Moore-tubise Family Fun

We spend so much time with our good friends, the Moore's, we've nicknamed ourselves "The Moore-tubise's". Last weekend, we all went to Wintergreen for a quick little escape and the girls got to ski. Both Bryden and Rachael took ski lessons, and did really well. Bryden really enjoyed herself and her instructer Mike had a lot of great things to say about how well Bryden did, especially since she is only four! She was snowplowing, turning and skiing all by herself by the end. Our little athlete...I guess her and I do have a lot in common (see previous post). Emmy enjoyed playing in the snow while waiting for Bryden, until her hands got cold and wet! And thanks to our Hubbies, all the girls enjoyed a day at the spa. The little girls got manicures and the big girls got massages! Thanks boys! Enjoy the pics!

Crazy Girls

Here are some great pics of the girls this past week. These first several are so precious because they are of Bryden and Emmy playing so well together. I caught them playing barbies together one day, so dang cute, and then Bryden loves to help Emmy out on her little Dora car. Emmy figured out how to climb steps now, and she's so dang fast, I have to dig up the gates this weekend, but I just put Emmy's car seat in front of the steps...well, that didn't stop her, she just climbed right over it! Emerson LOVES to play, and is such a busy little girl and she thrives on pulling stuff out of wherever they are stored! It is her favorite game to pull things out of bins and scatter them all over! Emmy is also pulling up on everything, and starting to walk while pushing her Dora car or grocery cart that Bryden so thoughtfully got her for Christmas. Oh, and there are a couple funny pics of Emerson in the tub, and yes, she is that skinny with no fat on her...I am doing my best to fatten her up, she is just a petite little thang! And Bryden, so funny, she cut her own hair a few weeks back, and I told her that we would go get a professional haircut next time so she didn't have to do it herself (I have been cutting her hair the past couple years). So, we went today, and she got a trim and then, she got her hair straightened! Oh my gosh, the girl was glowing all day, and such a priss pot. She comes to swim practice with me, and on Tues and Thurs she gets to swim...ohhhh no, not today "Mommy, I don't want to get my hair wet...Mommy, is my hair getting curly, I don't want it to...Mommy, does my hair still look pretty?" Then, she was flipping her hair out of her face like she was Miss America or something, she was in heaven when a couple of the boys on the team commented on her hair. HELLLLLOOOOO, you are FOUR!!! It was cracking me up though, because it was just another reminder of how different the two of us are (since I got my hair cut today too, but mine went straight back up in a pony tail! Ha! I've always said that Bryden is our girly girl, and she is going to teach me about being more girly!). Anyway, hope you enjoy the pics as much as we are enjoying our girls, especially when they play together!

Random But Cute

Here are some really cute pics of the girls recently. Emmy is so funny to get pics of where she falls asleep. I remember getting tons of pics of Bryden sleeping too, they are just so cute and peaceful when they sleep, and they fall asleep in the most awkward positions! Bryden and Emmy went swimming while we were at Nanne and Grampa's for Christmas, so there are some cute pics of that as well. We all know Bryden is a little fish, but it turns out Emmy loves the water too! She has never cried in the tub for a bath, and she loves to play in the water, but she didn't even mind the cool pool water to swim in, she had a blast. A family of little water bugs, I LOVE it! Then there are a few pics of Emerson getting into all kinds of trouble. She is so mobile now, and goes EVERYWHERE and pulls up on everything, she is a busy little girl. Bryden is really funny now too, she is wanting to make funny faces everytime I take pictures of her, so there are a couple cute ones of her silliness as well! Enjoy!


Look at my prop I found, I gotta have my hands free to play with my ears!



Uh, a little help please!

Merry Christmas

We had a wonderful Christmas this year and we are so blessed to share it with our two beautiful girls. Bryden was so excited when she woke up, she walked into our room and said "I see a rainbow downstairs, I think Santa came!". The rainbow turned out to be a big blow globe Santa that stands 5 feet tall! Awesome! Santa left that for us to add to our growing collection of outside Christmas decorations! We opened all our gifts,and Bryden was VERY excited to see that Santa heard her wishes for a Nintendo DS (or Atendo DS as Bryden calls it...why Santa brought a gift that she can't even pronounce correctly is beyond me :o). Anyway, she LOVES it and has been mastering the princess game, and we are working on two more! Emmy was very happy to tear wrapping paper apart and play in the sled that Santa brought us...for our next big snowstorm so we are prepared!). Both girls had a great time and Jim and I really enjoyed watching them open gifts and play with them! Then, we ate breakfast and headed down to Nanne and Grampa's for Round Two of gift giving and receiving! I think Emmy hit the jackpot with her gift from Aunt Chandra and Uncle Murat...they got her a drawer full of toys! She immediately started pulling all the toys out of the bin and had a blast with it. Bryden got more awesome gifts, including totally cute swim suits, a Hannah Montana guitar and headset, among lots and lots of other things. Jim got a FABULOUS picture of me and Emmy (if I do say so myself) from Mom and Dad (he got one of me and Bryden when she was 6 mos old), and I got an awesome cricut machine (for scrapbooking) and a double jogging stroller! We got a bunch of gifts that were all perfect and then we took naps and got to lay low for a while! Then Round Three, the extended family came over for dinner and more gifts! Man oh man! We made out like bandits! Merry Christmas and enjoy the pics!

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Tacky Christmas Sweaters

So, for the second night of our Holiday party, we decided to have a Tacky Christmas sweater contest this year. A little background, Jim asked me a few years ago to build him a tacky Christmas wardrobe, I couldn't find any good sweaters, so I made him a sweatshirt and the next year I made him a hat. This year, I found some SWEET cordoury pants that are green, with red and white candy canes on them. Hell Yeah! So, following my own lead, I decided I would make the sweaters for us girls for the party. Here are some fun pics of them. Emmy is supposed to be Frosty from the front (I had black shoes to put on her, but they wouldnt fit on her feet over all her warm clothes...check out her Frosty hat though!). And on the sleeves of the back of Bryden's sweatshirt are her contribution of "fireworks". Since we were the only ones who dressed up for the party, maybe y'all should vote for us! Enjoy!

Wintertime Fun

We got an AWESOME snowstorm Friday night. It snowed the entire time of our Holiday party, then we got to play all day the next day! Perfect timing for a perfect snow! Enjoy!

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