Surfin' Santa & Christmas Tree Hunting!

On Saturday, the girls and I (and our friend Laura) walked down to Capitola Village to see "surfin' Santa". It was a beautiful day. Unfortunately, the ocean was SUPER flat, so Santa came in on a canoe-ish thing! The "reindeer" (girls with wetsuits and antlers on) paddled in on surfboards. It was pretty darn fun, although the girls couldn't care less about seeing Santa come into shore. Rayley was all about the sand and Apps was all about the water!





Today, after the worship gathering for our church, our friend Sarah came over and we went and got our Christmas tree. The place we went had a dog, so that's where all Apple's attention went! Rayley loved wandering between the trees. They both liked the inflatable Santa in an airplane, Santa on a train, and Santa on a motorcycle! So, needless to say, they didn't really help pick out the tree, but they had fun at the lot!

Happy Thanksgiving

We had a fun Thanksgiving with the girls. It was such a beautiful day so we went for a walk to the beach.



After our walk to the ocean, we came home and watched a little of the Macy's Thanksgiving parade, took naps, and headed out the door for Carey's parents' house. The girls loved getting to snack all afternoon! Plus, Carey's parents have an Elmo train, which they thoroughly enjoyed. They did good eating their Thanksgiving dinner.



By the time we left we were all exhausted from all the delicious food and fun time with family!

Sugar Cookie Fun!

Well, today the girls and I made sugar cookies. It was messy, fun, and way harder than making cookies on my own (strange that things get harder when I have TWO "helpers). They loved it and hopefully they won't get salmonella from all the dough they consumed!

Our Little Cowgirls!

Court Date

Okay, so, we know the six month court date, which is when the judge will decide if the girls are going to go back to their mom, or whether her parental rights will be terminated and they will be adoptable. There is a SMALL chance that she will get an extension, but they really try not to do that when the kids are under 3 years old. Anyway, the date is February 19th. Please be praying! We are just asking that the Lord's will be done. We figure, since He's the only one who's omniscient, His plan is most likely the best!

Our New House

Sorry it's been so long since I've updated. We finally got to move, so in all my free moments I've been unpacking, which has caused the blog to fall by the wayside. Anyway, we are moved and LOVING the new place. The backyard is wonderful and the washer and dryer are SO AWESOME! Plus, the girls can run through the living room, down the hall, through the kitchen and back into the living room, and they go around and around and around. It's so fun.

The girls transitioned really well. By the third day, when we pulled into the driveway, Apple said "home"! They are so funny. Yesterday, Rayley somehow climbed into her crib went to sleep. She was apparently ready for a nap! Then, later in the afternoon we were going on a walk and Apple kept saying "fly...hurt you...nooooo"! She's afraid of flies, and I always tell her "flies won't hurt you". I don't know why she was thinking about it as she rode in the stroller, but she apparently was!

Here's some pictures of them playing the backyard. They LOVE playing with chalk!