Merry Christmas morning

Here ya go Em, I'm all caught up!!!

Clara and Sydney are gonna be great friends, we can tell!

Audrey LOVES puzzles and she is really good at them.

Dad had a hot yummy breakfast as usual for everyone. We were ALL there to enjoy it!

Don't ask!

Clara in front of Audrey and Clara's gift from Santa Claus. It is a canvas playhouse and it is a HIT with our girls! Thanks SO much Santa.

Grampa's shirt

Auntie Wade(Layne) found this cool shirt so all the girls got to help. It says "Best Grandpa Hands Down." The first pic is Sydney. How many people do you think it took? The next is Clara who cried the most, and Audrey was a pro.

Pedigo Party

Uncle Ron was a hit this year. He came well prepared with bribery gifts and his plan worked as both Clara and Audrey were his side-kicks for the night.

This is just a pic of a few of the party-goers. It was fabulous to get to chat with everyone and have such yummy food and hang in such a fab home! Uncle Gary and Auntie Sue's new house(a year ago) seems to be a huge hit and is a great place to gather everyone. Thanks again Wallas!!

Kee-Ka and Auntie Pam gave Audrey this book that reads its self! Shania was a very good friend/cousin for both girls. I think Audrey wore her out. Luckily she was a good sport and is one of Audrey's friends now for life.

Then finally Auntie Emma and Uncle Scott arrived with our Sydney! YEA!! Everyone was very excited to see them arrive safely after such a long day. Her bib says: Are these people really my relatives? I love it!

Granny and Grampa

We were invited to a really fun and yummy holiday open house. Jim had lights up like you wouldn't believe. What a beautiful yard. Plus they have about 10 or 12 of those blow up yard things. Audrey and Clara really had a fabulous time!

Grampa wears a Santa bowloe tie. Clara REALLY likes it!

These two shots of the girls are in our single child stroller in a JCPennys changing room after a stupid, nonproductive session in their photo studio. These are 200 times cuter than the Pennys girl got. Guess we shouldn't have spent the money, darn.

YUM!!

Audrey Mae is a fabulous helper with holiday treats. Here are some of her specialties! Sprinkles anyone?

Clara-bug

I love so many little things that Clara does and so here are a couple of examples. She is twins with her baby and this is one of her faves; this beaded bracelet is forever hangin out of her mouth like a puppy!

Gingerbread Houses

We had way fun with Lacey and Tony and their kids on Monday night. We all helped and made some real beauties! The dads made some good houses and Halle made a fabulous two story. Chloe had fun playing with all of our toys and Laney and Audrey were two peas in a pod. We had to tell them to stop putting candy on cause they were packed! They had too much fun! We all did.

Audrey and Clara

Clara is totally mobile and really loves to stand. She bonks a lot but is pleased as punch when she pulls herself up onto eveything and looks around for adoring fans!!

Both girls LOVE our new piano. They are both equally talented in their piano playing abilities. Do you notice Audrey is not wearing a diaper? YEAH!! We are pretty much sure it worked this time! It's been 3 or 4 days. I am extatic!

Clara scavenged one of Audrey's "potty treats" from under the table, her new fav spot. It was a black Necco.

Yes it's a reindeer headband thing... who does that? And that's not the first time.

Audrey loves her babies and takes very good care of them. (and daddy!)

curly sue

For the first time we curled Audrey's hairdo. Can you believe it? She looks fabulous, don't ya think? She also got to wear her very beautiful new holiday coat.
Clara wanted a pic, too.

The Weather, oh my!

A couple of days ago it snowed so Audrey Mae HAD to go out and play in it. Can you see it on the ground?? Barely, I know but she thought it was fab!

Later that day it started again while daddy was out pressure washing. He's crazy! Then a few days later he went out in a terrential downpour to hang lights. They sure look good.

All around us there are floods so every night that we watch the news, we feel blessed with all that we have. (Especially that all that we have is not sopping wet and covered in mud.)

Em: Yellow Dress

Here's the set and this picture is mostly the correct color. (Ignore the wrinkles)
In this pic I was trying to get the trim detail... I tried!

Decorating for Christmas

Audrey got to decorate the banister with the "snake".(I helped on the first part) She was really good at it and we even left it as beautiful as you see it.

We got our tree out and it seems to get more fun to decorate each year. We love it! This is Clara's first Christmas experience and like most kids, she loves the lights and also giant jinlgle bells.

This is kinda gross but I found it interesting. All of these things were trapped inside our couch. We had to pull the staples from the meshy stuff on the bottom and fish all the junk out. We had eveything from cheerios to bouncy balls to magazines, pens, and grocery bags. Are you missing anything? Check your couch.
I couldn't believe it!!