A little of this and a little of that

Wow, December is gone already?? Time for school/work again?? But we had soo much fun....
Don't you wish you could stop time sometimes? I know I sure wish I could've done that this holiday break. Having Eric and the girls all home for almost 3 weeks was fantastic!! I loved every minute of it. I loved playing as a family, laughing hard, cooking, entertaining, having family over...I loved all of it.

My mom and dad in law took their annual trip over and got to spend about a week with us, after spending some time with their other grandchildren in Vegas.
One thing is for sure and our girls agree, we all wish they lived closer. It was so nice having them with us, seeing them rediscover their granddaughters, seeing how much they have grown and changed.

Grandma reads the Nutcracker book at the girls request one of the first nights that she was here.

Maile and Audrey also loved playing with them and acting their favorite movies for anybody who wanted to be an audience.
We spend Christmas day with Roger, Lisa and her mom, Diane.
Maile's favorite Christmas present was a soft Rapunzel doll, a cuddly one as she calls it.

Audrey's favorite present...Jessie and Woody from the movie Toy Story. Initially Woody was supposed to be for Maile, but I guess we should've known better. No way was Maile gonna go for anything "un-princess" like. Ha! She has been in this "princessy" phase for the past 2-3 years at least and I don't see that changing anytime soon.
They have been playing with those toys a lot this past week and I love seeing their creativity and imagination come out. I know neither I, nor Eric will ever get tired of that.
Grandma's little hand knit bunnies were also a big hit, and caused Audrey to call her " the great artist of bunnies". I tell you, I don't know where she comes up with some of the things she says, but this little girl sure makes us all laugh. She is soo funny.