Julie's Photo Shoot

Our cousin Julie did a photo shoot with the girls.  We got some great pictures.  Thanks Julie.

Here are some of them...

Mabel and Hattie with their brand new bikes

Hattie always wants to be like Mabel

Mabel and Hattie both love James

and LoLo

Family pictures

I love this hat

I love this Hat - Grandma Grape made it for her and it is just the cutest thing ever on Hattie. 

I love the way her little curls stick out a little - so adorable!

Princess Pigs

Christmas 2011

Every year we spend Christmas Eve with Dad's family, Christmas morning by ourselves with our own little family, and Christmas Night with Mom's Family. It works out great for us. We get special time with everyone. This year was a little different because we had a few guests on Christmas morning.

We spent Christmas Eve at Lolo's house with Belly, Jeff, and Angie.

We read and acted out Luke 2

We had a yummy dinner

We opened presents

It was a very nice evening. Everyone had a great time.

We woke up early Christmas morning to spy on Santa - that was so cool!

Santa brought Mabel and Hattie both new bikes. Well, Mabel's is actually a pink pony....Mabel

wanted a pink pony for Christmas...since Santa knew that having an actual Pony would

prove difficult where she lives, he brought her a pink pony with wheels instead of hoofs. She has a beautiful saddle and lovely pink coat. She even came with an awesome pony helmet. Mabel adores her.

Hattie got a sweet black and red ride as well.

We invited Lolo and Angie to come and see Santa this year since they have never

gotten to see him before. It was fun to have them. We'll have to invite them to come again some year.

Maybe we can invite one of our grandmas each year. We'll see how that goes. (We have 5 grandmas)

On Christmas Night, we went over to Grandma Laurie's house.

Jeff and Annie blessed baby Wyatt.

We opened presents and did our ornament exchange.

We had some yummy food.

And we ate cake - we sang Happy Birthday to Grandpa and Jesus - Mabel insisted on this.

Bev sent Hattie and Mabel the most adorable pajamas. I think they are my favorite ones yet.

And the girls totally love them - they always choose to wear them.

Christmas Morning - Hattie's new Ride

Club house blocks

We made cinnamon rolls for Santa instead of Cookies

It looks like he liked them

Daddy made us all a special Christmas Morning Breakfast - it was so yummy.

 Our little Christmas Cutie trying on her new shoes - she loves them!

Christmas Tree Hunting

We took our yearly family trip to the Dold Christmas Tree Farm to pick out our Christmas Tree

This is becoming a fun family Tradition

The Wilkins Family

December Beauties

I did a quick photo shoot in our backyard after Church.

This is our Christmas Card Picture

 

I was lucky to get some good pictures quickly because it

wasn't too long before the fun began...

Shopping for a Couch

We needed a new couch - our old one was broken and the springs were starting to come through

We went as a family to shop for a new couch.  Hattie had no problem trying them all out

Finally - a Pony Ride

Mabel and Hattie have been wanting to ride a pony forever and every time we have tried,

it hasn't worked out

We took the girls to the Jelly Belly Factory and outside there just so happened to be pony rides

There was no telling these girls no - they were so excited!

Of Course the Jelly Belly Factory was a hit

We took the girls to the Oakland Temple so they could see where their parents got married