Pictures from Feb-March

Tooth #2 came out. Gran pulled it. And Isaiah only screamed a little bit:)

Aunt Ginny sent the girls matching dresses. How cute are they!

Dr Seuss Day at school!

Alyssa feels like a princess in the dress-up dress Papaw Neal brought.

We LOVED having cousin Carter visit!

Alyssa with her basketball trophy!

Isaiah at basketball with one of his #1 fans.

Go Colts!

"WORD"

Ballerina in training.

Ella's expanding vocabulary

Some recent things out of Ella's mouth:

"Mommy, my milk is disgusting"

"My big girl bed is SOOOOOOO comfortable"

"THAT MAKES ME SO ANGRY!!!!!!!"

"My feet are very chilly"

She has just been cracking us up lately with the things that are coming out of her mouth. With the dreaded 3's ahead of us (yes, 3's are MUCH worse than 2's) you never know what we have in store for us!

What we did on our snow day

Gran got Alyssa a video camera for Christmas and so we played with it today on her snow day. The girl likes to perform. Enjoy!

The toothless wonder

Isaiah lost his first tooth this weekend. Tim did the trick where you tie the string around the doorknob and slam the door. He wasn't scared at all and it worked on the first try. So, now, Alyssa and Isaiah both lost their first teeth that way. The tooth fairy brought 4 quarters, which Isaiah immediately announced (at 5:45 am) that he was taking to his preschool to put in the Haiti relief fund. A generous soul! I will say that this milestone makes me a little sad! Time is really flying by!

Dancing Feet

Alyssa had her first dance recital this Saturday. It was "God With Us" and was originally scheduled for Dec. 19, but got snowed out and rescheduled for this past weekend. It was an amazing show and she did SO great. For those of us who know her well, she has always been a performer. She let her true self show during her part of the performance and did really great. We were very proud of her. Below are some pictures.

Her flowers from her daddy after her performance.

Alyssa's jazz class backstage.

Alyssa and her buddy Riley backstage.

Beautiful!

The Havina Gila girl.

Holiday Time

Tim's Poker Face on New Year's at Ashley and Aaron's house. It was a great time!

Ashley reading to Carter, Ella and Isabel.

Alyssa jamming to the Karoake machine.

I got friends in "LOW" places.

Nick (Ashley's son) and Isabel (Shannon's daughter) singing probably some Lady GaGa.

The Neals 2009

Isaiah has 2 loose teeth! The tooth fairy should be visiting soon.

Christmas morning. I love Alyssa's reaction in this one!

Alyssa got sponge rollers from Grandma. Ella wanted some too.

Our visit with Grandma was snow-filled in Johnson City.

Snow, Snow, Snow

We had about 7 inches of snow fall this weekend in JC. Our neighbor said it is the most snow since 1998! We are no strangers to snow, but learned that southerners freak out when there is snow fall and they do not know how to drive AT ALL in the snow! But, we have had a great time playing in it. We took the kids sledding and EVERYONE loved it! The scenery was beautiful!




The view from the top of the sledding hill!

Alyssa and Isaiah walking back up the hill!

Daddy and his kiddos ready to go down the hill!

Mommy and Ella.