"Oh, Claire Bear!!" She is such a sweet little thing!!! Yesterday I flat ironed her hair and told her she looked cute. She then said, "Take a picture of me!!" It's her new thing lately whenever we say she's cute--which is quite often, since I think she is about the cutest thing in the world. She really is such a good little girl, especially considering she is two!
Karson has become quite the little skier this year!! Jason and him have season passes and have been up on the mountain quite a few times. Karson is doing so well!! He's mastered the ski lift, been down some fairly difficult runs, and even took off his "wedgie" last time he went-- I think his little legs are starting to get stronger.
Jason took Kate skiing too. She made it down one run in 45 minutes; cried the whole time; almost hit a tree, which she was very concerned about since she had an allergic skin reaction to our Christmas tree. I guess as she was heading towards the tree she was yelling, "I can't hit the tree, I'm allergic to Christmas trees!!--Classic Kate :0)!! But, after it was all said and done she "loved it" and can't wait to go again!!! I love this picture of Kate and Jason on the ski lift. Jason made her a seatbelt with his ski pole, Kate was very pleased with this and told me all about it-- it was her first time on a lift-- last year they didn't venture off the bunny hill.
Our laptop's motherboard went out. Jason decided to try to fix it. We had pictures and my thesis on it. He bought a new motherboard online, and set to work--watching U tube videos to teach him how. The process was a success-- I was so impressed with Jason's skills!!! He had talked to a few computer guys and both of them said that they had never replaced a motherboard, but Jason is just amazing with things like that!! We were able to get all the pictures and stuff off the computer that we wanted, and it only cost $45 instead of 3 or 4 hundred! The computer still had problems overheating, so we bought a new computer with our Christmas money--thanks Mom and Dad and Grandma H!!!
Kate is 5!!! The first thing she said when she woke up on her birthday was, "I'm 5!!!" with all the Kate zest and enthusiasm you can imagine!! I think there's something empowering to kids about turning 5--it's like they're no longer a little kid!
Kate got her very first American Girl doll for her b-day. We were going to wait until she was a little older, but she has been so good and responsible lately that we decided to go for it. She didn't have a friend party this year, so we thought it was a good time for a special gift!!! She was so funny when she opened the box. She looked inside totally puzzled and said, "an American Girl doll?" (I had told her that she probably wouldn't get one until she was at least 6. She's been begging for one for awhile now.) I laughed and said that it wasn't quite the reaction I'd hoped for, but at this time she realized that it was all for real and got super excited--even hugging the box--so funny!! 
Grandma Bonnie picked out these cute matching jammies for Kate--she loves them and I must say they do look oh, so cute!! 
When we decided to get the doll for Kate. I started sewing--it's just too fun!!! Jason makes fun of me because I was so excited--so, I admit going to the AG store in Chicago ruined me--it was like little girl heaven, and I fell in love with it all!!! I made this matching outfit for Kate and her doll.
I also made a hoodie sweatshirt, matching t-shirts, jeans, and a dress/sweater set--it was so fun!! 
Lia was given a beautiful blessing by her daddy on Sunday!!! She is such a sweet baby!!! She is happy most of the time and smiles and coos at us often. We love her so much! My mom made her blessing dress--I love it! She looked so beautiful all dressed in white!
Kate with all her gifts--she asked Santa for a table and chairs! 
