Braelynn's 2!!

Braelynn had her little party on Friday. Both sets of Grandmas and Grandpas came to help us celebrate. She had a blast. She was so excited to finally get to eat her cake. All day long she kept asking "cake... eat... bite it" After dinner and cake she got to open presents, and boy she had a lot of them. She made out like a bandit. I think the other kids are just as excited about playing with the new toys as she is! Here's a few pics.

Braelynn's cake


Braelynn picked an Elmo theme this year

She starts out with a fork, nice and clean...

then she goes for it!

Boy was that good

Then to presents!

COOKIES!!

Just a few pictures of the kids helping with cookies, and a couple of the girls being silly.

Braelynn ate the M&Ms

Bryanna unwrapping the kisses

Brett helping with the cookies and helping himself to a candy cane!

Ready to taste their creations

Braelynn's playing dress up

Bryanna balancing pillows on her head

Girls day out

Today the girls and I had a "girls day." We went to see Mickey and Minnies Magical Journey- Disney on Ice. The girls loved it, they had some of their favorite Disney characters in the show. We had a lot of fun. Here's a little taste of what we saw.

Bryanna's ready for the show to start.

Mickey, Minnie and friends told us about each show.

Braelynn finally sitting still. I'm glad the show started!

The Little Mermaid- Ariel and Flounder

Ursella steals Ariel's voice

Eric saves Ariel

Lilo and Stitch

Peter Pan and Tinkerbell

The girls loved the show!

Snow Fun

The kids are always excited about the first "real snow" meaning they can actually go out and play in it. Not long after the snow fell the other day, the kids had the winter gear out of the closet on their bodies. Out the door they went. I wish they moved that fast when it's time to clean up. Anyways, they played in the snow a good 30 - 45 minutes before their little cheeks were so rosey it was time to go in. They had a blast.

Brett knows how to keep warm

This was Braelynn's first big snow day! She loved it.

Bryanna liked shoveling snow onto everyone else

Crazy kids

Nala got an early Christmas gift (a jacket) so she could play outside too

Getting ready for Christmas

Every year it's our tradition to let the kids decorate the Christmas tree. Now that they are all old enough, it's fun to watch them work so hard. Randy and I try not to do too much, declutter large clumps of decorations and help the kids to reach the top of the tree. Each year our tree is more special than the year before because the kids do more and more of it. Here are a few pics of them hard at work.

Braelynn's favorite spot for decorations
Bryanna finds just the right spot

Brett carefully spaces each color evenly throughout the tree

I help Braelynn to get one "way the top"

The finished product!

Great job kids

Meet our family

Bryanna and Braelynn
Brett and Bryanna

Braelynn and Brett

Randy and I pose for a rare picture together

I will post more pictures as the fun of winter begins.