Today Kaydee was baptized & confirmed a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints .  We were overwhelmed with the support of family and friends who filled the room this afternoon! Greema and PopPop flew in from Utah, Meema and Pap drove down from West Virginia, Aunt Teresa wasn't feeling great but insisted on coming to support Kaydee, and so many others sacrificed time on a Saturday afternoon.  Half of Kaydee's soccer team was there.  A girl from her class at school came. Her Primary teacher was there.  And many other friends were there to support Kaydee--thank you so much! It was a very special day. 

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Happy Birthday, Kaydee!!!!! We had a fun day--Kaydee made a list of the things she wanted to do today & we were able to do most of them. We went to Build A Bear, rode the carousel, watched a movie, cuddled, etc. She told us this was her favorite birthday ever. ;-)  More pictures in media gallery

   We had a Merry Christmas...the girls "slept in" until 7:15, we opened presents and then went to church.  The girls looked beautiful in their new dresses from Meema. I looked beautiful in my new boots from Shane. ;-) We spent the afternoon playing games and calling family far away. Then our family not so far away (Teresa & crew) came over for Christmas Dinner & to exchange gifts. The kids had fun playing together--especially with TJ's new race track.

This year the girls' "BIG" gift is a trip to DISNEY WORLD. :-D  We aren't going until Spring Break so we gave them a count-down calendar and lots of small Disney-related gifts (mostly from the dollar store LOL).  Meema & Pap gave them spending money for Disney, and Aunt Teresa gave them T-shirts and hoodies to wear plus a whole bunch of Disney Princess stuff.  Other gifts included craft stuff from Aunt GinGin, kids cookwear from Aunt GoGo & fam, gift cards from Gammie & Babu, books from Greema & PopPop, and Abby's most exciting gift: a Hello Kitty Toothbrush from Santa. (Who knew a toothbrush could cause such glee?)

Shane got a temple bag, socks, a picture of the girls, and a new tractor.  He's so lucky. Teresa & kids even gave him a Florida hat. ;o) Shane & the girls got me some new clothes (most of which are too big so we'll be exchanging...I've never had the problem of clothes being too big...it's kinda nice :) ). They also got me some nice brown boots, and Kaydee gave me a necklace and decorative plate. My very best friend Peaches (aka Teresa) gave me the Simon Dewey calendar I wanted, a notebook, pens and sticky notes (eek!), Aveeno lotion, Mike & Ikes, sweat pants (that we each picked out for each other at Walmart LOL), and BOOTS! (Look for a picture in the media gallery...they're on my feet cuz I refuse to take them off!) Gammie sent us cheesecake, Dorothee sent me a Christmas CD of music we listened to as kids....I know I'm forgetting stuff but it's almost 1am and things start to get fuzzy around 12:45. ;-)

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!! (I'm gonna pretend the clock still says 11:59) Make sure you check out all the pictures!!

Christmas Vacation is officially underway....the forecast said yesterday was the only day without rain this week so I basically let the girls play outside all day.  They even had a picnic! Last night we got to watch Aunt Teresa & crew be filmed for a slot on the news. :-)  A Secret Santa paid off their layaway!! How COOL IS THAT!?!?!? So my best friend is now a celebrity. ;-) Today we went to Walmart for the last of our Christmas baking/Gammie's punch making needs and then came home to clean the house...due to excessive giggling and playing not much cleaning was accomplished...Project Get Rooms Cleaned will continue tomorrow. This afternoon Teresa and I "Paid it Forward" with some Secret Santa projects of our own. 

The gifts are wrapped, cookies have been baked, cards sent....once the girls get their rooms in order we'll be set! ;-)

Last night was the WFUMC Preschool Christmas Play...Here's our little Angel: (More pics in gallery)

This is the picture that actually did NOT make the Christmas card this year, but so many people liked it that I'm posting it here for everyone to enjoy. ;o) Thanks, Dixie for our AWESOME family pictures!!! (Insert shameless plug for Dixie Taylor Photography)

It's only the 15th of December and we've already had a busy month with a Ward Christmas Brunch, class parties, breakfast with Santa, Christmas shopping, looking at Christmas lights, eating peppermint milkshakes from Chick-Fil-A, and more. Tonight is Abby's preschool Christmas Play (pictures to come). 

Today was Abby's last day of school until January (she is beyond happy about this).  She had a fun class party and her friend Elizabeth got her a "special toy"--a small doll named Snoopy.  They decorated sugar cookies--Abby used lots and lots of sprinkles, ate all of her cookies and then licked the remaining sprinkles off her plate.  Aunt Teresa called this move "classsy"...I call it "typical" haha.

This year our ward had a Christmas Brunch & the Primary did a wonderful job portraying the Nativity!! Kaydee & Abby were angels, of course. ;o)

We just got back from our Thanksgiving trip to Utah. Kaydee and Abby are missing Greema & PopPop something fierce...sooo many tears today! We had a fun time--got to see Dorothee & Cody's new baby Cyris. He is so cute!! The girls spent hours and hours and hours jumping on the trampoline and playing outside.  We had a yummy Thanksgiving dinner with Greema & PopPop and GinGin, then went to the ranch on Friday to have Thanksgiving part 2 with Uncle Don & Aunt Beth & Wayne, Lacy & Marci.  Russel and Kim got there later in the afternoon--it was good to see everyone! :o)

On Tuesday we decorated Greema's house for Christmas....she REALLY appreciated the fact that we tried to use every single Christmas item she owns to decorate with.  She is so looking forward to taking it alllllll down. ;-) Hee hee heeeeeee. Here's a picture of the tree: (there are more pictures in the gallery)