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Monday, January 21, 2013

Dane LOVES this...

He asks for his helmet and jersey as soon as he wakes up.  He is such a little sports nut.
Thank you Cesta's!



Palm Springs and Hawaii

Our newest family member!!

We had a travel filled break!  We were so excited to meet our nephew in California.  What a sweet, cute baby!  We can't wait to see him again.  It was wonderful spending time with our families and we wish we could vacation together more often. 
 Camel rides for all of the kiddos!  (Well, not Nico!)




We rung in the new year on our second night in Hawaii.  We went out for Mexican and went to the Surfer Bar at Turtle Bay.  It was just a bit tough staying up til midnight...we weren't quite used to the time change quite yet!
 We had  a wonderful time in Hawaii.  It was so relaxing...so not used to that!!!  The weather was a bit rainy and windy, but we still had a great time!  We went to Waikiki beach for a day and reminisced about our other trips we've taken there.  We stayed on the other end of the island at Turtle Bay.  It was beautiful and we enjoyed watching the surfers take on the giant waves.  We also checked out Auliani, which is the Disney Resort and we are SO going there someday with the kids.  It was beautiful - Disney does everything right!
 Hiking in the rain.  We were the only people not in poncho's!  So it's rain, not sweat all over us!


Saturday, January 12, 2013

December Pictures and Wonderful Holiday Memories!

 Daddy, Maddie and Dane all walked downtown PR to see Santa at a holiday party.  They had a great time and loved all the chocolate they were able to eat!
 Maddie and Dane had a Christmas program at church.  We had been practicing for weeks.  The kids sang songs and did a Christmas Alphabet poem.  Maddie did great!  She started out the program saying, "A is for Angels."  As for Dane, he only wanted to sit with his family in the pews.  Maybe next year!
 Claire and Maddie showing the adorable lollipops from Maritiza.

 The entire family came to see the show!


Maddie had a Christmas performance and party at preschool.  Dane joined her on the rug.  They both had a great time!
 Santa came to the party too!
 Our family Christmas celebration normally takes place on Christmas Eve, but we changed it this year and had it early so all could be together.  It was wonderful to be with everyone.  We were definitely missing those who were not able to be with us.
 Getting silly hugs from cousin Scott.  He was a hit.

 Grammie brought out funny mustaches! :)  Maddie and Claire seemed to get the joke.  Dane and Allie- not quite sure!
 Silly kids.  Dane was hot, so he went sans clothing.  He isn't a fan of pants anymore.

 Ice Skating!  Maddie did great! We will hit the ice again in the near future!
 We had a really nice Christmas Eve.  We went to church, come home and had a nice dinner.  Everyone helped prepare the meal - it was wonderful!



 Maddie and Dane really wanted a guitar and they love it!
 Christmas morning opening presents.  Daddy is wearing a Purdue Pete hat in case you are wondering!
 We went to visit great g-ma in the hospital on Christmas.  Maddie picked out the flower/stuffed dog that we brought to her.
 Maddie was SO excited to get her first American Girl doll. She named her Caddie.
Maddie loved all of our Christmas decorations.  She was able to play with some of them, including the reindeer family.  She often gave her dolls reindeer rides! :)
Maddie took her job of watering the tree very seriously! 

Christmas Pictures




One of grandma's friends is a photographer.  She had the challenge of taking some family pictures for us.  She was very patient and worked very hard to get some cute shots!  Hard to believe we took these the weekend after Thanksgiving.  Oh - I have some updating to do!