Co-Laborers Christmas Party

For our Co-Laborers Christmas party this year the invitation said to come in your best Christmas themed outfit and a prize was to be given to the best dressed. Well we decided to go as The Grinch and Cindy Lou Whooo!

I ended up making his shirt because Santa coats are crazy expensive and hot glued all the embellishments to make it look like a Santa coat. Then I made his pants. I had so much fun!! Found my clothes at the thrift store and googled how to get my hair to stay up straight (a baby bottle) and lots of hairspray and bobby pins!

Thanks so much Todd for dressing up- I had such a fun time making the outfits and WE WON the gift card!!!! :) And had a blast at the party!

Back to Bethlehem

The other night we went to "Back to Bethlehem". A church behind our house converts their parking lot into the town of Bethlehem. My girls love it. Poor Kylie was sick so her and daddy stayed home and I took the three other girls.

Entering the town, the Roman Soldier were very mean and made Ally cry- they never talked to her directly, but they were definitely in character and she did not like them!

There are people every where with live animals that you can pet.
A llama- closing his eyes as I took the picture- he was really soft.
A woman making blankets in the market place.
A little white dove.
The market place. A women carving pottery.

Ladies passing out jewelry, which my girls always seem to find so they can get beads! :)
The baby camel which I wish I had a video of the sound he made and Mikayla's face when he did it. She no longer wanted to pet the camel, very unsure of him!
Petting the baby goat- Mikayla did not take her eye off the camel the whole time she pet the other animals.
As soon as Ally saw that people were feeding the horse, she ripped off her gloves and gave them to me so that she could feed him. Love that girl and her love for horses!!
The larger camel, this is as close as we got- Mikayla was still unsure, I think I would be too! He is huge!
The Nativity scene.
A little petting zoo.
Then inside to warm up with hot chocolate and cookies. :)

Ultra Sound pictures

Here are the Ultra Sound pictures from yesterday! Everything looks good!!

I loved having the 3D/4D ultra sound- it amazes me the technology now a days!

Care Group Christmas Party

For our Care Group Christmas party this year we decided to do a "famous couples" party. It was really fun!!

Todd and I went as Fred and Wilma.

Nick and Rhonda as Beast and Belle.
David and Maegan as Romeo and Juliet.
Jon and Jessica as Laurey and Curly from Oklahoma.
Ron and Katie as Hanz and Frans from SNL.
Jesse and Ashley as Bud and Sissy from Urban Cowboy.
The group shot.
Opening white elephant gifts! :)
What a fun night we had together!!!

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Field Trip to Stevie B's

We went on a field trip to Stevie B's today. (a pizza buffet)

Here we are going into the "walk in". Reminded me of my days working at Salsa's restaurant.

Passing the dough around to feel it.
They have a machine that "rolls" out the dough. I need one of those for my house!!
She is showing them how to put on the sauce, cheese and pepperoni.
Now it is their turn to make a pizza.
Putting the cheese on the pizza.
Now for the pepperoni.
Time to eat!!

The big girls table, Riley, Kylie, Hope, Hannah, Emme and Savanna.
Mikayla and Ally eating pizza! You can request any kind of pizza you would like... my favorites are the Loaded Baked Potato, Hawaiian, and a White Pizza with sausage! Yum Yum! Some other flavors they make our Macaroni and Cheese, BLT, Cheeseburger- and I am sure what ever else you could think of to make!!
Amelia and Ashley eating pizza with us!
We had a such a fun time. The girls also were given tokens to play in the arcade. What a fun morning!

Decorating for Christmas

We went a bought a tree on the day after Thanksgiving, the girls (and I) were so excited. I love to decorate for Christmas!

Showing off their favorite ornaments...

My Aunt gives us one of these each year. This one is one of the girls favorites. It is a little ballet studio. So sweet.
The dancers and instructor twirl around on the inside.

Our stocking...or as one of my girls called them one year, our "Christmas feet"!
The finished tree!
Our manger, I still need to add a few pieces to it to be complete.
Mikayla was taking a nap when we decorated the tree. So when she woke up she was so excited to see it all lit up and decorated! We let her hang her own stocking and she just keeps pointing to it and smiles.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Gobble Gobble Day!! Hope ya'll have a wonderful day!!