Singing in the Rain

The girls love putting on their rain boots and playing in the rain.
Good thing it is warm enough to play while it is raining.

Tongues Out!

Beautiful Girls!

Forecast for the week... 70's

Can you beat having 70 degree weather in the middle of January!!?? I LOVE it! This is one of my favorite things about AZ. Today we had a nice walk to the park, where I was able to sit on the bench in the sun and indulge myself in a good book while my girls played away. Then we came home and rode bikes around the driveway. Kyrsten is just starting to learn how to ride her tricycle and seems to be picking up the pedaling, just needs some work on the steering. Anyway, I had to share my nice afternoon, after being home bound for the last few weeks. WOO-HOO for 70 degree weather!

Tuning up their bikes! Hayley's actually needed it- Monkey See Monkey Do!

Go Kyrsten!

Cough, Sniff, Whine...

This has seemed to be the majority of our last few months. We can't get rid of the darn colds/viruses this season. Poor Kyrsten seems to get them the worst and longest. Due to trying to keep our germs amongst ourselves we haven't been able to do much lately. I am excited to report that both of the girls are working hard on some self accomplishments. Hayley is really trying to stop sucking her thumb. I am proud of her for working so hard, but I do have to say the tantrums are in full force. She has sucked her thumb since she was about 6 months old, so she doesn't exactly know how to calm herself when she is upset, or how to calm down to go to sleep without sucking her thumb. As much as I want her to completely stop with the thumb, there are moments I would rather her not. That is sad to admit! Even though Kyrsten has been sick, she has done an amazing job with her potty training these last two weeks. Last month it pretty much was non-existent, but this month she started back on her own and we jumped on the train to help her out. So, Go Hayley and Kiki!!!! (and hopefully goodbye sicknesses!)

Holiday Happenings 2008

I figured it was time to get to posting about our holidays. The last few weeks have flown by and have seemed to be quite busy. Christmas in the new house was wonderful!! I LOVE our house and am so thankful to be living here. Quite the Christmas gift! A few of Jeff's brothers and their families were able to come down to Casa Grande for Christmas. The week was filled with Mitchell family time. The girls had a blast playing their cousins morning, afternoon, and night. We enjoyed getting to hang out with them all. Being around family during the holidays is always a gift in itself! A few days after Christmas we were able to have our traditional mexican dinner with my side of the family, at our house, which was a first. It is great to have room now to fit everyone. We were supposed to be with them again tonight, having fun at the zoo lights, but due to the wonderful season of colds, we had to stay home with sick kiddos. Winter is hard to get through with kids! I wish I had taken pictures while all of these events were going on, but I was enjoying them all to much I didn't get out the camera. I got a few of Christmas morning and that's about it. I guess the memories will have to hold strong!

Coming down to see what Santa brought....

Kyrsten was more interested in opening the presents.
She ripped through hers then wanted to open ours.

Hayley and her "brown teddy bear" that she specifically asked Santa to bring. Except a few days later she said, "Mom, next year I am going to tell Santa I want a dark brown bear, not a light brown bear!"

We had a wonderful Christmas! Just wish I would have taken more pictures, as usual!