Teenager in the House

 It's hard to believe this little one is now THIRTEEN!!! 

I'm so pleased with how much she's grown and learned and who she has become. I'm excited and a little nervous about this new chapter she is creating.

I made a card for her, since she loves this dragon, the color blue and keeps on asking for a cake...not cupcakes. 

Growing Up

My girls are growing up!!!

Random December Pictures

Pretty Girl

Braces Off!!! :)

Now she fits in her 'coming home from the hospital' outfit

Chickadee loves the Christmas lights and decor

Merry Christmas

In an effort to protect our Christmas presents from Cutie Pie, I wrapped some of her books. She loved playing with them. She didn't unwrap them for five days!!

Chickadee figured out to hit her tiger

She loves checking out her world.

Gingerbread House

It was a little later than usual, but we had a fun time decorating our Gingerbread House.

YUMM!! Too bad I don't have teeth!

I asked our Sister Missionaries if they wanted a picture with the house. They happily answered "Yes!!"

Sweet Pea's Eighth Birthday

Sweet Pea requested a Rapunzel party {last year} for her EIGHTH BIRTHDAY. I was super excited knowing we'd have a tall "tower" in our entry perfect for draping a yellow braid. :) I enlisted some assistance from the Sister Missionaries staying with us and was able to braid a 14 foot braid. Here's a link to how I did the braids. My mom put up the "bricks" and we had our tower. I added some "Rapunzel" Suns and was so pleased withthe end result. Her guests loved it too. For activities, I braided eight more shorter {six feet} braids and purchased some flowers for them to put in their braids. We also had a "Pasqual in the Frying Pan" relay and let the girls draw chalk on the driveway and blow bubbles. They also decorated their own lanterns. We had a little extra time, since it started to rain, so the girls watch a bit of "Tangled". It was the best... party... EVER!!! Here are a few pictures.

Getting to braid the long braid

All done with the 14 foot braid

All eight braids

Pasqual and the Frying Pan

Lovin' the Cupcakes

Having fun with all the braids

Our little Princess

She wanted to see if "her braids would fly"

Tower and Suns

Picture Opportunity

Blowing out the Candle

Love my two toned frosting

Grandma Valerie hung up all the streamers and balloons.

The Sister Missionaries had fun with our "tower" also.

Polar Bear Birthday

I love our Polar Bears at our zoo, especially Conrad. I remember several trips watching him "play" with the goodies and enrichment items they left for him and his sister, Tasul. Today was their 29th {I think} birthday. They celebrated with colored cream cheese on the windows and a giant ice cake with goodies inside. Sweet Pea and I joined grandma, Sara and her two kiddos to celebrate with the bears.

The customary Bear picture :)