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GIRL!!

We'll be welcoming a little girl to our family in March... :) Yay!

Holiday Wish List- Giveaway!!

Mama’s Holiday Wish List Meme

TodaysMama  and GameStop are giving away a sleighful of gifts this holiday season and to enter I’m sharing this meme with you.

1. What is your holiday wish for your family? That we are all happy and healthy!!

2. What is your Christmas morning tradition? We wait till the kids come in and wake us up (They like to sleep in which is FABULOUS!!), we kneel for family prayer and then wait while Dad turns on the Christmas lights and gets the camera ready!! :)

3. If you could ask Santa for one, completely decadent wish for yourself, what would it be? I would like a day out for myself - manicure, pedicure, lunch at Atlanta Bread with a stop in Barnes and Noble to browse!!

4. How do you make the holidays special without spending any money? It's all about TIME! We spend a lot of time together, enjoying each other's laughter.

5. What games did you play with your family growing up? We played Marbles, Chinese Checkers, Tag- the basics!

6. What holiday tradition have you carried on from your own childhood? We kept the tradition of giving a 'Santa's Elves' present of pajamas that they open on Christmas Eve.

7. Where would you go for a Christmas-away-from-home trip? We'd definitely head to Utah to see all of our extended family!!

8. Check out GameStop  and tell us, what are the three top items on your GameStop Wish List this year? Wow!! It's so hard to pick!! We'd love Just Dance 2, Super Mario All Stars, U Draw Studio and a bunch of DS games! Anything LEGO is super fun!! 

Partying with Friends!

We had a little Pizza party for Jillian and some of her friends. They ate mini pizzas, played with a room full of balloons and ate pink strawberry cupcakes. It was crazy and super fun!!

She has such fun friends!!

She got some awesome gifts!!

Still can't believe she's FIVE!! :)

Playing!

Jilli loves to play up in her bedroom while the kids work on their schoolwork. She has a huge imagination and I love watching her play. I snapped these photos of her playing with her Dora legos. Of course, she has to wear sequins while she plays... :)

Jilli's Fifth Birthday!

Jillian turned FIVE!! We had a little family party for her. She wanted Chris' Mac-n-cheese and green beans for dinner. Then while that was settling... She opened her presents. Then we ate delicous Strawberry Jello cake with whipped cream and strawberries! Yummy! It's hard to believe that she is five! She is so sweet and we're so lucky to have her in our home!!

Dinner time!

Presents!!

Legos!! So she can play with the big kids!

Two dollars from Grandma J!

A zhu zhu pet ball!

Ready for CAKE!!

Make a wish!!

Halloween Party!

On the Saturday of Halloween weekend, we were invited to a fun costume party at our friend's home. We all dressed up with the kids picking different costumes from our costume box. Jilli was a cheerleader, Miah was a cat burglar, Jess was a Samba dancer, Chris was a rockstar and I was a teacher!! :) The food was fabulous and we loved hanging out with all our friends! Great night!

Halloween 2010

Halloween 2010! Jillian was a kitty cat. Jeremiah was a Jedi. Jessica was a princess. We went to a fun party with all the kids from our homeschool group. It was very well-planned and a whole lot of fun. The kids all had to bring a book that related to their costumes. They played some fun party games and we ate delicious Halloween cupcakes!
After Chris got home from work, we went out trick-or-treating in our neighborhood. It was a beautiful night. We only got scared a couple of times by teens or dads dressed up and jumping out at us at a few houses. We got oodles of candy and came home to watch "How to Train Your Dragon" before finally going to sleep!

Nap with Daddy

I snapped these photos a few weeks ago when Chris and Jilli were taking a little catnap together! So sweet!!