New Hampshire!!

We are always so busy on our trips up north! This trip we did manage a short (very short) visit with our good friends.

Salina and Ellie enjoying breakfast together.

Antonio is fierce!

Ellie loves Terri!

Sweet Salina

Girl time!

Heading North!!

At the end of December we headed north. We arrived just in time to play in a fabulous snowfall.

Here's Sadie all bundled up and ready to play! She's not used to all these layers.

Ellie and Go Go spent a lot of time sledding.

Wheeeeeeee....

...and up again...

... and down ...

...and up again.

Snow is fun!

Christmas!!!

Christmas came a few days early at our house this year. We love Christmas around here!

This little package showed up under the tree a few days before Christmas. *sigh* It still melts me when I look at this photo. That sweet writing! And the excitement she had about finding a gift, all by herself, that she thought was perfect for me. How could I not melt a little?

Yay! Santa Claus came!!

Oh boy oh boy oh boy! There are PRESENTS here!!

Go Go and Cool Daddy sent Sadie a car. We hadn't even put it together before she was wheeling her babies around the house in it. She loves her car!

All tuckered out. Opening presents is hard work.

Holiday Festivities

In December, we took a Christmasy horse-drawn carriage ride on campus.

The girls got to wear their pjs.

We waited...

...and waited...

...and finally it was our turn!

We have a favorite Christmas light show in town. The show includes a drive along streets lit up with thousands of lights showing various holiday scenes. There is also a walking tour, Santa Claus visit and s'more making. Yum!

Feeling lonely in that gift-filled sleigh, Ellie?

Here's some company!

I'm a snowgirl!

I'm a soldier? Nutcracker?

Random December Photos

Grocery shopping... see what Sadie has to put up with?

Sadie, having lunch with her little people.

Ellie, busy at school. I so rarely get to see her at work when she doesn't

realize I'm watching. I had to sneak in to get this photo!

The kids had an in-school field trip visit from the zoo and they played

with all kinds of animals and other critters.

Here Ellie is holding a hissing cockroach.

Sadie loves school! Going to pick Ellie up means getting to play with all the fun stuff there.

Sister love

Helping in the kitchen

Making gingerbread houses