Emily joins the Radio City Rockettes!

Today, Emily and I went to tea with the Rockettes. They are in town to do their Holiday show, and had a meet and greet with military wives and their daughters. David put our names in, and we were selected to go! We had a great time. We had our pictures taken with the beautiful dancers, ate lunch together, and talked with them about their exciting careers! They gave Emily a Christmas ornament that they all signed, as well. She was in love with the whole thing. She was able to get in line with the girls, and tried some high kicks. I think she has some real potential!

Here are Emily and I posing with the Rockettes!

The Rockettes, combined with our first snow, and the fact that one of the radio stations has already started playing non-stop Christmas songs, has really put us in the mood for Christmas. Or, as Josh says, "It is snowing to get ready for Santa!"

First Snow of the Season!

We had our first snow of the season this weekend, and the kids were excited! They all dressed up in their warmest clothes to dance in the snowflakes. Not too much stayed on the ground, but it sure was pretty coming down! Here are Joshua and Emily in my old Norwegian sweaters. They still look good! Josh wore his to play in, but Emily complained that it was too "pokey" and took it off again.

Emily and Joshua

Joshua's hair

I spend a lot of time with Joshua. We go all sorts of places together. I can't remember the last time I took him out in public that someone hasn't commented on his hair. It is curly, and he is a pretty cute kid (at least I think so). Lots of people ask me where he got the curly hair from. So, for those of you who look at this blog and are interested, I have some pictures of who he inherited his hair from. You can click on the pictures to see them bigger.

David on his mission in LaPalma, Canarias.
Probably the only time he didn't bother to cut his hair.

David with some bananas.

Happy Halloween!

We had such a fun Halloween! We went for a hayride to pick out our pumpkins, played at the Cincinnati Zoo's Halzooween, and even went trick or treating! Her are some pictures of the kids dressed up as Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, and Darth Vader.

Emily, Benjamin, and Joshua

Leia feeding Vader some ice cream

Luke Skywalker with his candy bag.

Princess Leia and her dad.

Mom with Luke and Leia.

Hay Ride

The whole family on a hay ride to pick out our pumpkins.

The kids picked some good ones!

Joshua thought it was funny to eat the "popcorn."