Nutcracker

The Family and I headed down to San Diego on Sunday the 21st.

My little Sister Micah was in her Ballet's Nutcracker.

It was so fun to get dressed up and go out on a date 

with my husband and parents.

To top it off we got to watch Micah perform.

She was wonderful and it was inspiring to watch her.

She is the one in the middle wearing purple

 She had several friends come and watch her

After the performance, we all went out to dinner to a really neat place.

It was great to be able to have an adult conversations without having to entertain the kids.

Thank you to Maddie who babysat for us while we went out.

Denove Christmas 2014

This year Chris and I decided we are going to start doing every other Christmas

with each side of the Family.

We had the Denove Christmas on the 21st this year before Chris and I 

and the family headed down to San Diego for Christmas.

The kids excited and waiting for their cousins

The tables

Nana and Pappi have arrived

and so has the presents.

Nash reading the names on the presents to find his

the cousins have arrived

and now they are all trying to find their presents.

The cousins sitting and eating

Sadie loved being part of the big kids table

The girls

The boys

All six cousins

 Nash fell in love with two presents this year from the Denove side 

The Octopod from the Disney Show Octonauts

and the Polar Express Train

Sadie got a lot of little girl stuff.

Her favorite was this purse full of hair things 

(blow dryer, straightener, brush and etc) 

She decided to put it all on at once and parade around the house until nap time

Sitting on her Throne

(or new Chair)

At the end of the night, I caught Nash playing with his new Polar Express Train

Overall it was a great Denove Christmas