January

January flew by!  Here's some fun moments along the way!

Emerson is my 'accessories' gal!  She loves shoes, purses, necklaces, and sunglasses!

Her first lollipop!  We were at the doctor a lot in January and sister did not want to stay in her stroller so Mama was desperate!  The sucker was a miracle worker!

I asked Piper to clean off her desk.  Laying each seashell along the desk was her idea of cleaning!  :-)

Briggs wearing my boots!  ha!

Emerson loves sitting in the little chairs at the library and playing with the toys and books!  

I'm trying to raise a genius!  ;)

Piper and her friend, Addison, attended a cooking class together.  They cooked eggs and French toast.

Silly girl!

Another doctor visit.  The girls were sharing a sweet moment together!

Hahaha!  I could not resist.  He loves putting on my shoes.  And he loves wearing only his undies!

Briggs had 50s day at school!  

One night Briggs was wearing this hat (incorrectly) and kept saying, "Helllooo Ladies!"  Cracked me up!

At our church, they have these family worship nights.  They hosted some games afterwards and one of them involved feeding cereal to another family member!  It was funny to watch!

Piper, Maggie, and I had a little girls time one Saturday afternoon.  Ice Cream and manicures!

Emerson wearing a multitude of headbands.  Again--accessories!

She loves bread!  Plain.  From the package. Ick!

This is the Emerson face.  Very serious and suspicious!  

Tag teaming unloading the dishwasher!

Happy New Year!

This was the first year we let Piper stay up until midnight to ring in the New Year!  We were at my sister's house in Oklahoma.  There was tv watching, snacking, and a lot of card playing!  Piper loves playing cards!  

 On New Years Day, we laid low but went out to eat!  Emerson decided to take a snooze on her Uncle Trebor!  So sweet!  She never falls asleep on anyone, nor will let anyone rock her!  He had the magic touch!

 While we were out getting ice cream, Emerson decided she'd stand all by herself for the first time!  So exciting!

Christmas 2015

 On Christmas Eve, we hung out at the house and decorated cookies for Santa before going to the Christmas Eve at church.

 At our church, the kids don't usually go to the big service with us but on Christmas Eve, they get to join us!  Piper loves it!  The candlelight service is always so touching to me.  I fight back tears every year.  But I did have to laugh when I looked back at the picture of Briggs digging in his nose!  Haha!

On Christmas Eve, we went to Grandma and Grandpa's house for a festive evening!  We opened a few presents.

 Then we went home to say goodbye to Glitter, our elf and leave milk and cookies out for Santa!

Emerson decided she wanted to wait up for Santa.  Mommy and Daddy were ready to go to sleep!

Christmas morning was fun and crazy!

 It was fun watching Emerson this year because this was her first year to be interactive and find delight in the wrapping paper and toys!

That afternoon, we went back to Grandma & Grandpa's for Christmas dinner.  And to open the rest of the presents.

 Emerson loved her walker!

We had Christmas at Grandma Judy's and Papa Roger's house on New Years Eve.  It was short, but fun and the kids even saw a little snow!

 Emerson loved her ride-on toy!

Christmas Break

In November, we took a few family pictures for our Christmas card!  These are some of them...

 I always look forward to Christmas break.  No schedule and having Piper home, along with doing some fun activities and outings.  We were so lucky to have beautiful weather too!

 The annual "gingerbread" making!

 A zoo trip!

 And lots of time outdoors!