They had a little fireworks show at the barn where the girls ride and so of course we HAD to go!! Hannah stayed in the suburban with John most of the time because they kind of misfired into the crowd once or twice so she was done after that! Katie on the other hand had to be practicaly dragged away!
The girls really put a lot of work into their father’s day gift this year. My favorite is the home made “Daddy of the Year” award which is proudly displayed on his desk at work!
Happy Easter!!!
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Sadly I got NO pictures other than of the CD we were laughing our heads off (that would be Lacey and I) while Michelle and Katie just shook their heads. Clearly we had lost our minds. Here’s a little script from Facebook though that should shed some light on our New Years. AND NO, there was no alcohol involved. Sadly this was all JUST us. I think I have video but it is SUPER embarrassing! And Katie’s comment for the night “Now I know why kids are embarrassed of their parents.”
Uncle Douglas is such a good Uncle. He told the girls a long time ago about how our Dad made us stilts when we were little. They were SOOO excited. They haven’t quite mastered them yet but their getting better! Great to see the cousins.
Christmas at the McKinney’s is always fun but we missed Zach who had the flu. The girls were very excited about their stuffies. They were very into bunnies and penguins this year. But the big hit was the surprise roller skates! They had to immediately put them on and start stumbling around. I am happy to report they can both now roller skate.
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As usual the girls were terribly excited waiting for Santa. We had to turn on the Santa tracker at about 5pm so it was a long wait for bedtime with numerous checks as to where Santa was in the world. Some of the goodies from Christmas were Furbies, a new bunk bed, a mini iPad and an American girl doll amongst many others!
Since the poor church they do their Christmas celebration in is so terribly dark I still volunteer to come shoot it. The girls loved this pre-school so much they STILL ask to go back on their breaks. So coming to the Christmas party was one of the highlights of their Christmas break. 
This is Daddy and the girls tradition to get the tree. Usually I am shooting a wedding but lucky me I was free this year. They did an EXCELLENT job finding the PERFECT tree.
I really thought the girls were going to EXPLODE waiting for Chippy and Jingles to arrive. We almost had to fight them to go to Aunt Viki’s for thanksgiving. Even though I reminded them a thousand times that they don’t come till the day AFTER thanksgiving which we would be home well in time. They made their appearance and had fun hiding from the girls each day until they had to return to the north pole Christmas Eve. Even Lacey got to enjoy the fun on one of her visits.
As usual the Hamby thanksgiving is full of laughter and smiles not to mention great food. But another fun little benefit is all three girls Katie, Hannah & Taylor have birthdays within a week of Thanksgiving so they always get a little birthday party bonus! Happy birthday girls!
Halloween is by far my favorite holiday. It used to be Christmas but for some reason I guess you get all the fun of decorating and making it special without all the stress of traveling and trying to be 100 places at one time. As is tradition we had our good friends the Stones over for the fun. And one of our neighbor friends from swim team. The more the merrier! Or would that be ‘scarier’! 😉
Another one of my favorite Halloween activities. A pretty warm day so it made it a no mess activity which is even better and Cousin Lacey was home to join in too!
Hannah just couldn’t stand to wait to carve her pumpkin after we left the farmer’s market with our huge hall. So I let her carve just a little one to get her by till a little closer to Halloween. 🙂
Can you SEE how excited she is… She lost it at the pool. Better than the other time when she accidently ate it.
Easter at the Beach… Funny Hannah had been faking having eye problems so she could get some glasses. Thankfully the Easter Bunny brought her some fashion glasses! Always a good time. Even Sunni got in on the fun!
Begging for Hermit Crabs…. I think I need to have a talk with Santa!
