Hair cut for Abigail

Abigail hates having long, beautiful thick hair!! haha.. She is always asking me to cut it for her. So I did.. and here is the result. I have to say, she is beautiful with short hair as well!

Abby was pretty excited for her haircut!

My little helper in the kitchen

                                  She loves to help me make anything, but especially cookies!!

Moments like these make me smile!

Grandpa Beckstead

My grandpa Beckstead passed away on January 21st. I can't believe how spiritual of an experience it really was. While he was in the hospital in a coma alot of us read the book "The Message". It really helped me at least get through this hard time. We had a really beautiful service for him. We know that we will be with him again, so it is fun to know he is looking down watching over us now.

I apologize if these pictures creep you out, but I just think he looked so peaceful. It was nice to see him at peace.  

He had such a beautiful flower arrangement!

My dad with his mom and siblings

My Grandma and her sister (My aunt Sandy)

Playing with cousins

One of the things my girls love to do is play with their cousins!! They love to go over to Grandma and Grandpa Flanders house on Sunday!! Here they are riding their scooters in the garage on a cold, cold winter day!

Zoo in the winter

One of our favorite times to go to the zoo is in the winter. Granted, it is FREEZING, but there is nobody there!! It is fun for the girls to be able to lead us around to whatever they want to see and not have to worry about the crowds. There are plenty of buildings to warm up in and then we brave the outside parts fast!

Poor little Lauren just couldn't stay away this time at the zoo!

Christmas 2010

We had an interesting Christmas this year. Mike found out on December 1st that he would be losing his job on December 31st. Needless to say, it was VERY stressful. We were so very blessed this year though. We had a couple Christmas Elves give the girls some extra gifts. Looking back at these pictures, you would never know that anything stressful was going on in our lives. We have been so very blessed! We have an amazing family and some wonderful friends. We truly were the receivers of some special Christmas miracles this year!!

The day after Christmas the girls were playing SO fun together!! We had to catch a couple of the shots of them playing together =)

Abigail's Ice Skating Birthday

We went ice skating twice in December. Once, we went with Aunt Chantel and Uncle Bryan for FREE day at the Murray Ice Rink!! That was awesome! Then.. for Abigail's birthday we went again. Abigail's little friend Evelyn and her family came as well!! We all had a blast! Afterwards, we just came back to our house for some cupcakes! Just a simple, but fun birthday for her this year! On a side note.. I must say that Abby got VERY good at ice skating. Lauren was not sure about ice skating the first time we went, but the second time she was much more brave and really enjoyed it! I am SO proud of my girls! They are growing up so fast!

Christmas Recital at Joseph Smith Memorial Bldg.

Playing in the snow!!

The girls have such a blast playing in the snow!!! Nothing better than playing in the snow.. then coming inside to warm up with a nice cup of hot chocolate with mini marshmellows right??? =)