Rainbow Art Party!!!

We had so much fun celebrating Macaylee's 5th birthday back in October! Macaylee loves to create and make things and we had fun celebrating her birthday with a rainbow art party. All the little girls had fun with a pinata (requested by the birthday girl), making bracelets, and painting canvases. Here is a glimpse of the fun!

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas from our family to yours!

"For unto you is born this day in the city of David 

a Savior, who is Christ the Lord."

-Luke 2:11

Blessing... More Than We Can Count

We have wonderful family, friends, and church family. Over the many weeks of bed rest we had wonderful meals provided (and this is no easy task when you have two family members with allergies to wheat, eggs, and dairy), play dates for the girls, help with house cleaning and grocery shopping. I think my girls stayed more busy with a mom on bed rest then they would have if I had not been on bed rest. We are so very thankful and grateful for all the help we received. We don't know what we would have done with all of you! The girls also had fun swimming with Daddy and spending time at Vacation Bible School. Needless to say we do not have many pictures from this summer, but here are a few of the highlights.

Sisters drawing with each other.

Playing in the backyard on a hot day. Cooling themselves off by getting their bonnets wet. 

Making no bake cookies with Daddy. Their first time making cookies with Daddy! It might have been Daddy's first time making cookies too!

Building with marshmallows and toothpicks

More creations!

And more creations!

This little girl greatly enjoyed her time at Oma and Opa's! Especially when it included time with a cat!

Having fun with sisters!

Helping Dad setup the baby swing! It is almost time! 

A Trip To California

Chris and Miriam were able to take a trip to California in May! They had a wonderful time visiting grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. Their time was full of fun, and many wonderful memories were made during their time there. Here are a few of the pictures that were taken during their trip. 

Waiting for their plain to California!

Miriam and Grandpa.

Miriam and Grandma.

Getting ready for a raft ride on spring lake!

Cousins sleepover.

A visit to train town.

More train fun!

Finding shells on the beach!

Playing in the sand!

Chips and Cheese Restaurant

Our girls wanted to serve us dinner. We set a date and wrote up the grocery list. They were so eager and did such a wonderful job setting everything up! Here are a few pictures capturing our evening.

We were greeted at the front door by our hostess Miriam, who showed us to our seats.

Our beautiful table set for two, they also had family picture videos playing on the TV for us to watch 

Our menu!

The restaurant staff, so cute!

Our wonderful dinner of Nachos!

It was beautiful evening! We even had ice cream sundays to finish off this delicious dinner. The girls did a wonderful job! They were so very attentive to make sure we had everything we needed. 

A Trip To Tennessee

Just over a week ago we arrived home from a trip to Tennessee! We had such a great time! We are so thankful for the time we were able to spend as a family discovering Tennessee together. Here are a few pictures of some of the highlights of the trip!

One of the first things we did upon arriving at our hotel was go swimming. I think this is one of the activities they enjoyed the most! It is hard for them to wait through the long winter until summer comes again and they can once again go swimming!

We also enjoyed a stop at a Krispy Kreme drive-through. It was definitely a special sweet treat!

We made a trip into the into the Smoky Mountians! It was beautiful! We wish we would of had more time to explore and look around, but what we did see was gorgeous! We also got a kick out of the flyer that we were handed as we entered into the park that is pictured below!

We had the special treat of going to the Dixie Stampede. This was a fun dinner show! We got to eat all our food with our fingers while watching a show with lots of horses, singing and dancing! The girls loved it! Macaylee woke up the next morning and told us she did not want to go home because she wanted to go and see the horses again! We all had a great time!

This blog post would not be complete without mentioning and posting a picture of our hotel elevators. The hotel had two elevators one named OTIS 1 and the other OTIS 2. Thanks to Chris' spurring them on, the girls were always eager to see which one they got to ride on, and there was much conversation about these elevators. There was also much talk about the sleeping bears in our rooms' hallway??? They always had to be quiet so as not to wake them! I don't know were this bears sleeping idea came from, but it kept them quite in the hallways, so cute!

Indiana Experience

A little over a week ago we enjoyed going to Indiana Experience.  With growing up and living all of our lives in California before coming to Indiana we really did not know much about Indiana history. We had a wonderful time learning about our new home state. The building was beautiful as you can tell from the pictures. The girls favorite part was learning how to repair old documents and getting to repair an old envelope for themselves.