Time with Daniel.

What a fun Christmas we had. It's been so good having Daniel home and the girls have soaked up every minute with him. Last night Anelyn was laying in my bed with me and telling me how much she loved Daddy, how she's sad he has to go back to the army, and how much she's going to miss him. I love that they love him and have missed him every bit as much as I have.

Siriana was so excited for her present from santa. She really didn't care about any of her other presents. All she wanted was a barbie from santa...and she got it. They got to see santa right before christmas at grandma and grandpa's christmas party. I think she was as excited for santa to come as she was for daddy being here. =)

Lexie has never really asked for much for christmas. She did want an mp3 player but what she wanted most was to start her nutcracker collection. Daniel found this nutcracker and I thought it was one of the most traditional looking nutcrackers. A perfect way to start her collection!

For anyone who know's who Aly & AJ are, they are 2 sisters who started on the Disney Channel and now both sing and "play the guitar" together. Both are very talented. That is now my Gabriella. All she wanted for christmas was a guitar. So we found this pretty inexpensive guitar and a perfect lesson book to go with is. She's played everyday since and is so cute. She's starting to learn the chords along with teaching her basic tunes. She's super excited...Ok, so am I cause I am going to learn right along with her. It's not an easy instrument to learn but well worth it! Go Gabriella!!!

One book I always try to read every year but have yet to succeed in finishing is The Christmas Box. I read through once when I first got it and have started it every year since. We got about 2/3 of the way finished this year. Maybe next year we will get 3/4 of the way through. Maybe it will be a funny tradition of ours.

The girls love their daddy so much. I've found them this way many times. They just lay there and have watched lots of christmas movies. It's one of my favorite pictures.

We went sledding on a golf course in town. The Pro shop is at the top of the hill and the only way to get to the golf course is one of the hills on either side...which makes for perfect sledding. It was the biggest hill I've ever gone sledding down. It was so exhilarating and frightening at the same time. All my girls were so brave. None of them showed an ounce of fear. Siriana was having so much fun that she even slid down the hill backwards and by herself.

Poor Daniel was so use to carrying the twins everywhere and doing everything for them that he kept on still doing so. He was a little sad when he reallized how independant they have become while he was gone.

It's been so good having him home but has gone by way too fast. We've just started getting back into a groove and he's got to go. =( There's just never enough minutes in the day. But we are going to hold on to every memory to get us through the next couple/few months. Not sure when we are going to see him again. But I have a feeling it's not soon enough!