January in iPhone Pics

I took actual camera pictures one day this month.  The first.  Thank goodness I pull out my iPhone to take pictures daily so I at least have some recollection of what happened this month. 


This month Alexis lost the very first tooth of all the girls. Boy oh boy was Maile ticked. Daddy offered to loosen one of hers up, she wasn't too keen on that. Alexis on the other hand was thrilled, especially since the tooth fairy pays well for the first tooth! I took this pic of her on a day she stayed home sick, the hair looks lovely!

Speaking of crazy hair, the school actually did something fun for the kids and had a crazy hair day. I like controlled crazy, so this was what we came up with.

Zach and I actually went out for a date night. We ate out and then ended up watching a movie on the couch...party animals I tell ya! It was nice spending time with the hubster and not having to wake up at the crack of dawn to feed kids...thanks Mom for taking the kids!

This month I decided each kid needs some serious one on one time so Maile got to go first and she jogged up the Mountain's Edge hill with me. According to her it was the best day ever...mission accomplished I would say.



Last but not least if you have not been living in a hole that past month you have had to have seen the amazing sunrises and sunsets that we have been blessed with this month. And yes I can now say that I have watched the sunrise for 3 weeks now!

Hope everyone had a happy January!

New Years Eve

Since Zach and I have been together New Years has always been pretty low key, usually getting together with friends and letting the kids run around and play.  This year was no different, our friends brought their kids over, we grilled some food, did some leftover fireworks and sparklers from the 4th of July, had some dessert, did our New Years toast at about 10:45 and Zach and I were sound asleep by midnight.

Are we lame or what!  The party part is fun and we really have been gearing these parties to our young children but the fact that someone calls at midnight and it wakes me up is pretty darn geriatric if you ask me.  There is logic to this, we always are up pretty early on New Years day so we can get out to the mountains in enough time to get decent parking. The extra sleep is good but I am thinking next year we will just have to pull a card from our high school days and skip the sleep for a bit of excitement! We shall see how that works out! Anyhow here are some pics of our knee slapping good time!

Christmas...

...it was here and now its gone, just the way I like it.  I always have so much anticipation for the holiday season and  I love the warm feelings I get during this season, but I always love when it is over . 

Christmas eve we headed to my sisters where we celebrated with a full house of family and friends.  The best part of the evening by far was the food, our traditional Italian spread was delish as usual.
  

By the end of the night my pretty girls were tired and ready to sleep and "Santa" got to work putting together the trampoline. (Never again, might I add)

Christmas day started nice and early.  The girls loved their Santa presents spent the entire morning playing with Daddy on the tramp while Mommy got in a much needed nap.

That afternoon we headed to my Mom's for a huge Christmas dinner.  It was so special getting to spend our first Christmas in my mom's new home. 

The only part about Christmas that was missing was Zachary.  He spent the Holiday with his Mom and her family in California.  He had a good time and didn't mind coming home to a pile of presents to open!