Christmas 2013!

 The girls and Paul and I have had such a joyous holiday season- lots of parties and quality time together...it has been very sweet!  We've enjoyed our new puppy, Quincy, immensely and he and Katie seem to have an understanding of who is boss (it's definitely not Quincy).  We wish you and yours a very merry Christmas and a happy new year, too! :)

  Emily had a ballet performance of The Christmas Shoes... very moving!  Here she is, hamming it up for me beforehand. :) 

Christmas Eve, after church, we donned our matching jammies (year number 3 of these!) and got things ready for Santa!

The calm before the storm:

These crack me up- typical reactions to Christmas morning, based off their personalities.  Emily is ready to go and pumped up...Audrey needs more time and maybe a cup of coffee?? :)

Living room: destroyed. Merry Christmas!

Cruise 2013

We enjoyed a FABULOUS vacation on the Royal Caribbean Allure of the Seas last week!  The girls had an amazing time and I think Emily truly enjoyed getting to spend her birthday on vacation!!  Here's some pics from the trip.

Waiting for the airplane:

- view from our balcony

-Emmy LOVED her Barbie Girls at Sea surprise! A whole week's worth of activities planned for her and other girls on the ship who love Barbie...so exciting!

Birthday morning breakfast- the cast sang to Emily!

Special chef-made treats at the Barbie Tea.

These babies LOVE some face paint!

Labadee, Haiti. 

Falmouth, Jamaica

Pirate Parade night... in the second photo Emily is holding hands with a boy.  Typical!

Face paint- again!

Water show! 

Barbie fashion show!

You guessed it...more face paint!

Emily's 6TH Birthday Party!!!!!

 Sweet Emily had a GREAT birthday party today! Because of our cruise later this month, we had her party early and she shared her special day with 2 other friends (bringing our total parties this weekend to FOUR, if we make them all!)  She had it at a local gymnastics place and picked her Barbie theme out months ago.  All the  kids had a super fun day and we are thankful she spent her special day with all of them.  Happy birthday, Emmy girl!

 

Back home- present time!!! :)

 

Bringing in snack on her last day at school before the cruise- she chose doughnuts and chocolate milk.. Yum! 

 

 

Audrey is 3 Years and 1 Month Old!

Things are wild and crazy busy around here but we wouldn't have it any other way.  Here's what's going on right now.


- My "lullaby" sung to me by Audrey. So funny!

- We got a Disney Princess edition of Candyland.... she was thrilled!

Look at those summer highlights- so beautiful!

- New Sophia the First jammies that she got from her friend "Big Lila" (as opposed to "Baby Lyla" who lives next door). :)

- One thing I don't love about this month- the absence of naps!  She has started falling asleep in the car and is FINISHED with her nap when we get to our destination, even if she only slept for a few minutes.  What?!?!

- Reading with sister at night-- this night was Pinkalicious!

- Yummy Tropical Moon fro-yo after school!

- Just hanging out in the morning before school.  She carries this blanket everywhere. <3 br="">

- My little divas.  So cute!