Photo shoot for Christmas cards

We recently had the girls pictures taken for Christmas cards.....loved how they turned out...can't pick a favorite..

.none of Kendell since she wasn't being cooperative for individual shots! Love my girls so much.....

Family Vacation

A few weeks ago we surprised the girls and took them out of school for a week to go to Disneyland and the beach and visit family. It was so much fun. They had no idea where we were going. I put clues in their airplane backpacks that they got to open on the plane. They were so excited. Then when we got there they had another surprise waiting for them. My mom, sister and her little boy Christopher drove down to spend a few days with us! It was great! We did Disney/California Adventure on Monday and Tuesday. My brother John and his family also joined us on Tuesday. The girls loved it! I think Annie's favorite rides were Space Mountain and Screaming California. Madelyn's was Tower of Terror and Alyse said all of them were her favorite. However, she really wanted to ride the Matterhorn again. Kendell was a champ and loved all the little rides, especially the lady bugs, where her and Christopher and Ruby screamed their heads off. On Wednesday we relaxed at the pool for a bit then headed to John and Bev's house. It was great! We hung out with cousins, jumped on the tramp a lot, attending a few Halloween parties and hung out at the beach a few days. The weather was perfect! We couldn't have asked for a better vacation together!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!

Today was a bit crazy!!! But my girls love St. Patrick's Day. Soccer officially started today and all three girls decided to play. Luckily, when I put all the schedules on the calendar, they worked out ok. Alyse and Madelyn are on the same fields and almost the exact same times each week. Annie is all over the place, but Kurt can usually take her, so for now, it works! Kendell is a trooper and just likes being outside and eating her snacks.
We did our usually green dinner, but the girls were driving me crazy, plus I think I'm tired and worn down, so that never helps....so we did not do our "treasure" hunt.
We did do our "gold" for neighbors and friends....I filled a plastic bag with gold candy and have a note attached that says "Hey it's your lucky day, A little green leprechaun came your way to with you a Happy St. Patrick's Day!" We delivered to 14 people...the girls do it doorbell ditch style. It was so fun to watch them get all excited and anxious about someone catching them. Madelyn did the first couple but then got so scared about it that she would only go about 10 steps beyond the car and wait for Annie and Alyse to start running back and then she's hop in...they loved it! We did get caught a few times, but just laughed about it and then the girls had fun retelling the times we got caught to Kurt.