All Dressed Up...

Wishing on a penny in the fountain!

Morgan and I enjoyed a wonderful Sunday at the Orpheum for our annual Christmas Ballet that Dance Motion puts on. This year it was The Twelve Dancing Princesses. Morgan just LOVES sitting and watching the dancers. I have a friend whos' kids dance in it every year. Morgan also enjoyed her sucker after the show...if you couldn't tell! :)

A few of my Christmas favorites...

I love collecting gingerbread men, houses, ornaments, etc.. for Christmas decor in my kitchen. We are BIG fans of The Polar Express in this house, especially Morgan because of the train. This year we are going to be enjoying a ride on The Polar Express. Lastly Santa Claus...who doesn't LOVE Santa. I think I enjoy it more now because of the looks of the kids faces when they wake up on Christmas morning and see what Santa has delivered for them. 

What are some of your Christmas Faves??

Santa's Wonderland

We took Shawn on his first trip to Bass Pro Shop this past weekend...

the kids got to have some fun too as they have a Santa's Wonderland there this year. 

 Morgan showing Daddy what she wants for Christmas...

Playing some games

Meeting Santa...Morgan was not happy

To end our 4 1/2 hours here we ate dinner at the restaurant...we had great food, and now I know EVERYTHING Shawn wants/needs for his next hunting trips! :)

A Christmas Tea

I enjoyed a fabulous tea with some amazing business women last night. 

We headed out to Mesa to The Front Porch Tea Cafe. Such a cute place!

These were our place settings...LOVE that they were all a bit different!

The first course was a cinnamon scone. 

Our main course was sandwiches; cucumber on flat bread with cream cheese spread, chicken salad on wheat, and turkey with a flavored cream cheese spread. All was so YUMMY!

Then for desert were some peanut bars, mint brownies and spritz cookies. (I only had a cookie!)

Such a cute little place. I can't wait to go back for a Tea Party!

Justin

Just wanted to post a few pictures of this little boy who touched so many lives during his short time with us. These pictures were taken when he was in my fourth grade class. We were on a field trip with our Pen Pals from another school. Justin you are SO missed!!

Family Time

I am a little late posting our first Thanksgiving photos...so here they are. We headed up to Prescott to celebrate with Shawn's family on Wednesday night and cam home Friday. It was nice to get away for a few days!

Danielle and Cathy (Shawn's sis and mom)

This was after we ate...can you tell?

On Friday Cathy, Morgan and I ventured out to downtown Prescott to visit all the little boutique shops. Super fun, Morgan found a candy store and got Mimi to go in and buy her a marshmallow ice cream cone!

When we got back Zach tried to take Mimi down in the grass...I'm still not sure who won! :)

Family Photo Shoot

 Zach

 Grandpa and Morgan

 My sis, mom and me being silly

 All of us

 Cousins

 Shawn and Zach

 Miss Morgan

 My parents

 Me and my sis

 My family

 Ashlyn and Morgan

Melissa and Princess

Such a great day we all had together capturing true family fun! We laughed and played and that's the way it should be!! Thank you Erika for taking such great photos, 450 to be exact, and having fun with our family!