Merry Christmas!

We had a wonderful Christmas!! I couldn't get the slideshow website to work for me, so I loaded all the pics on here. Merry Christmas everyone!!

Making Christmas cookies

We had a fun time decorating our sugar cookies this year. Adrianna tried to eat more of the toppings than she put on the cookies, but in the end they all turned out beautifully!! Abigail and Adrianna picked some out to give to their favorite teachers at school and we ate the rest!!

The Lion King Broadway Show

Last night we went to The Lion KIng show in Norfolk!! It was such a great show and the girls had so much fun- Adrianna sat through the entire show and they did great, even though we didn't get home until 11:30. We couldn't take photos inside the theater, but believe us- it was fabulous!!

The Principal's List!!!

We are so proud of Abigail!! She made the Principal's list for her first nine weeks in 1st Grade! They had a nice ceremony at school and she got a free kid's meal at Applebee's for all of her hard work!!

Happy Birthday Quintin!!

Today we celebrated Quintin's 32nd Birthday. The girls had a great time putting ALL the candles on the cake--and of course he blew them out with just one puff! We love you honey!!

My ship's Christmas party

Thursday night we went to my ship's Christmas party. At first I didn't feel like going because a winter storm had blown through earlier that morning and my usual 45 minute commute home turned into 4 1/2 hours!!! It was horrible, and I wasn't in the mood to go when I got home, but Quintin and the girls convinced me and we are glad we went. It was fun to get dressed up- Quintin looked handsome as usual!! They had onsite baby sitting at the hotel, so the girls were able to play upstairs, close by. The food was good, the dessert even better and we even won something. I had to compete in a scavenger hunt/musical chairs game up against the Captain, Executive Officer, Command Master Chief, Chief Engineer, Training Officer, and Electrical Divo and I beat them all to win a gift card! Some of the things I had to get from the audience were a dinner napkin, sugar packets, any denomination of money, a man's tie, and a woman's shoe (couldn't use my own). Quintin broke a world record taking off his tie to help me! It was really fun- CMC and I were the final two people and we had to run to the bathroom to get paper towels and come back and I beat him by a good 5 seconds! The heels had to come off for that one.

Quintin and I were glad they had a photographer there to take pictures- we haven't done photos like that since he was in the Navy! It was a wonderful evening!!

Deck the Halls

Our Halloween

We had a great Halloween this year! Abigail was a Midnight Maiden and Adrianna was Cinderella. Adri wasn't too sure about Halloween but she agreed to wear her Cinderella dress. When we set out to go trick or treating we didn't even make it to the corner before she said she wanted to go home, so she and I stayed home and handed out candy, painted nails, and waited for Abby and Daddy to get home.







Don't worry- Quintin didn't wear this outfit in public! He was only playing!

Rent is too Damn High...Classic

First grade is fabulous!!

Abby received her first progress report and she is doing great! We have a open house tonight for her gifted and talented program and can't wait to hear what great things to expect this year!

Playing catch-up

We haven't had much spare time lately to update the blog, so I am playing a little catch-up. The girls are doing great in school and Quintin really likes his job. It is so nice for him to be able to work so close to the house and Adrianna is in the same building with him. I finally had a nice, long weekend and the weather was great so we went to the zoo and just relaxed.



We have been looking all over for a pink Dallas Cowboys hat for Abby-that is her favorite team- and finally found one on Saturday. She was so happy and couldn't wait to wear it with her jersey! Quintin and I don't know how she became a Cowboys fan!






The same cute little prairie dogs we saw the last time we were there weren't so little anymore! This one was pretty chunky!! We like getting there early in the morning because we get to see all of the animals eating. Abigail and Adrianna noticed that even the little pigs have to eat their vegetables!!

Abigail's Promotion to Green Belt

Abby earned her green belt over the weekend and we are so proud! She had her belt promotion ceremony during her next class!

Prius

We got rid of the civic and decided to purchase a Prius. It is a great car and Q is getting about 55 mpg!!!!!

Adrianna's Garden

Abby practicing her moves

Abigail just finished her green belt test and couldn't resist trying out her moves on me!

If anyone tries to snatch her they are going to be in for some trouble!