Jingle Bells?

Just some cousins sitting around the table serenading one another. I tried to get them to sing Jingle Bells. It almost worked.

This ought to make some parents and grandparents proud. These Marler kids and Bachler kid sure had a good time.

What did we do for Christmas?

We had a great Christmas vacation. Levi had a week plus off from work. On the 24th we awoke early to drive up to Utah and spend Christmas with Levi's family. We had a wonderful time visiting with all the relatives, playing in the snow, having a baby shower and going to Jumpin' Jacks. Aly was up by 7 am every morning, but she was up late (past 10 pm) every night. She had so much fun playing with all her cousins.

Here is Tyler, J, Marissa, Carter, & Aly


Aly was definitely spoiled by Santa this year. We have kept the gifts to a minimum in years past, but this year the mama elf went over board.

Aly with her new doctor set

An Ariel doll from the Little Mermaid

Best of all, the sack!



We also got to visit with two of Karen's nephews and met three great nieces/nephew that we haven't met before.


Joel & Brett - the two nephews




Joel, Lily & Rachel - nice to meet you Lily



Autumn, Seth, Cole, Bridgett, Kailey & buried is Brett. It was good to meet Bridgett & Seth.



It was a full trip and we had a ton of fun. Even Levi & Karen had fun playing with parents, aunt & uncle, siblings and all the the nieces & nephews. Thanks for the memories!!

SNOW

Yes, it does snow in Las Vegas and Aly spent most of the afternoon outside playing.

Here, Aly is catching a "snowman".

 

Our typical desert landscape wasn't so typical today. It was quite the winter wonderland.

 

Making a snowman, dog, rabbit . . . snow creature with Shalene Wolfe

 

One happy girl

 

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Our little gymnast

We've enrolled Aly in a "tiny tumbler" class at the local community center. There are eight to ten 2-4 year olds in the class and they are entertaining.

Here is the awe inspiring warm up. Gotta save up some of that enthusiasm!

 


Now, this pic makes it look like she doesn't know what to do on the spring board. Trust us, she knows how to bounce on the spring board. We just have to convince her to use it to spring her onto something.

 

Here she is on the mini tramp. See, we told you she knows how to bounce.

 

And finally, her favorite apparatus, the bar. She loves to swing on it and do flips.

 

Aly is THREE

OK, I am finally going to blog again. Let's see if I can blog this whole week and get some things caught up.

Aly finally turned three years old. She helped her dad open up the box containing her new kitchen.
 








She appears to be quite the ham as she familiarizes herself with all the bells and whistles of this new "toy".
 







Although she can also get quite serious while she whips up a smoothie.
 






And of course we can't forget the box it all came in. The best present of all is the box!
 

Word Verification

What is this "word verification" we have whenever we post a comment? I've been catching up on a few blogs (and finding a few new ones). Every time I post a comment I have to verify the jumbled, italic, strange looking letters before my comment will be accepted. Will one of my more experienced blogging friends please explain to me the purpose for this nonsense? There are times when I can't tell what the letter is supposed to be. So the blogger "security" changes the "word" and I type in the new word. Why? I'm beginning to think I am dyslexic trying to figure out those strange figures they call letters. Just my brain rattling for the evening.