Tuesday, January 20, 2009

A rare photo op


Liliana rarely wants her picture taken, but one day she was in a picture mood.








This is as close as it gets to a sibling picture these days.

Liliana's Birthday
















Liliana's 3rd Birthday Party







Liliana's 3rd Birthday Party




Carosel




Uncle Randy got word that Liliana loves the carosel so we went across the way to the mall while we were in Hickory so Liliana and Juliana could ride the carosel. They were amazed at how beautiful it was!

Graves wasn't so interested in the carosel. He wanted a nap.

Liliana's Birthday at Chuck E. Cheese

The Sunday after Christmas we decided to get together with the Hodges clan before Randy went back to California. We met everyone at Chuck E. Cheese in Hickory. Liliana and Juliana both LOVED Chuck E. and all the rides. Liliana's second favorite thing (next to Chuck E.) was getting tickets. She didn't care about playing the games, but she wanted the tickets :) Silly girl. Graves and Amen enjoyed wandering around looking at all the people. I have a feeling the next time that we go to Chuck E. Cheese, the boys will be a lot harder to contain!

Liliana giving Chuck E. a kiss on the knee.

Amen Hodges

Graves Miller


Liliana riding the Helicopter


Juliana coloring :)

Family Fun at Blackbear Books











Christmas with the Hodges Family







Christmas Day





Saturday, December 27, 2008

Santa


Even though we are not teaching the kids to believe in Santa Claus - it is still fun to have their picture taken. Liliana knows who the character Santa is, we're just not teaching her that he brings presents. As in the past years, Liliana does NOT want Santa to hold her!
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Christmas Party #3 - Christmas Eve


Our next Christmas adventure was Christmas Eve at Uncle Luke and Aunt Susan's house. The kids had another exciting time. We had dinner and opened lots of fun presents. The kids put on their Christmas jammies. They were both worn out when we were done!

Christmas Party #2

Our second Christmas party of the season was spending the afternoon at Grandma Rose's house. We always do this the Sunday before Christmas. This year Liliana and Graves had such a good time playing with their cousins. They got a lot of great toys and just had a blast!

Liliana working hard at her "game". Her My First LeapPad is amongst her favorite gifts!

Graves smiling, as always :)
Another favorite toy - Thomas!
Daddy and Graves - can we say tired?