Daddy daughter dance

today was the 8th annual Daddy-Daughter dance at the cedar rapids country club. The girls had a great time! Picking out the dresses was fun...it was like prom dress shopping! Each girl tried on 4 or 5 dresses. Kaelyn fell in love with the first one she tried on, so she got that. Abby couldn't decide, she liked them all! She finally decided on a pretty yellow one.

Abby's dad brought her down from waterloo and Kaelyn chose to go with John. They got to dance, they had face painting, they got their nails painted, they got to make crowns, have cookies, and meet princesses!

brain noodles

brain noodles were a big hit! The girls were also really excited to get to sunday school so they could take their new bibles!

thanks grandpa and grandma!

chloe's 1st birthday and winter fun

chloe was a lucky girl this year, she got 2 birthdays! John wanted the party on her birthday (jan 2) and i wanted it on the 9th so all the kids could be there. so i planned 2 parties! The first party on the 2nd was at his parent's house. his grandparents and sister got to come as well. and the kids were there since their weekend plans were cx. she wasn't that interested in the presents, but very excited about the cake!

at her second birthday party we went to bishop's buffet in waterloo so brittany could come. we all had a good time, wygles and parkers and melissa and brittany came. no cake this time, but she seemed more into the presents. hard to believe she's a year old already, a little sad, and a little excited to watch her grow.

The girls reading their books before bed in their cute new matching pj's.

the kids building their snowman...Chloe was loving the snow her first time out. she especially loved sledding!