A Couple of Turkeys

A quick weekend trip to Michigan for Thanksgiving.....the girls had a lot of fun playing with Papa, Nana, Aunt Vicki, and Uncle Ted......and the Airedales!! Grace got to go to the movies and do crafts with Aunt Vicki.....and Alison loooooooved Bronner's (the "world's largest Christmas store"), and her face lit up whenever she found something new to look at. They were great in the car on the way up and on the way back....here are some pictures..

Grace was excited to get to sleep on the top bunk!
Aunt Vicki and the girls play Barbies on the bed...

"You mean I can't keep this bed????"

Alison can't believe it!!

The sisters share a big hug.........

Now here's a pizza with some extra cheese!

Grace checks out the Day Spa at Papa and Nana's......Grace Storm Celebrity Hot Tub!

Alison takes the plunge......

"The donut hole???? Oh, it's in here"

The girls check out the animated Santa....

Alison gives Santa a nighty-night kiss....

Aunt Vicki with the girls.....

Grace gives Santa a big hug before bed....

Christmas Tree '08

The girls were excited to help put up the tree today.....they've been bugging us about since they got home yesterday afternoon. I just realized that I forgot to take a picture of the final product, but here's some "under construction" photos......

Alison's got that crazed look like, "Let me at those glass ornaments!"
Alison's a great cheerleader for the lights!

Um, we don't exactly go out and chop down our own tree, and Grace is ready to put a "blue" branch on....as in color-coded blue....

Alison tries to figure out which color she likes best.....

Static electricity can be a hair-raising experience.....

Hanging ornaments and getting under foot can be exhausting work, so union-mandated 5 minute break......

Back to work......"which ornament is next, Ali????"

A Baltimore Wedding

Ashley's cousin Jenny was married this past weekend (yesterday, in fact) in Baltimore, and Ashley and Grace headed out for a 3 day weekend adventure. Here's some photos they took at the wedding and the reception.

Here's a picture of the inside of the church in D'town Baltimore....
Jenny and her new husband, Michael...

I think this is the part where she tells him what he can and can't do anymore....

....and he still says, "I do!".....

Headin' off to the reception....

Here is Grace dancing with Taylor (I think Grace and she would be 2nd cousins), who is a month younger than Alison.....so it was like Big Sis on the road.....

The cake...Grace said it was very good!

You can't see it very well, but I think this is Grace doing The Alligator...

Grace all tuckered out and taking five with Pop Pop......

Grace holding one of the flowers from a bouquet......

Grace and Reese (Ashley's cousin's daughter) having a good time!

Grace and Ed (Reese's dad and Ashley's cousin-in-law) hitting the dance floor.......

Jenny and Michael at the reception.....

They just told Uncle Bud that he's got 3 more of these on the way......(Just Kidding! This is Bud and Katelyn (sp?) who is Ashley's cousin Mark's youngest daughter)

Grace and Taylor hanging out again.....

I think they've done this pose before.....Here's Ashley with Bud and Brian.....

Grace tries to coax Ashley's cousin John on to the dance floor.....

Ashley and her cousin Mary.......

Grace and Pop Pop trip the light fantastic....

All the kids on the dance floor...

Grace and Mary with big smiles.......

Grace and Mommy towards the end of the night.......

Grace took this photo of Taylor....she's getting good with a camera......

Another photo that Grace took of the party!

Elmo's (and Alison's) World

Alison wanted to show off her new Elmo shirt she got last week.....Here she is posing with Sis and "Gretchen"
She kept her pony tails in pretty good shape today....

Showing off her mini-skirt......it was warm here today....