The gift I gave

I spent a good amount of extra hours putting together this long lasting gift for Kristy. She had asked me to frame her flowers so she could have something to remind her of NAna GG, so I told her yes. Well it is finally done and was under the tree waiting for her. I love this gift because it is a reminder that this life is temporary, we need to live it to the fullest and love our family and friends while we are blessed to have them a part of our everyday. The plate says Families are Forever Nana GG (Rose Chapman) and Kristy Mace. I love how it turned out.

Christmas Day

Curious to see what Santa brought.the McD's drive thru playset! YES!
Barbies and stuff.
Aunt Becky made Kristy a necklace with beads and a charm that Kristy selected when we got to visit. She loves it.
Katy is getting a big girl bed this weekend so she got a new sheet set and blanket for that.

Christmas day con't.

After a most of the gifts were open we let Kristy know there is one gift that must be hiding... the search was on.Found it!
The pink 2 wheeler bike that she has always wanted!
Katy wants to ride it too!
That was overwhelming so Katy decided to chill for bit. Too cute!

Christmas Eve

We sent the evening making puppy chow that we then delivered to some really great friends to let them know we were thinking of them and appreciate them. We then tracked Santa and watched him go from Europe to south america and then to Florida (Nana) and Guatemala (Nana G and Papa). Kristy wanted to go to bed when he moved to this side of the Atlantic but we had to make cookies and open the present of the eve.

Dec 2nd

We had our Christmas tree lighting here at Edwards. As usual Katy was not happy about the cold snow. Kristy loved it until she got too cold then it was about the hot chocolate and seeing Santa (who Katy was also not thrilled about getting too close to.
Katy loves talking about him and telling everyone about Santa but will not willingly get within 8 ft of him. lol.

Thanksgiving

The day before Thanksgiving we took Dad into the hospital. Turns out he had pnuemonia in both lungs. He spent 4 days in the care of our local hospital. The girls got him a bear to make him feel better. The rest of us spent thanksgiving with our friends the Wilsons. We played a little...
And enjoyed good food. We even snuck some to Dad. This is Sandy, her Dad and James in the background.
Ariel (Sandy's granddaughter) and Katy.

End of Soccer

The season concluded earlier in the month and Kristy got a little plaque for her participation. She is sad it is over, but the extra time is nice to have so I am pretty grateful. lol

Vegas

Brian and my Dad got the opportunity to go to Vegas in the early part of the month. Brian went to see the final table of the world series of poker main event and Dad spent his time at his 40th high school reunion. Brian got very fortunate and was able to personally meet and spend some time with one of the final 2 players. He was invited to a celebration breakfast with him and his family. A man who Brian had sat next to and talked with for a while got the attention of someone who got Darvin Moon to come and meet him and then took him as a member of the family. Such a great experience for him.

March ARB Ball

My friend Mary, who bowls with us on tuesday league, invited me to join her at her military ball. It was so nice.. We danced the night away.Pics are backwards but we had an awesome brunch the next morning. The pics should say most of it. We ate at the Mission Inn, a hotel that was created in an old mission (hence the name, I guess).

just goofing around

The girls enjoy goofing around with dress up stuff. Was too cute this day so I took a few pics.

Locks of Love

Kristy had a birthday party to go to at a hair salon and so I decided we would get her hair trimmed. This led to the discussion what the best option would be for her hair due to the volume of it. A parent at soccer made the comment that locks of love could be an option. So we looked at the website and I explained to Kristy what it was all about. I showed her the first picture of a "sick" girl who had no hair and before the next page could load Kristy said "I want my hair short so I can give it to that girl!" So we did. Here are the pics. We will post the pics of the mailing process when it happens. I am so proud of her and her choice to help someone. And short hair doesnt look to bad on her. (Hopefully i still feel that way in a week or two.

out of order

there aer going to be jumbled timelines for the surrounding post due to lack of time. So bear with me and enjoy.

Halloween

Katy

Katy was playing around during the soccer game. She was so cute I had to take pics. She was hamming it up a bit too.