Happy Birthday Dayna Bug

Dayna had a "My Little Pony" party this year, we love that Dayna's birthday is December 31st, we have a real reason for a New Year's Eve party...

Chocolate chip "3" pancakes for breakfast

 Cheesy little stinker, couldn't get her to smile for real, for anything :)

 Dayna loves being a princess, she got a few crowns, and jewelry for her birthday, which she loved!

 Happy Birthday Princess Dayna, We LOve YoU!

 HAPPY NEW YEAR!  All these kiddos made it to 12:00… we tooted our horns, and firecrackers/poppers, LOVE these kids!

Christmas 3...

Christmas with Grandma & Grandpa Manis...

We got Grandma a fun new sign for her laundry room… (my parents did many updates to their home, so we decided to get her something fun for her newly painted, and floored laundry room)

We made Grandpa a pretty cool, oversized cribbage board…
(Fun end table, w/ drawer from the Goodwill, Luke designed the template and drilled the holes, I painted and distressed it, and painted all the little clothespins for the pegs… turned out pretty darn awesome if you ask me:)) 

The girls got new blankets, journals, and a treat...

 Dayna loved her "Jake & The Neverland Pirates" flashlight...

The much needed pencil sharpener from Grandma, LOL

Daddy got lots of "spicy" stuff, a fun Ball jar mug, and a Taco Bell gift card..

I got much needed new shoes, and kitchen towels..
THanks Mom & Dad, you spoil us!

Christmas 2 :)

When we got home from Camp Zarahemla we opened the presents that we had left at home (we left all the presents home, and just had Santa gifts for the girls at Camp Z, it was nice to not have to pack Everything:))

We also did something a little different this year, which I was pretty excited about, and the girls were totally on board as well.  We had talked with the girls near the beginning of December about giving and receiving gifts and the true meaning of Christmas.  Plus, I'm not a fan of breaking the bank for Christmas.

The girls received 5 gifts:  2 things they "Want", 1 thing they "Need", something to "Wear", and something to "Read".  They really embraced the idea, thought long and hard about what they really wanted, what they needed, I was really impressed.

We've had a cute little tree for years, and now that our house is bigger,
I'm going to upgrade to a large, "real" tree next year :)

Ever After High dolls… the much wanted gift this season...

Jodee gave me the pots and pans that I wanted :) 

Mr. Sketch markers from Uncle Keith, can't wait to smell em!

Jodee and Jayda made cute little gingerbread ornaments for us...

The girls made cute calendars at school...

My Little Pony undies :) Love em!

 Needed:  Socks & Underwear...

THanks Keith!  Coke sign for Luke's "Man Cave"

One Direction, dress up dolls, EEEEEEKK! :)

I made a cute book for Dayna to draw on her family members, make funny faces on them...

Kawaii Crush dolls- PB&J… YAY!