Christmas Pics and Ice Sculptures

I have lots of pics over the last few days so I just made a Slideshow - Enjoy!

The day we went to the Ice Slides it was a little bit warmer than the last pic you see, only -28!

Merry Christmas!

Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday!  Our Christmas was great! And I have pictures, but our neighbors borrowed my camera cord, so I can't download them.  The girls got just about everything they wanted.  I say 'just about' because there was a slight issue with Sierra's Santa gift.

Sierra asked Santa for a 'Grocery Store' set in October... so we looked around, and the only one we saw was HUGE and EXPENSIVE at Sam's Club.  Naturally, I found one online and ordered it.  That was the end of October. 

Fast forward to 11:30pm Christmas Eve... Dustin and I are putting together the Grocery Store with moveable conveyor belt, grocery cart, play money and cash register.  We open the box... cheap plastic pieces fall out... okay, its a little cheaper than we thought...

We proceed to put it together, every piece I snap in I get more depressed that its not as cool as it said on the website and looks on the box!!!!  And then we finish and I stand up.  The thing doesn't even come up to my knee!!!! YEP, that's right, its as tall as my SHIN!!!!

So we decide, give it to her and buy her something else for her birthday (in a few weeks) or don't give it to her and she doesn't get a 'gift' from Santa... we spent about an hour scrambling trying to figure out what to do... What if we print out a pic from online and tell her its on its way? What if we give her cash? Call Walmart, maybe they're open - I'll drive into town... nope, closed - CRAP! WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?!?!?!? (note to self - do not wait until Christmas eve to open and check a present bought online - no matter how big the box!)

So I flat out told Dustin I was not even going to give her the mini one. We got neighbors on Christmas eve - they had just moved in and we invited them over because they have basically nothing in their house yet.  So we spent the afternoon with them and their kiddos.  And they have a 18mo old that this grocery set was perfect for - so I walked over about midnight Christmas Eve and gave it to them for Christmas!  I mean, it was already put together and only had 30 days to return it online - minus shipping, blah blah blah - so Merry Christmas Emma!

As for Sierra - this is what she got from Santa:

 

Letter reads:

Dear Sierra,

Boy did I have a LONG night last night delivering all the toys across the world to all the boys and girls! And I knew you were patiently waiting for me to bring you your present. You even called NORAD when I was in Guatemala to check up on me and see when I would be at your house.  I was happy to hear that you were excited for my visit.

The elves are such a big help, and they had built a Grocery Store and Lemonade Stand especially for you!! But they didn't pack it in my sleigh too well, and it fell off when I was flying over Canada! OH NO!!! I was very upset so I wrote this letter to you and gave you a check to take to the store to pick one out for yourself.

I hope you are able to find one, and I will make sure those elves double check my sleigh from now on!!

Merry Christmas!!
HO HO HO!

SANTA CLAUS

 

 

So today we are headed to the BX to find a Grocery Store/Lemonade stand we saw last week! LOL!  Dustin said its a good thing that her Mommy is creative, or she would have gotten a post it note saying have Daddy buy one! LOL!

 

Oh, and her is my first "Belly Pic" courtesy of Shawnel at Phia's birthday party!

27 Weeks:

Christmas Pageant

The girls were in the Chapel Christmas Pageant last Sunday. Here are the pictures. Nothing too extraordinary - they sang songs and were packers in the play. And Ruby sucked her thumb the entire time!

Our Daisy Girl Scout

Sierra had her Investiture ceremony tonight.  She got her Girl Scout pin and the patches she has earned so far - 5 (and one still on order!)

 

Here she is saying her Girl Scout 'Petal'  She earns petals of the Daisy for her vest. 

 

Everyone saying the Girl Scout Promise.

 

Getting her Girl Scout pin and being welcomed in the Girl Scout family.

 

Group photo with the leaders.

 

Silly group photo.

 

And we were informed that the next meeting is January 12th - HOWEVER, Girl Scout Cookie sales start January 10th!!!  So let us know if you need any cookies!!!  They will all be shipped here, so that is perfectly fine if you don't want to buy them - just letting the grandmas know :wink:

He is such a dork!

So I wake up at like 8am the other morning to Dustin yelling "ALETA ALETA - BABE BABE BABE!!!!!"  I shoot up out of bed as soon as he opens the bedroom door thinking 'what's wrong with one of the girls?!?'   NOTHING!!!  LOL!  This is what he was so excited about!

 

 

***DISCLAIMER***   I WAS NOT ABOUT TO GET OUT OF MY NICE WARM BED TO TAKE PICTURES OF MOOSE!!!!  And my husband doesn't know how to use the camera - lol - you should have seen the pictures he took - through the glass (snicker snicker) that I deleted. 

 

Fortunately, the moose came back that evening, and I took these pictures.  I opened the screen door and stood on our porch to get these.  They were eating something in the snow by our driveway.

 

Hey, I guess I should be grateful that is was 8am... at like 6am our first winter in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Dustin woke me up one morning... get this... because it was SNOWING! LOL!  Um... I had seen snow before, I rolled back over while he went out in the front yard with the video camera! ROTFLOL!!! Gotta love that Arizona boy!