Day 9

On the 9th day of the 24 days of Christmas the girls got Christmas socks to wear to Disneyland.
And thanks to Grandma Ferrell they also had matching Christmas shirts to wear. They looked so cute.

Disneyland was a lot of fun and Alexis did okay. She didn't love not being able to walk around whenever she wanted but she did like some of the rides. Here she is on the tea cups with Peyton.

Here we are on Pirates of the Caribbean. I'm not sure Alexis liked this one very much.

She did love Casey Jr. Circus Train. She was smiling the whole time.

Peyton enjoyed it too.

Of course Alexis' favorite thing at Disneyland was feeding the ducks. She would have stayed here for hours.

Peyton loved hanging out with her cousins Aurora and Makenna. She doesn't get to see them very often so she was happy to have a little time with them.

What great posers they are.

The carousel was not their favorite ride but it filled in the time they were waiting for the rest of the family to be done with their ride.

At the end of the night Peyton made me go on California Screamin 2 times in a row and it made me sick. Then Hailey insisted that I go on the Tower of Terror with her because she had never gone on it (neither had I). I reluctantly agreed and I closed my eyes the whole time. That is definitely not my kind of ride. I was ready for bed after that.

Day 8

On the 8th day of the 24 Days of Christmas the girls got Christmas travel bags for our trip to California. We are leaving today to go to Disneyland with Ryan's family. The girls are so excited and I am just praying Alexis does well on the car ride and doesn't try to run away too many times at Disneyland. Wish us luck at the "Happiest Place on Earth".

Day 7

On the 7th day of the 24 Days of Christmas the girls made Christmas cards for our family members who won't be with us for Christmas this year. I bought a Christmas card kit for $3 at Walmart and it had everything they needed to make cute cards. The girls had a lot of fun doing this.

Day 6

On Day 6 we went to visit "Holiday Mountain" at the Val Vista Lakes Clubhouse. We have driven past this for many years but have never stopped to see the whole thing. So I decided this was the year to do it. The girls enjoyed looking at all the lights and it was so pretty to see the lights reflecting off the pool and lake. Alexis enjoyed running around the whole time since we were the only family there to see the lights at that time.

My cute little family.

Day 5

On day 5 we had a few extra surprises that weren't planned but they sure added to the fun. After church on Sunday my mom called and asked us if now was a good time to help put up her Christmas tree and decorate it (we do it for her every year and we look forward to it). Of course we said yes and drove right over to her house. The girls love putting up my mom's ornaments and they were so excited because my mom let them go in the attic to look around.

Here is the finished product (we did not invite Alexis to help this time).

After we finished decorating the tree Peyton invited my parents to come over to our house for our special candlelight dinner that was planned for Day 5 of the 24 days of Christmas. They accepted and drove on over. Here we are about to start our delicious meal.

It was fun to have my parents there to enjoy some of our traditions with us. After we ate my dad took the girls to see the Christmas lights down the street while my mom helped me clean up. Then they came back and played "Go Fish" with Grandpa. They had a great time. Alexis had a great time dancing with my mom to her favorite Christmas song "Jingle Bell Rock".

What a perfect ending to a fun day.

Day 4

On Day 4 of our 24 Days of Christmas we went through the girls closet and gathered up all the toys they no longer love and donated them to DI. The girls were really good about giving things that weren't just junk and Peyton really was in to it.

Day 3

On Day 3 we followed another tradition of ours which is decorating gingerbread houses. We invited Ryan's sister Ashley and her family to join us. I made a delicious dinner (okay so it was frozen pizza but I did make a wonderful salad with chicken for the adults) and then we got to decorating.
Peyton enjoyed decorating her house but she really enjoyed licking the icing.

Hailey wasn't in to eating the icing but she did enjoy eating the mini m&m's that were in the kit.

Poor Alexis was sent to spend the evening watching Santa dance to "Jingle Bell Rock". She loves this Santa and wants to turn him on constantly. He shakes his hips while singing and she shakes her hips along with him. It is absolutely adorable. She definitely has rhythm and she didn't get that from me or Ryan (Aunt Ashley thinks Alexis got it from her).

Here are the 3 houses all finished (if you look closely you can see Alexis shaking her hips in the background!).

Didn't they turn out cute.