Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas!! We love wearing our Christmas clothes!

Christmas Choir performance

Kate is singing her heart out on O Come Let Us Adore Him. We were so proud of her! She's the 2nd one on the left with the green dress.

Here's a picture of Kate and Maxwell after singing!

Kate & Evie after their performances. Kate LOVES playing with Evie!

Jarett and I weren't sure whether Kate would participate or not for her choir performance at church. It was in the sanctuary and there were a lot of parents & grandparents there to watch. She did a FABULOUS job and participated in all 3 songs. We were so proud of her and so happy we got to see our little girl grow up a little more. What a difference a year makes!!

Christmas Day

Kate opening one of her first presents....this one was from Santa.  A Princess game to go with her Leap Frog keyboard.

Kate opening her Tinkerbell fairies--- the one thing she asked for besides Pocahantus.  She loves them!

Kate opening her cash register -- this was one of her favorite gifts!!  She loves it!

Kate playing her new Leap Frog keyboard game.  She loves it.  This was her gift from Santa.

We had a great Christmas.  We stayed home for Christmas this year.  Kate had a great time opening all her presents.  Then we had breakfast and spent the day playing with all her new games.  We went to her best friend's, Kitely, house to let the girls open presents and play that night.  It was a great way to spend our Christmas.  We enjoyed a visit with Jarett's family the weekend before Christmas and then a great time with my family the weekend after Christmas.  We are very thankful for such a wonderful Christmas season this year.  We have so many wonderful things to be thankful for and look forward to a great 2009!

Christmas Eve

Kate with Daddy after going to the Christmas Eve service at our church.

Kate with Mommy after church on Christmas Eve.

Kate posing in front of our Christmas tree.

We stayed home this year for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.  We went to the Christmas Eve service at our church.  It was really nice to be home for Christmas Eve.  Kate had a great time and we enjoyed the service.

Kate's Holiday party at school

Kate's class sang Jingle Bell Rock to all the parents.  However, Kate did not sing.  She stood there and just looked at me while they were singing.  As soon as it was over, she came running to me with tears forming in her eyes.  She is definitely not a performer!

She was very exciting about painting her tile though!

Kate, Fiona, & Kitely together at school.

Kate was very proud of her final product...her decorative tile!  

Kate's class had their holiday party & show on Tuesday, Dec. 22nd.  She was very happy that I came to it.  However, she was just not excited about everyone watching her.  She had fun after they finished singing.  

Christmas at Nana & Grandpa's

On the way home from Nana & Grandpa's eating lunch in Lexington.

Kate decided she needed to dance at TGI Friday's.

Kate playing her new Barbie guitar in her princess tent at Nana & Grandpa's.

Rocker girl playing her new guitar!

We went to Jarett's parents to celebrate Christmas the weekend before Christmas.  Kate had a lot of fun and got lots of fun stuff!!  We had a nice visit and got to visit some extended family also!

Fantasy of Trees

Kate & Kitely with some of the penguins...ready to go in!

Kate loves riding any carousel!

One of her favorite activities there.....decorating a cookie with icing & sprinkles!

Then she went over and got a princess manicure.  She loved every minute of that one!

Here are the girls right before we left the Fantasy of Trees.  They had a great time.  They were able to do so many things that they wanted to do.  We went on Friday and it wasn't too busy - - maybe most people were at the mall shopping.  She had a really good time going with her best friend, Kitely.  It was a great way to start off the Christmas holiday season!