New Year's Eve Fun

Celebrated New Year's Eve with Nana and Papa Steve and our friends!  Make your own pizza was on the menu tonight!

Complete with an early countdown with ball drop!

Happy New Year!!!

December Happenings

December brought about a lot of fun things for all of us!  Trevor started running on the treadmill to get healthy (his words):

The boys saw Moana in the theater:

We saw Santa at our Neighborhood Market:

Trevor builds more and more Lego sets:

The kids open their Lego Advent calendars every morning, so cute:

Ashley dances every Monday:

The kiddos plus Sophia take ATA karate every Tuesday:

Making Christmas goodies:

Birthday parties for our school friends:

Seeing the Nutcracker ballet because our friend Alexis is dancing in it!

Wearing our AZ neighbor Gabriella's old outfit:

Falling asleep on the couch because she's just so tired:

Trevor creates workouts to stay in shape while soccer is on break:

Grante-poo's #1 fan:

We get excited about snow!

House is decorated for Christmas!  Including the dancing dolls and mistletoe that Grandma Kelly always had hanging in her house :)

We find Ashley dancing to the music all by herself and using the TV to see herself:

Lots of adorable Christmas outfits!

Mr. Creative always finding ways to arts and craft:

Cheese!

Wow!  Bentonville Square lights:

Celebrating the holidays with Sara's MOPS group

Ashley's school Christmas party:

Board breaking at ATA:

Date night!

Making spirits bright:

Toby is still a heat-seeker.  Anytime the oven is on, this is where he will be:

Making donut holes!

Ashley carries a few of her friends Christmas cards around with her everywhere she goes!

Soccer at the Pea Ridge HS football practice facility.  Ashley just runs around and around:

Sitting through lice treatments...ugh!

Chuck E Cheese (again):

More Legos:

And an adults-only Christmas party at the neighbor's!!!

Christmas Fun with Nana and Papa Steve!

We were so excited that Nana and Papa Steve drove to Arkansas again!  This time to celebrate Christmas together!!!  We attended Christmas Eve mass at St. Vincent de Paul in Rogers.  

The kids sat up on the stairs during the homily!

Another Stella dress for Ashley :)  She got so many compliments after mass.  Many people thought the sequins would go up and down as is popular right now but nope.  It's just a sequin dress that probably weighed a good 8 pounds but she didn't complain once!

We set out cookies for Santa and the reindeer.

And woke up at 5:30am SO excited that Santa came!

We waited patiently until Nana and Papa came down and then it was presents galore!

After Santa and Mommy and Daddy presents we broke and had egg bake and caramel rolls!

Then Trevor assembled his new lego set - he is quick!

Then it was back to presents!!

The must have (i.e. hard to get) gift of the year was the Hatchimal.  Lucky for Trevor that Nana and Papa tracked one down!  (Actually 3 - since Sam wasn't interested they went to Sophia and Leah!).  He was SO SO SO excited!!

It took FOREVER to hatch but eventually it did!

At night we fondued!  A Hillins tradition!

The rest of the time that Nana and Papa were here we stayed busy.  We took them to the Fayetteville Square to have burgers at Hugo's and to see the lights, and ride camels!

We magically grew candy canes!

We took a day trip to Eureka Springs!

We played Mr. and Mrs. Right and Left!

We had dance parties!

We went ice skating!

We checked out the Bentonville Square lights and had ice cream at Walton's!

We played at the Amazeum!

We showed off our karate moves and earned new stripes!

And we built Legos!  Thanks for coming Nana and Papa!  We love spending the holiday with you and creating memories for our hearts!!!  Already looking forward to next year!  XOXO