And You Are?

Gunnar (his Papa is Mama's friend from high school) came over for a visit at Grandma Marilyn's house. He was interested in getting close to me......
.....until I gave him the business!

Let me tell you a story..

Grandpa Frank read Ashton and I a story before bed.

Christmas Morning...Finally

This is a picture of me in the dress I wore to church.
I'm telling you, get yourself some Uggs. They're great.
The rest of the day was spent taking the crayons out of the drawer, in Grandma Julie's kitchen, and handing them out to people. I liked giving them to Great Grandma the most.

Party #?

On Christmas Eve, we went to Grandma and Grandpa Bosones' house. Here I am in my Christmas dress, proving that Uggs go with everything.
We took some group shots. I was good with the "girls only" cousin shot.
Then, we added the boys and I started to get testy.....
......and eventually I lost it completely.
By the time, we got to the pictures with the Grandparents, both Sophia and I were over the whole picture taking thing.

The party was fun though. I got lots of great gifts and hung out with my cousins and Great Grandma.

Quality Time

It was so good to see Uncle Billy! I really love him and I think he really loves me. I think the smiles speak for themselves.

Christmas Morning (Sort of)

We normally open gifts at Grandma and Grandpa Kaisers' house on Christmas morning, but Uncle Billy had to leave on Christmas Eve, so we did it on Christmas Eve morning instead. I wore my "crazy pajamas" which are very similar to a pair I had last year. There are only a couple of pictures. We had some camera issues and most of the pictures just aren't blog-worthy.

I got my first doll and I love her. She always rides in the car with me.

Okay....

.....Mama is not going to bed tonight until this blog is caught up....it's the least she can do since she is so bad about replying to emails!

First of Many

We celebrated Christmas on December 22nd with Grandma Marilyn's Family. This is a picture of me opening my ornament during the 1st annual, 2nd cousin ornament exchange.
I got my first LeSportsac purse from Gab and Uncle Billy was very excited about it!
I wore my German dress for the party. Mama bought it on our trip to Garmisch, Germany. My hair was crazy that night, as I refused to wear a clip and I was working hard. Here I am helping Gab distribute gifts. As you can see, from the looks on our faces, we took our job quite seriously.
There is a Christmas picture of Mama from many years ago where she is running to deliver a gift. It was always one of Great Grandma Helen's favorite pictures. Gab's look of concern is because I kept trying to pick up the gift bags by the tissue!
This year's party had a Mexican theme and every kid went home with an individual pinata! I didn't get to eat the cand though. Shock, shock.

Great Uncle Don 1931-2007

On December 16th, I had the chance to be one of the family members with my Great Uncle Don when he left for heaven. At his Memorial Service, I sang and danced with the music and Mama said that Uncle Don would have liked that. We miss him very much as he was one of the kindest, gentlest, funniest people we knew. We loved him. Below are some pictures from this past summer when he visited me at Grandma's house.

Great Uncle Don loved my "strong man".

Got Aquanet?

Before the Moran Family Christmas Party, I wanted to have a snack.
Mama didn't want me to get any food in my hair, so she put it back in this headband.
The result was very big, southern-style (right Miss Leah?) hair.
Contemplating the world of beauty pageants