Pigtails.

In an instant, she is a big girl now.

In December...

-Our elf "Doodle" came back for the whole month of December to keep an eye on the girls behavior and leave lots of fun treats, gifts, and reminders.
-We went on lots of night time bike rides to look at Christmas lights. It's my new favorite tradition!
-We bought lots of presents.
-Sent out Christmas cards
-Chris and I celebrated 11 years of marriage! Wow-ee!
-Elodie had a little Christmas program at school.
-Addysen got to go with her preschool to a nursing home and sing Christmas carols.
-She also had a Christmas program. Her preschool preformed the nativity scene and sang Christmas songs.
-We counted down the days until Christmas with our scripture advent and our Christmas Book a night advent.
-We made lots of treats for friends and family.
-We went to the Mesa Temple to look at the Christmas lights. Afterwards we made a trip to Krispie Kreme.
-Chris was out of town for 2 weeks.
-We went and saw Santa at Bass Pro Shop.
-We put together our gingerbread house.
-Loved getting the mail every day for Christmas cards.
-Chris and I stayed up until 2am getting the house ready for Christmas day.
-We didn't start opening presents until 8:30am and didn't finish until well after noon. It was wonderful!
-Chris' parents came over for breakfast on Christmas morning.
-We had our close friends, the Hamblins, over for Christmas dinner.
-Christopher found out he passed his PE (Professional Engineering) Exam. It's a really big deal and there are a lot of people who don't pass on the first try. We are very proud of him.
-Chris and I saw 2 movies and had lots of date nights.
-We celebrated New Years with Mace and Melissa and let the kids pop fireworks.
-I got a girls day date with Melissa. We went shopping and to lunch in the middle of the week with no kids! It was amazing!
-Elodie and Addysen got a date of their own with Grama Yarn. She took them to a movie, the dollar store, and Dairy Queen!
-Evyn Kate learned all kinds of Christmas songs including Jingle Bells and In a Little Stable. Super cute to listen to her sing. She can also sing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. Can say buckle and bubbles and pretty much responds correctly to every question we ask her.
-I hosted preschool one week.
-Christopher went to a Phoenix Suns Basketball game with his dad.
-We had date night at home every Friday night. I look forward to those so much!

New Year Tradition.

Happy 2013. 

New Year 2012 {HERE} New Year 2011 {HERE}