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Dec

journey to bethlehem

Categories: Asher, Ella and Rilyn

This is the third year we have made ‘the journey to Bethlehem’. The girls look forward to it each year and Rilyn said it is our ‘tradition’ now. This year, we stayed close and went to a local church. (Last year we went to Burnet.)
Ella said afterward, ”I closed my ears when King Herod was talking because he is a bad king!” Asher loved all the animals there. Rilyn hung on every word that was said during the ‘journey’ and said, “I had SO MUCH FUN tonight!”
I didn’t get ‘the shot’ tonight which was the girls kneeling in front of the nativity scene, but I have a good excuse. They used a real baby for Jesus, and I didn’t want to bother the baby with my bright flash who was being rocked gently to sleep.

Listening to King Herod

Our ‘guide’ asking the inn keeper where Mary and Joseph were staying

one of the shepherd boys

This donkey is only 4 months old!

I think the goat liked Asher too!

Nov

lights! camera! hold very still!!!!

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Categories: Asher, Ella and Rilyn

On a whim, (hence the play clothes they have on), I decided to take the kids’ pictures in front of our house tonight. (Yes, they are wearing flip flops and shorts and it is almost December. And tomorrow it will be freezing, go figure Texas weather.) In order to get these shots, the kids had to hold very still because I didn’t want to use the flash. I can’t wait to see more houses with Christmas lights up, so get yours up! By the way, I received our first Christmas card today! 🙂

Asher is in love with our lights!

Nov

decorating

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Categories: Asher, Ella and Rilyn

Yesterday we decorated my parents tree for Christmas! I’m so excited that the Christmas season is finally here! Every year it gets more fun with the kids getting older!

Ella’s turn to put the star on their tree!

The girls decorating

Asher

We decorated our house today, but I didn’t take any pictures. I will, however, get a shot of our front yard soon because James did a great job of lighting it up! We have the music box lights so they blink according to the rhythm of the Christmas music being played. Asher wanted to stay outside all night when James showed him. It was so fun to see the kids faces as they danced around the yard-like a musical Christmas wonderland!

Nov

favorite photos from Thanksgiving

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Categories: Asher, Ella and Rilyn

We had a wonderful holiday! Here are some of my favorite photos!

Thanksgiving dinner at my house with James’ family

Rilyn and Asher

Uncle Ben with Busta (who ran into a table and busted his head)

Rilyn and her beautiful Aunt Mandy, James’ sister

Thanksgiving dinner at my parent’s house

Asher and his cousin, Caden

Nov

Happy Thanksgiving!

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Categories: Ella, photography and Rilyn

I took the kids for our annual fall foliage pictures today in Temple. Asher didn’t make it out because he was misbehaving earlier and had to take a nap at my mom’s house. 😦

Nov

saturday crafts

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Categories: Ella and Rilyn

I have been wrapped up in buying things for the Thanksgiving table lately, since for the first time in Austin, we are hosting Thanksgiving for James’ family. Gold chargers, brown table runner, off white table cloth, my off white china…I want to buy cloth napkins too, but then I would HAVE to buy napkin rings, right? 🙂 It has been really fun to ‘dress’ the table and I’m looking forward to the finished product on Thursday. One thing I knew we needed was place cards, and as much as I wanted to make fancy looking, ‘sophisticated’ ones that I see on so many of the craft blogs, I knew the girls would enjoy making them and it would add a personal touch to our table. So, out came the craft scissors, special gold pen, stickers, and buttons (that was Rilyn’s request). The girls were busy in their room for awhile. Ella got to make 6 and Rilyn 6. Ella came out with her 6 and here is an example of one:

Oma won’t mind her turkey standing up right?

When I asked Ella why she taped the button on when they have glue in their room, she reminded me that she can’t use glue until December because she glued pink paper to her door a few weeks ago. Oh yeah, oops! I guess I have two rule-followers in the family, (well plus me, so three, and we are pretty certain Asher is NOT a rule-follower!)

Here is the evidence of that past event where Ella got on ‘glue restriction’

hot pink paper+glue stick+door=residue that won’t come off

And I have no clue why she thought gluing paper to a door was okay.

Rilyn made an another craft today with her Wikki Stix. She put this on our kitchen cupboard, isn’t is cute?

gobble gobble!

Nov

melting moments

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Categories: Rilyn

Rilyn brought this home from school today. Melted my heart.

Nov

how do you decorate for Thanksgiving?

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Categories: Ella and Rilyn

Rilyn wanted me to get some feathers because she is planning on doing a Thanksgiving skit this year for our family when they come to visit. When I bought them for her though, somewhere plans changed in that creative mind of hers. Yesterday, Rilyn and Ella started bringing out their ‘friends’ after being in their room for awhile. I was informed that they were ‘decorating their room for Thanksgiving’ and everyone had to wear Indian hats.

I had the girls line up all the animals, figurines, toilet paper roll Indians, and even the giant Barbie head for a picture!

After I took the picture, Ella wanted to look in my camera to see which ones smiled! She said, “Barbie had a good smile.” 🙂

Nov

cheer banquet

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Categories: Rilyn

Rilyn had her cheer banquet on Sunday night. Of course, the highlight of the night was receiving a trophy!

*Rilyn was very distraught of wearing the dress she wore. As we were walking in, she told me it looked like she was wearing “pajamas.” She said all the other girls had pretty clothes on. You can see in the picture that most girls are shopping at Justice these days. My little girl is growing up and doesn’t want me, (or should I say grandma!) to shop at Gymboree anymore!

She got to sit at the flag cheer table. No parents allowed!

Her cheer trophy with her name on it!

Oct

Rainbow Rilyn

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Categories: Rilyn

For Halloween this year, Rilyn wanted to be Strawberry Shortcake, but I could not find a costume in her size. So, I tried to come up with an idea that I knew she would love-Rainbow Brite! Now she didn’t even know who that was, but she did love the costume because it was full of rainbow colors! And, to make it even more fun, my mom ordered the doll they make nowadays. It’s not the old school one that I had, but it will do, and she was more than happy! Unfortunately, Rilyn had strep throat, and had to sit Halloween out this year. She did, however, get dressed up, (subconsciously because I think she knew how much mommy wanted pictures of her! I promise I did not tell her to get dressed up so I could take pictures!)