Merry, Merry Christmas!!

This Christmas, we stayed home! Since we don't technically have our own home, we were able to enjoy lots of time with all my family. We did a lot of sitting around this Christmas, since I was in too much pain to do anything else. It was very relaxing, but very uneventful!

Opening presents with the cousins! My brother and his family spent the holiday in northern California, so we swapped presents the Monday before.

Oh no, kissing cousins...

...and hugging cousins!!

Opening the one christmas eve present!!

New pajamas! Yeah!

Waiting for Uncle Nick, so the girls can come down and see the presents!

Waiting for Papa to get the video camera ready.

New Toys! The girls got a kitchen for christmas.

Sadee even got a new helicopter!!

Official Michael Weston Sunglasses!

We bought these for my brother for Christmas! If you have never seen Burn Notice on USA, you are missing out. Nick reminds us of the main character so we couldn't help it, and bought him the special sunglasses!

The Nativity Story (Joy School Style)

For Joy School, Jayla and her friends were able to learn and perform the Nativity Story. They did an amazing job. They performed at a nursing home and Jayla was the only one to sing all the songs. We, also, had a christmas party one evening so the dads could see the performance. Jayla was a Wiseman!Pointing to the star!

Let's Go to the Movies!!

My dad took my husband to a chargers game one night, and us girls couldn't stand the thought of staying home alone with the little ones! So we went and saw tangled at the movie theater!! The girls loved the show, and we just had to keep feeding Sadee snacks to keep her happy. I was in serious pain by the end of the night, but it was worth it to experience their first movie in the theaters! Glued to the screen!! This is how they looked most of the movie!!

Playing with the hands-on movie displays!!

Fashion Model in the making!

Christmas on Ice!

My mom's really good friend got us tickets to a ice skating show. The girls loved it and during the intermission, they were able to ride on the Santa train. It pays to have a hook-up with the director of the show. They had so much fun!

The girls are in the Lions carriage!

They even got clown noses.

Nana and Jayla during the show!

Sadee's First Hair cut!

My good friend, Emily, came over one day to cut my hair, and I figured I might as well get the girls' hair cut as well. Sadee really hated the experience and even sitting on my lap with candy in her mouth, she cried the entire time. So funny!!

Cute new hair-do! Too bad she refused to smile!!

Jayla sweeping up the mess! What a helper!!

Thanksgiving Break!

The plan for Thanksgiving this year was to head to Utah to spend time with Josh's family. Since I was having such a painful pregnancy, we decided it was not a good idea for me to be traveling. Josh really needed a break and wanted to spend time with his family. After finding a good deal on flights, Josh decided to take the girls to Utah for a week and give me a week off!! It was a much needed break for me, but it was hard to spend a holiday without my family. Here's a few pictures of their fun week with Daddy!!

After the kids and Josh arrived at the airport, there ended up being a flight delay by about five hours. Poor Josh's first day without my help, he was stuck in an airport with two little girls. They did an awesome job and were actually very happy playing on the floor of the waiting area.

Eating breakfast with Papa Coy while watching TV!Enjoying the snow!

Helping shovel the driveway!!

There special beds for the week. This was Sadee's first time in a big girl bed! Thanks to daddy working on this transition, I didn't have to deal with it when she got back!

Thanksgiving dinner with their cousins, Ashlyn and Carson!

They had lots of fun and stayed up way too late with these little buddies!

They even got a visit from Santa while they were in Utah!!

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Bonfire with the Besties!!

Our favorite friends, The Bullochs, came down for a family wedding in San Diego and came a spent an evening with us! It was so much fun to see them again, and we decided to break out the s'more stuff and enjoy the firepit!! The kids loved it and it was perfect night time weather.

Enjoying some of those roasted marshmallows!

Cute moms!

Painting at Joy School!

When it was my turn to teach joy school, we did pudding paintings!! For anyone who has never done this, I highly recommend it! The kids loved it and they get to eat a sweet treat in the process.
Sadee probably put more pudding in her mouth than on the paper!

The funniest part of this day was this little boy on the right. He could not understand the idea of getting dirty and would only put one finger in his pudding. he kept repeating over and over again, "I don't think I can do this, I just don't think I can do this." Notice his friend has covered his hands and his paper in pudding!!

Jayla was only proper for a minute and then she had a party!