Merry Christmas... I figured I better do this tonight because I know I won't be able to move my arms tomorrow after knocking Troy out in boxing all day! :) We got a Wii for Christmas and that thing is a work out! We spent all day playing baseball, bowling, tennis, and boxing. It was is so much fun! We had a really nice Christmas day. It was just the four of us this year and we hung out and played most of the day. Then of course I took down all my Christmas stuff and we went out to eat! :) My kind of Christmas! But it was a great time and we all had a lot of fun. The girls loved everything Santa brought them. We are looking forward to going to Gammer and Bumpa's house tomorrow. I hope everyone had a great Christmas!

8:00 am! I couldn't believe how late they slept!

Rudy is right there in the thick of things.

She is such a nut!

Santa didn't forget about Rudy.

Sharpay hair! That was a big hit!

Punker and Daddy.

Sharpay and Gabriella!

Allison riding down the hall on her new skateboard.

This was probably Allison's favorite gift. She played with it on and off all day.

Allison and Mommy boxing! She was pretty darn good.

She had that swing down pat! She even hit a few homeruns!

Playing baseball with Daddy.

Christmas Eve... We had a busy Christmas Eve this year! It started out with an unexpected trip to the grocery store when I went to make the lasagna and realized I never bought the cheese! Ugh. Granddaddy Keith and Uncle Trevor came over for a late lunch and to exchange gifts. Then it was time to get ready to head out to church. The girls were in the Christmas play so we had to be there by 5:00. They looked so cute as angels! Then we came back home and did the last day on the Advent calendars, opened up one gift, put out the reindeer food and Santa's cookies, tracked Santa on Norad, and headed off to bed!

Decorating cupcakes this morning. Anne was a bit of brat all day long. She got sent to her room about 5 minutes after this picture was taken.

Opening gifts from Granddaddy and Uncle Trevor.

Family shot!

See Anne's face? Get used to it. You will see it a lot in the pictures from today.

Okay everybody smile! Isn't this FUN??

My angels! :)

Waiting for their big part!

Oh imagine that! Anne with a crabby face AGAIN!




We stopped for icees on the way home! Check out those red lips!

The last day for the Advent calendar.

Opening their one Christmas Eve gift.

Huh! Crabby again. She knew it was clothes as soon as she picked it up. Seriously, she is like a moody, crabby 13 year old stuck in a 7 year old's body. One minute she is great and the next minute you want to smack her into next week.

Spongebob jammies! At least Allison seemed excited about them!

I believe Anne was getting sent to her room once again here. Christmas is FUN!

Cookies and pictures for Santa!

Tracking Santa! They both jumped into bed as soon as they saw he was heading up to Mexico! We ended the night on a good note and everyone is so excited about to Christmas tomorrow! Merry Christmas Everyone!

Happy Birthday Candy... The girls went out to celebrate our dear friend Candy's birthday on Thursday! We had such a good time. It was nice to take some time out of this crazy week and have a few drinks, some yummy food, and lots of laughs! I hope you had a great birthday Candy!

The birthday girl!

Shalane and Nora.

Toni, Candy, and I with our matching lip gloss! :)

What?

The girls!

Winter Wonderland in St. Augustine... We had a good time on Friday down in St. Augustine at the Winter Wonderland. They had ice skating (or water skating since the rink was melting like an inch a minute), sleigh rides, and "snow"!

Allison and I skating on the pond. There must have been a good 2 inches of water in places on that rink. I'm not sure when they will realize you really can't have an ice skating rink outside in Florida.

This was right before Traci and I wowed the crowd with our triple sau cow and double axles.

The girls being silly!

The sleigh ride.

Anne and her Bopper. She adores that kid!



Mike and Joan keeping an eye on all the kids.

Having a snack and watching Pink Panther on the big screen.

It's SNOWING! Well actually it was just a bunch of suds blowing out of the ceiling. Little do the girls know that I could blow that crap around our kitchen every night for free. They would think they had died and gone to Minnesota.

Waiting and hoping just 2 more flakes will blow their way.

More Christmas happenings... The girls are out of school this week and we have had a busy few days with fun Christmas activities! I'm worn out already!

We went over to Holly and Bop's house to play and exchange gifts. From the look on Anne's face, I think she really liked something that Allison got!

Getting all 4 of them to look and smile is just about impossible!

We had our playgroup Christmas party this week too. Poor Anne came down with her annual "Christmas time stomach bug" and had to miss out on the fun. Allison and I only stayed long enough to drop off our gift for Toys for Tots and have a quick visit with Santa but she had a good time!
Our toy collection.

Telling Santa she wants a Princess skateboard. WHAT? Since when? I was waiting for Santa to say something like "Well you know, the elves have pretty much wrapped things up for this year already"... but no such luck.


Cameron and Dylan came over for a playdate and to exchange gifts with the girls. The 4 of them have the best time together.

And finally, Troy and I had a nice time at dinner with our dear friend Ed and his crew at the country club. The food was so good and the atmosphere was very festive! It's always a fun time with Ed!