Christmas Dance Program

The girls had a short program just before Christmas. They love dancing with their friends and they love their teacher, Miss Kristi.

Christmas Outfits 2017

We took a few pictures after church on Christmas Eve to remember our festive outfits!

Family Pictures 2017

Christmas Outfits!

We didn't get to wear our Christmas outfits to church on the 25th because church was canceled. But our ward ended up having the Christmas Sacrament program today, so we decided to wear our special outfits today. (Two pictures for Austin so you could see the full outfit and the tie. :D

Adelaide's Dance Recital!

The recital portion of our lives has begun! Adelaide had her first dance recital at a local senior nursing home. She LOVED performing with her class!

Check it out here!

Adelaide's 4th Birthday

Grandma and Grandpa came up to spend some of Adelaide's birthday together. They brought a gingerbread house kit to share with all the girls and had fun putting it together.

 

 After Grandma and Grandpa left, we got the family gathered up and went to the theater to see MOANA. All of us loved it! The music was great and the animation was beautiful. We will definitely pick up a copy when it's released on home video.

Adelaide enjoyed opening her presents and picking out a cake (she saw it at Smith's and asked for it, specifically, even though we'd planned on making one ourselves).

Happy birthday, baby girl!

Decorating for Christmas!

Spent the morning decorating our home to get ready for Christmas! Azucena and Adelaide did a great job helping with the tree!

Silly Outtakes

I know I often share nice pictures here and on Facebook (not professional, and not perfect, but definitely nicer than normal). Just wanted you to see for yourself that for every decent shot I have, there are about two dozen ridiculous ones!

These pictures were taken because it was nice outside and the girls were fairly well-coordinated and their hair wasn't completely woebegone. (And, yes, Azucena is in shorts, because this fall has been unseasonably warm!)

(Second note, shortly after finishing taking these pictures, the boy had a poop-splosion on his outfit, and one of the girls broke my blue pendant necklace. Because, you know, kids. Eep.)

 I start with this shot, because the girls are old enough that I can *mostly* get them to look nice for a picture together. Like, 55% of the time. But, add another child, and you get these!

 

Halloween!

I know I'm weird when I say this, but I love dressing my kids for Halloween in regular clothes more than in costumes! Costumes are fun, but black and orange striped tights are even more fun! Yes, yes, total Mom fail, but whatever. :D

 Aurora's hair can be explained by one thing: HALLOWEEN. (Or, she just woke from a nap.)

 Mom wins Grandma-of-the-Year because Azucena told her she wanted to be Rapunzel with her long, beautiful hair, so my mom went and made this wig for her. YUP. Thanks, Mom!