Rice Family Christmas

This year we celebrated Christmas with the Rice family a little early at our new house! As usual, we had a blast. Good food, good conversation, and of course the love of family!

Merry Christmas from Our House to Yours!

I promise someday I will post more pictures of our new house. We are loving the house, but so busy living in it, we have not had time for many photographs (or work on it). Yes, although our house is pretty perfect as it is, we do have some plans for it. These plans will probably unfold pretty slowly, but it's still exciting to have a new house to work on again!

Happy Turkey Day!

This year we celebrated Thanksgiving at Brian and Beth's, so that baby Avery could stay at home and not have to travel. We had a great time with family and great food. We have so much to be thankful for!

Chasing bubbles with Grammy

Grammy and all her babies

The early Christmas present tradition

The men watching football

The littlest turkey!

Finishing up with a little baseball

Hot, Fresh, Popcorn!

Our family loves movies! One thing we love about our new house is the basement!! Part of our basement is our new family movie theater, complete with HUGE TV, super loud speakers, and popcorn maker!

Visions of Sugarplums...

Chloe was all worn out from helping me decorate our tree. I sure did love decorating the tree with my sweet little princess in our brand new house this year!

What Exactly Happens in a Ballet Class?

The big mystery... what exactly goes on in those classes every Saturday? Well, once a year, we get to see!

It begins with a "Hello" song.

Then they pretend to be birds and flap their wings.

A little stretching.

A little Indian song.

Then, they go across the floor... skipping.

On your toes

Galloping

Next, it's time for a little tap. Shuffle, step.

And, finally, balancing with a Beanie Baby on your head.

Well, I don't know about you, but I'm impressed. Chloe loves dance! Her teachers are wonderful and I am so happy that she enjoys it.