December 28, 2008

Our Computer Nerd!!
Emily thinks she is pretty cool now that she has her own computer. She already knows how to work it. She loves it!

December 27, 2008

A bad time calls for... What else but family pictures.
What other time is the family all together and dressed nicely?? Probably not normal to take family pictures after a funeral but I don't know the last time we were all in the same place and decent! So take advantage!

December 26, 2008

Playing with all the stuff "Santa" brought!
Emily loves all of her toys she got from Santa. She must have been a really good girl this year. He came to 3 houses for her. Here are a few pictures of her playing with some of her new things. I wish I had a picture of her Uncle David playing in the tunnel, but I wasn't fast enough with the camera. They were playing hide and seek and David decided to hide in her tunnel. He looked like a giant pink silk worm!

Grandpa and Emily putting together her princess puzzle!

December 24, 2008

Christmas Eve Mass

Me, Lizzie, and Joyce!

Isaac and Joyce

We never go home for Christmas, however this year due to sad circumstances we traveled home for the holidays. My grandmother (Grandma Carter) passed away on the 21st. So we shopped, wrapped, and packed quickly! We thought we had a few more days to shop and wrap, but things happen. Grandma just wanted us home for the holidays I guess. We stopped at the Balaun's house on Christmas Eve and Christmas and then went on to Topeka.

December 21, 2008

12 Days of Baking (I mean Christmas)
Wow we really worked hard making all those cookies, fudge, and candies! Or maybe we just put flour all over our faces to make it look like we were working hard! Either way--it was fun!

December 20, 2008

Santa's Little Helper
Emily is quite the little helper. She was quite impressed with her ability to make candy coated pretzels. They turned out really good. I was so happy she could actually do it all by herself! What a big help.

December 19, 2008

Today was Emily's last day at her current preschool. She will start her new preschool on January 5th. She will be staying home with mom for two whole weeks. I am sure Mommy and Emily will be ready to go back by then! They also had their Christmas Party today. Mommy and Daddy came to help celebrate. They exchanged books at the end.

December 13, 2008

Holidays are exhausting!
Emily took a long nap after our day out! All these activities around the holidays are tiring!

November 16, 2008

Mommy, you need a fudge bar!
Mommy has been really sick lately and has a sore throat. Emily suggested that I have a fudge bar to help my throat! Of course she needed one as well! She isn't wearing anything because it is right before bath time and I didn't want to ruin any clothes.

November 15, 2008

Happy Birthday Emily!
Just Kidding! Emily had a pretend birthday party with her dolls today. She broke out the party hats from her 2nd birthday. We have tried to tell her several times that her birthday isn't until January. She just replies, "no my birthday is today!" The twins are thrilled to be at the party!

November 14, 2008

When is it going to Snow?!?
Emily may be waiting a loooong time for snow! She decided to get her "snowsuit" on tonight to be ready just in case... I told her maybe when we went to Kansas for Thanksgiving! She wants to leave for Kansas right now. She even asked Annabelle (our dog) to go. She said that Annabelle likes the snow, too!

November 13, 2008

New Boots!
Autumn is upon us...for a day anyways! We have only had a couple of cool days here in Texas! Emily wanted to wear her new boots asap! Sooo cute! As you can see it isn't that cold, our flowers are still alive!

November 6, 2008

I'm A Big Kid Now!
Anyone that has ever talked to Emily knows how incredible verbal she is. The teacher in her old classroom used to tell us how refreshing it was to have Emily there to have a conversation with! Well the time has come to move Emily up to the three year old room. We took a "big girl" picture before school this morning. I was kind of worried that she wouldn't fit in since she is still pretty young, but she went in and sat right next to a girl that was at least a foot taller than her and started talking to her right away. Her old teacher came to visit her and see if she would like to come to her room for nap time and Emily's reply was "I want to be in the big kids class where they can talk to me!"

November 2, 2008

Emily wanted to put on her costume from last year. I tried to explain that it was too small for her, but she wouldn't have it! She stretched and pulled until it fit over her shoulders. I was afraid it was going to rip at the seams! After it was on she tried walking around the house and it was so tight she could only take tiny steps. She informed me that she would like to go "trick or treating, again!" She went and got her Easter basket to put the candy in. It goes together pretty well don't you think?!? She probably thought no one would recognize her in her lion costume and they would be happy to give her more candy!!

October 24, 2008

Fall Festival
Emily's school hosted a Fall Festival. It was so cute to see all of her little friends dressed up. She was so excited to be at school and bring mom and dad. She participated in all of the activities. We bowled, went fishing, picked a duck out of the pond, did a bean bag toss, pinned a nose on the pumpkin, and did the cake walk (she won after 4 times.) She got lots of candy in her bucket she helped mom make. It was perfect for kids her age. The only part she didn't understand was why Lily was taking her cake?!? It was one of the first gone.

October 23, 2008

Trick or Trunk!!
My school sponsored an event called "Trick or Trunk." Emily came with me and helped us hand out candy. She also got to see her friends the lost sheep! They are so cute. Emily was the cutest little bumble bee!! Bzzzzz