Merry Christmas 2011!

We spent the Christmas weekend at my parents house and had a great time enjoying our time with family! We opened all of our gifts and stockings on Christmas Eve and went to the Christmas Eve service at my parents church, the men were in full kilt attire! Here are a few pictures from the weekend:

Working on a Christmas puzzle,

being silly and having fun with PopPop and Minnie Mae,

Brian and Jack playing in in the pop-up tent,

opening stockings and gifts,

lots of cute things for the twins :),

the men in their kilts,

all the ladies, including both twin girlies,

"Sisters, Sisters, there were never such devoted sisters!"
We watched White Christmas, a family favorite holiday movie,

Christmas jammies!

First Real Haircut

Violet had her first "real" haircut last week! We had trimmed the ends when she was about 18 months and kept the bangs cut, but up until this point she hasn't had a real cut. She was due for one though, each day was tough to get through the tangles! Violet loved the experience and enjoys her new do! She had about 5 inches cut off and looks so grown-up!

This the the "before" image:

"during":

"final":

19 Months

It's hard to believe that Jack is already 19 months old! He is all boy and keeps us on our toes at all times! For example, in the last year he has managed to swallow a marble, place a live centipede in his mouth, put his lips on chicken poop just to name a few! He is constantly on the move, adores his big sister, is daddy's little buddy and has his mommy wrapped around his finger! We love you Jack!

At his doctor's appointment today Jack weighed 22 pounds and 14 ounces, his head circumference was 18 inches, and he is 33 inches long!!

Tree Trimming

We went the Johnson Tree farm last weekend and got our beautiful tree! Jack and Violet loved being able to run around, help cut the tree, and pet the animals at the farm! It was a fun day!

Playing peek among the trees,

Violet being a great helper,

Jack kissing our tree after it had been cut,

helping to decorate the tree,

this was Jack's face when he woke up from his nap and saw the tree and decorations, so cute!

A Day at the Beach

We enjoyed a nice warm Saturday at the beach as a fam.! Gotta love California!