Gather Round the Campfire

We had our fourth annual "Gather Round the Campfire" outside Christmas party this weekend. Since we live three houses down from "The Christmas House" we get lots of traffic, so we have people over, light the firepit, have fun crafts for the kids and fun drinks for the adults we hang out all night. Well, this year we were blessed with and AWESOME snowstorm where we got about a foot Friday night. It kept a lot of people away, but we still had a blast with those that braved the weather. What a gorgeous night! Enjoy the pics!

Santa on the Firetruck

Santa came through our neighborhood on a fire truck, and here are some cute pics of the kids waiting!





Emmy is teething and will stick anything in her mouth. She loves to play in Bryden's toy kitchen, and she always comes up with a mushroom in her mouth like a pacifier!

Can this be comfortable???

So, we are trying to get Emmy in the habit of putting herself to sleep. She does fairly well at night, (by that I mean she gets tired rocking and eating, we put her in her crib, she cries for 5 or 10minutes, we go hold her, put her back down and she cries for a few more minutes before falling asleep). Naptime is a little tougher. Today, I figured I'd give it a go, I am just getting stuff done around the house, so I fed her and she just about fell asleep. I moved her to the crib and of course, like always, the little stinker woke up. Well, she hollered and played a bit, then started crying. I knew she was really tired, so I let her cry it out. Well, she finally gave up (only about 10 minutes, which was way better than I had expected)! When I went to check on her, this is how I found her. I guess she was just too tired and crashed...but ouch, this does not look comfortable! Enjoy!

The Grand Illumination

Last weekend we went down to Colonial Williamsburg for the Grand Illumination. Now, I don't know about y'all, but we are still trying to figure out what was so grandly illuminated! I mean, they had an AWESOME fireworks display (actually there were three going on at the same time in different locations around CW), but we thought that there would be Christmas lights lighted or something. The only thing they did was light the candle lights in the windows of all the colonial houses! Hmmmm, oh well, we had a great time with our friends the Moore's (Rachael and her parents). We hang out so much together now, we nicknamed ourself the "Mooretubise's"! Ha! Anyway, all three girls LOVED the fireworks. Bryden and Racheal kept saying "WOW, that is so beautiful!" and Emmy just kept looking at them with this huge grin on her face. She wasn't scared of the noise at all, even when they woke her up from her little power nap! Kids are awesome to help you remember the simple joys in life! Thanks girls for always reminding us! Enjoy!





Silly Mr. Ashley!


Our goofy pic!















WOW! Look at those fireworks! Such excitement and pure joy!
Emmy LOVED all the fireworks. She kept looking at the fireworks, then looking at me with this huge smile, it was like she was saying "Can you believe this, do you see what I am seeing!" Too cute!




In awe of the fireworks show!








Tired after a cold and awesome night. The girls hitched a ride back to the car in the stroller together! DON'T smile girls...don't do it :o)

Beautiful Day, Beautiful Girls

Yes, this is Emmy standing up against the wall all by herself...for like 2 minutes!