Family of 5

Sariah has been wanting a dog CONSTANTLY.  Unfortunately, it is not a option for lots of reason.  So we tried to satisfy her need for a pet with a fish.  She absolutely LOVES "Bluey".  She gives kisses and hugs to the bowl multiple times per day and can't wait to feed him each morning and night.  She got to pick out what fish she wanted and she picked a beautiful Betta fish.

She picked out really pretty marbles for the bottom of the bowl.  We are gonna get a bigger bowl and add a plant for Bluey this week but we ran out of time on Saturday.  Here they are transfering the fish into his new home.

Family Pictures

Over the holiday break, we had some family pictures taken.  Here are some of my favorites...

 Such a sweetie!!!

 Sariah loves her daddy!!!

 Daddy and his girls

I'll share some of just Sariah and Kenzl in a couple days...stay tuned!

Photos taken by my sister-in-law Sarah.  Thanks Sarah for taking the pics...we love them!!!

Christmas Dresses

It was impossible to get any pictures of my girls together with their matching dresses. We were lucky to get any of Kenzli...she was not in the mood to cooperate.

But she gets away with being a stinker, because she is so dang cute!!!
Sariah on the other hand, was totally cooperative and would have let me take 100 more pictures as long as she got to pose.
Seriously...she is such a ham!

She loved her Christmas dress!!!

Trains!

There is a really cool railroad park up in Scottsdale and every year they decorate it for Christmas. This year, we went with some friends on opening night. It was lots of fun. They have a big room with a whole little village set up with train tracks going through it. You can walk through inside and see it all. It really is incredible. You can also see it through the window. Sariah loved watching the trains go by as we waited in line to ride the actual tree through the lights display.

On the train...ready to go!
Sariah absolutely loves riding carousels...luckily there was not a long line to ride.

On opening night, they have lots of characters there...she loved Elmo and Cookie Monster!!!

My good friend Julie is the one who invited us to go ... we had gone last year but opening night is so much more fun!!!

Dance

Sariah loves to dance. Here she is with her teacher, Ms. Lissa at her recital in December. She was so cute in her little costume.

She was so excited to get flowers aferwards. Seriously, I love this girl...she is absolutely ADORABLE!!!

Tree & Santa

Sariah absolutely LOVES Christmas time. One of her favorite things to do is decorate the tree. She strategically places each ornament and trust me, she knows if they move. One night after she went to bed, I added an ornament that I had just gotten. It only took her like 10 minutes the next morning to notice it and ask where it came from. I love her excitement and it makes the holidays all that much more fun.

She got to sit on Santa's lap at the mall and then again at our ward Christmas party. She was sure to tell him what she wanted and what to bring Kenzli.
Kenzli on the other hand, was NOT a fan of Santa this year!!!

First Piggy

Kenzli had her first piggy tail on Nov 16th. She is growing up so fast. Isn't she just adorable!?!?!

Halloween

Sariah had so much fun dressing up three times this year. She wore her costume to dance class on Thursday, preschool on Friday, and again to the ward trunk-or-treat on Saturday. She wanted to be Sleeping Beauty and was absolutely adorable.

Kenzli was a little piggy. Too cute!!!
SISTERS

At the trunk-or-treat, Sariah did not even finish going to all the cars because she said she had enough candy. What kid does that? Kenzli did not understand the concept at all and refused to even walk up to the cars with Sariah.

Dentist

As much as I hate to admit it, Sariah had her first (yes, first) appointment with the dentist in August. She was not at all scared and was actually pretty excited about it. Here she is playing in the waiting room to be called back.

Chillin' in the chair waiting to be seen.
It was a good experience and she did great. She has asked several times since then, when she gets to go back. We already have her next appointment scheduled. :)

Uncle Brian & Aunt Becka

Back in August, Brian and Becka came down for a visit. Sariah absolutely adores them. She was so excited because they came over to our house and she got to show them her room...it seriously made her day. She was so sad when they left that day but luckily, we were headed to my parent's for the weekend and would see them again.

That weekend, we all headed to a baseball game. Sariah was totally attached to Brian. She was pretty bummed because Papa couldn't come and so she stuck to Brian the whole game. She sat on his lap or next to him the whole night.

She also adores Aunt Becka!!!
Kenzli got to experience her first baseball game (although she won't remember it). She did clap for the first time while we were there so she must have had a good time.

Mommy and happy Kenz

Aunt Becka pitching to Sariah and teaching her how to bat.

It was so fun to spend time with them and can't wait to see them again for Christmas!!!