Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

We wish you all a very happy new year! We're excited as the new year means that Daddy will be home very soon. Love, Whitney and Maren

Hot fudge pudding cake....

We had some delicious hot fudge pudding cake for the family birthday celebration. I had a great time digging into it and the vanilla ice cream.

Mom had to empty the water from the bath and refill it because it was so brown after rinsing me off!

Happy Birthday to me!

M: Slacker sister, she forgot to mention that the best part of our travels so far is celebrating my birthday! I'm a big 1 year old now! I'm lucky as I get to celebrate twice! We had ice cream, presents, and a pool party in the hot tub on my actual birthday. Then we are celebrating again tonight with my cousin J that is two weeks younger than me! Happy Birthday to me....

Adventures....

W: Sorry we've been slacking in our posts as we've been off exploring new lands. We've enjoyed the warm temps in AZ spending our days swimming, golfing, and serving as Papa's chauffeur in the golf cart. The it was off to the land where dreams come true! The video shows my favorite part of the day. My favorite rides were the rocket ships, Buzz Lightyear, and the tea cups. Maren's favorite was It's a Small World. We also spent a day at the beach checking out the tide pools and playing in the sand. We had an unplanned stop in UT on the way to the land of rain. However it was cool as I got to see snow on the ground so I told Mom that it is now winter!

First steps...

Maren: I got brave today and took four steps from Mom to her friend today. Now if I could always get my feet to move as fast as the rest my body, I'll be on a roll. Watch out world, here I come!

Fall fun!

The other day Mom raked up all the fallen leaves in the backyard into a pile and let us jump in and play for awhile before she bagged them up. One of the great joys of autumn!

Thanksgiving...

W&M: OK, so we're a little late in posting this. We've been busy since then getting ready to go on our big trip. We had a wonderful Thanksgiving with our friends. We spent the morning on a run and then headed to our friends beautiful home. Their house sits right on the water and it was a gorgeous afternoon. The D's daddy is in the Middle East with our Daddy so it was fun to spend the holiday with them and another family we know from Daddy's work. After dinner we got to make a gingerbread house!

W: On the Tuesday before Thanksgiving we learned about the pilgrims and made pilgrim outfits as part of the activities. Here is me in my outfit: