Eliza & Elyse

We have been wanting to get more pictures of Elyse and Eliza together in their twiner outfits. (Thanks again for the cute outfit Caroline!) Yesterday we got together. The girls are so cute and they almost look like they are the same size...until you look at their legs or arms. Elyse still has us beat on the chubby arms and legs. Here are the pictures we got. I thought they were too cute to only pick a couple, so I had to post all of them. (I am sure the Grandmas and Aunts won't mind!)

They look so peaceful when they are resting!

Most of the time Elyse was asleep and Eliza was pretty alert, but then they switched. Elyse was getting hungry so her mom had to get her to sleep in order to finish. (She did get to eat after the pictures were over!)

This is the "aren't we finished yet" shot. They both look a little stoned or something...with their little eyes only partially open.

Elyse reminding us she was hungry and done with pictures.

Eliza with one of her new bracelets from Aunt Janna.

Sleeping Beauties

I love this one of Elyse. She is so cute and cuddly!

I love pictures with little tongues!

We have really enjoyed both of these darling little princesses, and believe me they are! Both girls have already figured out how to get exactly what they want, especially from their Dads!

Dec. 9, 2009

Family Christmas Card

We made a couple different cards trying to decide which one we liked the best. These are our favorite ones. We hope you and your families have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

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Eliza's Birth Announcement

Ward Christmas Party

Dec. 4, 2009 was our ward Christmas party. They had people sign up to decorate the tables. It was fun to see all the different Christmas decorations on the tables. We heard performances from the Choir, Young Women, Primary, Bishopric and a 9 year old boy whose grandparents are in our ward. He played the piano. He was really good! We enjoyed visiting with all our friends and the food was delicious!! After all the activities Santa made an appearance.

This is Bradley making a guest appearance in someone else's picture!
Kaylee & Tommy George

The Jensen boys

Daniel, Jake & Seth

Daniel didn't dare go see Santa by himself, so his cousins let him go with them.

Bradley loved seeing Santa. He kept trying to see him over and over again!

Anna

This is the primary singing a couple songs. The sister that is subbing for me did a great job teaching the kids the songs. They sang really well.

It got a little bit crazy while the kids were singing. I think Bradley actually got punched during the singing. I missed it since I was taking pictures. It was almost as much fun watching the kids on the front row as it was listening to them sing.

When the kids started going up on the stage Daniel got excited and wanted to go too. He got up there before I could stop him. He didn't know any of the songs since he is still in nursery, but he did smile very cute!

The Y.W. sang a song about Grandma's fruit cake, which is the reason she got run over by some reindeer!

Daniel liked the cupcakes the very best!

I think Bradley ate two cupcakes that night.

Ward Choir

Eliza visiting with Caroline Gudknecht. She is one of our favorite ladies in the ward.

We were sitting next to the food table, so there was a little bit of room. The boys kept dancing and playing ring-around-the-roseys. We had a great time and everyone was very tired by the time we got home!

Eliza's third week

These are some of my favorite pictures of Eliza from the last week. I have had so much fun dressing her up, and since she is so cute when she is dressed up I just have to take pictures!!

We took this one when we were trying to get family Christmas pictures for our Christmas Card.

Sorry these last ones are a little bit dark.

I love her tiny little feet! Here they are next to Dad's hand to show size.

Resting before her bath.

Here she is sporting one of her new bracelets from Aunt Janna!

She was happier after I took her little Christmas dress off, so I had to get a couple of her with her bow in her hair.

Eliza wore this little dress to church the first week we went back.

We have had so much fun having a little girl in the house. She has only been with us for a little over three weeks, but already she has her Mom, Dad, and brothers wrapped around her little finger!! We hope you enjoy seeing her pictures as much as we have enjoyed taking them!

New Camera & Puttin' up the Tree

Since our camera has been on the fritz lately, so we got a new one! Trying to get the right settings on a new camera can be frustrating and fun at the same time. We have some really cute models to try the camera out on.

Eliza gets tired when she has to supervise!

Bradley and Daniel are good to keep Eliza entertained.

Andy was laughing at me because I was trying to take a picture and it was really on the video setting. I couldn't figure out why the flash wouldn't go off. I was trying to get him and Eliza sleeping on the couch.

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The Tree!

We usually put the Christmas Tree up on the Monday after Thanksgiving. Bradley and Daniel were so excited to put it up.

What cute kids!

Getting the tree out of the box.

The boys love this time of year because they get to look for Christmas lights everywhere we go. They were really good helpers putting up all of the decorations. We hope you all have a great Christmas Season!!

November 30, 2009

Happy Thanksgiving!

We went to our Cousins house to have Thanksgiving dinner this year. (So much better than Thanksgiving last year!) Aunt Marylynn and Uncle Ron are here visiting. It was so much fun to see them. Aimee and Dan are some friends from our ward who were also there for dinner. Later in the evening the Carrol's and the Jensen's came over for pie. It was a great day full of family, friends, food and visiting!

Aunt Marylynn & Eliza
Eliza agrees that Marylynn is a Great Aunt!

Elyse & Eliza
They are starting to look more the same size until you look at Elyse's arms and legs. She is so cute and chubby! We will have to try for a picture were you can see Elyse's hair better. She has red hair just like her Dad. Happy Two Week Birthday Girls!

Cathryn, Eliza & Aimee

Angie called and asked if it was okay for Bradley to bring his bike over because Seth had something to show him. Bradley was very excited and had to ride his bike over. The boys drove like mad men around the drive way. Dr. Scott was good to stay out and supervise the boys. Seth was doing a great job with NO wheels!

Ben was being his cute little self! I don't know how he managed to run around so much without getting run over by the boys on the bikes! It was a little bit crazy out there.

Seth, Jake & Bradley enjoying pie and ice cream!

Daniel went straight for the chocolate kind.

I was trying to get all the pies and ice cream but instead I caught Dan, the ghost of Thanksgiving present! It is crazy some of the images our camera catches.

Airplane Scott was in charge of the Ice cream. It was like he had a Mary Poppins bag. He just kept pulling out Ice cream! He wanted us to have options, and we did!
We enjoyed visiting and eating with all our family and friends out here. We hope you all had a very Happy Thanksgiving!

Nov. 26, 2009