Aubrey's Christmas performance

Aubrey had been practicing at home every day for weeks.  

Singing the songs over and over again.

Practicing the hand motions and the dance moves.

The night finally came and she was sooooo excited!  

The Christmas play was adorable!

Preschoolers are the cutest thing.

She was definitely my favorite Christmas tree.  :)

We had quite the fan club that night.

Thank you to all our wonderful family and friends 

who were able to love on our girl at her Christmas play.  

Aubrey sure felt loved by you coming and so did we!!

Christmas party time!

We got to go to one of our FAVORITE Christmas parties again this year.  Aubrey was TWO her first year we went and then THREE last year and now she is FOUR...

 Santa visits and brings each child a gift...

 When it was Austin's turn to meet Santa, he got this close to him,
then turned and walked the other way...

He quickly turned happy though when he saw what Santa brought him.

 Aubrey was in heaven as well...

 She was trying to listen to the story.  

She couldn't hear it because the party was too loud and fun!

 Mimi and Big Papa looked smashingly adorable!

 Aubrey got to be an angel in the birth of Jesus' play.

 It was too cute!

 All of 2012 cast...love it!

 The night was busy making sure our almost 2 year old was going only where he should be and also  making sure nothing got spilled or broken as he passed by things.  

Even with the busyness that children bring, we loved the company and enjoyed the Christmas cheer. 

Thank you Woods family for inviting us.  We had such a great time.  You do such a wonderful job making each person feel like family.  Thanks again!

Penner family pictures

I love, love, love pictures. 

Especially pictures of family.

Here is my family.

Every picture we take is a memory frozen in time.  

We do not know the days we will have together,

so it has been such a blessing to see us all together.

My wonderful parents with their grandkids

 My sister and her hubby

 My brother and his fam

Thank you Jen Bell for taking these for us!!!  

These are such a treasure we will have forever.

Christmas fun...

We got to enjoy at afternoon at the Smittcamp Alumni House at Fresno State.  Auntie BB works there and she invited us to meet Santa, take pictures with the Fresno State cheerleaders and also our Bulldog mascot.  Thank you Auntie BB for inviting us!!

Thanksgiving with Penners

I am finally getting to post about our fun Thanksgiving with the Penner fam.  Our day started with meeting at the park for a rainy day football game.  Oh the memories!!

One team had plays and huddles...

The other team...well, they had fun out there.  The other team had fun too, but let's just say their huddles and plays helped.  HA!

The kids loving it too!

They might look clean and dry, but they were soaked and dirty!!!

While the adults had an intense football game, the kiddos played their own games...

Then, we went home, got cleaned up and met back at our cousin's house for dinner together.  Aubrey Rose and her cousin Riley matched.  It was the cutest thing.

Sisters and cousins...love you girls!

Group picture!