Before Christmas

 First snowstorm

 Ashley danced at the Dicken's festival.  They had live reindeer.  This one was eating tinsel so I tried to pull it out of its mouth.  It stomped its feet and huffed at me.  I guess reindeer like tinsel.

 Ward Christmas party and Santa with Ashley, Sarah, and Bailey

 We made Snowman cupcakes

 Allison made a family of snowmen.  They were so cute no one would eat them.

Our gingerbread village.

Setting up the tree--Christmas tree that is.

 I asked Allison what she wanted to do for her birthday and she said she wanted to set up the Christmas tree....So we did.

 Maggie loves the tree.  A little too much.  She climbs it and eats it and then sleeps under it.

Allison's 17th birthday and Ashley 11th birthday. Happy Birthday girls.

 Grandma got her a very cute skirt.

 Ashley got magnetics for her birthday.  She can make some amazing things.

 She got a new purple scripture bag.

On Ashley's birthday we went to see the opening night of Allison's play so instead of cake and ice cream we had milkshakes from Chick fil A.

Ashley's friend birthday party a week before her birthday

 She loves smiley happy faces so we made smiley faced cupcakes

 They ate pizza.

 And Just danced.

 They made up skits.

 Then watched them on the ipad.

 They sang happy birthday.

 And made headbands.

 And then opened presents.  They also played apples to apples and the stomping balloon game.

She had a fun birthday party.  We had it early because it was the only time we had to do it.

Halloween

 Second annual carve-a-rama at Chuck-a-rama

 Allison and her friend dressed as Christmas elves.  They are ready for the next Holiday Season.

 Ashley finished the Harry Potter series of books and had a very fun time being Hermione.

Allison Homecoming

Allison's best friend's(Taylor) mom did her hair. It turned out beautiful and exactly what she wanted.

 Here is Taylor, Allison and Kristin after her hair was completed.

 With out going into a ton of details here is Allison's miracle dress.  It was truly a miracle how we found it.  She loved it, it was the right size and the right price.  I love feeling blessed.

 Their day activity was a hike.  They got  home at 3:00 and he was supposed to pick her up at 4:00 so we felt a little rushed but got it all done and she looked beautiful.  Then Jaxon was 45 minutes late picking her up.  So of course she texted while she waited.

 The cute couple (a little blurry).  They had 9 other couples that went with them and Allison had a lot of fun.  After the dance they went to one of the boy's houses and swam with glow sticks.  They still made it home by 11:00.

first day of school 2013 (I know it is late--we've been busy)

Allison--11th grade
Jason --8th grade
Ashley--5th grade with her smiley face back pack and her new "perfect for me" tennis shoes.

Ashley got her braces on today.

She got the traditional milkshake.  She is definitely the smiliest one of my kids to get braces.  We shall see how she feels tomorrow.