Here's Kailey preparing for her first Chrsitmas. She was mommy's little helper when it came time to decorate the tree. She was fascinated by the lights and orniments, but these red beads were her favorite. I don't think they ever actually ended up back on the tree:)

Christmas in Palm Desert

We enjoyed Christmas with Phil's extended family this year in Palm Desert. All 9 cousins got to open their stockings Christmas Eve and share in the fun of what Santa brought them. Here's Ashlyn with her Grammie as they open her new Elmo block set.
Kailey & Ashlyn with cousin Katie in their beautiful matching dresses


What pretty princesses!

During our visit we took a trip to the Living Desert, a beautifully landscaped zoo and animal hospital. Ashlyn had a blast petting the goats and "fixing their boo-boo's"

Ashlyn playing African drums with her cousin Annie

We could have stayed and watched this amazing train set for hours.

Christmas 2009

Here is Ashlyn doing the Chrismtas twist in her preschool Christmas Program. It was a hoot watching her boogie with her classmates. She was hilarious!

Candy Cane Lane is only a couple blocks from our home. Every house on this block has an elaborate light show and was so much fun for the girls to see.

Santa came by our house in his sleigh, escorted by the El Segundo Police. We heard the sirens and went outside. Santa was waving at us and let us jump on his sleigh for a photo. Both girls loved Santa. I was so happy that no one cried:) Kailey was fascinated by his beard and Ashlyn asked him for a pink candy cane for Christmas! Ashlyn had fun decorating a gingerbread house and eating most of the candy before they ever made it onto the house. What she doesn't know is that when she went to bed, Mommy and Daddy ate the walls and roof of her house. That was some really yummy gingerbread!

Ashlyn's performance on an outdoor stage in Hawaii. She actually had a little audience of strangers that stopped to cheer her on. She got a little crazy with this last show:)

Here Ashlyn and Kailey are working out some of their energy during a layover in Honalulu.