The GIRLS

This past month has been great! Carley has become such a cool chick & is communicating MUCH better which = less whinning & Mya is her same awesome self! Here are a few pictures that make us smile.

It's always fun to sit on a stool, eat fruit, & laugh!

Carley LOVES high heels & shoes in general. She will move her shoes of choice over to a wall & balence herself against it to get them on. This time she wanted to wear a crown as well. I love to watch her walk around in heels - it makes me laugh.

According to Mya this was "the best day ever" which usually means there was a BIG mess involved... oh was there ever a mess! Both girls were soaked from head to toe from playing in the sprinklers & covered in mud. Dumped dirt in the grass & picked almost all of the oranges off the tree. I had to strip them down & hose them off before they came in (which they thought was super cool). Silly girls!

Carley LOVES to watch Mya dance & really likes to shake her booty. So you can imagine how happy she was to get to wear Mya's tu-tu for a while.

While Gordon & I were finishing dinner the other night the girls were up stairs playing. This is what we came up to. Mya had dressed Carley up as a princess & herself up as a prince. SOO adorable!

Some of our favorite Carley words: "I got Sprite", "stop no isses" (kisses), "sassy", "no" while pointing her finger, "Elmo", "ho ho" for Santa, "pay" (play), "teat" (treat), "blay" (blanket).

Mya gave her first talk in Primary yesterday. She wanted Gordon to help her. Her topic was "The scriptures are the word of God". She shared one of her favorite scripture stories Daniel & the Lions Den. She even colored a picture showing Daniel in the den as a visual aid. She did great!

Carley went into nursery with out crying for the first time yesterday! Yippee! She also colored her first nursery picture. Before church Mya asked for her nails to be painted & so Carley of course wants the same. So anyway when I look at her nursery picture it's scribbled on & then I notice that Jesus has perfectly colored red feet. It took me a minute & I asked Carley if Jesus had his toenails painted she responded by taking off her shoes & socks to show me her painted nails. SOOOOO funny! I can't believe that would come to her mind hours later & that she colored the feet so well! 

CTR 4 & Nursery

Guess who started Nursery & CTR 4 the first Sunday of the New Year with a new 12 o' clock church time.......?

Oh Yeah - the Palmer Sisters

Mya did great! Had a super fun time & is excited about her new class. She got a purple balloon & candy - good bribs teacher :0)

Carley started off great! Got distracted by a puzzle & I snuck out & enjoyed Sunday School for about 20 minutes... then a happy Carley was brought to me in need of a diaper change. Clean & back to class was her downfall. She was not happy to go back but I left her in there crying anyway. My friend Becky went in to help out (there were 3 crying kids) & I didn't see Carley again until after church. I guess she cried on & off but we thought it was good that she made it through the 2 hours. When I went to pick her up she burst out crying & was mad at us for the remainder of the day. Keep your fingers crossed for a quick transition - first time nursery + an hour into naptime = grouch.



C*H*R*I*S*T*M*A*S

Christmas morning - I think Gordon looks the most excited!

Mya got a big doll house - her dream come true

Carley got a shopping cart - her favorite well besides her true love...

Markers!! This girl LOVES markers. She pushes them around in her shopping cart, stroller, takes them to bed, has at least 5 in her hands at all times.. you get the idea. These are bath tub markers but her favorites are the color wonder markers (the clear ones - fantastic idea Gordo)!!

After a nice Christmas morning together my family came over to party. We started off by going to the movies "Yogi Bear" all of the kids did pretty well even though movie is lame. Then we came back & ate, ate, ate & opened more presents from Grandma Nae Nae & Grandpa Ken. After the kids were in bed the adults played Apples to Apples.

Carley got her own "Tinkerbell" table & chairs & boom box

Mya got the "Tangled" barbies & horse - she can't stop playing with them

Carley & Reggie love to play shopping carts. They push them & follow each other around. It's so funny!

We were overly spoiled this Christmas & so thankful for the time we had with our families & with each other. Mya seemed to grasp the concept of Jesus's birth & even told everyone at my dad's that the reason for Christmas is "it's Jesus's birthday". We had a lot of fun looking at Christmas lights (Carley was really excited about lights this year - she was affraid of some of the blow up decor but thought the lights were "eety" aka pretty), went to a really fun grown-up party with lots of good friends & some questionable white elephant gifts, Gordon & I went on a super fun double date to see the comedian Brian Regan, & the girls visited Santa at the mall twice. Carley screamed & Mya told Santa that she "wanted a doll house & her sister wants a bike". I thought it was cute that she thought of her sister.

NeW YeArS: We went to another fun grown-up party New Year's Eve - ate some yummy food & danced our buns off playing Wii Dance. Before the party we had pizza with the girls & had a Wii bowling competition. New Years day Gordon & Mike golfed & I took the girls to Yorgut Jungle. That night we had a very enjoyable family dinner at Someburros.

It was nice to have a whole week with nothing going on just a chance to play & have fun. Gordon went golfing a few times & was home a lot more than usual which is always a treat. I took the girls to the movies, the mall, Chuck E Cheese, & the entire family went to the Bounce House (I have never seen Gordon have so much fun). We ate out & just got to spend a lot of quality time together.

Eve

We had a wonderful Christmas season!! Christmas Eve we took the girls to the mall to enjoy all the holiday stuff. We had a few gifts to pick up, had lunch, & took a spin on the tea cup.

After the mall we went to the park & played for a bit & then headed home to let the girls wrap their gifts for each other & us. It was fun to sneak around & try not to let anyone see anything. Mya loves to wrap presents & is pretty good at it & Carley really liked putting the gifts under the tree. 

After naptime we went over to my dad & Cathy's for dinner & present opening.

Mya got a Barbie laptop - super cool! She always plays with this when we go to the store. She's VERY happy to have her own. The girls also got matching princess snuggies.

Carley got a bunny pillow pet. She squealed & hugged it as soon as she got it open. Super adorable!

Grandpa & Grandma Moose with the girls.

Once we got home the girls put treats out for Santa (Mya & I baked cookies during her quite time earlier that day).

Gordon & I did our favorite tradition & wrapped/put together all the gifts. Mya also heard jingle bells ringing for the first time this year... she was excited to tell us the next morning. 

Eve at my dad's