Ellie's 2nd Birthday

Ellie turned 2 in February, and we celebrated with a fairly low-key party. We played inside (the balloons were a big hit!), visited, and of course had cake and ice cream.

Olivia struggled a bit with sharing...

Winter birthdays are going to be a challenge (Adam is December, Ellie is February). I'm going to have to get creative and find fun ways to celebrate inside every year!

Christmas 2012

We were lucky to have my family out for almost the entire month of December. My parents came out one week after Adam was born, and my brother, Kevin, arrived for about a week around Christmas. It was nice to have the help - I think it helped the girls adjust to having another kid with so many adults around to give them all the attention they needed.

The girls got to help with cooking...

 

And get spoiled rotten...

 

 

We went as a family to see Temple Square...

 

 

On Christmas Eve the girls made a birthday cake for Jesus...

 





 

And Christmas morning was fantastic!

 

 



Olivia's Dance Recital

Olivia has been taking an intro to dance class that teaches ballet, tap and tumbling. In December she participated in two Christmas recitals. The pictures and video to follow speak for themselves, but she was incredible.

 

Dance Recital #1

 

Dance Recital #2

Family Pictures

We took some pictures when Adam was just a couple weeks old. Our photographer was Emily from Emily Jane Photography, we love our pictures!