Another day of fun

 Today was a show and tell day.  They went to Jons work and got a tour there.

 They got a ride in the ambulance, and play in one too.

After that they went horse back riding.

 Even Alisha got to take one out for a test ride.   They all had a blast riding.

 Alisha feed the horse licorice

 Then they came out to Falcon for a fire tour. 

The gear was tested and tried on!

 Then the girls got to climb around the fire truck.

 Thanks to my crew for the group picture.  A  very educational day for the three of them.

Second celibration 26th

 Monday the 26th we pick up Olivia and headed for Denver.  We flew in Jon's sister and her daughter for Christmas.

 We came back to the house, ate lunch and the girls opened there stockings and presents from Santa.

I love Olivia's theory, just dump!

 The smiles of excitement are always enjoyed.

 Jon enjoyed his road Atlas.

Santa brought Billie a barbie doll.

 Olivia got KIT the American doll and book.  Very happy Girls

After the mess was cleaned, the girls played all night long.  What a beautiful day.

 the 27th Tuesday we went site seeing.  We went shopping in Manitou Springs, and showed them the incline.

Last we headed to Garden of the Gods.  The girls had a blast playing on the rocks.  We had a fun filled two days, now everyone is beat!

Christmas celibration 25th

 Jon and I both worked on Christmas day.  When we got off from work we opened our stockings.

 Jon received $45 dollars in cash of 1, 2, and 5 dollar bills.  I got candy and it was my favorite kind.

Even the dog enjoyed it.  Merry Christmas.

Cookies

 Today was our 2nd annual Christmas cookies for the neighbors.  First off Olivia started her Christmas cards for her class.  Then we started off with Sugar cookies.  Mmmm

 While these were cooling we backed, strawberry shortcake cookies and double chocolate cookies.

Then we decorated.  Olivia did most of them but I did help with a few. 

There were a lot of cookies at the end of the day.

8 plates of cookies already to be sent.   Only one was delivered due to nobody home.

Olivia's creative song

Olivia learned this lovely song in school.  It is cute, funny and still wrong.   Enjoy.

Christmas Tree

We went to the National Forest to cut down our tree today.

Jon let Olivia steer while we were on the back roads.

 We hiked a half of a mile before turning around and getting the first tree we saw.

On the hike, there was lots of giggling, snow ball fits and lots of fun.

When we got to our tree, Jon showed Olivia how to saw one down.  This years tree was a lot bigger.

 We hiked down with our tree to the car  and loaded it up.  Then we made a snow man.

Then the snow man got tackled.

After dinner we decorated the tree.

So much fuller this year.

Tis the season!

Snow Flakes

 Jon and Olivia made snow flakes for all of our windows.  What an easy Father daughter craft.

Christmas Ornaments

Today's craft, Olivia decorated a wooden Christmas ornament.  Simple and did not take a lot of time, when you have no time.

Advent Calender

 We are trying a new crafty advent calender this year.  All you need is towel paper rolls or paper towel rolls.

 Crape paper, stapler, and imagination to create.

 I hung them up and later this week I will fill with candy.  Fun and kid friendly.

I love Christmas and all the crafts you can do to decorate the house.  We have one fun filled craft a day when we have Olivia.  Our house is going to be the coolest.

Sleep Over

 Last night Olivia had her first sleep over.  There was lots of squealing, laughing and playing until 10pm last night.  The girls awoke this morning at 6:20am.  Wow that is early, but they were very nice and let me lay there for almost another hour. 

 The cat and dogs were the main attraction for play time.  Pick up sticks was there favor game.
Tea Party with the cats, did not go well, so they invited the dogs instead.  Lemonaide and Rite's Crackers made for a great snack.

What a great night to remember.

Thanks Aubrie and Brianna