Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Christmas excitement


Sampling the cookies!


Abbey's sugar cookies :)

The "shining star" at this program!


My little entertainer!

Getting ready for her church program

Our beautiful new Pottery Barn stockings!

Pretty girls

Reindeer Abbey

Abbey and cousin Koltin at the lighted parade



My family




It was so cold!


Abbey and Daddy found the perfect tree!

Daddy and Ella at the lighted parade.

It's been a while since I have posted, so here are a bunch of pictures of our family and our Christmas festivities so far. Getting our tree, our new stockings, making sugar cookies and Abbey's church Christmas program. It's been busy, and so fun! I love this time of year and am soaking it all in. I'm enjoying Abbey really understanding the meaning of Christmas this year, clelbrating Jesus' birthday and singing her Christmas songs. She is precious...I love hearing her answer first in Sunday School all of the right answers of the Christmas story...she could recite it to you all. Both girls are loving receiving Christmas cards, eating all of the yummy treats, driving around the neighborhood looking at lights, playing with the tree and helping me wrap presents. They are so fun and so often remind me of what life is all about. Thank you Jesus! Merry Christmas to you all!

Viva Las Vegas


World's largest chocolate fountain :)

Our hotel

On the strip

Like my bowling outfit?

All the guys and their buckles....plus Mel :)

Bill and Duane showing off their new belt buckles....such dorks! :

The ladies...me, Melanie and Kim

Us in our Limo ride to dinner one night.

The "self" pic :)

Dinner at Koi - fabulous!

In November, Duane and I had a four day getaway to Vegas and had so much fun! We went with two other couples and had a great few days filled with "adult" time :) We enjoyed fancy dinners, drinks, playing craps and poker, walking the strip, visiting "old town", naps in the middle of the afternoon, golf, shopping, massage, baths in a big soaker tub and alone time. As fun and crazy Vegas can be, I had no trouble relaxing and pampering myself. I came home relaxed and refreshed...Thanks to our parents for watching our girls for us so we could do this. Here are just some of our pictures...