Christmas Break

What a break it has been. I have loved every second of being home with my hubby and daughters. How lucky are we that we got to hang out every day? So what did we do to fill our time?
To start the week, we went bowling. It was Kelsey's first time bowling. She wanted to push the ball down the lane herself the first few times, but after the ball got stuck she tried using the ramp and that made it much easier. Grandma and Grandpa joined us as well.

We watched a few movies. Kelsey caught up on a few of her favorites that have been on the shelf for awhile: Tangled, Tinkerbell, and of course her new Barbie movies. I watched The Help and Mattey and I watched The Hangover II.
We played a lot of games and put together puzzles. Kelsey also played on her Leap Pad and is getting pretty good at using the features. We played the Kinect. We rented the Disneyland game to try it out and see if it is worthy of buying. Kelsey sure liked it. It was pretty cute.

Kelsey had a playdate with her friend Ava. They played Kinect, grocery store, and restaurant. They are good buddies :)

We went to two boys basketball games to support the Huskies.

We went to a waterpark to round out the week. The girls loved it. Megan splashed around and enjoyed the water. Kelsey was so excited to go she had to wear her goggles (which she calls eyegols) in the house. Kelsey even got Mommy to go on a water slide with her. Not an easy task!

Next up was New Year's Eve. We had lunch with some great friends during the day and went to Stacey and Matt's for the evening. The weather was not nice at all, so we were glad we did not have to travel. The kiddos all played well together and Kelsey made it up the longest, although not quite to midnight. The adults did stay awake until 2012 hit. It was a very enjoyable and relaxing way to ring in the new year.

Sleeping beauties for the last time in 2011

I am sad to see the break go. Being together with my family is the greatest gift, and I feel so blessed for our time together this week.  Here's to 2012 and all it will bring!