Random Christmas Fun

Christmas trees and Christmas Dresses

 Chilling with my parents. They are definitely some of my favorite people!

 Cousin sleepovers!

 I made the girls mix and match pj pants.

 Ryan parents treated us to a celebration dinner for Ryan passing his board exam part 2. Then they spoiled the girls by lettign them ride the train at the mall. 

They were in heaven!

Gotta love nights with Papa and a warm fire!

Gingerbread

Every year Grandma Patty gets gingerbread house for the girls to make. The girls love it and look forward to it year year!

Home again!

It is always good to go home and see family especially around the holidays. It was so great to see everyone! Emmy loved all the excitement.

 Lilly and Kate were so happy to see their cousins.

 Cash, Madie and Lilly

 Aunt Amber 

It was so fun to have both my brothers and their  family there that night.Ryan's parents Patty and Richard also came to see us. Along with Papa and Grandma Lois it was a full fun filled house. 

 It was great to have all our Utah family together!

Cedarburg Santa

Oh how I love our little town! They had the best Santa this year for the girls to visit.

Lilly even found her name on the nice list.

Then she showed Kate her name. 

Christmas Parade

I LOVE parades even in the winter. The girls were so excited to see a parade as well. Grafton (the next town over) does this fun holiday parade every year. 

 The girls got lots of candy!

 Ahh... the Klements Racing Sausages. They are an icon in Wisconsin. I think Ryan was more excited to get his picture taken with them then the girls were. 

 Emmy was such a trooper and slept the whole time. 

 After the parade we did our weekly trip to Costco. I just love Costco. 

 It was a long fun filled day. The girls simply crashed when we got home.

Let the Holidays begin! 

Thanksgiving 2011

We had a fantastic Thanksgiving this year. We decided to have our first Thanksgiving with just our little family. It was a relaxing day at home. 

Lilly loves giving gifts to her friends so we made this turkeys for all her little friends. 

 Lilly dressed and ready to deliver her turkeys.

 Ryan always does an amazing job of cooking the turkey. This year was no exception!

 Our little feast. 

 I wanted to get a family picture to remember our thanksgiving by. Kate just could not make it to the end of the day so as she slept we cuddled close for the family picture.

We don't mess around!

Right after Halloween I begin decorating for Chirstmas. I love Christmas decor and how warm it make the house feel. The girls love getting the decorations out as well.

 Look close at Kate. I pulled the Christmas stocking out of the box and handed them to the girls. Kate asked what is was. I said "Its your Christmas stocking Kate." The next thing I know Kate had it on her foot and was complaining because it did not fit very well.

 Then I showed her that her name was on it and Santa would put presents in it. She thought that was a much better idea then wearing it. 

 The girls could not wait for the decorations to be found. They started putting all kind of random stuff on the tree. 

 Cute Emmy watched and love all the commotion and lights.