Bike riding and more Christmas!

 We finally got outside and Jillian got a chance to try out her new bike! She did wonderful!

 My big girl!

 Kennedy made it her responsibility to make sure Jilly could do it. She followed her around everywhere....such a good big sister.

 Sweet sisters

The next day, Tony's family came in from Ft. Worth! They brought lots and lots of gifts with them. :)

 Snuggles with Aunt Dar!

Jilly had just gotten up from her nap and still looks sleepy, but she got really attached to Paw Paw on this trip.  It was really cute. 

 Present time!! Pj's for all!!

 Mermaid Barbie for the bath tub! (Kaitlyn)

Littlest Pet Shop!

 Cute pj pants  (Kennedy)

Our new door mat! Too cute!

 Kennedy showing off a new gift! 

(Can you tell they are back in their "rock star" outfits again? They love them!

 Baby dolls! (You can never have too many)

This bead set kept them occupied for hours.

Trying (unsuccessfully) to get a picture with Paw Paw and Ya Ya. 

Wish we could have gotten a better one!

We had a fun little visit with them and can't wait to see them again!

Merry Christmas 2011

 Christmas morning was so much fun!! Here are some of the highlights

Jillian got her very first bike from Santa! She has been talking about getting a bike for a while now. She so wants to be like her big sisters.

The twins got guitars and "rock star" dresses!

 The girls in their dresses (which they put on right away) opening their stockings.

Angry birds!

 Little Jilly got her own guitar too!

My little divas

After all the presents were opened, we headed back to my parents house for some more fun!

Group shot! (Kennedy cracks me up with her eyes so wide!)

 Opening play kitchen coffee maker, mixer and toaster

Kaitlyn got a lite brite!

 Kennedy's fun surprises! (On a side note....this Veggie Tales DVD, Princess and the Pop Star, is GREAT!)

 Kennedy got a Rapunzel dress

 Kaitlyn got a Belle dress

 Belle book for her Tag! (Kaitlyn)

 Jillian had a great time too! She loved this little snowman that danced and sang!

 Aunt Jenn MADE these beautiful bow holders! Sooo talented!!

 Jilly got a Veggie Tales sing along DVD that she asks to watch every day! 

(This girl loves her Veggie Tales!)

My parents also got the girls puppies that you can walk! They love them!!! 

We had a great day! We hung around, let the kids play (no naps!), ate way too much and enjoyed being together celebrating the birth of our Savior!
Merry Christmas!!

Christmas Eve 2011

 On Christmas Eve, we headed to my parents house to celebrate with our family from Austin.  The kids had such a fun time playing together

Kennedy, Jillian, Jarrett, Cooper, Kaitlyn and Cale

My girlies!

 Trying to get another picture right before opening presents!!  

 Kaitlyn and Kennedy got a Tangled Wii game!!

Jilly got house shoes from Aunt Terri!

 Modeling her shoes

 She also got a bath time Ariel doll!!

 The twins got "rock star" outfits! They loooved these and wore them all day (and wanted to wear them all the next day too!) Thanks Aunt Terri!   (They also got fun house shoes...the more bling the better!)

 All the grandkids made a hand print Christmas tree for my mom and dad. This was my wonderful sister-in -law's idea!!  I have to admit, I was quite nervous watching Jenn paint all of the kids hands with green paint!  Two 5 year olds, one 3 1/2 year old and one 2 1/2 year old with paint on their hands! But, everyone did well, and no one decided to paint the walls!  :)

 Another cute shot of my rock stars :)

 We did our annual Christmas nativity play :) 

Kennedy was the angel this year, Kaitlyn was Mary and Jillian was a shepherd.

 Trying to get a group shot!

Cale was shepherd too, Cooper was Joseph and Jarrett was the narrator!

 After the play was craft time!(Cale and Kennedy)

 Jilly and Kaitlyn

They also got boxes with lots of goodies in them...including these microphones! They were so neat! They had a mode on them where you could make your voice sound like an elf! All 6 kids had one and you can imagine the noise! Fun times!

Tony had to work on Christmas Eve this year....that was no fun. :(  But he was able to join us later that evening to tuck the kids in and help set everything up for the morning!  What a fun Christmas Eve!

Christmas fun

 We have been busy and I haven't been very good at capturing everything on camera, but I have gotten a few things. This picture was taken one Sunday when we were busy with family stuff and we skipped naptime (which we never do!) I came out to find these 2 sound asleep!

 So sweet

 We also went to Chick Fil A's Christmas party! Here are 2 of my goof balls having fun! (Jilly and Kennedy)

Kennedy and Kaitlyn had a play at school. Kaitlyn was Mary and Kennedy was a shepherd. It was super cute! :)

 Kaitlyn (Mary)

 Nativity cast

 Trying to get a good pic of K and K! It was cute to see them "act". Kaitlyn was pretty shy and Kennedy was bold!



That same week, they had their Christmas party at school! :) I didn't get to go, but Tony was able to and snapped a few pictures on his phone! They came home with a TON of candy and cute gingerbread houses.

 Kaitlyn's masterpiece

 Concentrating (Kaitlyn)

Kennedy working hard!

Next up, Santa Cow and Rudolph!

Santa Cow

 Loving on the cow

 Rudolph!

 Face painting! (Kennedy)

 Jillian

Kaitlyn wanted her hand painted.

I know there will be a lot more fun to come! :)