Christmas!

Santa was very good to us this year! We must have been good girls!

Ella and Gia putting the first ornaments on Timber Two.

Silly sisters wearing the Christmas stockings and tree-topper!

Merry Christmas from our family!

Santa came!!!

Gia really wanted Jenga...Santa knew, of course!

Santa even remembered Lucky!

Getting Ready for Christmas

Christmas really snuck up on us this year! It's hard to believe that it's already over! Here are some of the fun activities we did this Christmas season...

We made our own cinnamon-applesauce ornaments for the Christmas tree. It was super messy and tons of fun.

Here we are on our way to cut down our Christmas tree...Timber Two.

We followed the map to find our perfect tree.

After finding Timber Two, we took a train to get some hot chocolate!

Santa came to the tree farm!!!

SNOW!!!!

We had a great snow storm this weekend! It snowed all day on Saturday! We accumulated almost 2 feet of snow! It was lots of fun to go sledding. There were no cars out at all so we even got to sled down our long, steep driveway all the way to the road! We really wanted to build a snowman, but it was so cold and windy that we couldn't stay out that long. Momma and Daddy say the snow is going to be around for a while, so we'll have plenty of time to make one!

Gia enjoyed licking the snow...

Ella the eskimo coming back up the driveway

Daddy and the girls heading down the big hill...hard to see them through the HUGE snowflakes!

Mommom and Poppop's house covered in snow and icicles

Gia enjoying a nice cup of hot chocolate after playing in the snow...mmm, mmm good!

Look Who's 4!!

Last weekend was Ella's 4th birthday! We had lots of fun celebrating at the bowling alley! The girls decided it wouldn't be a proper birthday party without dress-up clothes, so Ella wore her new Fancy Nancy outfit and Gia was a cheer leader! Everyone had lots of fun bowling, eating cake, singing and celebrating Ella's special day together!

Sisters getting ready for the party...

The girls played under the table when they got tired of bowling!

Gia LOVED the fan!

Happy 5th Birthday, Gia!

Can you believe Gia is already 5 years old?!?! She got to celebrate her birthday in lots of fun ways! The morning started off with presents! Then Daddy kept her and Ella home from school. Gia, Ella, Daddy and Mommom went bowling in the morning (Momma had to work). Both girls did an awesome job bowling! They both scored over one hundred!! After nap, we had a party! We had a yummy, hoagie dinner, princess castle birthday cake and MORE presents!

Happy Birthday, Gia!!

The birthday girl getting ready to blow out the candles!

Enjoying some presents!

Momma surprised Gia with balloons after work (Momma's come a long way in 5 years)!!

Gia loved them so much, she wouldn't let them go!

Lunch at the bowling alley!

Trick or Treat!

Here we are on Halloween. Every year we Trick or Treat from B-Mom's house. This year it was a little rainy, but that didn't stop us! We got at TON of candy! Ella's bag was so heavy that Momma had to help her carry it. Momma and Daddy say that candy is junk food and not very healthy for us, so we got to keep a few pieces; then we gave the rest to all of the teachers at our school. They loved it!

As you can see, we decided to be princesses AGAIN this year. We just love princesses! We also love the Phillies so we wore our Phillies shirts along with our costumes. Lucky even had a costume this year...he was a football puppy...go Cowboys!

It's been a while...

Dear Family and Friends,

You've probably noticed that it's been a while since our Momma has updated our blog! She's been SUPER busy lately! But don't worry; everything is ok. Momma will be done Student Teaching on December 1st so you'll have new pictures and updates soon!

Love,
Gia and Ella

PS. Momma wanted us to say "Thanks so much" to everyone who has helped us out during this super-busy, stressful time!

PPS. Just a quick update...Daddy got promotion! Starting December 1st he will be a District Manger for his company! YAY Daddy! We are so excited for him!