Christmas, Family, & the Willis train!

Night time = Story time!

I had to make Allie a matching tutu!  Kailee performed her preschool Christmas pageant for my family Christmas Eve.  Once again, she was a cutie.  Once again, my heart was warmed.

My Preschooler's Christmas Pageant!  So cute!

Grandaddy!!  Giddy up horsy!  I had been looking forward to going home for Christmas for forever.  I felt it would never come and now it is gone.  Where'd the time go?  I guess it was spent chasing Allie everywhere making sure she didn't go upstairs by herself, chatting, canning deer stew (my dad killed a deer just for me! Joy taught me how to pressure cook it in jars to add to our food storage!), playing with the girls and all their new toys, playing LIFE with Josh & Jess (my bro and his wife who are TOTALLY PREGO and I'm soooooo excited), exercising almost everyday, eating Bojangles biscuits & the tasty shoppe milkshakes, watching the addicting "Criminal Minds," which we have agreed does nothing positive for us and is a complete waste of time (yet they are sooooo good... good thing we don't have tv channels at our house), and hanging out! For Christmas, Jared got me a CRICUT machine (for scrapbooking)!  I am thrilled.  I used it for like 3 hours today!  I got Jared a 1 day date getaway with ME, his adorable wife!!  We went out to eat at Logan's, set our new year's resolutions, and stayed in a hotel that had a jacuzzi in our room!  If only I had remembered the bubble bath :(  Thanks Dad & Joy for watching the girls!

Grandma!  Giddy up pony!  Kailee & Allie were not shy at all around Grandma & Grandaddy!  They had a ball and enjoyed all the extra hugs & kisses.  Allie enjoyed torching their chawawa, Charlie, by chasing her all over the house!  She also made the dog very jealous with all the attention she was getting! lol

Uncle Jacob in the house!  I was soooooo happy he was home for Christmas too.  Kailee still adores him and Allie was warming up to his inviting smile and stellar good looks!  If only words could describe just how sweet his dance moves are!  The pic. just doesn't do him justice!

Highschool BFF: Lindsey!!!!  Chick-Fillet, shopping, touring her new house, eating my deliciously prepared dinner, watching "Elf" and "Criminal Minds," loud laughter, eating ice cream... what didn't we do?  Her and her hubby, Aaron, say they're going to come visit us in Texas!!  Time will tell!  This is also me with my new haircut, fyi!  It's a long, angled bob and I have gotten more compliments than ever.  I totally love it b/c it's less to wash, less to comb, less to dry, and gives me more volume!  I went and got it cut on a whim over the break!

Some of our bestest friends from BYU Wymount days, Ashley & Lee Willis, and their 2 cute kids drove 5 hours to come spend New Year's Eve/Day with us!  It was just like old times.  They hadn't changed a bit.  Still as good looking and hilarious as the day we met them!  I orchestrated a sweet dance party, which was followed by SLEEP!

 

Kailee found her another best friend.  Not only was Kailee attracted to Kinzey's beautiful curls and brilliant smile, she couldn't resist Kinzey's bubbly personality.  They played and danced so well together!

While the girls were dancin, the boys were pingin it up.  Lee once again thought he could take Jared.  Maybe next time! lol

This lovely boy is Austin, what a cutie.  He was so cute and totally made me baby hungry.

On New Year's Day, we had biscuits & gravy w/ sausage for breakfast and later we took my Dad and the Willis's to my FAVORITE place to eat in my hometown: The Tasty Shoppe! World's best cheeseburgers, hot dogs, fries, chocolate shakes!! Sooooooooooo good! Then we packed up and headed back to Texas!

Somehow, these two strikingly good looking couples ended up with two kids each.  How the time flies!  We sure know how to make beautiful babies!!