Extravagant Date Night

One of the vendors that works with Geoff's company invited employees and spouses to a nice dinner and magic show.  Geoff signed us up to go, we got a sitter for the girls, and we had a wonderful time!

Can you tell we were pretty excited to be out of the house and kid-free?  Ha ha! I sure enjoy having adventures with this amazing  man.

Hylie's School Pictures

This post was supposed to happen way back in October, but somebody put Hylie's Class Picture in a safe spot and finally found where that oh-so-safe spot was!

I love that they provide the names of all the classmates.  I remember sitting down with my Mom when I was in First Grade or so, trying to remember what everyone's first and last names were--I kept telling Mom the same last name for a bunch of different kids and she kept questioning the repeated name as I tried to convince her I knew what I was talking about.  Ha ha!

Hylie continues to thrive in school and we are so grateful she loves learning.

Eliana's 3rd Birthday

We enjoyed celebrating this beautiful girl at the beginning of the month.  It was so fun putting together Eliana's birthday because she was so into planning everything!  She knew what she wanted for dinner, dessert, and what toys she was hopeful for.  She sure didn't mind all of the extra attention, either!

We had a fun little breakfast together and then had Eliana open presents.  We had a Dora the Explorer theme going and Eliana was super excited to get her very own Dora the Explorer Backpack with the Map and I was able to fix up two little baby dolls to look like her beloved Super Babies.

I had a lot of fun dressing up her birthday brownies and it was worth every second when Eliana saw the finished product.  Plus, when Eliana noticed that Swiper the Fox had taken one of her candles, she was so worried all day long about it--she wouldn't stop talking about Swiper having her third candle and it was cracking us up!  So needless to say before we sung to her, she was extremely relieved to finally get that candle back!

Can you find Corny the Elf?

Her candle is finally safe!

Eliana brings so much joy to our family and we love to giggle over her quirky tendencies.  She is super comfortable in her own skin, knows what she likes, and has a gentle heart.  We are looking forward to what year three will bring for this sweet little girl.