Birthday, Christmas, New Years

I know, I am the worst blogger in the world. So I'll kind of catch up and throw in a bunch of pictures. Gracie turned 2 in December. She's such a princess and is the light of our lives (and Jake). She and Jake are little buddies and are starting to get quite mischievous together. The other day they filled the toilet with toilet paper and blown up balloons. It was interesting to clean up to say the least.


Dave's and my parents joined us for dinner. Pretty uneventful but fun. We were lucky to have Linzie and the kids over for Gracie's little party. We miss them so bad it hurts :(

Linz decided to cut Jared's hair at our house and was half-way through when I realized I couldn't find my hair scissors, so she used fabric scissors. She described it perfectly... "It looks like he was attacked by a flock of seagulls!"


The kids had a sleepover with Linc and Avery that night. Dave and I feel asleep around 1 a.m. to the sound of giggles. I loved it! It brought back memories of sleepovers when I was a kid. I'm not sure when they finally fell asleep, but at least they had fun.



We love the Smith family (Jared, Linzie, Avery, Lincoln and Liam). They feel closer than family to us and we are grateful to have them in our lives. Little Liam is doing great and is now crawling!!! What a miracle that little boy is. Love him!

We spent Christmas Eve with my family. It was fun to have little kids who get so excited. It was a nice relaxing evening.




I didn't get pictures of Christmas morning (I video taped instead). It was fun and the kids loved their stash. Jake found most of his presents a couple of weeks before Christmas, so he got a lot from us and only a little from Santa. Oh, well.

We spent New Years Eve with Dave's family and it was way fun (as usual). Except when we played a certain game called 'Make Me Laugh'. Everyone sits in a circle and one person is in the middle. That person does/says anything to try to get someone to laugh. If someone laughs they are then in the middle. It was hilarious! Dave's brothers and sisters are so funny and creative. Then I laughed and had to go in the middle. I just stood there for what felt like an eternity saying, "I really can't do this". I looked and felt like a total idiot. Finally Dave got up and took my place. I don't mean to be so awkward around Dave's family sometimes but I can't help it. I guess they are just funnier than me :)

We then went to the Heslop's house and played games til the wee hours of the morning. Fun, fun!!! We never have pictures of me because I'm always the one behind the camera. So I put Dave in charge of the camera this year and this is the New Years Eve picture he got. Way to go, babe!


That's about it. I'm still teaching Aerial Silks at the dance studio and I LOVE MY JOB!!! I love the girls, I love my boss, I love the silks, I love all of it. Here's some pics at the Dew Tour we performed at (so you know what I'm talking about).