Noel

Feliz Navidad! I spent Christmas Eve with my friends Joshua and Kayla. We had a great time and took a second to pose for a matching jammy pose! How fun!

We spent Christmas morning together as a family and read about how God sent His son, Jesus, to earth as a gift, a sacrifice. In the evening we spent time with the Andersons and the Murphys. Our friends are such a blessing.

The day after Christmas we went to the park. It was a lot of fun and the weather was very enjoyable.

I just began sitting on my own. Wow! Freedom!

I went in for my 6 month check-up on Monday and weighed 17 lbs. 2.5 oz. I am 26.5 in. long. Both measurements place me in the 80th percentile!

Happy New Year!

Christmas: Happy Birthday Jesus!

Many of you know that I have developed a knack for cooking. My most recent endeavors included baking treats in celebration of the birth of Jesus. Mom and I made cookies, buckeyes, fudge, and chocolate covered pretzels.

Christmas morning was a great reminder of God's love and generosity to us. He sent His only Son to earth for us. His precious gift to us is free. We show love to one another by exchanging gifts with others...one of my favorite gifts was a crib for my babies! Thanks Grandpa Steve and Grandma Linda!

Later on Christmas I went to Caeden's grandparents' house...we sat at the kid table...alone. Daddy kept his eye on Caeden.

We capped of a great weekend by going to the park and shooting hoops. It was a great time!


I hope you all are having a great Christmas celebration! Remember the reason for the celebration.

Happy New Year to you all!

SoCal Vacation

We took a long long weekend to Southern California last week. We left on Wednesday and headed to Anaheim to go visit Disneyland.

I took a moment to pose in front of the Christmas tree at our hotel near Disneyland.

After our time at Disneyland, we headed to San Diego for the rest of the weekend. These are snapshots of my weekend!




I hope you all have a Merry Christmas! This will be my first one.

Latest Journeys

"Following the Star" at Chaparral Christian Church. We met up with the Murphy family to take a journey to Bethlehem. I learned that a prophet told about the coming of the Messiah...Herod did not like what he heard...The shepherds were watching their flocks when an angel appeared bearing the of a Savior's birth...That the innkeeper had no room at the Inn...Wise men traveled a long distance to bring gifts to the Christ Child...And that night, in a stable, Mary gave birth to a baby son and they called him Jesus!

We headed over to the Los Angeles area to go visit Mickey and Minnie at Disneyland.





After a great time at Disneyland, we headed to San Diego to round out the trip. I got to see my good friend Daisy. We had a great time.








Merry Christmas!

Update

Family and Friends,

I am on a little vacation with my family. I will be sure to update you next Wednesday with lots of fun!

Love,


Olivia

Overdue

Family and Friends,

I am on a little vacation with my family. I will be sure to update you next Wednesday with lots of fun!

Love,

Ella

Keeping Up

Here are some photos from this last week. I wanted to show off my smiling face. People are saying I look a lot like Ella. We'll have to do one of those side-by-side photos from roughly the same age to see what we can come up with.

I spent some time trying to keep up with my sis. She had a big tea party with Mommy and me. She is full of energy and can be rather loud, but I love to watch her antics. She makes me laugh.


I hope your Christmas season is full of joy and love!