Izabella loves everything pink. When she goes to sleep at night she tells me, "I am going to dream of pink princesses in pink castles and pink ponies and pink ice cream and pink school buses that take me to pink school etc.. etc.. etc.." Of course mom loves it because I love pink too. And what is cuter than a little girl in pink? Here she is in a dress up pink ballerina outfit with a pink feather in her hair.
We had a birthday this past weekend!! Our Duncan, aka Deddlebug, turned 7 years old with a bang. We did a big birthday party at the local bowling alley with balloons, pizza, presents and cake and ice cream!! What a blast!!
We had a blast bowling. We had some strikes, spares, and even (for all you bowlers out there) a 7-10 split!
On Duncan's actual birthday, we had his best friend's family over for dinner and cake and ice cream to celebrate our deddlebug's birthday.
For the past year we have been struggling to get our VCR to work. When we think about it, we try to fiddle around and get it to work, with no luck. Finally, we have realized that it is just too old. This was the original VCR we got when we got married 15 years ago, and it is just too outdated to work with the more updated technology. So we had to go get a new one. The old one is just trash, unable to be even used for parts. So on Thanksgiving day Theran and Jake spent the day taking apart the old VCR and figuring out how it all works. Jake thought it was the coolest thing ever.
We had our annual ward Christmas party this past weekend. This year was especially meaningful because mom is now on the activities committee. I did get to sneak away from my duties to snap a few pictures of the kids with Santa. If you can see Ashton's mad face you'll laugh to know that he was mad and wouldn't sit on Santa's lap because Santa wasn't daddy. He knew that the suit Santa has on is ours, so he thought it was Theran being "Santa's Helper". He was MAD it wasn't dad.
My girls. The most beautiful things in the world to me.
I thought Bella was going to freak out sitting on Santas lap. But she told him she wanted "Dora". Anything Dora will do for her.
Duncan, our almost 7 yr. old telling Santa what he wants for Christmas.
This summer we had the most fabulous trip to Disney World! We met our Nana and Gonka (grandma and grandpa) and made lifetime memories together. The kids are still talking about how fun it was. We almost melted from the heat, but the kids never complained once! It was one of the funnest times we have had together.
The one requirement we had while in Utah was to see lots and lots of our cousins. With all the fun activities that were planned, we definately got to see our fun cousins and had such a good time. Thank you everyone for always playing with us!
Two beautiful girls that became fast friends on our trip.
Izabellas favorite thing of the whole trip was Brooksy, Nanas dog. She was such a patient, sweet thing with Izabella. She let Izabella hug and love her all the time. She even let Bella feed her treats and shared them with Izabella without ever complaining. We miss you Brooksy
Something that seems to becoming a tradition is to dye our hair everytime we go to Utah. These boys love doing it and have so much fun together in the blonde club. They were so pleased with themselves and Aunt Renee does such a great job. Thanks Aunt Renee!!!
One unexpected treat we got this Christmas was to get to see our cousin Austin. He was able to come visit us the night before we left and it was such a Christmas surprize. We love you Austin and miss you Andrew. Cousins are the best!!!
Look at these cute boys!! Jake just loves his cousin Austin. They don't get to see eachother very often becuase Austin lives in Texas, so this was such a treat!!
We had a surprise visitor for Christmas Eve, but Izabella wasn't so sure about him.
Much to mom and dad's chagrin, Duncan continued to ask Santa to bring him a rabbit for Christmas even though mom kept wxplaining there was no way to get the rabbit home from Utah if Santa brought it for Christmas.
We had such a fun Christmas Eve party together with our Selph cousins. We took the kids over to a local chruch house and played games and had a pinata and had all sorts of good times together. Thanks to Uncle E and Aunt Melissa for putting together the pinata for us, the kids just loved it!!
Three fat, cute , dirty girls.
These are the two cousins that were both born within a few weeks of Izabella. She doesn't get to see them very often and it is hard to get a picture with all 3 in the same frame. They are busy girls usually running in 3 different directions. We had to contain them in the bathtub to get all 3 in a picture together.
Bella loves to read!!! She is never happier than when someone is reading a story to her, especially if it is a Dora the Explorer story.
Of course it would feel like Christmas without the chaos of a cousins nativity.Lots of work but very fun and worth the work to remember the real reason for the season.
Joseph and Mary thought they were pretty cool with Jesus the teddybear.
Izabella was an angel and thought she was pretty cool.
The Gingerbread decorating contest was fierce competition. But there were lots of winners, expecially in the 70's style,flat roofed with the Grinch on the rooftop category.
Getting ready to trim the tree with Nana!!
Dress-up is always #1 fun at Nanas house.
