Be Joyful Always, Pray Continually

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Oops...there went January!!

 I've got a pony in my hair!
 The girls are getting to work on a gingerbread house
 Dad had to step in to help with the construction of the walls and roof


 She thinks she's pretty big stuff!


 What a ham!


 Playing the Wii
 Ready for the snow!!  She LOVED being outside in the snow!!  We had a tough time to get her back in the house!



 Her favorite chore...she loves to empty the dishwasher!


 The joys of having girls...getting to play with mommy's wedding dress and veil!
 Not sure what Aubs was eating that she has such green teeth!
 It was a rare moment of silence in the Bauer house so Josh and I wondered what was the cause of it...then we found all 4 quietly snuggled together watching a movie on the iPad!


 Seriously!!  I love this kid!

 Daddy's home!!
 So pretty!!
 Cate's favorite treat...a cup of  chipped ice with a spoon. What a nut!
 My silly rascals...


 Open wide!


 Celebrating Lexie's week of wearing undies to bed and staying dry all night with some ice cream from Culvers!

 And because she did so well staying dry, we finally put on her new bedding she got for Christmas!  We are so happy for her!
I'm ready!!!  Her favorite thing to shout when she wants out of her crib!

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Christmas vacation with the Bauers!

 My little helpers getting lunch ready with me

 Aubrey's K3-K5 Christmas program

 Allison is all dressed up for the Grades 1-8 Christmas program



 We let the girls each open one gift on the first day of vacation...the older 3 got new Wii games and Catie got a Veggietales movie
 She was pretty excited!!
 All prettied up for Christmas Eve church!

 Thank you Thank you Grandma and Grandpa Nelson for having gifts for us under our tree!!
 We had a little Christmas Eve family celebration after church...fondue and Christmas cookies!

 Nate does whatever is needed to get Catie to hang out with him...she's a sucker for electronics!

 At the Mall of America in Minneapolis...Tuesdays are Toddlers days so we got to see a crazy lady in pajamas teaching the young ones how to dance!

 Aunt Amy takes a crew on the log ride
 Catie got to ride her first carosel!

 Hanging out, enjoying our days off of school!

 At the Great Wolf Lodge in Wisconsin Dells for one last day of fun!  We were able to get a fantastic deal on a suite, waterpark passes and lunch!  It was a great way to end our Christmas vacation!







 That big bucket at the top dumps water every few minutes...I forgot to move Cate out of the way once and she took it full on!  Not many tears...what a trooper!


 Aubrey was busy busy riding every water slide she could!  She had a blast being tall enough to go by herself on the slides!
 In the wave pool!



 Enjoying our pizza lunch before hitting the road!