December 2010

December started out with Taisha all of a sudden looking like a Young Woman. I'm not sure when it happened.... but when she turned 12 a few weeks ago, she looked like she just belonged with the young women. She kept her birthday nice and simple this year: Bambinos for her dinner, sledding and swimming for her party, and Kiwi Loco frozen yogurt for her "cake."

Here are a few other pictures from December:

Anaya and Addison right before their dance Christmas dance recital.

Kayden was the "star" in the nativity.

Guess what we got for Christmas??

I somehow missed getting any pictures of the pinata this year.... which is too bad! It was cute, sweet smelling skunk. I must have been REALLY into my dessert that I was eating when the pinata was being smashed open.

Taisha got a cotton candy machine this year for Christmas and it has been a huge hit! We had banana cotton candy for breakfast Christmas morning. It felt more breakfasty eating the banana flavor.

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Ana and Dave had their baby!! Apparently they didn't consult me on how stressful December birthdays can be!! So happy she's here safe and sound!

Kamorah Thine Torgeson
Born: December 16, 2010
8 lbs 3 ounces 19.5 inches long

Christmas Tree Pictures Over the Years

Every Christmas, I snap a few pictures of the kids in front of the Christmas tree. Here's the first one I have (Kayden as a baby):

And here's the pictures I've been able to find of the kids in front of the tree through the years (starting with Kayden and Malia):

(Just excuse my awful glasses... this was right before I got my eyes lasered, and they wanted me contact lens-free for a while before the procedure.)

And finally, here is this year's picture in front of the Christmas tree: