I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day!

Erica was one of three dancers (she's in the middle) in this part of our church Christmas program. They danced to the song, "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" by Casting Crowns, sung by the choir (which was based on a poem written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in 1863... titled "Christmas Bells"). They all did a beautiful job and had a wonderful director!

We are so proud of you Miss Erica!

Daddy's Birthday!

Happy Birthday, Daddy!

Yummy breakfast on the special plate!

The kids bought Daddy a special gift on this special day...a Snuggie!

Daddy and his little buddies!

Working on a puzzle together...

Out to dinner to Chevy's! Yum!

Chips and salsa!

Back at home we had cake and ice cream!

Happy Birthday Greg!!!!!!!

Princess Tea Party!

We celebrated Caroline's birthday with a Princess Tea Party!

Princess Bingo, complete with Baby Christina!

All the princesses with a couple of cute princes...

Here she is with all of her goodies.

We played "Pass the Apple." If you ended up holding the apple when the music stopped, you had to fall asleep, just like Snow White!

The Royal Ball

Here are several pictures of Caroline and her friends!

Here's our big girl blowing out the candles on her birthday cupcakes!

Happy Birthday, Sweet Caroline! We love you!

Disney on Ice!

The kids had a blast at Disney on Ice! (Greg and I enjoyed it too!)

They met some princesses...

Mickey and Minnie greeted us!

Cars!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ariel and Prince Erik skated/danced for us too!

The Lion King

Intermission! The zamboni was almost as exciting as the rest of the show!

Tinkerbell!

So much fun!

Sweet Caroline's 5th Birthday!

Happy 5th Birthday to our Sweet Caroline!

Caroline's special day began with a gift of a new princess outfit! It's a cute turquoise top and brown pants with a matching rose on them.

Next, came her special breakfast of french toast sticks and syrup!

She chose some special (Lofthouse) sugar cookies with frosting to share with her little class at church.

At lunch, we surprised her with a birthday donut!

This was a huge surprise to Caroline!

In the evening, we celebrated at Red Robin.

We all shared the sundae and Trevor got really into his ice cream!

As a final surprise for the birthday girl, we shared that we were taking all of them (besides Trevor) to see Disney on Ice two days later!

The next day, we celebrated both Caroline's 5th and Trevor's 2nd birthday with our longtime friends, the Oldrights and the Traynors.

That night at Awana was Caroline's night to do the flag salute and lead in prayer!

Stay tuned for Disney on Ice and special birthday party pictures!