AMS Band Concert-- 12/4/13

 

Congrats to Emmy on her SUPERIOR rating at the AMS Science Fair!! December 4, 2013

 

We literally dashed through AMS, saw Emmy's GREAT score, and ran out so that Emmy could make the first part of basketball practice before leaving early for the band concert... #flashingbacktohighschoolmusical!

Future Basketball Star-- December 3, 2013

Ellie-Kate tries on Emmy's 8th grade basketball uniform... She has big shorts to fill!!

December 1, 2013-- Decorating the Christmas tree!!

Brittany

Emmy

Ellie-Kate

Putting the tree-topper on the tree-- Go Ellie-Kate!!

Emmy, Ellie-Kate, and Britti helped to decorate the tree after we got back from Virginia.

Trip to Grandma P's house-- November 29-December 1, 2013

Chelsea, Ellie-Kate, and Elena

Ellie-Kate, Grandma P., Elena, Chelsea, Emmy, and Britti

"Sister Love"... Elena and Chelsea

We found these cute dresses at Sears. Fortunately, Britti and Chelsea were able to wear the youth sizes so that all of the girls could match for the very first time :)

Elena and Chelsea loved the photo booth at Chuckie Cheese!

Grandma P. and Ellie-Kate

Emmy, Britti, Chuckie Cheese, Ellie-Kate, Chelsea, and Elena

Elena, Emmy, Britti, Ellie-Kate, Grandma P., Chelsea, and Sydney

Thanksgiving Day-- November 28, 2013

Dessert

 

Christie and Roger

 

 

Family dinner after watching parades and the National Dog Show

 

Ramon and Brittany

 

Ellie-Kate and Emmy

 

Ramon and Brittany look a bit grumpy after an impromptu snowball fight with the little girls.

Ellie-Kate's Thanksgiving artwork

 

 

Emmy, Ellie-Kate, and Britti work on the annual Thanksfulness Chain

 

Britti, Ellie-Kate, and Emmy make turkey hats-- very colorful feathers :)

Ellie-Kate's pilgrim hat from school

Because of the short season, we decided to start decorating for Christmas after Thanksgiving supper.

Snow Day-- November 27, 2013

Emmy and Ellie-Kate enjoy a snow day! We only got a few inches (and it came right off after a few runs...), but the girls had fun with sledding while it lasted :)

 

 

Coco, Emmy, and Ellie-Kate

 

Mamma Mia-- November 26, 2013

Christie treated Britti to tickets to Mamma Mia at Memorial Auditorium for her birthday. We braved the snowy weather and took in a great show :)

NCA-- 2013

Christie got to meet the Capital Steps, a political satire group that performed at NCA.

Christie and Jenny had a wonderful time over dinner and chatting about the soaps!

Jen and Jenn met with Christie for breakfast and brainstorming about plans for NCA-- 2015 :)

Christie and Abbey had a wonderful time catching up and sharing ideas about NCA-- 2015!

Favorite moment of the week? Coming home to Ellie-Kate, Britti, Emmy, and Roger :)

Saying good-bye to Mr. Lizard... November 18, 2013

Ellie-Kate got to take Mr. Lizard to tennis practice and an OU volleyball game, and she cuddled with him every night. However, she had to return him at the end of her turn as Student of the Week. Good-bye, Mr. Lizard!!

Ellie-Kate's tennis lesson-- 11/16/13

Ellie-Kate is such a good little tennis player already, and she especially likes the chance to hit the instructor when she does overheads at practice.