Holiday Fun!

For Christmas this year, we were able to spend some time with Emma over the pre-Christmas weekend and a few hours on Christmas. We really packed in the fun. We invited a couple neighborhood girls over to put together a gingerbread house and to decorate sugar cookies.
It was a lot of fun, but the cookie decorating ended in an icing fight. On Christmas Day, we all opened presents and Emma was particularly excited about the Hannah Montana Holiday doll that Grandma Carol sent her. You can judge for yourself by her reaction.

She also enjoyed rocking out with her Hannah Montana electric guitar/video game.

She was quite adept at opening presents and really enjoyed Christmas in general.

As soon as we dropped her off at home, we drove to Nashville Tennessee to spend the weekend with my brother, his family, my sister and my parents. It was fun to have at least half of the family together. Ella was pretty darn cute. She is convinced that she is a Princess and loved putting on her princess dress and crown. She was sure to tell people, "I Princess" and "I Funny". It's hard to argue with her...

We went on a tour of Auntie Maren's office...the Nashville Symphony Hall. It is a beautiful building. Of course we can't have a family gathering without playing Family Feud. It was a lot of fun. Andy also taught my family how to play Settlers...or as my mom calls it, "Sticks and Bricks".
We brought in the New Year last night at a friends house. We played Rock Band and had a great time.

Happy New Year!!