Christmas Eve 2011

First Christmas in PA since 2004!

    

LOVED spending it with our cousins and family!

It helps that Choochie's give the best gifts!*

      

*OR we like to torture each other (as sisters/moms), I'm not sure which!

  

    

Letters to the Big Guy

These are great!  You can click on the pictures to make them larger, 

but I went ahead and translated them (sorta!)

Dear Santa,

I'v been looking at guitars at Walmart's internet page, and I found a really cool guitar that I liked it was really cool this is the tipe of guitar it is a daisy rock Pixie standard-size 40" Acoustic Electric guitar Plum Purple Burst.  It would be so awesome and great if you got me that.  I want to take guitar lessons but I can't because my guitar only has four strings and I would love a new guitar.  Thanks!  Love, Emma G

Dear Santa, 

How are you doing with your elves?  I want some more DS games.  I really want to the movie Cool Dog.  Also, I really want an Ipad.  Can I have a Wappy Dog.  The thing that I most want is a guitar. Thank you.

Love, Samantha

Holidays

This year was the FIRST time the girls have sat on Santa's lap in 7 years...

In other words, Sam has NEVER sat on Santa's lap, and Emma was 2.

I have no idea what changed their minds, but I didn't even have to ask - up they went!

Emma asked for a guitar ~ Sam asked for a Wappy Dog for her DS.

 

 Our "Steelers" Christmas Tree!  Every ornament is black and/or gold.  The lights are even gold this year!

Halloween

Sam as the *new* Strawberry Shortcake!

Gavin ~ DJ Lance  and  Annalie ~ TinkerBell

Snow on Halloween weekend!!!  :)

Benji ~ Rawr!  Little Lion

Marcie as Rainbow Brite!

Emma ~ Vampire  and My dad ~ grim reaper

Who is this Pelican!?!?  (Jill)

And me!  "Link" from Legend of Zelda

Pumpkin Patch

Halloween and "fall" are my favorites!  There's nothing like a trip to the pumpkin patch!

This year we went to Pagers in Sarver, PA

   

   

    

     

7th Birthday Party!

Sam's Birthday Party request was to have a "Dance Party" with a DJ!  These are the times when it's good to have a DJ in the family :)  

   

There were about 8 girls who danced for hours!

   

Thanks, DJ Z!

   

Sam had the best birthday party ever!

(and wants to have the SAME party every /other/ year!)  Oy!

   

This was *my* favorite part... I made a "photobooth", and had each guest take several pictures with Sam!  They really got into it, and took some silly pics!  Then I edited them in Picnik, and wha-la!