california here we come!

I'm trying to play catch up here on my blog. It seems I didn't post but a few times during the month of December.

Our trip down to California was about an 18 hour drive, so we stopped half-way in Bend, OR, and stayed in a little cabin at KOA.

Gracie's bed (on the top bunk!)

Phil and the boys playing their Club Penguin card game before bedtime

Caleb

Here are a couple of pictures of Caleb singing in our church's Children's Christmas program. Sorry about the strange color. I guess the spotlights and super zoom setting on my camera don't get along very well.

pink tutus and nutcrackers

Gracie

Lily

Lily

Gracie

new beds

The girls have new beds! Phil was able to convert their toddler beds into longer big-girl beds before we headed down to California for Christmas. The ladder goes up to the boys' loft area.

Under construction

We had fun decorating with new quilts and wall decals.

Gracie's bed

Reading before bedtime

And here's a picture of the four kids reading before bed. Phil did such a good job utilizing the space in their bedroom!

belated christmas greetings

I hope you all had a Merry Christmas! We were very blessed to be able to spend Christmas down in California this year. It was so good to see both of our families again and to enjoy some California sunshine. I'm going to download all of my pictures as soon as we get unpacked, and I'll be sure to post them sometime this weekend.

Have a Happy New Year!

hi-YAH!

We signed the boys up for Taekwondo. They were so excited to get their uniforms tonight.

I figure this ought to go over well with our girls. I can just see and hear it now...lots of practicing and LOTS of screaming and tattling.

ballet class

Here are a couple of pictures of the girls in their ballet class.

I didn't know Lily was this flexible!

ballet

The girls start ballet class tomorrow.

I'm just as giddy as they are.

I loved watching them twirl around the living room tonight in their little outfits.

And I smell their new pink ballet slippers every chance I get.

Oh to be a little girl again!

a princess party

The girls had a sweet little princess party last week.

We decorated princess crowns...

painted jewelry boxes...

opened presents...

and ate pink and purple cupcakes.

birthday morning

We had such a busy day planned, but first the girls danced around the kitchen to Disney princess music and enjoyed their party decorations.

the royal treatment

Gracie and Lily turned 4 today! They enjoyed birthday pedicures and manicures this morning before their princess party.

Lily chose purple.

Gracie chose pink.

Then it was off to Starbucks for chocolate milk!