Graffiti

We went for a little hike up the ravine behind the house. It was a massive adventure if you're barely three feet tall! And a very nice walk for Jeff and me. 

And then the really fun part!! We had brought some water-based tempera paint to play with! 

Great exploring in so many ways! 

The Good Life

My sweet spoiled little girls had gingerbread and candy for breakfast. 

A fun trip to the park, with lots of friends to play with!

bike riding, climbing, swinging, digging, running, laughing, playing!

ah, joy!

Evening Play

Christmas Morning

Another quiet Christmas at home, where the girls spent all day opening gifts and playing with their new toys. (and even had some gifts under the tree to open the next day!) I would never have imagined such a thing, but is sure is nice!  

Happy Birthday, Jeff!

More Christmas Kids

The girls are of course, fascinated by the tree, the lights, the ornaments, the gifts!  

A fun trip to a local shop that was decorated to the nines!

Liv's New Skilz

Liv was helping me make dinner the other night. Check her out! 

This Year's Gingerbread Cottage

Another fun gingerbread project! 

As usual, we do the baking the day before. 

((I tried werther's candies for the windows this year. I'd recommend sticking with the lemon sour balls (or yellow jolly ranchers), the werthers are too much the same color as the gingerbread in the daylight, and too opaque to light up properly in the evening.))

Our friends Lisa and Lauren came over to join us in the decorating fun! 

I wish I could share a picture of the 3 little girls sitting under the table eating candy, while I frosted above them... :)

The (nearly) finished cottages

lit up at night...

Fire Station Visit

Another fun outing with the MOMS

Love this shot! 

Thank you, Theresa and Angie for taking & sharing the pictures! 

Santa Picture

wow! i can't believe I can share a family with santa picture. the odds were against it in a big way!!!

Super cheese (summer pic)

Just found this picture... had to share. :-)

Christmas Kids

<p>Setting up the tree a few weekends ago</p>

Girls Trip

These are super low-res copies but you can see the originals at Snapfish.

We had a wonderful adventure. We ran a 5K, took a cuban cooking class, saw a great Christmas Show, went to a spa, played some cards, did some shopping - it was a delight!!!