Frogs and Hippos!

Last week we took the girls to see Disney's "The Princess and the Frog." It was very cute. Chloee loved it. She had been wanting to see the movie ever since the previews came out in the summer. Brooke was not such a good sport. I don't know why I try to try to take her to movies because all she wants to do is eat popcorn and play on the stairs. Tyler ended up taking her home early and my parents brought Chloee and I home.

Last Saturday Chloee had her Christmas dance recital. Now last year she didn't dance on stage, but she did at the Spring concert so I was hopeful she would dance this year. We went to the dress rehearsal in the morning and when it was her turn to go up on stage she wanted me right there with her. I sat down in front on the steps to watch, but that wasn't good enough, the tears started to come. I ended up on stage behind the curtain with a tear stained face Chloee.

(Chloee's the one wiping her eyes)

When it was time to take her back to the room for the girls to wait, Chloee didn't want to let me go. Finally after much persuation she let me go to my seat. As the show started Tyler's mom asked what I bribed her with this show and I said nothing. When it was her turn to go on stage I headed to the hall to see how she was and her teacher said she was good. I went back to my seat to watch. The girls started filling out on stage and Chloee stood on her "X". The music started and Chloee had a tearified look on her face and she started crying then ran to her teacher in front who was helping the girls dance. Chloee stayed their until the dance was over and then went off stage with the rest of the girls. After the dance she told me she liked the other stage better when she had her fancy dance (the Regan Theatre at UVU). Tyler said it's probably because she can't see the audience on the bigger stage because of all the lights. At least she went out on stage, right! We'll have to see how the spring recital goes this coming year. Wish us luck!

Pictures!!!!

Thanks to my sister in law Tasha for taking the girls pictures. Pictures are always fun, especially with an almost 2 year old. Brooke was not having fun and not cooperating either. She didn't want to smile and wouldn't take her picture with her sister. Chloee on the other hand was quite the little model. She had fun taking pictures in her Christmas dress and loved every minute of it. All in all I think we got some cute shots of the girls.

Their beautiful Christmas dresses thanks to Grandma Jane!!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

This year for thanksgiving I ended up working in the morning until noon and then was able to come home and spend the rest of the day with my family. We went to Tyler's parents house for dinner and had all the yummy thanksgiving foods, thanks to Grandma Gae and everyone else. The kids had fun playing with their cousins and driving Papa Tony crazy. The next day we spent all day cleaning the house from top to bottom, Tyler helped wash the baseboards and vacuum the floors,he's amazing. We also were able to put up the Christmas decorations and our new Christmas tree. For the past 6 years we have put each branch on the tree post and then had to spread them out and then string the lights. Tyler and I would always end up fighting about the lights so this year we bought a prelite tree from Tia Pan Trading. Tyler took a whole 10 minutes to put the tree up and was so excited. I love it! The best part was there was no fighting or yelling at each other. Chloee and Brooke had fun playing in the box, shutting each other in, I love that they so well together. We hope that everyone had a yummy and enjoyable Thanksgiving this year.

Horsey rides

The other night the girls had fun playing horse with Tyler. I couldn't pass up the opportunity for pictures. I'm so thankful my girls love playing with each other and their dad.

Happy Halloween...

or should I say Happy Thanksgiving since it's only a few days away. I thought since Thanksgiving was so close I should post some pictures from Halloween. This year we were able to spend Halloween with Tyler's family up in Park City at the Marriot Mountainside Resort. We had a ton of fun. We took the kids trick or treating on Old Main and boy was that crazy. There were so many people, kids, adults and dogs. I've never seen so many adults dress up. It was kind of fun. The girls had a good time and thankfully didn't get too much candy. Chloee was Arial, of course, and Brooke was Tinkerbell, her wings didn't stay on very well with all of the people.

(can't you tell she's having fun!)

After trick or treating we went back to the hotel and Heather had put together a fun scavenger hunt for the kids. They all had a blast. Thanks Heather. I have to say this year our family had fun up in Park City just relaxing and spending time with the family.

(Chloee didn't want to put her hand in the pot of goo.)

(Papa Tony read one of the clues)

(I made eye balls for a yummy treat after trick or treating)

Scarecrow Festival 2009

Friday my parents and I took all the grandkids to Thanksgiving point to the Scarecrow Festival. Each year the West Rigde Academy puts this on. We had a blast. The kids enjoyed jumping on the inflatable toys, riding the train, which we waited 40 minutes for (so not worth it), getting their faces painted and going on a wagon ride. Chloee loved the horses pulling the wagon. All of the kids loved the snowcones Papa Tom bought for them, they mixed every color of the rainbow like most kids do. After the scarecrow festival we decided to get some dinner and went to JCW's. What a treat that was. We had 5 hungry kids under the age of 6 each having their own melt down. I don't think we will ever do that again, or at least we'll think twice about it. Over all we had a good time and the kids had a blast.

Chloee is 4!

When we got home from California we celebrated Chloee's Birthday with Tyler's family. We had everyone over for cake and ice cream and then opened presents. Chloee had so much fun playing with her cousins and is thankful to everyone for her presents. We love family!