HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!

No long post, just wishes for a very healthy happy New Year for all my friends and family!  Love you all!

Rapunzel can plie'!

yes, it was Halloween at dance class today!  And yes, she did try to plie'!  Yay!  And she did a lot of good tippee toe walking!!

The kids loved it, they got to go trick or treating at the other classes and then the older kids made a tunnel for them to walk through, very cute!

Peytey was very busy eating his cereal, once that was gone, he enjoyed waving to his sister thru the window.  Good thing they only open the curtains every 3 weeks...  :)

They are just as cute as can be...love those little dancers!!!

So proud, my little Willa!

Happy Birthday Aaron (Ian)...

Happy Birthday Aaron!!!  Or Ian, as Willa calls you  :)

Glad we could all be together to celebrate, it was a fun night!

The kids enjoyed a tea party with Great Grandma Carmichael while the guys watched football and the gals put on dinner...

Willa loves birthday cake!  Or birthday cheesecake for Aaron...

And so does Mr. Peyts!

A little fun with Papa after our bath!

Who's more tired?

And a story to top off the night!

Hope you had a great day Aaron, we love you!!!

for Julie...

Julie and family were here in MI for a long weekend...which will produce several blog posts I'm sure in the next few days, but while she was here she asked to see the skimboarding videos that I promised long ago...but forgot all about - and I couldn't find them.  Lo and behold, now that Julie and family are on a plane back home, I find them. Helps when you take them off the video camera :)

So, back in April, Aaron came to Florida and decided to try skimboarding...we had a good time watching him, but no one had as much fun as Willa!

There was lots of this-

But Willa had the best idea of all, at least that's how I would attempt it, otherwise I would break my neck for sure!

kittens and ballerinas...

Sarah called and asked if I was coming to dance class today - well of course!  10 min until she starts, so I ran to close up the house and leave...as I was closing the front door this is what I saw-

4 little tiny kittys!  They are so cute!!!

Anyway, off I went to dance class...

if it wasn't for the cutest littlest ballerinas, those kitty's would have been top on my list of cuteness today...but nothing can top these ballerinas!  They are just too cute for words.  Here are some quick clips I took...I took a bunch and they were all so cute, it was hard to choose!

Willa, my little free spirit, I love you!

Hang on tight!

Oops, that's a little too tight Peytey!  :)

Good shopping buddies!