Zoo and My Girls' Favorite Hangout

Last week we took the girls to the zoo since Chad was off of work. They got to feed the giraffes.

Lydia was not sure about that long tongue coming at her so she let Grandpa do it. We went into Sophie's favorite area at the zoo to color..

And we came across Mildred who did some tricks for us and let the girls pet her...

Apparently she does shows on stage for kids at the zoo. I didn't even know you could train chickens. It was a fun day and the girls always love going there.

We got really lucky with two girls who love each other so much. They just love being together and they get sad if they are apart. Now that Sophie decided she wants to sleep up on the top bunk the bottom bed has become their favorite place to hang out together and read books...

Lets just hope they continue to like to spend time with one another. For now I am just enjoying every minute.

My Little Sunbeam Baker

Sophie is now officially a Sunbeam! It is so crazy to think she is in primary now. She is so excited to be a sunbeam and is always telling me "Mom I'm a sunbeam now!" She cant wait to go up on stage and sing. She has wanted to do that for awhile now. Hopefully Mothers Day will come quickly for her. On Sunday I asked her if I could take a picture of her for her first day as a sunbeam. She immediately said "OK!" and jumped on the couch...

She has fully enjoyed her baking set from Santa and has made a little bunt cake..

And a little pumpkin pie....

Next she wants to make sugar cookies with her cookie cutters and bake them on her little cookie sheet.

Happy New Year

For New Years we had a little party at home so we could put the girls to bed. We made pizza and watched a little football. Then we pulled out our really cool volcano fire pit we got for Christmas a few years ago.

We pulled out our sparklers and the girls had a lot of fun...

Sorry I cant flip the video you just have to turn your head :)

Then we roasted some marshmallows and made some yummy smores...

Sophie lit her marshmallow on fire and did not react at all but I guess it still tasted good...

Lydia fully enjoyed her smore and made a complete sticky mess of herself...

We then celebrated our New Year somewhere in the Atlantic and counted down at 8pm. We watched the video of the NY Ball Drop of 2010 haha. Sophie really got into it even though she didn't really know what we were counting for.

And I finished my January wreath! Ok so I'm being kind of lazy and I am just going to change out the decorations on my white wreath  because I just really love this wreath. Happy New Year everyone!!!

Christmas!

Be prepared for a long post. Chad has been off work this whole week and I haven't been on the computer much.

Christmas was so much fun! On Christmas eve when Chad got off work we went and got slushies. (I know weird but it was actually pretty warm that day). And then we randomly drove around. We ended up at the San Xavier Mission. Which was pretty fun to walk around....

On the way out there was a graveyard that was kind of creepy because all of the dirt was in mounds. I am not sure why they did it that way.

We headed to Brad and Becca's for a fun filled Christmas Eve party! I made some eggnog cookies for dessert.

These were really yummy. I found the recipe here.
We played minute to win it games which was fun and hilarious! I will have to get the videos from my brother. Sophie loved it. she had a tissue box tied to her bum that had 8 balls in it and she had to dance to get all of the balls out in one minute. She really enjoyed shaking her booty.

Then we got a surprise knock on the door....and Santa had dropped off a bag of goodies for everyone...

He even filled out the tracking tags for us. Just thought I would share mine...

I'm not trying to brag...really I just thought it was funny. Sophie got a cute mini baking set. Which she has already made a mini cake and pumpkin pie. I will post those later. Lydia got a fun new music toy, Chad got doodle dice, and I got got a brand new glass pitcher! I was excited because the one I really liked broke and it ended up being the same one! Thank you Mom!!...I mean Santa!
We had so much fun and even did fireworks in the backyard. It was pretty late so we headed home and set out cookies and milk for santa. Sophie needed some help getting up in the morning..

We went out and saw that Santa had enjoyed our treat...

The girls were excited about their presents from Santa....

It was fun watching them open their presents. They both really got into it.

Chad got some tools for his future 1929 Station Wagon...

And I got some cute new clothes from my wonderful husband!

Then we got ready for church and enjoyed dinner at my parents. It was a fun Christmas and Sophie is already asking how many more times she has to go to bed before Christmas comes again.



Winter Haven

Wednesday night we went to winter haven with Grandma and Grandpa Clayton. They brought Sam and Dallin and Sophie was pretty excited.

they all rode in the wagon together and had a blast...

After awhile Lydia got the Princess treatment and was nice and cozy...

We enjoyed donuts and hot chocolate...

And Sophie and Dallin enjoyed holding hands most of the night...I think we are in trouble....

One of the houses had a really cool wishing tree.

Lydia loved all of the lights. And really enjoyed walking around.

And of course we had to find the best house there! They timed their Christmas lights and water to several Christmas songs. Here are a couple of little videos for you....

Ben's Bells

For our Christmas service project this year we decided to go and help paint beads at Ben's Bells. Sophie has been working hard to earn money to donate. She has helped fold clothes, clean out the dishwasher, mop the floor, and other things. Every time she helped she got to put a dollar in a jar. She was so excited to put the money she had earned in the donation box. She also loved painting the little flower beads..

Lydia liked to watch and really wanted to eat the paint.

They loved getting to play around the fountain too.