Christmas with the Miller's

Cinderella carraige ride.  Fun tradition!!

Grandma Judy and Dylan with the girls.

Girls with Granda Stevo

Aunti Jen & Tori

The group!

Samantha loved this train.

Merry Christmas with Grandma & Grandpa Dennis

So happy to see Tori!  First thing Danielle did was go get a book (Hop On Pop) and read to her.  Sweet.

Sister love while waiting to see Santa.

The whole gang (missing Darci) after riding the train to see Santa.

Finally Auntie gets a chance to snuggle Tori.

Danielle and Santa.  Samantha had no interest...we decided not to make a big deal out of it. 

No interest in Santa but adored all the pretty lights and decorations!

Danielle loves her niece.

Christmas morning snuggles.

Auntie Darci with Sam.  We are blessed to have a new Auntie like her.

Uncle John and the girls.  Love this guy!

Giant stockings...filled with goodies.

We had a wonderful visit with Grandma, Grandpa Dennis all the aunts and Uncle John.  We enjoyed all of the Christmas festivities.  Yummy food, Christmas movies, and lots of family time.  The girls got many great gifts that they can't wait to put to use.  Lots of great kitchen items (a snow white spatula for flipping pancakes, a hello kitty mixer for making cupcakes, cute aprons, etc.) and tons of craft projects, too. 

Soon I will post pictures of our day at Disneyland.  More great fun!

Before and After: Big Girl Beds!

Room before.  Sam was quickly growing out of her toddler bed.

Room after!!  Wow...what a talent Grandpa has.

Happy girls.

I should also add that Mom and Dad are very happy, too.  This is a wonderful set up with so much drawer space, a queen bed for company when they come, and beds big enough for both girls.  I also like that they each have their own lamp to turn on/off for reading, etc.  Having only one lamp was a bit of a battle prior to bunk beds and their own lamps.

I've spent the days since we got home from our trip organizing, organizing, organizing.  Whew!  Finally all the new stuff has a home and the girls room looks great.  Nice way to start the new year.

Another Precious Moment

My favorite picture.  She sits on her feet like her Mama.

Danielle has spent most of this year learning to play the piano.  She takes lessons from Grammie each week and then practices at home on her little "toy keyboard".  Well, Grammie & Grandpa gave her this new keyboard for Christmas and I bet this next year we will get to hear her make beautiful music on it!!  I just had to share these photos of her playing Christmas music for us on our Christmas morning. 

Of course I know when she gets serious about playing piano she will need her feet on the floor always. 

Christmas Here

Danielle loves to play doctor.  She will have so much fun with this gift!

Watching Grammie open her calendar filled with photos from the past year.

Danielle made Samantha a special card for Christmas.

Samantha got a vet outfit!! Her name tag even says "Dr. Samantha"

Reading with Grandpa.

One of my favorite memories from this year.  The girls telling the Christmas story.  Danielle would narrate and Samantha showed each piece to the audience.

Christmas Is Here

One of our Christmas traditions.  Making my grandma's sugar cookies and decorating them.  I love that we do this with my family.  The girls decorate the cookies for Santa and the one they want to eat.  After that they lose interest but the rest of us have a good time finishing the job. 

It always takes me awhile to get the blog updated when we travel for Christmas.  So, these photos are from 2 1/2 weeks ago when we celebrated Christmas with my family.