Snow on the Coast!

Gracie

Madi throwing snow at me!

Madi again :)

Gracie getting a snowball ready to launch!

Using beach buckets to gather snow! Ha!

What an awesome day this was!!! We have been missing snow the last couple of years living here and to wake up to snow, albeit not a lot, was great! The girls woke me up from their room yelling "Mom! It's winter"! I got up and went into their room and saw them standing up in the window watching the snow fall. They were so excited, they wanted to go out right away. They have been wanting to play in snow for the last couple of months and it's made us sad, because when it has snowed here, it melts as soon as it touches the ground. We were thrilled to have all that snow!!! We know it isn't a lot, but it is for here!!! We count this as their first snow experience. They were 15 months when we went home to Idaho for Christmas in 08 so they don't remember it. Jeff surprised us by taking an early lunch to come play with the girls. On his way home he bought better mittens for playing. We were so happy to make a special memory with the girls and their "first" snow. Of course it has all melted, but maybe we'll get lucky and get some more this winter.

Another Halloween!

Gracie getting a flower

Peter Pan and the mean Witch!

Beautiful Butterfly Fairies

Gracie is in the pink

Aunt Hil and her nieces

Poor Jeff isn't in any pics!!

Madi got a rainbow

"Butterslys" and a Toot!

Sorry they are only in their undies. Gracie grabbed one of their clothes hampers and put the straps on her shoulders and starting flapping her arms like she was flying. So Madi went and grabbed the pink one and did the same. Pretty smart girls to figure out that they looked like wings. I love how Madi says 'buttersly' instead of with an "f". She has a hard time saying the "fl" words. Also, she is so funny at the end when she farts! Didn't know if I should have edited it out or not. But I thought it was so funny and it is so her, so I kept it in. Enjoy!

B-day Dresses

Just LOVE these new dresses! Aren't they so cute? Madi insisted on wearing her butterfly church shoes and wouldn't wear her cute brown boots like Gracie. Oh and they have their "church" backpacks on too. I guess that is what you get when you ask your husband to take pics :) Madi is being silly in the only non-blurry shot of herself. Next time they wear them, Gracie will be in the green one.

Cuteness!

Falling out of the shot :)

Gracie in blue and Madilynn in white.

It is so fun to straighten the girls' hair every once in a while to see how long it really is! Their curly hair is soooo beautiful, but man I love their hair when it is pretty straight (since it really won't go completely straight)

3rd Birthday!!

Butterfly cakes!

Madi and her cake

Gracie and hers
Gracie with the presents

Madi and the presents

Raincoats and boots
Cute ladybug outfits from G&G Baird (yes, I know Madi has one shoe on)

The girls had a great birthday! Jeff's mom and grandparents (Hilary too of course)were able to celebrate with us. It was great to have other family celebrate their birthdays with us. They thought the cakes were pretty cool. I thought they turned out okay too. I am NOT very creative but I found how to make them on YouTube and it seemed pretty easy. Jeff did one and I did the other. We kind of made it a competition to see who made the better one. (I think mine was a little better, not telling which one though) The biggest hits of the night were Tempur-pedic teddy bears from my Grandma Lil and the ladybug raincoat and boots from G&G Lau. Madi would wear her boots and coat all day and night if I let her :) Thanks everyone for all the gifts and cards for the girls! They still say they are 2 years old when you ask them, but they'll catch on soon enough.

Random Stuff

Gracie Ann playing with the grass.

Madi in her cute brown outfit and brown boots :)

At Splash in Springfield, we had so much fun. The girls just loved it!

My birthday date!