December

I haven't blogged in a few months so here are a few "catch ups"...


We went to Rancho Santa Fe to see The Living Nativity with the Parsons and the Fischer girls. It was such a beautiful evening. We were able to taste real Biblical Cuisines and the girls even rode a camel!

 

Our Motley Crew.

                                      Here they are riding the camel. The lighting was terrible for pictures so this is the best I could do. I wish I got a good one with the camel in it. They were HUGE!


                                                   PIANO RECITAL

 

The girls with their piano teacher, Rebekah Tolopelo.

  

SILLY LIBERTY!

  

  

  

  

MAKING COOKIES WITH GRAMMY

  

Mom bought me a Kitchen Aid mixer. Everytime she comes she gets us something really nice for our home. Growing up she always made cookies for our teachers. I asked her to bring her old recipes and make them with the girls for our local policemen and firemen. We delivered them on Christmas day. This will be one of our new traditions.

  

Tiff looks a little excited here. She always did have a major sweet tooth!

VISITING SANTA

Liberty begged and begged to go see Santa this year. We had to stand in line for hours to see him but it was all worth it. It was precious to see how excited Hannah and Tiffany were for her. Made the LONG wait totally worthwhile!

Waiting patiently.

She said she felt embarrassed here.

Big sisters always make everything better.

 

CHRISTMAS DAY

This was probably our smallest Christmas ever. The girls got only a few gifts. BUT, it was one of our favorites! This was the first Christmas where Liberty actually "got it." The Parsons and Fischer girls joined us for dinner. We ate the goose that Chad shot a few weeks earlier. It was very "gamey"~ a bit like liver. Only a few folks actually liked it, but it sure was beautiful!

Liberty and Grammy reading together. They really grew close over the holidays. They played Little Pet Shop for HOURS each day. Mom got us a Skype camera so they can play together on Skype. After mom went home she even went out and bought her own Pet Shops so she can play with Liberty. How sweet is that???

 

The beautiful goose.

Our special dinner guests.

  

The kids did a Christmas play for us. It was a bit silly (okay...VERY silly), but we all loved laughing together.

 

Chad's folks arrived late and they were starving so we made them their own little romantic spot at the table.

Sleepy heads...

                                                          More sleepy heads.

 

Jesse and Rachel came out on the 27th. Rachel made us all our own blankets. It was a sweet day. Oh how we love them!

TIME AT THE DUCK POND

  

  

  

COUSINS

Haley and Emma came down for a few days. Here are the cousins in Old Town.