blast from the past

Found these pictures when we sync'ed Ryan's old phone!

Ms. Clue-less

Emily and her typical clueless face. Grandpa Brent's little nick name for her.. "Ms. Clueless", I think this picture clearly depicts it.

snugglies

First day of school

Exciting day for our little Denali today... Last night before bed, we talked to her about all the fun things she will be doing in her first day of school. She must've stayed up awake long thinking about it, because she actually slept in very late this morning. I went into her room and yelled out, "first day of school, first day of school, first day of school" and I put Emily on Denali's bed, and Emily happily pounced on her big sister to help me to get her awake. Denali woke up quickly and she was still so excited about it, she ate very little breakfast. I even made her the cheesy eggs, which is her favorite. I got her all ready for her school, and took some pictures, and I guess sending my baby girl off for the first day of school must've affected me more than I thought, as evidenced by me running my beautiful black escalade (which was a birthday gift from Ryan this year), right into our beautiful garage door. YES, I decided to go ahead and back up JUST BEFORE the garage door opened up completely!! Luckily, the damage to my car was almost non-existent, and only thing I did to the garage door is that I knocked one of the wheel out of the track, which was easily fixed by handy daddy Ryan.
All in all, it was a memorable day with Daddy, sister Emily and mommy escorting our daughter to her first day of school. I think she will do excellent in her school.... if she is anything like her mama. Ok, daddy too... LOL!

Denali meets Santa

We have been talking up Santa to Denali, and it was finally time for her to meet him. She was so star strucked, so in AWE... She appeared to be nervous and excited at the same time. She still managed to form a smile on her face, despite how shocked she was to finally meet him.

happy birthday, Denali!

Grandma and Grandpa Workman, and uncle Tagg came into town to help celebrate Denali's 3rd birthday. Denali, once again, wanted to be dressed up as a princess for her birthday. She picked out a puffy white dress early on her birthday morning. Grandma painted her nails and mommy curled her hair. Denali helped grandma and mommy, making her a birthday cake. Of course, she enjoyed making it, but she enjoyed tasting everything even more. It's a special cake recipe that grandma Mary used to use for her children... thanks for sharing! As a special touch, mommy put a pink princess tiara along with her "3" candle. She could not wait to wear her princess tiara!
She received her red kitchen for her birthday, which she has been working so hard to earn lately. She had been earning and collecting her "good girl points", knowing that she is earning her red kitchen as a final reward.
Grandpa and uncle Tagg helped daddy to put together the red kitchen. She loves the kitchen, and she loves making "soup" for dinner every night. She also received the cutest "Dora" night time story book pillow that we read together every night, and she cuddles it to sleep.
What a great time we had, seeing our parents and Uncle Tagg. Grand daughters LOVED having visitors. We will cherish these photos and our memories for a long long time.

Happy Halloween!!

What a fun day it was! Girls dressed up early morning, and Denali was ready to be the "snow white" princess all day long. Her nails were painted, and her hair was curly. Emily was all decked out with a home made cheerleading pom-poms and a headband. We took the girls out trick or treating around our neighborhood, and met some really nice neighbors. This year, I AGAIN, attempted to make the "dinner in a pumpkin" that Ryan ate during his childhood. I thought that I got the right recipe and made it, but it didn't turn out as what he had pictured, but being a good husband that he is, he complimented me on it, and he and the girls enjoyed it anyways. DOES anyone have a good "dinner in a pumpkin" chili-like, soup-like, recipe that you can share?

By the end of the night, Denali was sad to end her day as "princess". She cried when she had to take the costume off. We ended up getting her in her regular pj's but we assured her that she could be princess again next year. We also let her sleep with her costumes laying, NEXT to her until she fell asleep. Needless to say, she really loved being a princess. Emily seemed like she enjoyed the curly pom-poms too.





All cheered out....