Sunday, January 11, 2015

Christmas part 3

 The weekend after Christmas, Paw Paw and Ya Ya came down with cousin Shaylee for our next round of Christmas.

 The girls had a lot of fun together and love their cousin!


 Kennedy sat with Paw Paw for a long time....even through opening gifts!


 New clothes are always fun! :)


 New comfy robes! (Kaitlyn)


 All three!! 
We had a good visit with Paw Paw, Ya Ya and Shaylee and the girls were sad to see them leave! So glad they were able to make it down here!!


 During Christmas break, we babysat a sweet little dog for one of Tony's friends at work. This dog loved Jillian so much and slept with her on her bed each night. Jillian LOVED this!!

 Resting together


A few days later Dar, Lee and Tony's Aunt Earlene came down for some more fun. 
Kaitlyn opening her much anticipated AG puppy.


 Jillian and her kitten


 Kennedy and her poodle


 Jillian also got a huge stuffed unicorn which she sleeps with every night. :)

The next morning, we were up bright and early to go to the Am. Girl store. The girls had gift cards and they were ready to spend them!
 Kaitlyn chose "Samantha"

 Kennedy chose "Isabelle"


 Jillian chose "Rebecca" 
(Not sure why she has a pained expression on her face) 

 Group photo with all the dolls (Minus Jillian's bitty baby)


 With part of their gift cards, Kennedy was able to get "Saige's" hair fixed (it was quite messed up) and both girls got their new doll's ears pierced. (Yes, this can really happen for dolls!)

 Watching Saige get her hair down (doll in far left chair)

 Group photo with Aunt Dar

 After the excitement of the store, we headed to the food court for lunch. They rode the carousel and had a great time. (Although it was hard keeping up with 6 dolls!! Three from home and three new ones)

The next day, before they had to leave we went to another mall and everyone rode the Tilt a whirl. :)
 Dar and the twins
Tony, Jillian and Earlene rode in another one together! 

Family photo! 
That officially ended our Christmas. We had such a wonderful break and we are so blessed!

Monday, January 05, 2015

Christmas part 2

 Later Christmas morning, we headed to my parents house to open more gifts and have lunch.

Ready to open!


 Kennedy got a new sleeping bag!


 Kaitlyn

 Jillian LOVED getting a stroller from Grandma. It seats 2 babies! 


The next day, our Austin family came in!
 Group photo!
Cooper, Jarrett, Cale, Jillian, Kennedy, Kaitlyn


 My girls!

 Cousins!


 Jilly loves combing and fixing Elsa's hair!


 American girl clothes (Kaitlyn)

 Kennedy

My aunt got my mom an ipad! Woo hoo!!

Christmas part 3 coming soon!

Sunday, January 04, 2015

Christmas morning 2014


Christmas morning was so much fun! I love the ages of the girls and how excited they are.

I know this picture is  a little blurry, but I LOVE their expressions coming down the stairs!

Kaitlyn got "Julie's" bed (American girl) from Santa


Jillian got a crib for her Bitty Baby! (American girl)


Kennedy got an AG Dreamy Daybed! (It sleeps two dolls!)


New purse for Kaitlyn

Kennedy is going to stay warm this winter!


Just what we need! 
American girl gift cards! A trip to the store is in our future.

Jillian got a Bitty Baby diaper bag for her baby. 
There was lots of opening and squeals. Loved it all!



Monday, December 22, 2014

December

 December has been very busy and now Christmas is just a few days away.  At the end of November, I had a 5 day hospital stay for Kidney stones...not fun!  I ended up missing a week of school.  Our plumbing in our house broke and we had to spend the night with my parents .... but I think things are settling down a bit.

 We decided to re-home sweet Lucy. We loved her, but we couldn't give her the time she needed. The girls are handling it pretty well at this point.

 I think Scooter is very happy that she is gone. She has begun playing with her toys again and acting like her old self. (She had quit playing with toys while Lucy was here with us)

 We took this picture right before she went to her new home. She is going to a really good friend of ours. They don't have kids yet and he goes running every day. They have already taken her to the dog park, take her on walks every day (or runs!) and I think she is in heaven!!!  It's a win-win!


 Jillian got to go to Sweet and Sassy for the first time. She loved it!

 Kennedy and Kaitlyn were invited to a cookie making party that same day.
 Kennedy

 Kaitlyn

 All the little girls at the party

The last day of school was the Christmas party for all the girls. They had fun dressing up.
 Jillian

 Kennedy and Kaitlyn.....Kennedy was competing in a jump rope contest, so she didn't want to wear her cute outfit....she wanted to win!


 All the girls!


 Kennedy's class party

 Jillian at her class party

 One more of Kennedy! Having fun!

 Kaitlyn eating at her party

 Kennedy is a really good jump-roper! She had the best time out of all the finalists going in to the competition. (24 min 40 sec). We were really hoping she would win!  But, I think nerves got the best of her during the competition.  (The whole school was watching and cheering!) We were still proud of her though!!

We visited Santa today! We thought we would be in and out, but ended up waiting an hour and 45 min at Bass pro. Next year, we will make sure to get our picture earlier in the month.
 Merry Christmas!!




Tuesday, November 25, 2014

November fun

November at school seemed to fly by! Kennedy and Kaitlyn attended an American Girl party at the beginning of November.  They had a wonderful time and had a blast looking around the AG store again.  Such a fun (and busy!) place!

 The girls at the party

 Kaitlyn, Payton and Anna Grace


 Kennedy and "Saige", her doll.


 They ate and did all things American Girl. Perfect party for these girls!


November 11 was Veteran's Day. We had a special program at school.
 Jillian is in the top left corner waving her flag. She was not a bit shy on stage!


 PK and Kindergarten


 The twins were harder to get a picture of (they were across the room from me). 
Kennedy is on the far right.


 Kaitlyn is on the 2nd row from the bottom in the middle.


 Jillian

On the last day before break, Jillian's class had their Thanksgiving feast. 
 She chose to be an Indian


 It was during my lunchtime so I was able to sneak away and attend their feast. :)


So much to be thankful for!