12-21-2013

 Welcome Home!  That is how they greet you when you arrive at Disney's Boardwalk Resort...and that is exactly how it feels.  It is our home away from home since we are part of the Disney Vacation Club.  We love spending time together as a family at WDW.  It is such a truly magical place!

 We started this trip in Japan eating some delicious Udon noodles.  It was a beautiful day with the warm sun shining on us.  Nothing like the weather we left at home yesterday!

 We ate a quick snack in Norway.  Lily loved the Chocolate Mousse Viking's hat!  We wanted to try the schoolbread which was not sweet but really delicious.

Lily was in a wonderful mood the whole trip, and she loved pretending to be bossy with us with this look!  She couldn't keep a straight face doing it.  She has turned into a little jokester which is so much fun!

12-14-2013

 Our last weekend at church before heading to Disney World!  

Disney World...Here We Come!

Our Disney MagicBands arrived!

Note:  For anyone reading this blog, remember this is just a way that I make a BlogBook for Lily ( which I am doing right now) and so I am backtracking to tell her all about Disney World.  We have been so busy that I haven't had time to post anything!

December

 This month is flying by...as usual.  We got to go see FROZEN which was the best Disney movie EVER!

 Lily and Baba spent a few days being really sick...So glad Lily had Stitch and Kitty to take such good care of her!

 A picture of my beautiful baby last night before church.  I can't believe that in a few more months we will celebrate another Gotchaversary.  She continues to grow up so fast!

 Baba as a shepherd and Lily as an angel (which she totally is!) at church this weekend.  Don't you love Jamie's sheep in his pockets!

 My little organizer is at work again making sure Baba knows the correct places to put his dirty clothes... gotta love her signs!

                                             Underpants and socks.....

                                            Shirts and other stuff....

We leave for our family tradition of WDW at Christmas in 6 MORE DAYS!  So, when we return, I will have lots of posts!  Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all our family and friends!  We hope God blesses your families tremendously this next year!

Baba's New Ride

Jamie is thrilled, and Lily is ecstatic because this car is her favorite color!

Christmas Traditions

 As always, we have continued on with our Christmas tradition of putting our tree up at the end of October  Lily enjoyed it once again this year!  We love beginning to celebrate Jesus's birth as early as possible!

A Busy Month!

 Lily got to experience one of her favorite days at school- Pajama Day!  She so wishes that we could have this day at least once a week!

 She painted her first large canvas piece.  She had to paint a scene from Disney World, of course.  I love the fireworks with Tinkerbell flying in the sky, along with all of the Mickey Balloons.  Notice Mickey and Minnie walking toward the back of the castle.  This picture is hanging in her bedroom.

 We visited Kentucky where Lily got to play some Hide and Seek with her 100-year-old Grandmother.  I am amazed at how she can still play with Lily.  They giggle and laugh just like they are the best of friends.  It is really sweet!

 Lily got to ride the Fire Truck at school... with Teodora and her 2nd grade class.

 She also enjoyed the petting zoo at school during our Fall Carnival.

 Lily also got to be on our main stage at church with KidRave- our Kids Worship Team- which was a big event.  She loved being on stage and worshipping God.  This is something she does every weekend, but it is during Elementary Worship.  So, being on stage with our worship team was "the coolest thing ever!"

Along with that, Jamie and I are continuing to exercise daily.  He has lost 105 pounds and I have lost 22 pounds.  I have two more to go, and he is going to try for about 25 more before we start maintaining what we have lost.