Rylee and Zoe's Ear Experience!

So let me start off by saying we were going to wait until our girls were twelve to get their ears pierced. Then Rylee came along and decided to start asking us when she was about four years old. We were sticking to our guns and waiting! BUT! If you know the history behind Rylee's teeth you know it has been devastating. The poor girl has had caps done at two and just this past year had to have a tooth pulled and was put to sleep for that. Well 7 caps later and I don't even know how many filling she had to have another procedure. She needed a baby root canal! So we made a bargain that if she had her tooth done and sat for the dentist and kept her mouth open that she would show that she was responsible enough to get her ears pierced! She prayed about it and decided to go for it! She came home from the dentist very excited and I was very proud of her! We then invited her cousin Zoe to join us and her mom was very excited!

I love this picture of them and I am glad they went together and made this fun memory!

There was a little hesitation...
Daddy to the rescue!
Both of the girls did NOT cry. I had told Rylee that I cried like a baby!

This is why dad had to come to the rescue!

It's Raygen's 10th Pshchedelic Birthday!

I would just like to thank Raquel for all the help with the parties over the years!

It is fun for a bunch of little girls to party with someone that is full of energy!

We had a disco ball and flowers hanging over the dance floor!
Then they played twister!
People have often said Raygen is like me when it comes to opening presents. These pictures prove otherwise. She got excited and let it all come out!

Baylee stayed with her dad a good part of the night.

Did I mention we also tie-dyed shirts!

Don't tell Raquel I put this on here! (She told me not to.)

I think she looks cute!

Raygen was surprised by her cake!

I baked a tie-dyed cake and it was absolutely amazing! The pictures don't do it Justice. The colors were so bright and I did it all while she was gone. When we cut into the cake everyone was blown away by the colors! I decorated with chocolate icing so it seemed kind of boring and then she got her surprise!

It was a long day but I love doing things like this for my kids. Raygen has been such a blessing these past ten years and I love all of our girl talk we have now! Now if we can just figure out how to slow her down because her dad is not doing so well with the transition into women hood!

When Is the Last Time You Slept This Good!

I just wanted to join her!

Christmas

This is Baylee's First Christmas!

She got a cabbage patch doll and she loved it!

Raygen got some gymnastics outfits for her treasure hunt gift.
Rylee treasure hunt gift was an easy bake oven.

Jack loved hunting for his bucket of boy dress up clothes!

He no longer will be running around in princess dresses!

His favorite costume was the buzz lightyear. He wore it for the next four days straight. I finally convinced him to let me wash it!

Baylee has great bed head!

Santa gave the kids a trampoline!

This is the kids on Christmas Eve. They all had matching P J's!

Rylee's first dance show

Rylee takes dance with her cousin Zoe. She just did her first dance recital and Tracy and I both got a little teary eyed when she was on stage. She was so graceful and beautiful on stage. It was worth any sacrifice we make for that experience! Thank you Zoe's Family for their support in all of this.

Raygen enjoyed watching her sister. It was one of those moments when she showed that she really does love her sister!

Kissing Face!

We love Baylee's eyes. They are so blue and her eye lashes reach all the way to the top of her eyebrows. She was making the sweetest kissing face and I kept trying to get a picture of it but she was climbing all over me trying to get the camera to see herself.

It is blurry but she was being so funny!
She loves to drink water out of a straw. I just love her!

All Ready for Chritmas!

The kids put a foam sticker on Baylee's head.

She loved it and would look up and try to pull it off.

She got so good at taking it off and wouldn't keep it on long after that.

It became more fun to chew on!