And Again:-)

So much has happened since I last posted back in September! I have 2 little girls who continue to grow and change.  And there is always something  going on in our little world. So lets back up, shall we? September 12th we celebrated Derecks 28th Birthday. Dereck had to go to OKC for a training for work, so the girls and I packed up and headed with him so we could be with him on his special day.  Really it ended up that we were able to eat breakfast with him, and then he headed to a training.  That didn't stop us girls though we went ahead and spent the day celebrating for him! I took the girls to this free kids museum, then headed to the park to play for a little bit before heading to chick fila for lunch and some more play time.  After that I let the girls rest in the car for about an hour, then we headed to the mall to pick out some gifts for Daddy, and play on the super fun stuff in the play area.  Once Dereck was done with training, he met us at the mall, and found some shoes he liked.  After the mall we went to Texas Roadhouse for his Birthday dinner, then headed back home.  Dereck said he didn't want a big birthday celebration, so we went to my parents home and my Mom made eggrolls the following Sunday,  thats usually what Dereck will pick if he is picking:-)

September 6th was when My big girl Jasmine started preschool at the First Baptist Preschool! She will only go 2 1/2 hours 9-11:30. She was pretty excited, as were we.  I didn't think I would be a mom that cried when their kids went to their first day of school, but seeing her walk into that classroom with her big backpack, looking all grown up, I wondered where the time had gone, she acted like this was normal and seemed to fit right in with the other kids. I did leave, and manage to walk to the car before I let the tears roll:-) Jessie really didn't understand why she didn't get to go but she has finally gotten used to being away from Sissy for those 2 hours of preschool.

September 22nd we celebrated our 1 year Adoptiversary by taking the girls to the zoo, then to the mall to pick out their adopted build a bear animals some new clothes and accessories, then we ate dinner at Old Chicago, it was a lovely day celebrating such a lovely thing. I am so thankful we  were chosen to parent these 2 amazing little girls.

October wasn't any less busy. Jasmine turned 4 on the 19th. We made cupcakes for her friends at school, and she got to be the leader that week which made her day even more special. Her favorite part of being the leader at school is that she gets to hold the American flag. After dayare kids left, we headed to McDonalds for a small family birthday party complete with balloons, cake, and PRESENTS. We ate and the kids played at the play place! I planned a Fancy Nancy Birthday party for Jazzy and about 10 other little girls the Saturday  after her actual birthday. I based it off of one of the books.   In the invitation I asked all of the girls to come in their fanciest clothes,Started the party off by having my  mom read the book, then the girls got to get more fancy by getting their nails painted, shopping for jewelry at a table set up with fancy items, then they got to make their own fancy necklace with their name on it, after that i served them lunch and had cake, and parfaits (fancy for Sundaes) All the girls seemed to have fun being fancy for a day! We also celebrated Arkalalah, and like usual jasmine ended up coming down with something so she missed out on several of the festivities. Although she did fit in some time at the carnival before she got it!

November we celebrated Thanksgiving at my parents' house, it was a lovely day filled with family and food!

December we had several fun things go on. Dereck and I were in a Christmas program at our church. We went on another weekend trip to Branson with all of my family, and loved seeing Silver Dollar City all lit up for Christmas, it was very magical.  Then we celebrated Christmas with our families. Christmas Eve at our house with my whole family, Christmas day morning at home with the girls, then we drove to my parents to open presents and have Christmas Dinner, then Christmas Day night we went to Dereck's Dad's house. The girls were so blessed with a lot of really nice gifts from family! Now I just have to find room for everything. Then on New Years Eve my friend Heather got married and she had Jazzy be the flower girl. Jazzy was beautiful and we had a blast ringing in the new year that way!

So for one of my new years goals I am wanting to blog more often maybe just maybe once a week! So Here's to 2012!