Sweeping

Fun with a broom.

Who knew?

Anjali's Smile

Her newest tricks. Cooing and Smiling.

It's Christmas Time!

Monday night, we picked out a Christmas tree as a family. We brought it home and got our decorations out. We watched the First Presidency Christmas Devotional while we decorated the tree. I love decorating for Christmas...Our house is a lot bigger than any of the apartments we previously lived in--we need to get more decorations!

Lacy had fun playing with the Veggietales nativity scene from the Bennetts. She also liked sweeping up the pine needles with Cliff.

Live Nativity

Our church had a creche celebration this last weekend. There were about a hundred beautiful Nativity Scenes displayed and there were live performances of Christmas music going on from multiple ensembles in the community as well. It was really nice. But the really cool part for us is that we were asked to participate in the live Nativity scene--since we had a newborn. We really enjoyed it. Our shift was only an hour long. The kids that walked by were so surprised that Anjali was a real baby. People were taking pictures and oggling Anjali. It was a very special experience. Afterwards, they dressed up Lacy like an angel (she wasn't in the live nativity with us) so we could get a picture of the whole family. I think they turned out cute!

Lacy's ACTUAL Birthday

We took advantage of the fact that Lacy really is too young to understand that she got shafted on her actual birthday. We were too tired to do anything fun (like go to Disneyland, which was our original plan). So we stayed home and watched Disney's Cars, one of her presents. We did go to Coldstones for ice cream...because we had a birthday club coupon for free ice cream. SUPER SAVERS!

Hide and Seek SKILLZ

This is Lacy's newest hiding technique. She's quite the illusionist, isn't she? (Look how well she makes herself disappear).

Lacy's Birthday Party

We had a family over to celebrate Lacy's 2nd birthday. Forty people to be exact. It was a full house. We had a BBQ lunch and some cake. Lacy got lots of great presents. And she really enjoyed having so many family members in the house. Thanks everyone!

Thanksgiving in Big Bear

I didn't get any pictures of the family around the table. But I did get pictures of Lacy getting in to 'stuff' at Grandpa's house.
Here's Lacy with ALL the costume jewelry.

And here's Lacy in her Aunt Caryn's prom dress.