Nissa's 5th Birthday!

My sweet baby girl turned 5 on December 20th. I can't believe how quickly time has gone, it feels like yesterday that she was welcomed into the world. She is such a sweet, peaceful, happy, helpful, little 5 year old. She loves her Lily, her dolls, her Julie doll, her sister, her family, being outside, riding bikes, crafting, and playing with her friends and cousins. I sure love her. She is my best friend.

We had a little friend party for her before we moved. She invited her sweet little friends and they all had a blast. I think the parents even had a good time. I know I did.

This little one loved spinning on the teacups.

This little one, not so much.

Gabbie and Kat are the bestest little friends. They were born to be friends. They were born 3 days apart. They are sure little cuties.

Singing to the Birthday girl!

I tried to snap a picture of all the little kiddos, but it was very difficult. This was the best I could do. We sure love all these little friends and really miss them. Thanks for helping us celebrate Nissa's 5th birthday! We had a fabulous time.

Oh Christmas Tree

Since we were planning on moving right before Christmas, we wanted to make sure that we still did all the fun Christmas activities and traditions for the girls. For FHE we went and let the girls pick out a Christmas Tree. They chose a little Elf Tree. It was about 3 feet tall and very round. The girls were in love with it.

Cheyenne Mountain Zoo

We were so happy and lucky to have Jordan to ourselves for Thanksgiving and the rest of the weekend. We took advantage of this time and did lots of fun things together. Swimming, movies, and the zoo. This is not your ordinary zoo. This zoo is AMAZING! This lady in our ward told us about it, so we decided to take the hour drive to Colorado Springs and go. It was so fun. The highlight of the zoo was that it was on the mountain, and they really used the mountain to make the animals feel like they were really home in their natural habitat. It was beautiful. Another highlight were the giraffes. Let me show you why.

We got to feed them and pet them. It was such a cool experience. The girls were a little bit afraid, but gave it a try anyways.

Fun thing about the giraffes, is they are right there.

Nissa showing us what the giraffes do best, stick out their tongues.

Even though she was terrified, she gave it a try. I think their long purple tongues is what scared her.

Jordan feeding the giraffes.

We had such a fabulous experience. If you ever come to Denver, Cheyenne Mountain zoo is a must!

Knock Knock

Kat is our little comedian. She loves to tell jokes.

Here is Kat telling her knock-knock joke.

Halloween

We had a fantastic Halloween. The girls looked darling in their costumes, they loved trick-or-treating, and they ate as much candy as they possibly could.

Dad had trick-or-treating at work where they went from office to office. This was so fun to watch Kat. She was a pro. She went up and said trick-or-treat and then helped herself to the candy. Especially the chocolate. Nissa was very polite and quiet.

Nissa cat

Kitty Kat

The community had trick-or-tricking, so we thought we would join in on the fun. The AMC movie theatre was there advertising for Puss in Boots, and were giving away these darling masks. The girls loved them.

My beautiful Rapunzel Nissa at her school parade. We were so lucky to have almost 70 degree weather on Halloween. It was perfect!

Getting ready to go to the neighbors house for Haunting Hot Dogs and Chillling Chili. I love how involved the neighborhood is around here. Everyone is so kind and welcoming.

Feet were tired, candy dumped out, and pj's on. It was time to watch for the trick-or-treaters and pass out candy. I think this was Nissa's favorite part of the evening. She loved passing out candy to the kids.

Happy Halloween!