Dutch Wonderland Fun!

We went to Dutch Wonderland for their Winter Wonderland event.  Everyone had a great time.  It wasn't crowded, which isn't surprising since it was pretty cold.  We bundled up though and the kids got to hop on the rides multiple times with no wait.

 

 

Katie's Party #2

We helped Katie celebrate her birthday again at a party at her house. 

Katie's Giant Party

Okay so it wasn't a GIANT party, but it was at Giant! LOL  The kids really enjoyed celebrating Katie's birthday at the cooking school. 

Happy 3rd Birthday Livi!

Livi had a great 3rd birthday!  First she got a package from Daddy in the mail.  She was excited to see Kai Lan stuff.  Then Cici, Katie & Ryan came over and sang Happy Birthday with us!  What a fun day!!

Happy 1st Birthday Sara!!

We celebrated Sara's first birthday with a Barney Garden Party. Karen & Nonna (and everyone else involved) did a great job. The decorations were adorable. The cake was gorgeous. A great time was had by all! Here are some pictures of the big day:

Happy New Year 2010!

We spent New Years Eve with friends like we have done for the last few years. There were plenty of kids for the girls to play with, so they had a blast! If I didn't check on them every now and then I probably wouldn't have seen them all night!

Juli was excited to wear her "2010" glasses that she made at school. This year both girls made it midnight and were able to ring in the new year with everyone. Livi didn't make it off the block though. I think she fell asleep before I even finished buckling Juli in.

Juli fell asleep a few blocks from home. We dropped Maddie off at Cici and Uncle Joe's. Maddie rode with us so since we had some extra room. When we got home Juli woke up hysterical because she didn't get to say goodbye to Maddie and hug and kiss her. Not to mention we would see Maddie first thing in the morning at New Years Day brunch. I told Juli we would call Maddie to say goodnight as soon as we got upstairs and got Livi in her bed.

When we called, Juli was so upset and tired that she could only whisper when Cici answered the phone. Boy did we give Cici a scare. Sorry Cici! When Juli whispered "hi cic", Denise thought it was me saying "help me". I took the phone and explain what was going on. Juli finally got to say goodnight to Maddie and all was right in the world. :-)

Thankful

Happy Thanksgiving! So much to be thankful for today. Livi is recovering well from her surgery. She has hardly needed any pain medication at all. She refused to take the prescription pain medicine, in fact the one time we got it into her she threw it up. So we have been sticking to Tylenol and she hasn't needed much of that either! I really hope this is just what she needed!

We are also thankful for our family. Our family table is getting bigger every year.

This year was Sara's first thanksgiving.

And Ryan's first thanksgiving.

These three are old pros. I think we will be needing a bigger kiddie table next year.

The fam. (The dining room looks MUCH better this year! LOL )

The rest of the family.