Ringing in the New Year

We rang in the New Year snug and warm, snoozing away in our beds!  But we did manage to squeeze in some daylight fun with friends to celebrate the occasion!  Brenna attended a New Years party at one of her friends house and her mom passed along a few pictures from their day!

Blessington Farms

The day after Christmas we made a trip to Blessington Farms for some Christmas strawberries.  We visited Blessington in the Spring, but we were never able to pick strawberries because they were all picked out!  This time we got there right as it opened and were some of the first in the field.  The weather was beautiful and the temperature was just right.  The strawberries are amazingly sweet!

Roller Skating

Just before Christmas, Brenna attended a friends roller skating party.  This was her first time to visit a roller skating rink and she loved it!  There were several wipe outs, but no tears.  She quickly moved from the skate walker to independent skating.  I even rented a pair and did a little skating myself.  Turns out, its like riding a bike!  You never forget how!  And I'm proud to say I had no falls, which is good because not only would it have been embarrassing, I'm certain some injury would have likely occurred.  There would have been a lot more hitting the floor than there was 20 years ago!  Brenna enjoyed it so much that she's already asking to go back, so I see return trip in our future.

Kansas City Soccer - The Best Season Yet!

While looking ahead to the upcoming basketball season, I realized I never closed out our 2013 Soccer season.  The season ended in November, but with all the rush of the holidays, somehow I missed posting our team pictures.  This season was our best yet, with an actual winning record!  Brenna enjoyed it as always and we're so proud of our little athlete!

Everything Christmas and Two Front Teeth

Wow!  December was a big month!  It was fun, but busy!  In all our merry-making, I got a little behind on blogging so I've decided to roll everything into one really big Christmas post.  So here's how our holiday went!

We kicked off the holiday festivities with a Mom and Me Christmas PJ Party.  Three friends of mine hosted the party and it was for just the moms and kids.  They asked that everyone wear their pjs and instead of bringing food for the party, to bring an unwrapped toy to be donated to the Star Foundation Holiday Toy Drive.  It was a fun way to help teach a good lesson on giving!  Both the kids and the moms and a fantastic time!