Last night we took Kayla to gymnastics class. We had been there before to watch the kids practice, but this was the first time that Kayla got to go in there and "practice"! She had a fantastic time. Most of you know she is a little monkey, and all I can say is that if you give free reign, gymnastics might just be the right thing for her! She had a hard time understanding that she had to exercises guided towards her age.. she was ready to jump and flip with the big girls!
Here are some really cute photos of her watching the older kids practicing before her class. She watches them so attentively!



Here she is in class! She was trying hard to listen to the instructions, but she really just wanted to go play! She climbed up that purple slide 3 times just so she could come down the red one! Those slides are really high for a 2 yr old!

As of today, we have a new President. I wanted to write a quick post because my children never cease to amaze me. I mentioned it to Shane last night that as of today, Barack Obama would be our President. He said to me, "Mommy, I know Rock Obama will be our president" and I said to him, "Shane, his name is BA-rack Obama, not Rock Obama". He looked at me puzzled and said, "Did he change his name?!" My heart smiled because it reminded me just how young Shane still really is.. and I LOVE that!
And Kayla is VERY smart! She heard me talking to Shane, and quickly caught on to the conversation. Every time I would ask her who the new President was going to be, she would say "Rock Obama"! I need to watch what I say around her!! She catches on too quick!

I wanted to post a picture of Jim! We taught our KidsQuest children's ministry about the 10 plagues brought on Egypt.. to make it a little more fun for the kids, Jim dressed up like the Pharoah! The kids loved it and I think it was one of the best classes we had! It was great to see the kids want to learn more and get so involved! Here is a pic of our Pharoah!!

Last night we took Shane and Kayla to go get haircuts. Shane gets haircuts almost monthly because his hair grown so fast, but Kayla has never had her hair cut, so we thought it was time for a trim. She was very excited to get to sit up in the chair. She climbed up on it with no help and sat there quietly watching herself in the mirror while she got her hair barely trimmed! I wanted to cut it shorter, but Jim would have none of it! They did layer it a little on the ends and that makes a big difference.
Here is the big girl! Her hair does look really cute.


Here is a picture of Shane getting his haircut. He is always so serious when they cut it, I just had to take a picture! And look at all that hair on top of his head! He got his haircut the week before Christmas and here we are again! Crazy!!

Kayla had been running a temperature with a cough the past few days. Today has really been the first day the temperature is gone and the cough is barely there. I on the other hand, ended up going to bed at 9pm last night because I had the most terrible headache. I think I was running a temp, and everytime I do, I get a terrible headache along with it. This morning I woke up with a cough... I think I caught what Kayla had.
It is always good to see her back in good spirits. I took this picture of her after she was playing in my closet. She came out wearing my silver sandles and my Disney hat which she absolutly fell in love with. The pic is not the greatest since I took it with my phone, but I am happy I had it close by to get this shot of her!!

We went back to Ohio for Christmas this year and we had a wonderful time. It was hard as usual to say goodbye.. but I have to admit that there is no better feeling than walking into your own home. This blog is really going to be mostly filled with pictures.

Here is our Christmas card picture this year. We just propped up the camera hoping to get a good photo!


Here are some pictures from Christmas morning. I found these cute horses and the kids LOVED them! They went straight to them!

Shane got the new Ben 10 Alien Force PS2 video game. He absolutely loved it!

Kayla loved opening her little doll house!
Here is a picture of Debbie (Jim's mom) attempting to take a picture with the 4 grandchildren!

And here is a picture of my sister Melissa and I when we met up for lunch.