Christmas Eve

This year for Christmas eve we headed down town for horse drawn carriage rides. This was not just a first for the girls but for Craig and I, and while it was fun it was pretty cold out and we were glad it was a quick ride :)

Our tree all decorated and ready for Christmas morning...I had left my camera in the car and when I brought it inside the lens fogged up, I kinda like how it blurred the lights

Merry Christmas!

Preschool Christmas Program

Tonight was the girls first ever Christmas program that they were in!! They've been practicing their songs since Halloween and did such a great job, I'm so proud of them! The program started with the Friendly Frogs (Evvy's class) singing The Little Drummer Boy, Away in a manger, and The Rudolph Pokie . Next was the Mighty Monkeys (Aubrey's class) singing The 12 days of Christmas, Joy to the World, and Santa Clause is Coming to Town, and after that there were two more classes (older day care age that I'd never heard of) The girls did such a great job and we were so proud of them! It's so crazy that the girls are old enough to do things like this, they're growing up so fast!Evvy with her drum

Rocking baby Jesus

I called to Aubrey hoping she would look at the camera and she gave me a big smile and a wave. Even the mom next to me thought she was adorable!

Aubrey did her own thing on stage, which also included two handed nose picking, I left those ones off the blog :)

Being silly while the big kids sang

Little Mommy Aubrey

Last night I asked Aubrey to put her clothes in the laundy hamper after she put on her jammas. A little while later she says: "Can I ask you a favor? Can you put your shoes in your bedroom" Haha! Craig and I got a good laugh out of it. Apparently if she has to pick up after herself, she's going to make sure everyone else does too!

Santa '11

One of the things I wanted to do while we were in Colorado Springs was take the girls to see the Santa there since ours isn't very Christmasy (Blue and red just doesn't say Christmas to me) While I normally am not a big fan of any Santa pics, this year's photo I LOVE!! I think it captures the girls personalities spot on!

Sick Girls :'(

So far we have been extremely blessed when it comes to health and the girls haven't had the normal sicknesses most kids get (RSV at 4 and 2 is pretty old!) and even since starting school last month haven't even had a cold. But on the second day of our thanksgiving visit with my Aunt and Nanny both the girls came down with nasty coughs and by the end of day 2 Aubrey had a lot of discharge coming from one eye! So Saturday (day 2 of being sick) we took her straight over to the after hours clinic our pediatricians offer, Docs on Call, when we got back into town and it turns out she has both Pink Eye AND Strep Throat!! From what I've read you can get pink eye from the strep virus if you touch your eye after coughing into you hand. Then Tuesday night Evelyn started complaining about her ear hurting which turned into screaming and crying...thankfully she was already on antibiotics and by morning she was fine! Fast forward to today (day 6 of being sick) Aubrey's eyes look great and both the girls seem to be back to their energetic selfs tho they both still have coughs.

Thankfully we caught the Strep in time because from what I've read, untreated it can turn into scarlette fever!

A few...

photos from this week:

The girls made foam turkeys for Thanksgiving

Aubrey put on a little show for Craig and I

We're back!

I know it's been a while since I've posted, mostly because my posts revolve around photos and I have been without a computer to upload all my pics to. But that's been fixed! I have soo many things to blog about, including the girls first day of preschool!! and will get to them as soon as possible.

Pumpkins!

This year the girls were old enough to help carve pumpkins! Aubrey chose Snow White and Evelyn picked Aurora.

Pumpkin Patch

On the first of this month Craig and I took the girls to the Pumpkin Patch. The one we went to is suppose to be awesome with 2 huge corn mazes and a ton of other things to see and do, but when we got there we found out the people that run it had a family emergency and they hadn't opened for the season. Because we were already there the workers who were setting stuff up let us walk around anyway. It worked out well, because the corn mazes which are the main attraction weren't finished yet they didn't charge us the entry fee and the girls got to be "testers" for the other attractions, like the jumper and the cow tractor rise :)

Photo of the Day

Pantry Tigers

I came into the room and this is what I found! I asked what they were doing and Evvy told me they were tigers! She then proceeded to stick her bottom out and ask where her tail was! silly girl! I really need to install those locks on the door!

Loving where we live!

Grand Junction and Palisade weren't too picturesque during the winter but spring time is a completely different story! Everything is green and blooming and the sky is a beautiful bright blue with white fluffy clouds everywhere! I've never thought of Landscape Photography to be one of my interests or strengths but it is so beautiful here you can't help but notice the scenery and for me that means the potential shots.

Even just driving down the freeway I will notice multiple shots and I find myself wanting to stop along the freeway to get those perfect shots, not a good idea with a 75+ speed limit and two kids in the car! I am particularly obsessed with MT. Garfield! It is a gorgeous peak the protrudes up into the blue sky. I know it sounds crazy but I think it is one of the most beautiful mountains I have seen and it intrigues me.

So today after going to the store the girls fell asleep in the car and I figured it was the perfect time to try to find those perfect shots from the safety of the side roads. Unfortunately being limited to side roads and seldom used over passes changes the composition of those shots but I managed to get a few, though they don't even begin to do Gods work justice!

Resurrection Rolls

Last night after church the girls and I made Resurrection Rolls to help explain the meaning of Easter to them. Since Aubrey is such a hands on learner I knew it would be a hit! There are a few different expainations that use every step to symbolize what Jesus went through but since Evvy is still kinda young I used an easier one this year.

The night before Easter you roll out bisquit dough...

Eating the dough is not required :)

Add some melted butter and Cinnimon and sugar...

"Anoint" a marshmallow (Jesus) with Butter (oil) and Cinnimon sugar (spices)...

Silly Daddy!

And wrap it in a Tomb of dough.

Then you bake it and wait till morning to find out what happened!