Thanksgiving Week at the Storm's

Hey, it's been QUITE some time since we posted anything to Little Storm's, but we're going to see if we can remedy that and re-launch the site.  It's been a busy year - I've spent a bunch of time studying for insurance education tests, ugh.  But, that's all over and I "have my life back."  Also, we've added Ashley as a full-time contributor to the site.  The kids aren't babies anymore, so we're going to have more than just pictures, pictures, and more pictures.  Hope you enjoy the new stuff as well as some of the old standards, like - PICTURES

These are a little out of order but here's Grace putting up some ornaments on the Christmas tree.....

"Daaaaaaaaaad, can you put the camera down and help me over here?"

 Sisters lovin' Christmas - they were so excited about putting the tree up, they actually behaved!

This is where we go backward in time a little bit - for the re-construction of the Christmas tree....not exactly choppin' down a pine tree in the middle of the forrest, but hey, one man's artificial tree is another man's family tradition.

 Crackin' open a box of Christmas tree.....Grace is already practicing for Palm Sunday!

 Snapped a couple shots at the Killian Family Thanksgiving......Here's Grace and her once and future cousin, Kiera!

Alison is super happy to have Grami over for Thanksgiving!

Alison showing off her new PJ's and knee socks....simple pleasures!

Grace's class was in charge of the chapel message the day before Thanksgiving....Grace is waiting for chapel to start....she's got her note card with her lines on it.  When we first asked her what the message was about, she told us, "Jesus heals the Ten Leopards"

Father Daughter Dance - 2010

The annual Father Daughter Dance was today.....we hadn't gone in a couple years, so this was this first year I had TWO dates!!

Grace went for curls and Alison had an "up-do"....
She's got some more wiggly teeth in that smile of hers......

I think she's even got some lip gloss in that smile.....

Ready to go!!!!

Dad and the Little Ladies

I think that buttoned-up collar made my cheeks puffy!

Alison's first father daughter dance!

Alison at the dance.....she wouldn't put the balloon down the whole time we were there.....

Grace takes a break from dancing to pose.......

It's hard to tell, but she was doing The Robot in this picture....

The evening was mostly a blur......just like this picture!

Nothing but the Tooth

Alison's first trip to the dentist was this morning....Ashley snapped a few pictures with her camera phone -

Grace ready for her check up....she's missing two baby teeth but has one permanent tooth coming in plus a 6-year-molar!
Alison prepped and ready for the dentist.....

All smiles.........she did get a nervous when the dentist came in.....

Counting her teeth!!

She received a tooth-brushing lesson and then did her own demonstration on Flossy the Hippo....Alison loved the giant tooth brush.....I'm half surprised Alison doesn't have the Hippo pinned on the floor to brush the Hippo's teeth. That's what we have to do to Alison 75% of the time........ : )

Birthday and Christmas Pictures - '09

Quite a few pictures to get out here from the birthdays and from Christmas.....took a couple weeks for things to settle down long enough to work on this!

Grace took this picture of Alison and me on our birthdays.

Getting a hug from the birthday girl!

We took Alison to Panera for breakfast...she picked out a chocolate chip muffin top!

Getting ready to open birthday presents!!

This is one of the trains that goes with her new Thomas the Train set....

Eating some giant birthday cookie from Mrs. Fields....it was really good!

Opening up some Christmas presents and Papa & Nana's.....

Posing with her Dora bubble bath....she loves Dora....it's one of the few TV shows she'll watch.....

Alison LOVES to clean.....so Aunt Vicki got Alison her very own cleaning cart.....

Cleaning the coffee table....she called her sponge "my cheese"...cuz it looks like a brick of cheese to her.....

Nana made Alison (& Grace) matching jammies to go with their Cabbage Patch dolls....

Alison cleaning........AGAIN!

Hey, there's Grace! Brian, Tracy, and Kiera came for a visit when we got home from MI.....the girls are ready to go play in the snow......

Alison joins The Fray.......

Little Snowman, Big World.....tonight on TLC.

Alison opening up a present from Uncle Brian, Tracy, and Kiera....

Grace got the Junior edition of Apples to Apples, and she loves it!

Alison showing off a new dress she got for her birthday from her Great Aunt Anne - and her favorite tights!

Trip to Portrait

There's a ton of Alison's birthday and Christmas photos that I need to get out here, but, in the meantime, we hit Portrait Innovations today to get Alison's 3-year pictures done. We also had Grace jump in a few to get some pictures of the two girls together. The pictures below are ones we either got individual sheets of, or shots that we had put in a collage. Again, these aren't the "finished product" so the actual sheets look better that what you see here.

Ashley likes to get the girls to pose on the number blocks.....
I like how she's got her feet crossed in this one.....it's like a senior picture.

The girl really got her laughing today.....

I call this one, "Please don't put me to bed yet"

This one is really colorful when you get it zoomed in.

The girls got matching big/little sister shirts for Christmas this year.
When they were having them pose like this, the photographer told Alison to look at "your sister's nose"....Alison ended up tilting her head up to try to look up her "sister's nose"......
All the little ladies, all the little ladies.......
Big hugs.....

Grace and friends sing for Chapel

Grace and the rest of the Kindergarteners sang in Chapel today.....they sang Happy Birthday to the Lord. They sounded great!!