Merry Christmas

Well Christmas has come and gone. We had a great time. The girls were so excited and Elizabeth said that it was a great Christmas even though her one Christmas whish didn't come true. She really wanted snow to be on the ground, but I told her that Grandma and Grandpa Harper and Grandma Barnes got all the snow. Maybe we will head west for Christmas next year so we can enjoy the snow. Anyway we had a great day. Santa brought lots of toys and now I have to find a place to put all of them. I attached a few pictures. We hope you all had a great Christmas too.

Elizabeth's First Piano Recital

Elizabeth had her first piano Recital on Monday. She did a great job. I was always so shy and hated to be in the spotlight. My daughter is the exact opposite. She played all her songs and at the end she says "Can't I play some more?" She just wanted to keep going. I have been so happy with her teacher she has learned so much she only started playing in September. We have a keyboard that we got for her to practice on (Dave said he was not hauling a piano down to the basement) and her and Katie both love to play on it. I couldn't take the video at the recital so I had her play the songs for me at home. I attached the video I hope you enjoy.

Baby on the move

Well Danielle started to crawl this week. It is always fun when they start to move. The girls still get so excited everytime she crawls just like it was the first time. She does the arm crawl just like Elizabeth did. She is growing so fast, but she is so much fun. We can't wait to see what she thinks of Christmas.

Christmas in New York

We don't make it to the city often, but we always go during Christmas time. We had a great time this Saturday with the girls and their cousins. We took the train into the city which is always a fun way to start our adventure. Then we went to Macy's to see Santa. Elizabeth asked for a dog and a snowy Christmas, I know she is not getting one and the other is not up to me, so we'll see how that turns out. Katie told Santa to surprise her. I told her she should be more specific or he might surprise her with something she doesn't want or worse yet with nothing. And Danielle didn't cry when he held her what more can you ask. We saw the tree at Rockefeller Center which was beautiful and packed full of people. Finally, we took a trip to Build-a-Bear, the girls wanted to go to the American Girl store, but there was a line to get into the store, so we will save that for another time. There were alot of people out on Saturday, but you could feel the excitement for Christmas. I was a little worried about taking the girls and a baby, but Danielle was great the whole time. She sat in the stroller and tried to take it all in. We had a great time and can't wait until Christmas.

Thanksgiving

We had a great Thanksgiving. We had the family at our house this year. We set up a long table in the basement and we had a great time. We especially loved having Nana there. The girls had a great time playing with Alyson. The girls decorated with all of their turkey pictures from school, so it was very festive.

We let Danielle try some of our sweet potatoes and she loved them. She already is wanting what we are eating instead of the baby food. She is just growing up so fast.

Dad and Diane let all the girls spend the night at their house so that Dave, me, Jason, and Holly could get up early and hit some of those black Friday sales. Elizabeth had so much fun she said it was the best day ever.

Halloween

Katie Scores!!

Katie has been doing very well with her soccer. She runs, runs, and runs some more.

Halloween Party!!

Had a great time at the Halloween party at Church. Elizabeth was a "purple" witch, Katie was Minnie Mouse and Danielle was a black cat.

Hello Everyone

Well we have finally decided to try this blogging thing. We are hopping it will help us keep in touch with our friends and family that are both near and so far away.



Life these days is a little crazy, but it is great. We have been busy with soccer, cheerleading, piano lessons and church callings. Elizabeth is Cheering for the local football team and enjoying it. We finally found something that suites her personality. She can yell and scream and jump around and she loves it. Elizabeth is also starting piano it was a little challenging at first learning all the notes, but in the last few weeks things are starting to get easier and she is really starting to play music!!! It is very exciting.



Katie is becoming quite the soccer player. She is always asking Dave to go out and help her practice. She is not shy at the games either, she will get right in there and steal the ball. It is fun to watch. Katie is also in pre-school and she loves every minute of it. Every morning she hurries all of us along because she does not want to be late.



Danielle is growing so fast and such a good baby. She just hangs out and watches all of us run around. She loves both of her sisters and they are great at entertaining her and making her smile. Danielle is such a sweetheart and we are enjoying every moment with her because we look at Elizabeth and Kate and realize just how fast they grow up.