Breakfast with JT on Saturday morning.

 Then a trip to Home Depot.  The girls loved riding in this type of cart.

 Lastly, sharing a Frosty at Wendys.  Like father like daughter much?

 The girls love playing in the backyard, especially digging in tutus :-)

 We have a great park nearby that we go to often.

 Close to the park are some cows that my girls are not afraid of either.  I was a little worried the cows would try to charge Bella or them, so I kept having to tell them to stay back.

 Anyone who knows me, knows that I love pineapple.  Apparently it rubbed off on my daughter.  Ignore the large knife in the picture that is within her reach.  :-/

 Abby sat next to Bella and asked me to take a picture of the two of them.  We have a good dog that will put up with our girls.

 LG night with smores.  Yes, Taylor was in heaven.

 Another outfit Abby picked out for herself for naptime.  Pink tights, red socks, it was a good one.

Climbing the wall at our park

 Tay, our little turkey

More IPhone picts

 JT got some pills that you put in water and they turn into tiny sponge animals (anyone remember those?).  He and Abby and even Bella were enthralled for quite some time.  :-)

 This is the way we go out to restaurants, invite the Bonows and put them with all six kids at one table while JT and I eat at the other table.  :-)  JT's and my time was very peaceful.

In January we had to move out of our house, but we hadn't closed on our new house yet, so our wonderful friends the Hills let us stay there for a few weeks.  What a huge blessing!

We have got to get one of these washing machines!  It kept both our girls entertained, especially Taylor, for several minutes every time I did laundry

 Visiting the Ward girls and all four girls decided to play going to sleep in the bed together.  There was lots of laughing and definitely no sleeping going on.

 Abby's new favorite toy, her doctor kit.  Here she is getting a check up from Jenny's great uncle Bud.  Since getting this doctor kit, she has decided she wants to be a doctor when she grows up.  JT and I need to start saving for medical school I guess!

 At the zoo with the Ward girls.  On a side note, Abby got this backpack for Christmas and now talks about going to school all the time.  She cannot wait, but I can!  I told her she couldn't go till she was five and now she is counting down the days.

 One day at the Hills, Abby decided that instead of taking a nap, it would be a better idea to "redecorate" their guest room with a sharpy marker.  Here is what she did to her own body, but she did much more damage to their floor, dresser and duvet cover.  All I can say is thank goodness for good friends and magic eraser!!!

 We got snow this year!!!  Another memory associated with our time with the Hills and Abby to this day seems to think that it only snows at their house.

 Taylor LOVED the snow

 Closing on our new house.  :-)

 The previous owner never used the fireplace so we took a picture before building a fire the first time.  It took us one day to break it in.

 Valentine's Day morning where I made blueberry muffins for the girls

 Abby's fashion sense at work once again.  She is a Texan in case anyone wasn't sure.

 Cousin Tucker came down for a visit.  Good buddies!

 We went on a cruise with my family and this is what Abby's hair does after a day at the beach.  I know there are worse out there, but that's about as bad as it gets around here.

 Abby LOVES all animals and is not afraid of large animals at all.  She would have crawled under the fence if I had let her and tried to ride him.

 While visiting GG and Papa Dooner in Austin, Abby stood on this stone, looked at me and said, take my picture please!  She's such a ham :-)

Seattle

Today Abby and I were having a conversation about doing household chores.  I asked her if she was part of this family and after thinking for a moment replied with, "no, I want to be in Ray Ray's (my sister) family"  She then proceeded to tell me how Ray Ray would fly from Seattle pick her up and take her to church back in Seattle.  She had it all figured out and even said that she would come back and visit and wouldn't cry when she left.  I'm sure it won't be the first time Abby decides that someone else's family looks better than her own.  :-)

IPhone Picture Catch-up

So, just downloaded a ton of pictures from my phone to my computer and have been meaning to put them up, so here goes.  They start last October, so I'll probably split this up into two posts.

We went Trick or Treating with the Sealeys and this picture just cracks me up.  Aubree is the baby that has fallen over that Aniyah is trying to help.  Taylor looks like a zombie and Abby is simply laughing at the whole thing.  Trying to get a picture of four kids two and under is very difficult.

The girls were in a fashion show also in October.  I was hoping we'd at least be able to keep the outfits that they wore, but alas, they simply gave us a discount.  We did not end up purchasing anything, but it was kind of fun, though tiring for me to keep both of them entertained.  Thankfully, my mom was in town at the time to help out.  
Outfit set number one

 Outfit set number two

 Notice the shoes which squeaked and had huge bows on them.

This was one way they entertained themselves.  So glad the bars were too narrow for them to fall between.

 This is what Abby wore for Thanksgiving.  She likes to march to the beat of her own fashion drum.  She's a guitar playing, Wonder Woman ballerina with cow boots on.

 At the zoo with the Wards.  Lucy and Abby tried holding onto the rope by themselves and succeeded for about 2.5 seconds.

 We went to Christmas on 5th St with our Lifegroup.  The girls LOVED the live nativity scene and Taylor especially loved the petting zoo.

 Merry Christmas, 2010

 Abby at Christmas with her big sister shirt and ballerina skirt she just got from GG.  She also got "fancy shoes" from GG and still wares them all around the house.

 Singing "Playmate" with daddy.  He's the best dad in the world, though I'm a little biased.  :-)

 Our little girl keeps getting bigger and bigger.  More catch-up pictures tomorrow. :-)