costco. I got the girls all loaded up in the car and was about to get into the passenger seat myself, but before I got in, Adam came out into the garage and gave me a hug and a kiss. When I got into the car both Molly and Elley were teasing me about getting a kiss from their daddy.

*Giggles from the back seat.

"Mommy, we saw you and daddy kissing!"

(They always tease me about getting kisses from daddy)

With a big smile on my face, I turned around and said, 

"No you didn't!"

It went on like that for about a minute until finally Molly said,

"that's okay mommy, when I'm married I'm going to kiss my boyfriend too!"

Love that little girl and all the cuteness she says!

Two Witches...and a Chick

I talked to my mother in law tonight, I love her so much! She told me she had been checking my blog to see if I had been updating it. I know, I know...I'm a little behind in the blogging department.

Halloween was a lot of fun this year. I love Halloween!!! The girls were so lucky and got to trick or treat 4 times. Once at out neighbors work, once at Daddy's work, once at our church and then on actual Halloween night.

These pictures might look a little familiar. Click HERE and you'll know what I mean. I opened up the Halloween box this year and last years costumes were right on the top. The girls took them out, tried them on, and said, "we want to be this for Halloween this year too!"

Okay then, WITCHES...take 2!

Except for this little bug. She really doesn't have a say yet....so I made her a chick! The cutest little chick EVER!!

Look at that little chick tail...LOVE IT!!

Her shoes squeaked too.

We also had a group of our friends over for dinner, a quick trip around the neighborhood for some trick or treating, and back to our house for homemade doughnuts. It was a great night. We have amazing friends. Until next year!!!