WOW!!! What a Christmas!!

It took me until TUESDAY to recover from all of the festivities!
Here's how our weekend went...

CHRISTMAS EVE

A few photos by the tree before the rest of the fam showed up for an AMAZING dinner and secret santa gift exchange
I made my new treat again....
Santa Hat Mix


and the kids went crazy with all of the presents

so did the adults but I was to busy watching I forgot to take pictures

CHRISTMAS DAY

WOW!! What a great morning. Our tree was overflowing with presents. Santa even make it down our chimney and delivered a slide and a tricycle

{thank you to all of our friends and family that made this day so very special for us}

Then it was off to the Miller House for the traditional Christmas Breakfast. This year it seemed better than ever because my amazing cousin Anna and Aunt Jody stayed up all night preparing home made cinnamon rolls. They were to die for!! My mouth is watering thinking about them again!

{top left: Isaiah and Heather, top right: Cody, Charlie, Anna, Jodi, bottom left: Angelo, Trystan, Cyrus, Alex, bottom right: Marty and Bobbi}

After breakfast we all lounged around in our PJ's and enjoyed each others company while the kids played with some new toys.

We then came home and enjoyed a delicious dish of homemade slow cooker lasagna.
YES.... I made it all by my big girl self!!

It truly was an unforgettable year. I missed my family in California so much though. I hope we will be able to create memories with them in the coming years!

Hope you had a great holiday weekend
I can't wait to see what's in store for 2011??

Hope you and your family had an enjoyable and eventful holiday weekend!

Love
The Torres Family

With two days left until Christmas I'm sure this is what Kaylee is thinking??

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Here is a short video of Kaylee gettin into the spirit of Christmas at lunch time today.
Excuse the mouth full of food.....
I think it makes it all that much cuter at this age.
{Before pressing play, scroll down to the music player and hit pause...you don't want to miss this cutie in action}

Hope you have a wonderful weekend....
We are headed to Grandma's house to decorate cookies!

Yesterday a great friend of mine, Amy, lent her wonderful talents and did a mini photo shoot with Kaylee for our Christmas card. We loaded up the kids (Kaylee and P-Ray) and headed to Washington's Capital Building to take some Christmas Tree pictures. It was SUPER dark inside so we weren't sure how well they would turn out.....but Amy is amazing!!!!

ps.... I don't want to spoil the fun of opening up the Christmas card so I'm only posting a few pictures on my blog...

On another note....
grades posted.....
4.0!!!!
Yeah! Go me!

(per Mommy and Daddy)
**This post is so all of our family has a reference to her wants and needs**

Clothing:
She is currently in a 2T right now
Pants are always big around the waist so see if they are adjustable
(refer to this post for reference)

Socks, PJ's and warm clothes and accessories are always great!

Shoe size right now is 7 (toddlers)
Size 8 is fast approaching

Favorite Color:
I think it is pink and purple
(typical girl)

Favorite Things:
Princesses
Airplanes
Nick Jr Characters
Trains
Coloring
Dress up
Stickers
Bath Toys
Books
Puzzles
Musical Instruments

Movies:
We have started a Disney movie collection
So far we have:
Beauty and the Beast
Aladdin
Lion King
Toy Story 1,2,3
Ice Age

Education:
We are starting a homeschooling program for preschoolers in January so anything educational with shapes, animals, puzzles, books, movies, craft supplies etc would be great!

All and all she is a typical 2yr old girl.