Daddy Daughter Hoe Down!

There is a yearly daddy daughter dance that is put on by a church, I have heard that it is a lot of fun so Dave and Ella gave it a try. It was a hoe down and they had such a good time. They ended up doubling with another dad and daughter in our ward. Ella was beaming ear to ear when they got home. She is already excited about next year. She is into silly faces lately and doesn't want to just smile for the camera.

Stop it Wind!!

This boy has such good smiles, but I would say that right now he is my hardest child. He gets frustrated so easily, he hits others, he yells, hes very sensitive, tempermental, doesn't like change and he can be a challenge. He is also so funny and he makes me laugh everyday. The other day we were walking to the bus stop to get Ella and it was pretty windy. Well Tanner wasn't in the mood for wind. He yelled at it the whole way. Some of the phrases that came out of his mouth:
"Wind, you are not my friend so go away."
"Stop it. You cannot have my pants so stop trying to blow them off."
"Stop pushing me."
"You are not going to blow me away, so stop it wind."
There were many more. I was trying so hard to not laugh because he gets pretty mad when I laugh at him.

All Gums

This girl has been loosing teeth left and right. She lost two teeth within days of each other. One of was her front tooth. She was pretty excited, she asked if the tooth fairy gave more since it was a bigger tooth. Ella was lucky because she did give more.

The first couple of days she had a little bit of a lisp, which was really cute. She even noticed that she was talking a little bit funny. Luckily the lisp has gone away.  

Sweet Soffie

I had some fun the other day editing a few pictures I had taken of Soffie. 

New Years Eve

For New Year's Eve we headed to my parents again because my sister from CA was visiting. We had a fun night together. I was in charge of dinner, so with the help of my mom and sister we tried several new things. We had our traditional shrimp, along with scallops, cheesy bread, zucchini, salad, and punch. It was the first time trying scallops for all of us. I really liked them; I'll be making them again. We played some Minute-to-Win-It games. We had a lot of good laughs.

White Christmas

We ended up with a white Christmas, which hasn't happened in a long time. The kids were so excited. Ella was way more excited, she was outside pretty quick and was ready to make a snowman. Tanner doesn't care for the cold, so he stayed inside and play with his new play-doh.

 Later Tanner did go out for a few seconds to see the snowman.

 Both kids went out the next day and made another snowman.

Christmas Morning!

Christmas morning was so fun, I think it is so much fun to watch my kids. Nothing makes me happier than seeing them happy. They loved everything they got. They woke up at 7:30, which I didn't think was bad at all. Soffie graced us with her presence at 8:00, what a good baby she is. We spent the day with my parents, Nancy and Marshall. We had our traditional Monkey bread, eggs, and sausage for breakfast. For dinner we had the best prime rib, made by my mom and dad. It pretty much melted in your mouth. Ella was ranting and raving about it the whole time she was eating it. That girls loves her beef. So grateful for my family, friends, and especially my Savior. The Kemp family is very blessed.

All dressed up in their Christmas outfits.