Christmas 2011

One week post ACL blowout...my sister helped salvage Christmas for me! She took my gifts home and wrapped them. Luckily, I had most of my Christmas shopping done. But I tell you...if it weren't for her wrapping, my kids would've had no surprise at all! They had a fabulous Christmas morning!

 Knowing it would be easier on myself to have people over then to go somewhere, I hosted the extended Marquette family here for Christmas brunch. It was so much work, but Conal was a great help. I was already in enough pain that I'm not sure if I would've noticed if it wore me out or not!
I'm glad the kids had a good Christmas, but I sure am looking forward to being mobile and healthy next year!

Christmas Card Pics

The older the girls get, the more time seems to get by me. I didn't send out Christmas pictures last year, so I really wanted to this year. In a last ditch attempt effort to get a card in the mail before the end of the year, I got the girls ready on a whim and went to the Gilbert water tower to snap some pictures. Unedited and with my camera that doesn't always like to work...I think they came out semi-decent. It made me feel good too, since I didn't have my sister take any pictures for their 5th and 8th birthdays.

Winter Showcase and Chandler Parade

The first Saturday in December has turned into a shuffle for us the last couple of years. The Dads' Club puts a float together, that all their children get to ride on, in the Chandler Parade. And The Dance Loft has their Winter Showcase that day as well. This year we lucked out a bit, as dance ended before the parade started.

It was a wet, cold, dark wintery day...which was so awesome, since we don't have many of those. The not awesome part of that was the kids sitting on a float drenched, and us following behind on foot! We were good sports though...it's not often we get to feel like it's really the Christmas season around here!

The best part of all that is that it falls right around my birthday. So afterwards, the Houses came over for birthday desserts to help me kick off my celebration month!

Patient dance spectator waiting for her turn at the parade!

Polar Express Float

Whirlybird Wednesday, Part 2

The Fox 10 news/weather crew came out to Sanborn again, for another Whirlybird Wednesday. The chopper was hit in the windshield with a bird on the way to the school, so there was no helicopter this time. The kids still had fun, and Taylor was on the news!

Taylor, Ali and Tessa

Addie, Sadie, Mrs. DeHart, Taylor and Mollie

Christmas Tree Helper

Hayden helped fluff our Christmas tree this year. Fluffing the tree earned her the honor of putting the star on top!