Christmas Sunday

Here are our cuties with their Christmas dresses on. I love having girls to dress up! And they enjoy it too.

Christmas Preparations

The kids both really enjoyed decorating this year. I was so good too - I didn't even "fix" the ornaments once they were up. I just let them be where the kids put them. (Well mostly. Carinn did put a few together on one branch, and they were falling off, so I spread those out a little bit.)

Getting ready to decorate the tree.
The finishing touch.


The kids got into the stockings and knew just how to use them:

Emily's Christmas Program

Emily's preschool put on a little Christmas program for the parents. Emily's class made cute little Santa hats and learned a couple of Christmas songs to sing to us. Just before it started, Emily's class started filing into the room, but then after just a few kids, the line stopped! That's because our Emily was scared and didn't want to walk out there. Her teacher kindly held her hand as they walked out.
Then while Emily's class waited to perform she sat there looking down and to the side.
That's how she looked the whole time her class sang too. We were just happy she stayed up there with her class the whole time though. She was all smiles when we got to her after the program, especially because there were cookies to be eaten!

Photo Shoot

Emily, Carinn, and cousin Grace all matched on Thanksgiving Day so we tried to get a good shot of the three of them together. This is how it turned out:
I especially like how my two-year-old was the least cooperative of them all!
But hey, this is real life right?

Paper Trail

I believe I was napping on the couch while Emily did this. It brings a whole new meaning to the term "paper trail", does it not?

Swimsuit Season

Like I've mentioned before, the girls like to play dress up. These were their outfits of choice for a cold, blustery day in November:They wore this all afternoon and evening - even for dinner!

Lake Tahoe

We took a family trip to Lake Tahoe with Adam's parents. It was perfect timing. We had some cold, snowy weather and some warm, sunny weather while we were there - the best of both worlds! I couldn't believe how beautiful it is up there. I hope we get to back many more times. We had a great time. One thing I would change though, is that next time I go I don't want to be pregnant!! I want to be able to sled and ice skate and all that good stuff!

Here's one attempt at a family picture. (And, believe me, it's better that the first one.)
Adam taking the kids down the hill.
The "after" picture. The kids weren't too happy about the fast trip down the hill. Carinn went down with him again, but Emily called it quits after the first try.
Making snow angels - Emily's preferred snow activity. She learned it from the Backyardigans, since her mommy doesn't like lying down in the snow.

This is how much Carinn enjoyed the snow (that is, when she wasn't sledding with Daddy).

Just some fun pictures we took at a beautiful place on the northeast side of the lake.
That's Adam trying to impress his daughters with his brute strength.

A pretty nice picture of the family.The kids with Grandpa Davies.

Styling in their "shades".