Ella Claire & Hope Christmas Dinner

Hope wanted to show her friend EC her Christmas tree in her room so I had her family come over for a Christmas dinner. I wish I would had taken more pictures because they were so cute running around the house together.

Gymnastics Christmas Parties

Deana & I at the girls party A few pictures from the training 4 Christmas party at the gym, our team girls Christmas party & then the staff Christmas party. Hope was not wanting to look at the camera but Gavin was all about it.

Ginderbread house fun

Hope's masterpiece! She was so proud to show Daddy when we got home.The sprinkles were a huge hitHope's sweet friend Dax invited her & Ella Claire over to decorate gingerbread houses & cookies for Christmas. The three of them have been friends since before they were 6 months old & now they are in the same classroom at preschool. They had so much fun eating the candy and getting messy together. Thanks Britt we had a great time, everything was set up so cute!

Murder Mystery Diner

Peta fans hold the paint cans! I had to wear it because it fit the part perfect & I did not buy it my Mom did.Ryan & his breath spray that he had to be OCD about during the evening. My twin daughters for the evening. Ryan falling over dead because I gave him chocolate mistletoe seeds, oops I guess a few to many.Our hometeam (bible study group) had a Murder Mystery diner for our Christmas party this year. It was Mistletoe Madness & we had the best time ever, Ryan was the one that got killed & I did it. We had 7 couples & we were all given a role with some info so we could dress & play the part. During the evening we had 4 rounds & got clues and rules to follow so I had no idea I did it until I opened my last envelope. Ryan played the part of a Italian clothing & I was a rich widow with twin daughters that were secretly his. Ryan & I can't wait till we can take part in anther murder mystery diner it was so much fun.

Yeah Big Girl Panties

The day has finally come that Hope is wearing big girl panties all the time. We gave all our pull ups to Santa so we got a Christmas Tree in our room. We do not have a single pull up or diaper in the house, yeah. We are going on day 6 with only one accident at 6 AM because she could not get out of her room in time so now we don't shut the door so she can get in & out easier. She was crying saying Daddy did it because he locked her door & she could not get out, too funny it was not locked but a little hard to open sometimes. Can you tell she picked out her toy story pj's I have to give in sometimes so I choose the pj's instead of the daytime clothes.

North Polar Express

I love that Hope is licking the metal on the seat while I am taking this picture, yummy!Hope Ryann, Ella Claire, Sailer & Hope M. all went on the North Polar Express Train ride last Friday. The girls had a great time singing on stage, riding a train & of course getting to see Santa.

Preschool Christmas Party

Hope had a Christmas party at her preschool last Thursday. They had a book exchange & made reindeer cookies the last 30 minutes of class so the parents could come before picking them up. Hope has loved her first few months of school she always talks about & prays for her teachers Miss Amanda & Miss Kristi. Her favorite classes are Chapel & Spanish because she gets to go on stage & sing. They put together to sweetest calendar for the kids to give to their parents for Christmas. Hope was so proud of this she finger painted the wrapping paper and ornament that was ties to a bow with a pictures of her in a Christmas hat. I will take picture and post it because it is so cute.

Parents Day @ Gymnastics

I got to go in the gym and watch instead of coach so I took a few pictures but Hope is too fast for even the action setting on my camera. She loves gymnastics and wants to coach like Mama does, she gets her bady dolls and tells them toes to the bar, chin up & pull over.

Santa & 1 Reindeer

The little bit of snow we had in our backyard.Hope excited after telling Santa what she needs for Christmas. Here are a few pictures that were taken of Hope I order them but they are not in yet these are just proofs from her website. They are so much better then last year she is happy to see Santa not just for the candy.After school Thursday I took Hope to go see Santa & a live Reindeer so she could let him know she needs ALL her princesses. My smart little girl let me know Santa has 12 reindeer not just one. Hope told Santa she NEEDS a new camera, all her princesses (she names at least 8) and a few other random things depending on when she is asked.