elf on the shelf {week 2}

the week started off with girls night! you know the usual, talk about boys and

painting nails. maybe a game or two of truth or dare??

next it was off to the computer.

twinkle felt a little creative and decied to draw a picture.

hers is the blue snowman in the middle. the girls added theirs

later that day. kailey is on the right and charis is on the left.

too cute!

i guess twinkle got a little hungry! off to the pantry she went

to get a snack! 

then up above the microwave. my is she all over the place!

then to end the week, into the vase she sat.



weve been having a great time with twinkle!

cant wait to see what shes upto this week!

Gingerbread Houses!

well here we are!  tee hee.... well the Metcalfs and us Baysingers 

all got together to make Ginger bread Gram cracker houses for FHE.

here you can see Belle working on the foundation of one of the houses.

hard at work Belle, you build that house!!

even miss Janey Weakland was there! she brought her 

granddaughter Tinley, and they built a massive candy factory.

Charis with her Ginger bread Gram Cracker House

a quick shot with the Daniel

and 

Kailey with her Ginger Bread Gram Cracker House.

we had a good time! hope those Metcalfs did too!

{pretty sure they did ;)}

we sure do love Christmas! 

Daddy Daughter Dance

so this year we all know that kailey has started school.

 well the school was putting on a Daddy Daughter Dance. 

so we buy tickets for the fun evening.

well when the day approaches, boyd is sick and so we call 

uncle Gage, who is way awesome and agreed to take 

kailey to her dance.

then as it got closer to time for the dance, kailey decided she didnt want to go.

so Charis happily jumped in at the opportunity to go to the dance with

uncle gage.

so here they are ready to go to the Daddy Gage Daughter Charis Dance.

dont they look cute?

thanks again Gage! youre awesome!

ELF on the SHELF!

 this year we started doing "elf on the shelf ". i have been thinking of doing this for a long time and i have decided that this is the year to start! the girls are at the right age for them to understand it and for it to be fun!

although trying to find the elf was so much fun.....

after going to 3 different targets, i finally found one. it was the LAST one the 3rd target had...

 WHEW!

so meet our elf! her name is twinkle! { the girls picked it out }

for those of you  who dont know what the elf on the shelf is, its a fun little tradition you should think of starting. FIRST you "adopt" {aka buy} your elf. they come in boy and girl! { skirt sold separately!}

SECOND you read the cute little story that comes with your elf. essentially its the rules of how to use your elf. for more info go http://www.elfontheshelf.com/

THIRD every morning the kids get to wake up and find where the elf has gone to next!

its so much fun! the girls are excited every time they find where twinkle has gone!

here are some pictures of the spots twinkle has been this last week! 

DAY 1

DAY 2

DAY 3

DAY 4

DAY 5

DAY 6

we love our elf and cant wait to see where else she goes after her trips to Santa each night!

stay tuned for more Twinkle adventures!

Santa baby!

here is this years santa picture! 

the girls go get their picture taken with Santa every year with my mom. 

its a fun tradition they look forward to!

this year Charis had "Jasper" the frog from her preschool class......

 hence the stupid frog and piglet in the picture.

other than that, pretty cute picture dont you think?

daddy daughter date - {kailey 11/27/2012}

Kailey and Boyd had their first daddy daughter date a week ago. dont they look cute? anywhoo they went to organ stop pizza and had a fun time! first of many to come!

it's Christmas time!!

this is the family tree. the girls and Boyd get to decorate this tree. ;) it has our hodge-podge of mix matched ornaments. you know the ones the girls get to take when they move out and the ones Boyd made as a child. its a fun tree that has a special spot in our hearts.

now this is MY tree. its a lot more gorgeous in the dark with just the tree lights on but i couldnt get a good picture so here you go. 

just a few of the cute ornaments on my tree... my fave is the deer! 

and of course the stockings all hung with care, too bad i dont have a chimney to hang them on....maybe one day.

the only way to wipe the floor

after arriving home from our wonderful trip to disneyland, we did some cleaning. kailey's chore was to wipe down the floors. still being in the spirit of disney she was overcome with song! shes so cute!



Disney Trip 2!

 DAY ONE

Here we are! we are on our way!

the girls were all geared up watching movies to make the trip seem not so long. Thank goodness for technology!

When we first arrived we headed strait to TOONTOWN! Roger Rabbits Wild Ride was the first of many rides at disney.

then after a ride on GADGETS GO COASTER we stoped for a visit to Chip and Dales tree house.

then off to MICKEY MOUSES' HOUSE we went!

had to take a few messages...

and help mop up before we got to see the big cheese!

after a quick hello to mr. mouse we headed of to see MINNIE MOUSE!

after TOON TOWN we ran in to MERIDA. she was super cute and not to metion her little bear cub brothers!

SPACE MOUNTAIN!! yes charis was tall enough!! yay!

then SPLASH MOUNTAIN! i just love charis' face, she is so cute! and kailey too!

our {charis and kailey} first ride!

second...

and third in a row!! yep thats right, didnt have to get off once! yehaw!!

DAY 2

off and on our way to CALIFORNIA ADVENTURE.

please let us in!

please?

let us in! let us in!

here we are waiting for the park to be "offically opened." we got right up front next to the rope! woo go us! the girls and i were waiting to get in while boyd was in line for the fast pass for cars land racers. let me tell ya if you dont want to end up waiting 90 mins to get on get in line for the fast pass asap! first thing otherwise you wont get one. they run out of fastpasses by 1030 and the park doesnt open until 10! i mean it! fast passes are gone for the WHOLE DAY!

a quick stop at cars land for a quick picture.

here we are waiting for the TOWER OF TERROR! Chairs was a little nervous, but kailey got to ride it last time so she knew what was coming.

super fun! the TOWER OF TERROR is my absoslute favorite ride!!

CARS LAND RACERS! isnt it beautiful??! they did a great job, dont you think?

too bad you cant see the girls, next time we will have to make them sit in the back so they can be seen in the picture.

then after we rode cars, we went to lunch at the STORY TELLERS CAFE.

after lunch off to see the ALADDIN play in the HYPERION THEATRE

we had tons of fun at cali adventure!

DAY 3

we spent the third and final day at DISNEYLAND. we rode the MARK TWAIN for the first time. i know its crazy considering how many times i have been to disney that i havent been on the mark twain... oh well get over it. ;)

then boyd and the girls went over to TOM SAWYER ISLAND. { i dont enjoy the island like boyd so i went off and got a yummy treat!}

after the island we met up at the HAUNTED MANSION!

they were nice enough to let us sneak in the back to get these awesome pictures!

at the end of the day we rode splash mountain a few more times :)

to end the day we ate at boyd's favorite resturant the BLUE BAYOU!

charis was too tired to even eat! it had been a long day full of fun!

THANK YOU DISNEYLAND for all the fun times and wonderful memories! we cant wait to come again!