Disneyland April 2011

Daddy Daughter Dance.

Ashlee had so much fun at the Daddy Daughter dance this year. Last year she had a fever and didn't feel good so thankfully this year she was able to really enjoy it. She said they danced to the chicken dance, the Hokey Pokey and the Black Eyed Peas! She looked just like an angel in her white dress. She is growing up so fast. I am so proud of her for being such a great kid. We are so lucky. "Love you Ashlee."

Sisters!

Today Ashlee and Danielle decided to dress up because they were going on vacation. They love each other so much. I find Danielle giving hugs to Ashlee all the time and Ashlee teaching Danielle how to swing and blow bubbles; so sweet! I am so happy they have one another as a sister.

Cabin Fever!

So... this is what its like to have Cabin Fever! We had an ice storm this past Tuesday in which it left us with about 3 inches of ice on the roads and temperatures not above 20'. No one was going anywhere! Schools were cancelled for 4 days. It wouldn't have been so bad if we could go out and play with the neighbors but since the girls had fevers we were literally stuck inside for the past FIVE days! We have watched Despicable Me and Dora the Explorer enough that we were singing the songs through out the day. We have pulled out the play dough, the crayons, the lite brite, the dolls, games, legos, you name it! I would give anything just to drive to Target and walk down the isles. That's all! That's all I would need is to get out of the house. So today the roads are thawing, finally, so around 1 pm, that's what I am going to do. I am sure I will get some shopping in also, may as well right. Next week we are getting more snow, with luck it won't be ice. Cross your fingers! Hopefully the girls will get better soon so we can go out and build a snowman.

Snow in Texas!

You can see that when it snows in Texas, everyone has to get out and enjoy it before it's gone! It started to snow like crazy on our way to church. It was so cold and icy that church was cancelled after sacrament. By 4pm the roads would've been ice. So we went home early and enjoyed building a snowman, along with a snowball fight. Aaron had something to show Ashlee which was a face full of snow. My neighbor asked "is he really going to do that?" "Oh yes, it's Aaron." and he did. We got him back with lots of snowballs. It was a lot of fun and Ashlee was a good sport; and what better way to warm up than a cup of cocoa by a nice warm fire! I was in heaven.

Christmas morning...

We had such a fun Christmas. I think I woke up before the girls did (of course)! Aaron was nice enough to get out of bed and plug in the Christmas tree lights. He came back to bed and it wasn't much later that we heard Ashlee running down the stairs hollering "It worked, Santa came!" It was awesome! Danielle was still too little to really get it but next year I think she will be more enthusiastic. She did love unwrapping her presents. The highlights were Danielle's bitty baby and Ashlee's Tangled doll. It was a wonderful Christmas! Oh, and yes, we did read the Christmas story before going into the living room (one of Aaron's family traditions). It's not as long as it seems!

Christmas eve...

Christmas eve we have a tradition of spending it at the Call's home. Ashlee was super excited to see Austin, Talan and her 'new cousin' Malia. We had a nice quiet dinner, then watched a video about the Baby Jesus, the kids opened up their Christmas pajamas, and by then it was time to go home. The roads weren't bad this year, I remember last year it was super icy and took up twice as long to drive home. Danielle was pretty spent so she went to bed early while Ashlee put out the reindeer food and set out cookies and milk for Santa. We read "Twas the night before Christmas", said "Goodbye" to Krickett (our shelf elf) then went to bed.