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A photo contest done by our awesome photographer.... Isabelle made it into the top ten!! You can help her win by clicking on this link and leaving a comment on her blog for Izza's pic, she is pic #9 Please vote for her!!!
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My Girls....

****Olivia ****** Emily ****

I took about 30 pics of these two together, this is the best one. Poor Emily looks like she is about to cry (don't worry she didn't, she just has the cutest pouty face!) This was the only pic without blurry arms or faces from wiggling. They love to look around and squeak and squeal which I LOVE, but it doesn't make for a good pic! They are growing up so fast!!

All four of them together!! It's so fun to have a house full of girls, we are up to our eyeballs in pink everything! We love hair bows, headbands, ribbons.... and of course, the older two love clothes and SHOES! I love my girls!! (Ben loves it too!!)

SnOw DaYs!

It has been so fun to have all of this snow!! We got home from Christmas vacation right after the nasty storm. We got to just enjoy the snow, the big girls got all suited up and went outside to play. Ben had some time off because of New Years, so he took them out to build a snow fort. I showed them how to find the "good" snow for eating.... It was so funny, it was Izza's first time eating snow and she couldn't get enough of it. She walked around with a handful of snow the rest of the day just taking little bites! Abbie loved finding the icy patches under the snow, perfect for ice skating! It is so fun to watch them play together, I am still amazed at how big they both are!!

SnOw DaYs! part 2

Ben and the big girls have had so much fun playing in the snow. He has been such a good sport about letting them hit him with snowballs and knocking him down in to the snow. It has been a lot of fun! I even got to sneak out for a little bit while the twins were sleeping. We gave Ben a good old fashion white wash... we buried Ben's face in the snow, the girls thought it was hilarious!

SnOw DaYs! part 3

Step one: Getting the girls to lay down whilst throwing snow over them.

Step two: Accidentally (i hope) hitting Iz square in the face.

Step three: Running to her rescue.

Step four: consoling... step five and six were in the previous post (part two) Allowing the girls to white wash and hit him with as many snowballs as Iz could muster.. I believe she threw several with very few hitting him hence me joining the party for the white washing!

Resolutions...

I love starting a new year! I am not sure why it takes that to get motivated again, maybe the realization of how fast time goes? One of my resolutions is it get organized.... SUPER organized. I decided to chose one room a month so that hopefully by the end of the year my house will no longer have anything we don't need or use and if there is something we do need or use we can find it!! I went out and bought a label maker and all the supplies to organize. I am trying to find a good book to help as well (any suggestions?).

I started with Abbie and Izza's room. So far, the closet is done; no more clothes they don't need or wear!! Yeah!! Now onto hanging pics and decorating!!

Our sweet Babies (11 weeks)

Emily: She is an angel perfect baby, so sweet and patient its amazing! Never fussy, always has a sweet smile for you, even if she just puked up her medicine. She has changed my life in so many ways, I am so grateful for her. She reminds me daily that everything is in the Lord's hands and I just need to turn to Him and trust in His plan for me and my family. She loves when we talk to her, she grins and squeaks back. She has doubled her birth weight today, weighing in at 8lbs 5ounces, and growing to 21 and one half inches!! Although we think that is a big accomplishment the doctors were hoping for more. They are threatening a nightly tube feeding to get her weight up. I am hoping to avoid that.... we are waiting until this Thursday to see how the cardiologist feels about it.

Olivia: Just as sweet as her sister, with a little more spunk and a little less patience (only when she is hungry)! It has been so fun to watch her personality come out. She loves to be talked to and played with, she responds with little squeaks and lots of grins. She loves playing with toys. Her favorite though, is talking with her sisters. Iz loves to put toys in front of her to watch her smile. Olivia has doubled her birth weight as well, weighing in at 11lbs even today. She is now 24inches in length! She is in the 50th percentile for weight and the 95th for height. She is so good to tag along to all of Emily's appointments, for moral support! :)

These twins have been amazing, it has been so much fun to have them in our home. They are such good babies!! Life is, as expected, super busy but so worth every second. Both are already sleeping through the night, from 10pm-6am!! Yeah, I get to sleep. They are just so pleasant and just love being together. I highly recommend having twins to everyone!! :)

Christmas in SG!

We got to celebrate Christmas with my whole family!!(minus one brother,Bryce) It was quite a crew with ten brothers and sisters, spouses, and kids! We had a Great time together. Mom was, as always, a great host with lots of yummy food!

The twins first Christmas, pretty uneventful for them, they slept through most of it!
Ab and Iz really got into the whole idea of it this year, it was so fun for me to watch and listen to them talk about Santa Claus and what he might bring them!

We sang Christmas carols around the tree, all the kids got to stand in front and lead the music! It was a great year with the kids being old enough to know most of the songs and really get the idea of Christmas! After the kids went to bed the adults stayed up and played Mafia for a couple of hours before lights out and waiting all night for Santa!! :)

Disneyland...

We spent a week in CA, going to Disneyland and hanging out at the beach. We went the week before Christmas... the park was empty!! We got to stay on rides for two or three times in a row without getting off because there were no lines! It was amazing!!
We had a blast taking Abbie and Iz to Disneyland... (Ben's mom flew out to watch the twins while we went, THANK YOU!!) Isabelle was totally star struck when she got to meet the all the princesses. Abbie was big enough this year to ride the big rides with Dad! It was so much fun!!
There are no pics with this post because..... I guess my camera deleted them?? If I find them I will post some... :(

Newport Beach

And Finally Newport Beach Vacation! It was so fun to get away just as a family. We have had a busy few months full of lots of fun visitors and adding two new members to the family. We got to hang out together and just enjoy each other.

Abbie and Iz LOVED the beach. It was in the 60s so we went with light jackets just to hang out, but we couldn't stop Abbie, she ended up in the water and loving it. She was mesmerized by the waves and somehow got the impression that she could control them, it was hilarious. Iz was in her own world for hours scooping dirt and dumping it in another place, she learned about the waves pretty quickly: She was bent over to scoop some mud when a large wave washed over her, it knocked her down into the water....poor thing will never go near the ocean again... at least for now! The twins were of course there with us in their car seats sound asleep, perfect babies!!