Update on Alyssa

I wanted to do an update on all my kiddos individually. So this is about my cute little sissy! She still feels like my baby, but she is getting so big! She is talking a lot, She will tell us things like, "Hailey not sharing candy." or "Troy not sharing." She likes to ask where everyone is, "Where's Daddy?" "Where's Troy boy?" "Where's Hailey?" She also still says Thank you, with and F (Fank you) and sometimes it sounds like a bad word. We get a laugh out of it! Alyssa loves frozen and the frozen songs and she is always ALWAYS singing!! Usually the frozen songs. She wakes up singing, goes to bed singing, she will break out in song almost at any given time. She always has a song in her heart. She is pretty tender-hearted. Sometimes if Josh or I am raise our voice to her lately she will get pretty upset. Sometimes she will stick out her tongue, fold her arms, stomp off and sometimes yell. She seems to be pretty sensitive and we think it is so cute! Alyssa loves to play and do whatever the big kids are doing. The the first two pictures they are playing puppy. We love our little Sissy!!

Playing with our new Toys Dec. 2013

So I think that outside toys are my favorite for Christmas or anytime! We live on a little cold-de-sac and it is so perfect for riding bikes and other toys. It was very cute that Troy rode Alyssa around a lot of the time. It was pretty cold outside but we still loved it!

We also celebrated our 9 year anniversary this year. We took 1 picture on my phone, it turned out okay. We went to outback Steak house this year. (I think I'm realizing a pattern, I think without even realizing it we switch between Josh's favorite, Outback, and my favorite, Olive Garden, every year.) My mom and dad came along and it was really fun! We saw the secret life of Walter Mitty. Meese and Collin were there at the theater, randomly so we sad by them as well!

Christmas Day

Here are my big kids on Christmas Day!! We thought this day would never come!! Troy asked everyday, "When is Christmas gonna get here?" Hailey got Razor scooter, Troy got a Razor 360, and Alyssa got a little pink tricycle. (But she has been loving on Hailey's old 3 wheeled scooter that is in kinda sad shape.) We recently saw the movie Frozen and have loved the songs ever since. Hailey got a microphone for Christmas and loved singing the songs on it. Alyssa also wanted to get in on the action and sings her little heart too! After the songs, as to copy Hailey, Alyssa would say Thank you, Thank you but it sounds somethimes like Fank you and sometimes like F*ck you. We have been getting a really good laugh out of that!

Christmas fun with the Kohlers

On Christmas Eve we went over to the Merrells/Sowards and had so yummy food. Did a short and sweet little musical presentation, The kids who had learned something on the piano played, like Hailey. And Josh read the scripture story in Luke 2 about Jesus being born. We also squeezed in a cousin picture.  My family came over on Christmas day so that we could open the presents we got from them and they could open the gift we got them also.  It was lots of fun!  We are so lucky to have so much family in town!

Christmas time with the Hakes

The whole Hakes group came to town for the weekend before Christmas. It was a lot of fun and the kids really enjoyed playing with all of there cousins. We also tried to get a picture of the kids in there p.j.s but we didn't get a very good picture of them. Maybe next time... But hey look at the bright side we did get a great picture of the (big) Girls in their jammies! We had a lot of fun!

Hailey's piano recital Dec. 2013

Hailey had her second piano recital for the year. She says she feels pretty nervous but she always does great. She has practiced the song(s) a ton. This time she played jingle bells. She is really coming along on her piano skills! We are very impressed with her! Good job Hailey! We love you!

Christmas Tree

Getting out the tree to decorate it is always something the kids really look forward to. Alyssa was especially focused on it and was content for quite some time working on the same ornament replacing it over and over again.  I guess it takes a lot of work to get it just right.