Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

We had our ward party last night and we had such a great time. The girls got to sit on Santa's lap and were able to tell him what they wanted for Christmas.

After we ate dinner the primary children got ready to perform the nativity. The girls dressed up as angles and the boys were shepherds. Even though Hailey isn't technically a sunbeam yet she really wanted to participate so I let her.

Here is the whole primary singing their final song with us. Hailey tried really hard to sing even though she didn't know the words to most of the songs. She was so well behaved and fit in perfectly with all the primary kids. We are really going to miss our ward here in Irvine. We made a lot of great friends and hopefully we will be able to visit them whenever we make it back to California.

Peyton's Award

Peyton received an award at school on Friday for having a positive attitude at school. Her teacher chose 5 students that she felt showed a positive attitude and then their classmates wrote nice things about each of them. Her teacher read them out loud and that is what the video at the end of this post is. Peyton was so excited to get the award since she is leaving Woodbury next week. It was perfect timing by her teacher. We are really proud of Peyton. She is such a great girl.

Peyton's First and Last Basketball Game

Peyton really wanted to play basketball this season so we signed her up with the local basketball league. She had her first practice and game last Saturday and she really enjoyed playing. She did manage to get her 2 times and came off the court crying but after a few minutes she always got back on the court. Unfortunately she won't be able to play in anymore games because we are moving to Arizona next Saturday. The move was kind of sudden but at least she got to play in one game.

Hailey really wanted to play too so she went behind the bleachers and found another friend to play with. She had a great time.

Happy Thanksgiving and Happy 30th Birthday!

We went to Arizona for Thanksgiving weekend and we were able to do lots of fun things with both my family and Ryan's family.

On Thanksgiving morning me, my mom, sisters, and sister in law all went to a water aerobics class that Ryan's sister, Ashley, was teaching at her gym.
Later that day we had Thanksgiving dinner at my parent's house and it was delicious. Thanksgiving was also my birthday but we decided to celebrate another day since we were already busy with so many other things.

The day after Thanksgiving the girls, my mom, and I put up my mom's Christmas tree and decorated it. The girls had a lot of fun putting on the decorations.

Later that weekend we spent time at Freestone Park with my family. Hailey went on the Carousel with Uncle Andrew.

Peyton went on the carousel with Aunt Rachael and her friend Steve.

Then some of my family posed for a quick family picture at the park.

On Saturday we went to a park with Ryan's family and celebrated my 30th birthday. We had a lot of fun watching the kids play and just relaxing. We were so grateful that we were able to spend such a fun weekend with both of our families.

We are so blessed!

We finally have some really good news to post on our blog. Ryan finally passed the California State Bar so he is now officially a lawyer. We were so relieved to find out that all of his hard work finally paid off. We are so grateful that the third time was the charm and that we won't have to go find a new career. And speaking of the third time is the charm, we are also happy to announce that our third wild child is on the way and will be wreaking havoc in our home sometime in May of 2009. The girls are really excited and they are hoping it is another girl. We feel so blessed to have a job and to have another baby on the way!

Fun with Grandma and Grandpa

My parents were able to come visit us over the weekend and we had such a fun time together. The girls spent lots of time at the park (most days they were able to go 2 times) with Grandma and Grandpa. They had fun chasing Grandma around and putting her into the dungeon.

Here Hailey is following Grandma up the climbing wall. Here they are after they all made it to the top of the climbing wall.

Grandma helped the girls play checkers.

Hailey got lots of rides on Grandpa's shoulders to and from the park. She loved taking his hat off and putting it on her head.

Peyton and Grandma also had fun writing poems together. They were really silly but Peyton loved making them up. Here are just a few they made up.

Pickles are sour

Candy is sweet

Hailey loves jumping

with her great big feet!

Hailey likes to act coo coo

Peyton likes to act crazy

When they get together

the whole world is lazy.

My Grandma is wonderful

She loves us a bunch

and when she comes to visit

she takes us out to lunch.

Thanks mom and dad for making this a fun weekend.

Trick or Treat

We had such a fun Halloween and the girls were able to participate in many fun activities.

Here is a picture of the girls before Peyton went to school in the morning. Peyton was dressed as a hula dancer and Hailey was Cinderella.

Here is a picture of Peyton with her best friend Brooke. When they got to school in the morning they were able to parade around the school in their costumes and then her class had a breakfast party. Hailey and I were able to stay and help out and Hailey really enjoyed that.
That night Hailey decided she wanted to be Snow White for trick or treating time so we dressed her up and got ready to go to Aunt Natalie's house. We ate dinner over there and then went trick or treating with a bunch of Aurora's neighbors. The girls had so much fun running from house to house getting candy. Hailey always had to stop and show us what she got after each house. They were definitely worn out by the end of the night and quickly fell asleep after we tucked them into bed.