Our Princesses are 4!

The girls wanted a princess ball for their 4th birthday party, and it was lots of fun to plan!

 My friend Terri made them the most beautiful Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella cakes to match their dresses! The girls absolutely loved their cakes, so cute!

 All of the little girls came in their princess costumes for the ball!

 Auntie Jolene took the opportunity to practice Sophie's hair for the wedding

 The trampoline was a HUGE hit! All of the kids played on it at the party, and the girls have jumped on it every single day since!

 I decided to recycle my snow white costume for the party, what fun! When I came out of my bedroom their was a group of little girls in the playroom and they could not believe their eyes that Snow White was there!! I had a group of kids following me everywhere I went!

 Snow White told all of the kids that they had to find their missing slipper before they could attend the princess ball! The kids looked all over the yard for their lost shoes, it was cute!

Love was in the air at the ball! We had princess music playing and the kids seemed to love it!

 After the ball we had the kids put on lipstick and try to kiss the frog blindfolded!

 The girls got distracted as soon as they opened their squishy princesses, we had to wait and do the rest of the presents later that afternoon! We had so much fun, thank you everybody for making their birthday so special!

Spring

 The girls and I spent some time down on the beach at Stanley lake. It is fun for them to play in the sand and watch out for crocodiles and sharks!
http://youtu.be/2UMJUMMYB6M

 Katie took the girls rock climbing at red rocks

 James took on a pretty big project 2 weeks before the girls birthday... He decided to build a retaining wall and level off the side of our backyard so we could put in a trampoline for the girls.  It was lots of work, and 14 tons of dirt, but we got it done and are so grateful for everybody that came to help out! Anthony, Bradley and Mike helped us so much!!

 On their actual birthday Anthony and Madison came over and we had cupcakes!

Easter

The holidays get more fun every year with the girls! This year they couldn't wait for the easter bunny to get here!  They made him luncheables out of sticks and leaves in the yard and worried about being extra quiet so they didn't scare him away :) It was all so cute!

Vidoe of the girls waking up to their easter baskets from the easter bunny!
http://youtu.be/PPyhXXBn6Sg

 We hid some eggs around the yard so they could do a laid back easter egg hunt in their jammies, lots of fun to watch them run around the yard

 Then we headed over to Bradley and Jolenes for brunch and another easter egg hunt with all of the cousins.

Video of the girls going through their easter egg hunt loot
http://youtu.be/y7B99TJcb88

We finished off the day at Noni's house with a delicious bbq dinner and yet another easter egg hunt with their cousins!

Winter Fun

Gymnastics lessons were fun for the girls, they learned the balance beam, somersaults, the bars, and animal walks!

 They were also in swim lessons at the apex center.  Katie took them every Monday and Wednesday morning and then they got to stay and play at the apex pool!  Bella is a great swimmer! She moved through each class very quickly, like a little fish!  Sophie is also doing great, it is so cool to see them learning more confidence in the water.  They loved their teacher Miss Olivia so much, but they call her Miss Boliva, very cute!

 Little fashionistas all dressed up for their friend Bentley's first birthday party!

I took Sophia downtown to the olive oil and vinegars shop with Kassie and Addie, it was so cute watching the girls taste all of the flavors and decide which ones they liked.... Who would have thought little kids would want to sample balsamic vinegar!