Sunday, December 27, 2009

Merry Christmas!

This year's Christmas was wonderful- so full of joy, love and lots of wrapping! Thankfully, we were settled enough in this new house to fully enjoy all that the holiday brings. My family (parents and sisters family) were all in Idaho this year (we missed you guys!) so we spent both days with the Lamis side of the family. It is always so fun to be surrounded with family and all the cousins running around with their new toys.

Santa was good to us all this year! He brought us a Wii which has been a fun activity for the entire family. He probably figured we needed something to keep us busy in the 'Copa (Maricopa)! :)

Next up, New Year's Eve!



*Christmas morning. Camille is wondering what we all are doing up when its still dark out!

Chet and Camille with GG (Chet's grandma Dorothy)

Chet and his new Christmas pjs that Angie and Joe bought for him. They said that they thought of Chet when spotting this little treasure at the store. Hmmm... :)

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Bella's big birthday bash

We finished our backyard just in time for Bella's birthday party at home. She chose a Fancy Nancy party- probably just to have an excuse to dress up in whatever outfit she wanted. It's always fun to have cousins and friends over and let them run around and just play. Then feed them sugary cupcakes and send everyone home! :)



*My nephew Isaac trying to lick his cupacke cone- cute!

*Why must all 5-8 yr olds hold up the bunny ears sign in every picture?!?!

Holiday happenings!

Whew- there is so much going on this month and its not even over! Earlier this month, we headed to Sedona for our annual trip to the Red Rock Light Display- my favorite family event! Unfortunately, our camera was showing an error message all night so we have no pictures. We all had a great time walking around with our hot cocoas deciding which display was our favorite.

We then headed to my parents house to celebrate Christmas a little early. They are in Idaho with my sister's family for the holidays this year. The girls were all for opening up gifts a little early this year!




*Julia and Bella LOVE to color. When we unpacked all the toys at our new house, Bella was most excited when we found the box with the crayons and papers! Ron also loves to color and they love coloring together. I hope they inherit Chet and Ron's artistic ability and not mine.

We also attempted to get our Christmas card photo taken. With 3 kids (one baby and one active 4 yr old), it was not easy but turned out well.




*This one makes me laugh. It is the only one that Camille was smiling in -she was ready but apparently the rest of us didn't get her memo! )


Camille is now crawling! It is so cute to see her learn new things each day and to realize that she is no longer confined to one spot. Just in time to spot the Christmas ornaments! For some reason, she has a favorite ornament and I will be surprised if it survives the season. Yes, I know I can just move up all the ornaments but my to do list these days is just too long! :)





Julia had her holiday recital at school. She loved getting dressed up in Christmas dress and performing. I love watching my these recitals and cannot wait until we have 2 in school next year!


Friday, December 18, 2009

~ Happy birthday Bella ~

Happy, happy birthday to my little sweet potato ( nickname from a book we read together)!! I can't believe you are 5 already! You make my heart melt and you make me laugh everyday, that is why you are so special. We all love you so much!