December 2010

Here are some of our pictures from December leading up to Christmas. Enjoy!

Avery opening a present with Nana

Sierra opening one of her presents


Avery & Sierra getting ready to decorate their Gingerbread House


The Girls with Nana and Grandpa


The Girls showing off the Christmas Village they put up with Grandpa

A Family Picture

Avery wanted to take a picture, too. She loves taking pictures and she is really good at it.




We did an overnight stay at Coco Key, an indoor water park in Massachusetts. It was so much fun and we practically had the place to ourselves. Avery especially loved the fact that she was now tall enough to go down one of the water slides. She must have gone down it 50 times. I went down it once and was scared half to death because it was a tunnel that was pitch black and I was just flying down it. I can't believe Avery wasn't scared. She is such a little daredevil!

The girls relaxing poolside

Avery floating down The Lazy River

Sierra and Daddy on The Lazy River



Here are some pictures leading up to Christmas. I wanted some Christmas pictures of the girls at home.

These are pictures from Avery's School Christmas Program

And here we are sprinkling Reindeer Food on the Lawn on Christmas Eve.

November 2010

Here are some of our pictures from some fun things we did in November.

We had a few flurries over night early in November. The girls were so excited to see snow when they woke up. As you can see there is not much snow but they insisted on wearing the complete snowsuit. And just so you understand how excited they were, these pictures were taken at about 7:30 AM and they have their pajamas on under their snowsuits.

The following are pictures from Avery's first experience with rock climbing. She was so excited that she told everyone at school that she was going. She was great at it although she did not get up very high. She became very good at rapelling back down, I think that was her favorite part.

She made it as high as the blue rock that is just above her in this picture



The week before Thanksgiving we went to State College to celebrate with The Hine Family (Gramma's Family). It was a great weekend. The girls had lots of fun playing with their cousins. And one of the highlights of the weekend for the girls was spending time with Edna (Aunt Sara's dog). Avery still talks about how much she loves Edna.

The kids all made a fun Turkey Puppet

The Saylor's

And the Girls with Edna

After we got home from PA, Nana and Grandpa came out for a visit for Thanksgiving and an early Christmas. We went down to New Jersey on Thanksgiving day to celebrate with The Heinz's (Nana's Family). The girls had more fun playing with more cousins. Then it was back to Massachusetts to kick off Christmas.

The girls decorating their new Lollipop Tree

Alex and Stacy stopped by for a visit

Sierra helping decorate our Christmas Tree

Avery showing off the tree all decorated

Halloween 2010

Here are some of our pictures from Halloween. Avery, of course, was Scooby-Doo and Sierra was Batgirl, although if you asked her she was Batman. The first pictures are from Avery's Halloween Party and Hayride and school and then there are some from Trick or Treating.

Scooby-Doo at School


Scooby on The Hayride

Sierra and Avery Decorating Pumpkins

Here we are ready to go Trick or Treating

(Batgirl & Scooby, Mom as Robin, Dad as Shaggy, and Gramma as Velma)

And Here's "The Gang"

Avery & Sierra with their Friends Gracie, Jack, & Owen