Show Week

Breanne has been taking dance/gymnastics lessons at The Little Gym and she had "Show Week" yesterday where she got to show us all the routines she's been learning.

Breanne and some of her classmates playing "what time is it Mr. Fox?" (I think that's what they were saying)

Breanne doing a handstand

Finishing her ballet routine

Class Picture

P.S. I couldn't get the videos to work on here (I'm VERY upset with my computer or whatever is thwarting me!) so those to come later...maybe...

Christmas in Washington

We were able to go home for the holidays thanks to the generosity of my mom. I left on the 17th with the girls and Cameron joined us on the 22nd. When he regrouped with us we headed up to Camano Island to spend some time with his family. They just recently bought 10 acres on Whidbey Island and plan to someday build a house. We went there to play some laser tag in the woods.

And to give the kids a ride on grandpa's tractor

Cute little Kaity

I LOVE Whidbey!! We went over to Ft. Casey to play, yet, another game of laser tag before the sun set.

They look like trouble, yeah?

Light house lit up with Christmas lights

Back at grandma and grandpa's house the kiddos found new shoes. Silly kids.

Christmas Eve Christmas play. Grandpa is the donkey (fitting), Piper is Mary.

Kaity is baby jesus :)

Breanne is the angel and Benjamin is the shepherd

Christmas morning we were at my sister's house with my dad, cathy, and her daughter and boyfriend. Kaity didn't really grasp the whole ripping presents open idea. Wierd, I was SURE she would.

Uncle "DG" showing Breanne all that she can do with her new sweat pants.

Still working on the present...

Littlest pet shop

Spohia in her hip leg warmers and bow

Christmas afternoon we were back at my mom's house with my sister, DJ and Sophia.

Breanne got her very own lipsmakers chapstick. Kaity wanted to try some and Breanne graciously put it on for her.

Cameron came back on the 28th and me and the girls stayed until the morning of the 31st. We were so tired from traveling that for New Years the girls went to bed, probably before 7pm and Cam and I only lasted until 11:30pm. We did rent "Up" and let them watch that before bed.
Happy 2010, Everyone!

An Update

Over the Thanksgiving break we found a really nice hike in the Angeles National Forest.

The worst part of the hike was the fact that the first (and last) half a mile was a very steep hill. Starting was alright because it was down hill, but having to do that right at the end was brutal. I was carrying Kaitlyn in the pack because Cameron had her the whole hike in. Breanne decided that her legs were too tired to go on so Cam ended up carrying Bre on his back! By the time we got back to the car we both were pretty exhausted but it was a lot of fun.

This was our first year doing Thanksgiving ourselves. I was a bit overwhelmed at first, thinking of all the things that needed to be made but it went off without a hitch.

The day after Thanksgiving we pulled out our Christmas tree and what few decorations we have.

I thought Cam's idea to hang the stocking like that was pretty ingenious.
So, now we are looking forward to our trip home for Christmas. The girls and I will be leaving on the 17th and not returning until the 31st. Cameron only has the 22nd-28th off so he will only be with us for part of our trip. I'm excited to pull out the winter hats and winter jackets and to really feel some cold weather for just a couple weeks and then back to the wonderful Southern Cali winter weather.
For presents this year, we are crafting all of them. This is more of a warning to my immediate family then anything else.