Here comes Santa Claus...

Our good friends, Meigan and Dennis, hosted a children's Christmas party at their home this past Saturday! They invited 37 children, with parents and grandparents in tow! Here is Dave and Meigan sharing some holiday cheer!
Cookies were baked and shared! Children found cookies with their names on them...

and promptly began to eat them!! Here is Sarah munching around her name!

Families brought together...
Guests welcomed by Dennis the elf...
Katie, the elf who was Santa's right hand girl!

Friends got caught up with each other...

Romances rekindled... oh that Danny just loves our Molly and she loves him too!
Happy, photogenic faces everywhere, just waiting for Santa!

The dancing Santa doll brought out some good moves in this little guy!

Ella and Molly became new little friends!

And then, what to our surprise did arrive... Santa!!
Some "braved" a quick hug while others just watched.

Santa read a story to all...
and then musical instruments were passed to all the children with song sheets for the adults and a little sing-a-long was started!
Santa then gave gifts to each and every child there! Here Danny accepts a gift from Santa!
Cayden got a toy truck that made sounds!
Molly got a doll and Sarah was just so happy for her, telling her "Oh Molly, you are so lucky, Santa knew you wanted a baby and he got you one!" What a nice big sister!
Sarah received a little "cha-wow-wow"! Of course she just loves him to bits!

My little buddy Tyler got Elmo... just look at this face! He walked right over to Santa and this was his face on his way back to his mommy, Melissa.

This is what Christmas is all about!

Thank you Meigan and Dennis... you captured the hearts of children!

You Capture-Holiday Decor!

This HOLIDAY SEASON...
I hope you are enjoying the UPS...



and DOWNS...



With lots of JOY all around!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!


FIND MORE HOLIDAY CHEER HERE!

Another Really Big Show... Sarah's last!

Sarah and her classmates perform in the Really Big Show at Best Beginnings! Sarah is 5th from the left in the teal-blue dress!

They were calling Rudolph!!
Accepting applause from the audience!
Singing "There's a little elf" sitting on my knee...

With a moment of shyness!
Ending with "We wish YOU...a Merry Christmas"!
Sharing cookies together!

Sarah giving a gift to Molly... one really meant for her Mommy and Daddy!!


Sarah and her "best boyfriend" Henry!
Fabulous teachers sharing lunch together after the program. These woman are a dedicated bunch of ladies who sincerely love children!!
Meme loves her Sarah!!

Oh ... since this was Sarah's last BIG SHOW, Molly decided she would practice because it's her turn to go to school, don't ya know??

Meme loves her Molly too!!

11 Days to go...

Wow... where did this year go? Time has flown by! I can't believe Christmas is in 11 days! Kelley and Tegan come home on the 24th! I can hardly wait to see them both! Beckie and I have been busy decorating the barbie "condo". The condo is really a large shelf Dave built for Bridget back in her college days when the room she lived in was so small she couldn't even fit a dresser. Dave built this piece of furniture with shelves for books, computer, clothes, etc. with a desk top that suspended from it as well. Well, its been sitting in our basement. I wondered one day what to do with it and Debo, the genius that she is, says..."Turn it into a Barbie Condo"! So we decided to do just that. Here are some shots before we did some wall papering!! This is the shelf unit turned on its side. Beckie and I were a little disappointed that Barbie wouldn't be able to stand in the top section or the bottom ones. That's when Dave gave us a look like we were both NUTS and flipped the dang thing on its side... Now Barbie has 24 foot ceilings!!

Here Barbie enjoys her new kitchen... oh but wait till we are done Barbie!
Barbie enjoys pink....
So we used lots and lots of pink!

One of our favorite rooms is the stage room...which will be complete with a microphone stand for "belting out her favorite songs" with Elphaba and Glenda watching on!
The kitchen with a few items...
The bathroom with a view to die for...
Won't Sarah and Molly be surprised? I know Barbie will be freaking out!!

Oh, the wonderment...

The tree.

The boy.
The wonderment... is that a word?, in Cayden's eyes!
The joy.

The Terror... lookout tree, here he comes!