Christmas treat…

Every year Grandpa has a tradition to take us out to fancy dessert.

 

It always works out to be a cold snowy night.

It was a fun night.  Brrr.

Holiday Cheer

We went up to see the Christmas Lights with all the people Alan grew up with it was fun to see everyone.

The kids loved riding on a horse drawn carriage even in the winter.

It is always fun to get together and see everyone around the holidays!

Football

This fall Jacob started football.  He was so excited to do this.  Football around here is a serious commitment.  At first they practice five days a week for 2 hrs and eventually its three days a week two hours with a game on Saturday.  While the time commitment seemed daunting at first I found the entire program really fun for Jacob. He learned a lot about football (so did I) and made a lot of friends.  I loved to see that Jacob is very happy and self confident. He was willing to try new things and ran right out there even when he knew no one and just assumed he would do well and people would like him.  I hope he is always like that.

Rain or shine he was happy and smiling.

even in the snow…

Jacob made a game winning block and by the end of the season made real progress as a player. I was impressed how hard he worked to get better.

His team made the play offs when at the last minute someone ran for a touch down in overtime. Hailey was so thrilled she ran and gave him a huge hug. I love that picture.

 

They had fun even if they were out in the first round.

Sydney and Hailey deserve some praise for attended so many practices and every game.  They were his best cheerleaders for sure!

Six

I can’t believe my babies are 6.

Their birthday fell on the week of school.  I was lucky because this meant the kindergartners had not started yet and we had a whole day alone.  All Hailey wanted for her birthday was to get her ears pierced.  Sydney was not as interested in the idea. The girls woke up to new bikes with training wheels and then we headed down to the mall.

After with earrings.  When we arrived Hailey quickly got hers picked out and done. Sydney suddenly got very scared. Hailey told her it did not hurt at all and while I was holding the girl just surprised her and did it.  She was a little shocked but very happy she did it.

After I took them to lunch and a movie.  It was so nice to spend the day with my little girls.  After this year they will probably be in school all day :(

 

Later that night the family came over for yet another cake. It was safe to say the girls were very spoiled this year.

 

We are so grateful for their shining, happy personalities in our lives.  They have truly made life sweeter.

Happy Birthday Sydney…

A sweet friend helped me gather a few girls and we recreated a little birthday party for Sydney at the water park we had season passes too.

They had a great day with their friends and Sydney got a Happy Birthday in the end.

Happy Birthday Hailey

The night before the girls 6th birthday Sydney woke up very sick! I felt so bad! We had a big pool party planned and I knew she could not go at all. Most people would be forced to cancel the party if the birthday girl was sick but how could I do that to Hailey with all her friends so excited... So Sydney stayed home (my heart broke for her).

I may have cried a bit when we sang, “Hailey Happy Birthday” without Sydney.  It was pretty sad to miss your very first friend birthday!