photobooth

I had this backdrop up today for a little real estate job and so the girls and I decided to play photobooth with it. They loved running up and changing "disguises" and making "sassy" faces. :)

Christmas Highlights

Once again, Christmas was so much fun with these little girlies. Some of the highlights:

*Pure disbelief and sheer joy at the sight of their brand new "bonk beds." They didn't ask for these but we decided since (a great deal was upon us) and we will probably be moving soon that we would go for it. They were so surprised and it was so much fun!

*Molly being a paper eater. She just wanted to eat paper...that's all.

*Kit and Ruthie joining our family. Apparently now I have five children instead of three.

*Kyla discovering some unwrapped presents on Christmas Eve and me having to revamp my whole Christmas morning strategy. 

*Kyla telling the entire Christmas story (in GREAT detail) on Christmas morning and pretty much not missing anything, like she was reading it straight from the Bible.

*Heidi's elation over pink sparkly Toms. She hasn't taken them off except to sleep. She wears them with her pajamas also.

*Spending time with our wonderful family and some friends too savoring the Season and celebrating Christ's birth.

Can you believe I only took six pictures on Christmas Day and none on Christmas morning? Sometimes I'm not feeling the picture taking...not really good timing. But I got a few good ones....

a treat

My girls rarely get pop and when they do its never Coke. (This of course does not include what both Grandma's give them when I'm not there). I remember most Christmas' drinking Coke out of a bottle. It seems festive and Christmasy to me. So today we got a Christmas treat at the store. It was better than cake or candy...they were completely thrilled and excited.

carousels and carriages

We met my mom for a fun out of the blue little Christmas adventure. We had planned on going to the Gingerbread Village but the line was and hour long! So we skipped that and really did go on an adventure through the streets of downtown Seattle. 

First stop was the Christmas Carousel...

After that we decided to find a real horse drawn carriage to take a ride in.Well, that proved to be a little bit more of a difficult task than we had thought. The carriages were nowhere in sight and so we were directed down to Pike & 1st. They weren't there either. Molly was getting a little bit sleepy at this point but she was a great sport. 

Next, we were directed all the way down to the waterfront, they weren't there either and by this point little legs were getting tired and whiny. My mom and Molly walked while the girls and I took a rickshaw. It was so fun, my favorite part of the day by far. No pictures of that though. We were going too fast. And I was pretty much laughing the whole time. 

Finally, we found the carriages, right across the street from the carousel. (I guess they hadn't started going yet when were were there). 

Heidi was pretty excited.

At the end of the ride the girls were each given a carrot to feed Comet, the horse. Heidi did not want to so Kyla did both carrots. 

A super fun spontaneous Christmas adventure of things that we had never done before!

fa la la la la

Progressive Dinner 2011

The 3rd Annual Progressive Dinner was so fun. I look forward to it each year and this year didn't disappoint. My blog post and pictures are kind of lame. Chelsea's summed up the WHOLE night very well in her post HERE.

I got a break from serving food and hosting a stop this year. Instead I was in charge of games. I don't know what made me think of it but I decided the Christmas episode of Minute to Win It would be just right. I second guessed myself when Casey didn't seem quite as excited as me but I went with it and I'm glad that I did. It turned out to be really funny. 

Joey's Candy Cane Martini.

 1st Game "Face the Gingerbread Man" Get the gingerbread man from 

your forehead to your mouth using only your face in 60 seconds or less.

Everyone completed the task except Joey. 

 2nd game: "Do You Hear What I Hear" Arrange the boxes in order of the amount of 

Jingle Bells each box has in less than 60 seconds. I love Chelsea's face in this 

one as she is getting rude comments from the audience Joey about her abilities. 

3rd game: "Holiday Kiss" All of my pictures seemed highly inappropriate for this blog. Chelsea's are better. My pics are all close ups of this hilarious game. NOT PRETTY. Move ornaments using only your mouth from one string to another. Much harder than it looks.

4th Game: "Reindeer Nose Dive" & 5th Game: "Merry Fishmas" 

No pictures.

Fun night with good friends, good food, and lots and lots of laughing!

Too Quick

Tried to use my wrapping-paper-tape-to-the-wall backdrop for a few quick pics with Molly since it was up from yesterday but she was too quick and too interested in other things. She crawled away every time. Check the drool...she's getting some new bottom teeth too.

{Jamie}

Shannon and Jamie came over today for some pictures. I haven't seen Jamie since he was about a week old and now he is six months old. I can't believe it! He is the perfect combination of Dave and Shannon. He is super cute. I could post about fifty pictures. This is the most narrowed down I could be. HE IS CUTE!!!!

love

A Lang Family Christmas

Last night was the annual Lang Family Christmas Party....complete with crazy skits, games, ridiculous amounts of food, and a noise level that is ear shattering- FUN!

Remember this last year? Well it was a baby boom!

Here they are....plus one. Molly is the lone girl. Before this baby boom. Enzo was the lone boy in a clan of nine girls. The tides have turned.

Owen, Zeph, Molly, Rocco, Dylan, and Brody.

The Bells are still and will forever be GIRLS! And lots of em....

she's lovin' it...