Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Happy Sweet 6th Birthday!



It is hard to believe how fast the year has gone and it has been such an exciting year for Miss Abigail. This year she has learned to ski, learned to swim, learned to ride her bike without training wheels, and learned to read. Plus she started Kindergarten. What an fun year!! It has been so much fun watching her grow and mature and progress. As hard as it is to see her grow up, it is equally as joyful to watch her become a wonderful girl. She is sweet as can be, but definitely knows what she wants and makes it known. She is a fashion diva and has a very good sense of style. I am ever so thankful she has grown out of her "I will only wear my Dora pajamas" and her "I will only wear dresses that spin" stages. She will actually let me pick out what she will wear and now she is only particular about her hair. She lets me know how many ponytails, if she wants it straightened or curled or wavy, etc etc.

Abby is a perfect middle child. Heavenly Father definitely knew what he was doing when he put her in between Britton and Maycee. She is a pleaser, peacemaker, and loving sister. She is a great example for Maycee and Maycee just loves Abby. My favorite moments are when they go in their room, shut their door and play pretend for hours. They love to play house, preschool, and lately I have heard them playing "young women" Love it.

Abby has adjusted well to the life of a Kindergartner. She has taken particular interest in being a friend to a special needs girl in her class. This just warms my heart. Abby always reports to me each day things she did to be nice to this little girl.

Abby loves her music. Her favorite channel is CMT. She would watch music videos all day if I let her. She LOVES Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood. Lately, we can hear her singing Mine, Haunted, and Speak Now from TS new album.

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

They say the funniest things

Today Maycee said to me out of the blue, "Mom, why does Jesus have girl hair?"

Friday, December 10, 2010

Love This Time of Year


This is a pose Britton does about 100 times a day. He is air pitching.

Abby setting up the Nativity.

Maycee gracefully putting on the star!

I love decorating for Christmas! It is such a fun time and brings back such fun memories of my parents getting the tree out (or even us going to pick out a real tree) and then helping decorating it. I remember stringing real popcorn with thread, and was appalled to see they actually sell fake popcorn garland (it just doesn't seem right). I just love the magical feeling of Christmas. Our kids are at fun ages~ it is so fun to try see things through their eyes. We had a fun night decorating the Christmas tree and getting out all the decorations. Everyone remembered that it was Maycee's turn to put the star on the Christmas tree. She was happy to do her job. One of the kids favorite things is to see which ornaments are theirs, they also love to remind me how old I am when they say, "Mom, look this ornament is yours and its from 1985!!"