Monday, January 2, 2012
Cute apron, Brent
Brent's department at work volunteered to ring the bell for the Salvation Army at the mall this holiday season. Lucky little Ty-Bug got to go along and help spread some Christmas joy...although you might not guess that's what she was doing by this look on her face!
Sunday, January 1, 2012
December 16, 2011
Our Ward Christmas Party
Our ward served a delicious Christmas dinner this year. Many, many people came out for the festivities. After dinner was served, there were multiple musical numbers up on the stage. Tylie seemed transfixed on the singers and musicians...she sat in my lap SO still and quiet! Then, as she usually does, she found someone else's lap she would rather sit in. :)
Of course, nothing entertains kids forever. So eventually they found another way to keep themselves busy: Kaelisse crawling all over the place, and Tylie following her around laughing.
Then, of course, one of the highlights of the night was Santa Clause. One of the young girls in our ward, who absolutely LOVES Tylis and Kaelisse, asked if she could take Tylie to see Santa, and I was happy to let her fight the crowds of kids. :)
When they got close enough in line, I went up there with them to make sure Tylie wasn't too nervous about the strange man with the beard. Nothing to worry about...she had zero problem with him. I also threw Kaelisse in his lap for a second to get a picture of the two girls together. One of the ladies in the ward was taking pictures of all the kids, and I haven't gotten that one from her yet. Hopefully it's coming soon.
The night was a fun one. We always love the Ward Christmas Party.
Our ward served a delicious Christmas dinner this year. Many, many people came out for the festivities. After dinner was served, there were multiple musical numbers up on the stage. Tylie seemed transfixed on the singers and musicians...she sat in my lap SO still and quiet! Then, as she usually does, she found someone else's lap she would rather sit in. :)
Of course, nothing entertains kids forever. So eventually they found another way to keep themselves busy: Kaelisse crawling all over the place, and Tylie following her around laughing.
Then, of course, one of the highlights of the night was Santa Clause. One of the young girls in our ward, who absolutely LOVES Tylis and Kaelisse, asked if she could take Tylie to see Santa, and I was happy to let her fight the crowds of kids. :)
When they got close enough in line, I went up there with them to make sure Tylie wasn't too nervous about the strange man with the beard. Nothing to worry about...she had zero problem with him. I also threw Kaelisse in his lap for a second to get a picture of the two girls together. One of the ladies in the ward was taking pictures of all the kids, and I haven't gotten that one from her yet. Hopefully it's coming soon.
The night was a fun one. We always love the Ward Christmas Party.
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December 6, 2011
We got an email from someone in the ward about free tickets to a play, so we went. It was a musical called "Scrooge" based on "The Christmas Carol" and it was done in a little playhouse about 20 minutes from here. I thought it was such a fun little place! The stage was in the middle of the room, and there were chairs on all sides of it. The characters came and went from all of the 4 corners of the room. It almost felt like we were in the middle of their cute little town.
The view from our seats.
Waiting for the play to start.
Our family...awwwwww...
We didn't get to finish watching the whole play...it didn't start until 7:30, and it lasted more than two hours. Needless to say, we had some pretty tired kids by the time intermission rolled around. On our way out the doors, a little girl (probably about 5 years old) stopped us and said, "You know, there's still more left." So sweet. This was a fun outing for us, and I think even the girls enjoyed the dancing, singing, moving people a little bit.
We got an email from someone in the ward about free tickets to a play, so we went. It was a musical called "Scrooge" based on "The Christmas Carol" and it was done in a little playhouse about 20 minutes from here. I thought it was such a fun little place! The stage was in the middle of the room, and there were chairs on all sides of it. The characters came and went from all of the 4 corners of the room. It almost felt like we were in the middle of their cute little town.
The view from our seats.
Waiting for the play to start.Our family...awwwwww...
We didn't get to finish watching the whole play...it didn't start until 7:30, and it lasted more than two hours. Needless to say, we had some pretty tired kids by the time intermission rolled around. On our way out the doors, a little girl (probably about 5 years old) stopped us and said, "You know, there's still more left." So sweet. This was a fun outing for us, and I think even the girls enjoyed the dancing, singing, moving people a little bit.
Friday, December 30, 2011
A short break from updates...
...for some "just-because-I-love-'em" pictures:
Pictures from December
Pictures from November
Pictures from October
Pictures from December
Pictures from November
Pictures from October
....and on...
Very beginning of December...
Arlington Stake Nativity Display
Every year for many, many years, our stake has hosted a nativity display. They transform the stake center into an incredibly beautiful "museum" of nativities...usually displaying hundreds of different sets. It really was a phenoenal feat....I wish I had taken more pictures, but here are a few.
In addition to the nativities, they also had live music almost the whole time, free dress-up/photo op for families, a room with videos showing, missionaries available to answer questions, and a craft and storytime room for the kids.
Posing in front of the tree with her new ornament.
Being sweet sisters and holding still just long enough for the shutter to click.
Haha...funny looks on both faces.
The kids room had a variety of nativities that the little ones were allowed to play with. I think Tylie would have been happy sitting here all night.
We opted out of the family picture opportunity. The line was too long, and Brent and I were less than enthusiastic about playing dress-up. :)
Arlington Stake Nativity Display
Every year for many, many years, our stake has hosted a nativity display. They transform the stake center into an incredibly beautiful "museum" of nativities...usually displaying hundreds of different sets. It really was a phenoenal feat....I wish I had taken more pictures, but here are a few.
In addition to the nativities, they also had live music almost the whole time, free dress-up/photo op for families, a room with videos showing, missionaries available to answer questions, and a craft and storytime room for the kids.Tylie got a coloring book, and a craft kit to make her own Baby Jesus ornament.
The ornament never made it to our Christmas tree. Tylie played with it, took it apart, rocked Baby Jesus to sleep, etc.
The ornament never made it to our Christmas tree. Tylie played with it, took it apart, rocked Baby Jesus to sleep, etc.
Posing in front of the tree with her new ornament.
Being sweet sisters and holding still just long enough for the shutter to click.
Haha...funny looks on both faces.
The kids room had a variety of nativities that the little ones were allowed to play with. I think Tylie would have been happy sitting here all night.
We opted out of the family picture opportunity. The line was too long, and Brent and I were less than enthusiastic about playing dress-up. :) We had a really nice time, and will probably come back every year. It was really beautiful, and the spirit in the building was incredible. It was a great kick-off for the month, and helped us start to feel the spirit of the holiday season.
Thursday, December 29, 2011
....and on....and on....
The day after Thanksgiving...
Most people were out at the crack of dawn hitting all the stores for their biggest sales of the season. I hear it's totally worth the savings if you get the items you set out for, but I haven't been convinced enough to give up a couple hours of precious sleep for it....I cherish all the sleep I can get these days! So, instead of going shopping, we slept in and then took the girls on a special little outing to the Fort Worth Stockyards. This is basically a western/cowboy/Jackson-Hole-like town with little shops, a periodic gunfight show, and a few entertaining activities. Now, this place was definitely worth it! We had such a great day, and without spending hardly any money...I love this place!
Tylie and I comparing our arm span to the horn span of a Texas longhorn.
Riding a little wooden horse in the shopping area.
Hanging out with some cowboys. Ever since this trip, everytime we go out in public and Tylie sees a guy wearing a cowboy hat she shouts out enthusiastically, "I see a cowboy!" Lol...
There were a bunch of guys and gals riding around on horses. All of them were really friendly, and the girls enjoyed petting the horses.
Then we sat down on the curb to await one of the highlights of the little western town---the cattle drive! Every day at the same time they drive a herd of longhorn cattle down the road...very short, but the girls got a kick out of it.
There was also a neat little petting farm. Both of our girls were anything but shy around all the animals....they wanted to pet everything. I think they would have stayed all day if Brent and I had been up to it. But, we had lot of other things to see as well.
Sometimes I wish we had one of these little "prisons" in our home! Haha! Oh....I hope this is not in our future...
We also spent a little time in a museum there, but didn't take any pictures. It was a nice little place with some really cool old items. We enjoyed it a lot more than the girls did, I'm sure.
We really had such a great time. Maybe while we're in Texas we'll make this little day trip a tradition. Anyone want to come along?!?
Most people were out at the crack of dawn hitting all the stores for their biggest sales of the season. I hear it's totally worth the savings if you get the items you set out for, but I haven't been convinced enough to give up a couple hours of precious sleep for it....I cherish all the sleep I can get these days! So, instead of going shopping, we slept in and then took the girls on a special little outing to the Fort Worth Stockyards. This is basically a western/cowboy/Jackson-Hole-like town with little shops, a periodic gunfight show, and a few entertaining activities. Now, this place was definitely worth it! We had such a great day, and without spending hardly any money...I love this place!
Tylie and I comparing our arm span to the horn span of a Texas longhorn.
Riding a little wooden horse in the shopping area.
Hanging out with some cowboys. Ever since this trip, everytime we go out in public and Tylie sees a guy wearing a cowboy hat she shouts out enthusiastically, "I see a cowboy!" Lol...
There were a bunch of guys and gals riding around on horses. All of them were really friendly, and the girls enjoyed petting the horses.
Then we sat down on the curb to await one of the highlights of the little western town---the cattle drive! Every day at the same time they drive a herd of longhorn cattle down the road...very short, but the girls got a kick out of it.There was also a neat little petting farm. Both of our girls were anything but shy around all the animals....they wanted to pet everything. I think they would have stayed all day if Brent and I had been up to it. But, we had lot of other things to see as well.Sometimes I wish we had one of these little "prisons" in our home! Haha! Oh....I hope this is not in our future...
We also spent a little time in a museum there, but didn't take any pictures. It was a nice little place with some really cool old items. We enjoyed it a lot more than the girls did, I'm sure.We put the girls down in front of this car that had huge longhorns attached to it. You can't see the horns in this pic, but this was such a cute one of Tylie and Kaelisse.
We got an early jump on the Christmas season when we bumped into Santa Clause! The girls were happy (and Tylie was EXCITED) to sit on his lap and get a candy cane...but they got camera shy and wouldn't smile. Oh well...still priceless.
We got an early jump on the Christmas season when we bumped into Santa Clause! The girls were happy (and Tylie was EXCITED) to sit on his lap and get a candy cane...but they got camera shy and wouldn't smile. Oh well...still priceless.We really had such a great time. Maybe while we're in Texas we'll make this little day trip a tradition. Anyone want to come along?!?
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