SNOW!!

Anna's first snow angel :)

The girls are attempting to make snowballs. However, the snow wasn't quite sticky enough.

We put sandwich bags over their shoes to keep them from getting wet and cold. So They kept slipping and falling. But at least the idea worked.

More snow angels

Chloe was right in the middle of things. I wasn't sure how she would react to the snow, but she loved it. She was running around having the time of her life I think :)

Shaun's attempt at a snowball....we were trying to make a snowman. The snowman didn't work, but we did manage a few snowballs.

Ella was the first to start complaining of the cold. At one point she lost her baggie on one of her hands, so she got a little cold. I took her inside to fix her hand so she could keep playing. But she didn't stay too much longer.

Ella posing with her baggies :)

Anna wanted to show off her baggies too!

Our frontyard....

...and street

All in all it was a great day. We only spent about 20 minutes outside in the snow. If it wasn't for the girls, Shaun and I would have kept playing :) Though the time outside was short, the snow was beautiful to look at while it lasted.

Ella's 3 year BD Party

In case you were wondering, it was a chocolate cake with vanilla icing. Very yummy!

We had a fashion show and let all the girls dress up how they wanted. It was adorable and they had lots of fun!

Ella sporting her new sunglasses :)

Ella has been fascinated with the movie "How to Train Your Dragon. So this was her gift from her Daddy :) A viking hat complete with axe and shield. She loved it!!

Misc.

These were all taken on our trip back to Texas. We stopped at Mamaw's house to visit for a little bit. It was her first time to see her newest great-grandbaby, Aiden. He did really good for her and smiled a lot :)

Next, we visited with Grandmother and stayed with her for the night before we headed to Texas the next day. She couldn't take her eyes off of Aiden :)

This was taken at Cracker Barrel the next day. They were playing at the checkerboard while we were waiting for our food. I couldn't resist this picture!

Disney World

Aiden enjoyed his first trip to Disney World. He actually did very well, and it was nice having family there to help. As you can tell from the earlier picture, we even had help feeding him his bottles :)

These next few pics are from Animal Kingdom. I forget what the ride is called, but it is a tour through the African safari, I think. Lots of animals...Animal Kingdom is nice because it is a lot like a zoo (and I love zoos:)

Ella was eagerly watching for the animals with Pawpaw.

There was a picture guide on the bus and Ella was looking for the pictures as she saw the animals. It was cute!

Shaun and Chris strapping themselves in for a kiddie ride with the girls :)

Aren't they precious!

One of our dinners was a Character Dinner. We met Pooh and his friends. They would come by the table one at a time while we ate. The kids would hug them and get their pictures taken. We saw a completely different side of Ella. We've never seen her so giddy! She absolutely loved the characters!!

It wasn't just the kids, but Uncle Chris seemed to be enjoying himself also!

Ella is showing her excitement...

...and doesn't want to let go of Eeyore :)

She was so excited to see Piglet. It was cute!

Our princesses :)

The castle at night. It was beautiful!

My handsome hubby! Love you Babe!!

A tired Anna...

...but a cute one!

We each took one of the girls and let them steer. They had a blast.

This was at a character breakfast the day we left. We met Mary Poppins, Alice in Wonderland and the Pooh characters again.

Pooh was saying hi to Aiden :)

Not sure why, but the boys had to get there picture taken with Alice. (It was Chris' idea :)

Ella was so excited to see Piglet. She nearly cried when he left. We had to tell her more were coming :)