Christmas Pictures

I have so many pictures I'm going to have to go through and edit so they can be posted. But, until that happens, here are some pictures from the Christmas card photo shoot.

And my favorite shot:

I had to threaten them between each shot. I had promised them slushies if they were good. It took WAY too long to get any good shots, they totally didn't deserve slushies. Right now we are still enjoying a full house of company. Jenny, Chuck and Tre are here from Arizona and Aly and Jaxson are here from Texas (and trying to convince me to move there :) We'll see if that happens.

And the most exciting news of the year, I FINALLY got Eva's Christmas stocking finished. It only took three years...you can read more about that here if you wish :) I spent 5 hours on Christmas Eve (while simultaneously cooking 8 quiches) just doing her name. I was seriously cursing myself for giving her such a long name. Here is the result of my three years of hard work:

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

I can't believe Christmas is already here again. Time sure does fly when you don't know what's going on. My mom's house is always even more beautiful at Christmas time. For the past week or so she has been directing us around the house with various decorations. We were finally able to get the tree up and all decorated today. I think it turned out perfectly.

Just like last year, Mallina and Eva's favorites were the little Madame Alexander dolls :)

Another great thing about Christmas are the pretty Christmas dresses in which we get to dress up the girls. We tried to take some family pictures on Sunday after church. The lighting wasn't good...but here we are in all our glory. And before you think it, or comment; yes, that Large Marge in need of a dye job and new hair style is me. Oy.

Mallina's front teeth are coming in nicely, and she still has that cute space in between them <3

I might be able to perform a miracle and get Christmas cards sent this weekend...we will see.

Par-tay!

One of Mallina's friends had the coolest birthday party ever. There were 8 little girls who all arrived in tights and leotards and they had to do different things to earn different parts of their fairy costumes. There was a fairy godmother there and everything! The girls had so much fun, I just had to share some pictures :)

All the cute little fairies

Mallina, AKA Jade Fairy

Eva and the Fairy Godmother. Her fairy name was Trinket.

AAANNNDDD...Vama is a citizen! His dad was here for a few days and got to attend the swearing in ceremony, which was very cool. No more money spent on immigration fees, woohoo!

Pictures like this should inspire me to make some life changes.
And seriously, why can't my girls look at the camera?

Happy Halloween!!

Oh heavens, it has been an embarrassingly long time since I've updated this thing...but here are some Halloween pictures. Some day I may get around to updating more, I've got some nice fall pictures of the leaves changing colors! But for now, here are my beautiful princesses.

Hey battah battah battah battah....

saaawing battah! (Ferris Bueller anyone?)

Mallina did T-Ball this summer, and it was pretty hilarious. She ended up on a team that only had one boy and 10 girls. Most of the girls were from her primary class and it was a lot of fun. They spent a lot of time playing choochoo train in the field, and running up and down the hill while waiting to bat. My little southpaw did pretty well out on the field and up to bat. Baseball is a slow game by nature so at times she said she was kinda bored. Soccer starts next week, I don't think she'll get bored with that :) Poor Eva was dying to play too, we even bought her a mitt to play with, she will have her chance next year. Here are some pictures from her last game.

Eva getting in on the action

Manning first base...I love the kid next to her

Trying to snap...she's finally got it down

So serious!

Hopefully she will like soccer too...I have a feeling that will be just as entertaining as T-Ball was.

Neener neener noo noo

My little neener noo, a.k.a. Mallina, is FIVE years old! This past year has been pretty eventful.

She went to school for the first time and graduated,

the she went to another school and graduated, again

We went to the zoo,
Where she became part of the groundhog exhibit then she was on her first t-ball team!

She sure was a cute babybut she couldn't be any cuter than she is now, missing SIX teeth,
that all came out before she was five!
Yesterday was her actual birthday, but she was confused about her party being on Saturday, and she told me that she still feels like she is four. She got a few presents yesterday, and we took her out for a fancy cupcake, but I will be posting more pictures after her party, if I survive. We've never done a friend party before. I'm kinda nervous!


Happy 5th Birthday Mallina Kay!

My kids are AWESOME

There are just too many hilarious things about this video to make a list...trust me, watch it and you will LAUGH. From the clothing, to the dancing, to the music...ah...good times.