Disney on Ice

The Girls got an early Christmas gift. We bought ticket to go see Disney on Ice. Daisy was so excited. She knew that it was on and every time she hear a commercial she would say how she wanted to go, but too bad we couldn't because we don't have enough money. It was a great surprise for her.

The also got to open up a gift from Grandma Stucki. Tinkerbell outfits. They are so adorable. And she made them. Amazing!

We went to the show with plenty of time to spare. We didn't want to miss anything. So we looked at the displays and took these cute pictures next to the posters.

Here we are waiting for the show to start

Mickey and Minnie road out in a car to introduce the show. My girls love Minnie and Mickey so that was a good surprise. This Disney on ice featured four movies. What a fun variety.

Cars:

This was Justin's favorite, especially Mator. It was cool to see them drive these little cars around on the ice.

The Little Mermaid:

Daisy was curious to see how a mermaid was going to ice skate. I loved the songs to this section. Under the see and Kiss the girl--Classics.





Lion King:

We thought Pumba's costume was really cool.



Tinkerbell:

this was probably the girls favorite section because they were all dresses up like Tink.

The Girls loved the show. What a great day. We have enjoyed making this whole month Christmas. The girls have gotten gifts all month long and it has been so fun.

Ward Christmas

The first part of December we had a couple of ward activities. Our first activity we gathered together at the visiters center to view the nativities on display. There are hundreds of nativities and we usually take a couple of hours to view them all. We also watched Mr. Kruger's Christmas then sang Christmas song together.

This is only one of the many tables filled with nativities.

Some of my favorite displays

They have a kids room which is filled with nativities the can look and play with. This time they even had a few dress ups. Daisy went for the dress ups and Lily to playing.

The Next day was our ward activity at the church. The girls love getting together with their friends.

The primary sang us some songs. Daisy got to go on stage to sing and Lily sat with me right in front to listen. It was all so cute.

We also had Santa Clause come and visit. The girls thought that was great. Daisy is so funny-she is just to smart for this stuff. "I know that wasn't the real Santa," So I had to tell her what my Dad told me, "Santa is so busy to be everywhere at one time so he need helpers. These Santas will go tell the real Santa what you want for Christmas."

Christmas is almost here. So we Wish you a Merry Christmas. Hope it is Merry and Bright. Thanks to all for being a great family and friends.

My Littlest Angel

Violet is growing so much. She is now 3 months. It is amazing how fast they change. I feel bad Grandmas and Grandpas don't get to see her through all her little stages. She is just so adorable and is getting cuter all the time. She is babbling and smile none stop like her other sisters. She has such a cute button nose and bright eyes.

She has been loving to sit up. She doesn't want to be leaning back. She insists on sitting straight up. She also like to be held facing out so she can see everything going on.

Violet is so sweet when she sleeps. It is so cute, but she has a little snore.

We love our sweet Violet. She sure get a lot of kisses around our house.

Christmas is Coming

As soon as we came back from our Thanksgiving trip we went out and got a tree. We are so excited to put up a tree and decorate it this year. It has been a few years because we have gone home for Christmas the past three years. The girls were so excited. This was the first they can remember getting a tree.

The girls also got to open some presents Grandma Pam sent early to enjoy during the season.

Aren't the Angel stockings adorable.


Here they are all lined up. The first one is mine from when I was a kid. The girls loved that they now have an angel like mine. How do you like Justin's Sock. Think Santa can fill that one?

Highlights of our Thanksgiving trip

Thanksgiving was so great this year. We decided to do a family trip. Justin was out for the week so had enough time. Justin served his Mission in North Carolina. We thought this was a great opportunity to go see it before we moved back west. Who know when we would be able to get this close again. So right after the girls dance recital we piled in the car and headed out.

Our first stop was in Wake Forest.

Justin has some wonderful friends here that he baptized. We were able to go and see them. First we went to the Greys. Kelly was so wonderful. She told some amazing stories and the boys, Riley and Mack, were so great! The girls absolutely loved playing with them. They didn't want to leave.

Next we went and saw Claudia Taylor. She is also a good friend Justin baptized. We had a great visit and again the girls didn't want to leave.

We had a lot of driving time in between all our stops, but the girls were so great. We stopped at a park so they could get some wiggles out and some fresh air. It was a fun park. The were about four different play areas and a large fountain.

Justin as talked about Wilber's Barbecue ever since he came home from his mission. He was so excited to take us here to eat! He has been craving it for 6 1/2 years. Pork barbecue in a vinegar sauce with slaw on the side. It was good barbecue and I loved the fried chicken.

We went out the coast and saw some sites. Here we are at Fort Macon. we had fun exploring all the different rooms and passage ways. The view from the top was great. You could see the ocean.

We went and took a long walk on the beach and let the girls collect lots of stuff. I loved the waves.

While we were driving we saw a sign that said, "Tyron's Palace." I thought that sounded cool so we stopped in this small town, New Burn. The Palace was really neat. It was big and the garden were really gorgeous. I can only imagine what they would look like in the summer with all the flowers.

We then headed out to Virgina to have Thanksgiving dinner with Daniel Rhodes and his family. we had a great time. The food was great. Daisy and Lily were in heaven with all the girls that wanted to play with them and dote on them.

We had a great vacation. Saw lots of things and had a lot of quality time. The girls traveled amazingly well. I would do this again. Our Trip was a week long and we cover six different states. Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. For more pictures from our trip watch our slide show.

Thanksgiving week slide show