Stockshow Parade

Ellis and I joined Amy and the girls downtown for the Stockshow Parade. Almost immediately after meeting up, the three girls broke into 'Ring Around the Rosie' of course:

Followed by running in circles and giggling:


A short walk together:

And finally lots of waving at all of the cowboys and rodeo queens:


Before long, it was decided we'd better get closer if they were to catch any of the candy being thrown into the crowd:


Clearly, it was a very tiring day:

Christmas

These cousins played a LOT over Christmas. Ellis and Samantha together were lots of fun to watch. We hope they'll be great friends as they grow up, and this week was a great start (since last time they were together, neither seemed to notice the other much :)



SOOOO excited to see the movie 'Tangled' in her stocking from Santa:




Ellis is a bit more...forthcoming with her affection, but Sam tolerated this difference very well, head-lock hugs and all:


Hanging out with Uncle Tim:


Playing with the mini-princesses, which were very popular this week:



The almost constant game of chase around the house:
Auntie Janae made things even more fun:






Sweet little baby, Clara just rocking while the rest of us ate dinner:

In a deep conversation together at the dinner table:


Grammy reading the most requested book of all time (There's a Monster at the End of This Book) yet again for her girls:

Air-Hockey with an audience:




The result of mixing all of your new play-dough into one mass: gross.

The girls posing with their Great Grandma Knipp...quite a challenge to get all smiles:





Sunset:

Our Early Christmas

On Christmas Eve morning we woke up and had our first "Christmas" in our new home before driving down to the Springs to spend the rest of Christmas with family.


No help needed when opening gifts this year :)



This is a 2' x 3' floor puzzle that we have now put together roughly 300 times since Christmas:

Snow Day!

These were taken a little before Christmas. We had fun out in the front yard after a pretty massive snowfall. Ellis fell on her face once and was less than thrilled, but other than that, she had a great time.

...or sumpin

This morning Ellis needed to apologize to me and it took some reminding and maybe a little cajoling until she finally (and reluctantly) said, "I'm sorry or sumpin."