Growing up quick

It has become very obvious to me that my little girl is growing into a very beautiful young woman. Emily will be turning 15 in 3 short months. She is still pulling all A's in school, loves attending early morning seminary, continues toward earning her black belt and has just started driver's education. She brings much joy to our house and we are so blessed to be her parents. These are pictures of the great deals we found while out shopping for new church clothes. Every thing we found was under $11.00 each.

Emily had this sweater and we paired it with this skirt from Target. The skirt was $7.00.

My sister Yvonne gave Emily this sweater for Christmas and we found the skirt on clearance at Kohl's for $9.00.

This is a one piece dress that we found at J.C. Penneys for $11.00. We paid $15.00 for the belt but it was just the perfect match.

This cute outfit is a skirt and top that came together for just $10.00 at J.C .Penneys. I was concerned about the green but Emily pulls it off nicely. We did find a shorter sleeved shirt to wear underneath this in her drawer so it looks better.

Christmas and New Years

In mid November it was brought to our attention that Rob would not be able to get any days off during the summer in 2010. We quickly pulled together a pretty big surprise for our kids. These are just some of the highlights of Christmas 2009.

On Christmas eve morning we let the kids open one gift of our choice.

It was a box of balloons. They quickly figured out that they had to put

them in order to figure out the gift.

They said Come Celebrate with Us. The Happy Birthday balloon is

the only thingI could find with Mickey and friends on it so I wrote

Jesus on it. We headed to Florida on December 26th.

Mini golfing in 60 degree weather in December!



Emily's favorite disney characters by far are the dalmations

We went to see the chipmunks squeakquel. These guy

were hanging out in the lobby.

We were treated to an very fun day with my Aunt Rita and cousin Sarah.

We went on this balloon ride that goes 400 feet in the air. I was

very hesitant but it wasn't too bad.

Just a couple of pictures from up in the balloon.

The only park we went to was Sea World. We went on New Years Eve day.

I thought this was funny, a whale with a hat and scarf.

Emily took this picture. It is a real seal. I thought it was a statue.

We were amazed at the size of this baby penguin. It was as

big as the adult standing next to it.

I just couldn't pass up taking a picture of the kids in front

of this huge beautiful tree as we left Sea World.

Yes they are both wearing shorts on New Years Eve.

We thought these were interesting Palm trees.

As usual we spent the night ringing in the new year in the quiet

of our home. This year was spent in a hotel room but

we didn't forget to pack our hats and blowers. I hope

this isn't the last year the kids let me take our annual

picture in front of the t.v.. It was cool to be on the top floor

of the hotel. At midnight we turned off the lights and opened

the curtains to watch all of the fireworks going off at the parks.

All and all it was a fun trip. I am truly blessed with a wonderful family.