Happy New Year!

On New Year's Eve, Katelyn celebrated her classmate Kyleigh's birthday at Build-a Bear.  The group of girls all picked a bunny to stuff.

While Katelyn was at the party, Bella spent some quality time with Daddy.  They got hot chocolate and had lunch.

New Year's Eve dinner was at Uncle Ken and Auntie Becca's house.  The kids were bribed with grapes if they smiled for the camera.

Uncle Richard and Auntie Daisy had question to ask the girls and Aiden. The question was in the form of a puzzle.  It's hard to read from the reflection of the light, but Katelyn and Bella's puzzles had each of the girl's name and asked if they would be a flower girl in the wedding and Aiden was asked to be a ring bearer.  They all said, yes!!

Daddy is also going to part of the wedding as well.

 Bella was happy to see her friends after returning from her holiday break.

During Science Lab, she looked for rocks.

Her class curriculum has been focusing on different forms of transportation and recognizing numbers after 10.   Her teacher says she loves learning about rocket ships and outer space.

Katelyn got rainbow looms for Christmas and measured Bella's hand, so she could make her sister a bracelet.

                                      

Bella is already missing the snow.  She put on a hat and grabbed a kitchen towel and asked Mommy to push her on her sled.

                      

South Lake Tahoe Trip

After Christmas, the girls took a trip to Lake Tahoe along with their friends, Courtney, Natalie, Adam and Ellie.  The kids opened some Christmas gifts at the cabin.  They received pajamas and slippers to wear on the trip.

The older kids went with their dads to take snowboarding lessons at Sierra.  The younger ones stayed at the cabin and played in the snow and attempted to build a snowman.

Uncle Pete and the dads built a hill in the backyard to go sledding.   Mommy and Bella went on a couple runs.

Daddy took a video during Katelyn's lesson.



She really liked her instructor, Travis.  She said he was really nice.  She got a report card at the end of the lesson and learned how to strap into her board, go on the magic carpet, attempt to make S turns and stop on her heels.

The next day, all the kids went to Sierra.  The dads were going to teach the kids themselves.

Katelyn was excited to go snowboarding again!

The younger girls sat at the bottom of the run to watch their siblings come down.  Bella and Natalie waited patiently for their sisters while enjoying some snacks.

Katelyn had a lot of fun going down the hill.  Take a peek at the videos.



Uncle Pete with the kids.

 A family picture before leaving the resort.

Back at the cabin, the kids had a snowball fight.  It was more like Daddy and Uncle Pete throwing snowballs at each other.

The shovel turned out to be a popular toy and the kids took turn using it.

Courtney and Katelyn had a blast sledding together.

On the last day, each family took a picture using the depth effect feature on the iPhone7+.

And of course, a group picture before saying good-bye.  Until next time...Tahoe!

Merry Christmas!

It's been a busy holiday season.  This year Katelyn made Santa mochi bars instead of cookies.  She measured and poured all the ingredients into the mixer.

Christmas Eve was spent at Uncle Vu and Auntie Caroline's house.  Mommy was too busy eating and socializing and forgot to take some pictures.  When the girls arrived home that night, they were excited to put out the mochi bars, milk and apples for the reindeer.   Katelyn drew a picture of Santa and a note to him. 

The next morning they were so excited to go downstairs to see if Santa came.  They were happy Santa liked his treats since they were all gone.

They showed off what Santa brought them.  Katelyn wanted a Snuggle Puppy and Bella asked for supplies for her toy kitchen.

Daddy and Mommy opened Bella's gift to them.  It was a picture of Bella in a hot air balloon.



Katelyn made this snowman board for Daddy and Mommy to display as a Christmas decoration.



The doorbell rang shortly after and Jamie, the neighbor surprised the girls with Anna and Elsa build- a-bears.

The girls wore their pretty dresses and posed for a picture before heading to Po Po and Gung Gung's house.

Many family members were missing from the group picture this year due to traveling.

Katelyn wanted to show off her new bear to Po Po.

Merry Christmas from all the kiddos!