Santa on a Firetruck!

Santa came through our neighborhood on Sunday, December 17th riding on a firetruck!! Maylie was so excited all night until she started hearing the sirens and then she almost refused to come outside. We had to drag her out and once she realized that Santa would stay on the truck and only his assistants would come to hand out candy canes, she was much more excited about the whole idea!

Merry Christmas Santa...thanks for riding by!!

Holiday Chorus Concert

Landon meets every Tuesday after school to practice with the 4th/5th grade chorus group and they held their first concert on Thursday, December 7th.

He already knew a lot of the songs thanks to Abby and her two years in chorus. He is a lot more nervous about being in front of crowds though so I am always glad to see him reach outside of his comfort zone a bit.

They sounded amazing as always. Mrs. Sullivan does an outstanding job with these kids!

Distinguished Honor Roll

Abby made the Distinguished Honor Roll at Western Heights Middle School for the first marking period which means she scored a 90 or higher in all of her classes. They had a little ceremony on Wednesday, December 6th to celebrate all the honor roll kids.

She sure is rocking this middle school thing!!

4th/5th Grade Musical

Landon participated in the 4th/5th grade musical production of "The Granny Awards" on Thursday, November 30th. He was so nervous because he really doesn't enjoy being on stage in front of a bunch of people which is quite the opposite from Abby who is a natural performer.

He did so well in his role as one of the helpers, Smiley!

Proud of him for going outside of his comfort zone and he even wore pants which if you know Landon is quite the miracle in itself!!

Black Friday at Six Flags

We spent Thanksgiving in Frederick with my sister and their two families. We did a lot of eating, talking, and playing from Wednesday to Saturday. Since both Tasha's and our families have season passes to Six Flags and we had some free tickets to get Lara's family in for free, we decided to spend Black Friday there. The decorations were so fun and the atmosphere was way better than any shopping mall!

All the kids minus Nolan who refused to get in the photo!

Maylie loving the Merry-go-round!

Abby was a good sport to go on a lot of the kiddie ride with Maylie!

Around 5 p.m. the Christmas lights started to come on which really turned the whole park into a winter wonderland!

I definitely liked these decorations over the ones at Halloween which were a little too gruesome for me. We had fun on lots of rides and even watched a couple of shows before calling it a night around 6 p.m. We spend the rest of the evening doing our cousins Christmas celebration which is always a lot of fun. I am so grateful that I live close enough to get together with two of my sisters and their families so regularly. Now if only we could convince my oldest sister Tami to move out here too!

6th Grade Chorus Concert

The 6th graders at Western Heights Middle School held their first concert of the year on Monday, November 20th. They sounded so wonderful and it was fun to see Abby continue to develop her musical abilities!!

Her and Sydney have become pretty good friends this year and I'm glad she still has several friends from Paramount that she gets to see at her new middle school!

Sugar Plum Dance 2017

On Saturday, November 18th, Jason took Abby and Maylie to the Sugar Plum Dance, the annual Father-Daughter dance that Meritus Hospital puts on each year. This was Abby's third year going and Maylie was awfully excited to be going for the first time!!

Abby and I searched high and low for a new dress for her the Saturday before and finally found one that she loved after 4 hours of shopping!!

Our sweet girls all ready for the big dance!!

Such a fun holiday tradition for these girls and their Daddy!