Wednesday, January 25, 2012

once there was a snowman!

Karli's snowman!
The girls have been hoping for snow so that they could make a snowman...
well, yesterday while Karli was taking a nap, Alexa made one with her friend Merry
All by themselves!  Didn't they do awesome?

So, today, Karli and I made one :)
Karli's very own snowman...it is just her size...and she is so proud!

New Years Interviews 2012


Alexa Janis Shelley
New Years Interview 2012
Age: 5
  1. Favorite Veggie?  Carrots
  2. Favorite Drink?  Lemonade
  3. Favorite Fruit?  Apples
  4. Favorite Toy?  Stuffed animals—my hippo and my squirrel
  5. Favorite Show?  Strawberry Shortcake and Wild Animal Babies
  6. Favorite Game?  Shoots and Ladders
  7. Favorite Book?  Fancy Nancy
  8. Favorite Cereal?  Rice Chex
  9. Favorite Holiday?  My Birthday
  10. Favorite Food?  Tomato Soup and Grilled Cheese Sandwich
  11. Favorite Animal?  Horse
  12. If you could change your name, what would you choose?  Crystal
  13. What do you love doing with each person in your family?

          Dad—I love to play “trapper” with him

          Mom—Playing toys with her

          Karli—Swimming with her

          Rilee—Playing with her toys with her and making her smile

  1. Where would you like to go on vacation this year?  California
  2. Favorite Color?  Blue and Green
  3. Favorite thing to do?  Play with my friends and art

Alexa’s Self Portrait—age 5 1/2

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Karli Pamella Shelley
New Years Interview 2012
Age: 3
  1. Favorite Veggie?  Carrots
  2. Favorite Drink?  Hot Chocolate
  3. Favorite Fruit?  Pears
  4. Favorite Toy?  Barbies and Polly Pockets
  5. Favorite Show?  Three of them—Barbie and the Three Musketeers, Diamond Castle, and Fairy Secret
  6. Favorite Game?  Painting Princess game (on Disney website)
  7. Favorite Book?   Barbie and Princess Charm School
  8. Favorite Cereal?  Rice Krispies
  9. Favorite Holiday?  Halloween  
  10. Favorite Food?  Spaghetti…no, Ramon Noodles
  11. Favorite Animal?  “crawl” bears
  12. If you could change your name, what would you choose?  Ally
  13. What do you love to do with each person in your family?
          Dad—Play “trapper”
          Mom—Play flying on her feet
          Alexa—Play toys with her
          Rilee—Carry her
  1. Where would you like to go on vacation this year?  California
  2. Favorite Color?  Pink
  3. Favorite thing to do?  Draw and Color, and computer games
Karli’s Self Portrait—age 3 ½
and,
Karli's picture of our family

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Rilee Mathilde Shelley
New Year’s Interview 2012
Age:  10 months old

1.  Favorite things to say:  da-da-da and mom-mom-mommm
2.  Favorite game:  Peek-a-boo
3.  Favorite things to hold and suck on:  Toothbrushes and baby spoons
4.  Favorite food:  Oatmeal
5.  Favorite thing to watch:  Her sisters and her dad playing “trapper”
6.  Favorite thing to do with:
            Dad—having dad hold me while he plays crazy games with my sisters
            Mom—Anything!  Just keep me within arms length and I won’t say a peep
            Alexa—playing with my toys and play peek a boo
            Karli—when she picks me up under my arms and twirls slowly around, and when she crawls around                               with me

7.  Favorite things to do:  take baths ( I love water), dance to the beat of music

8.  Favorite face:  a big CHEESY, SQUOOSHY SMILE J


Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Christmas 2011

We had a great Christmas this year. 
It was FULL of fun, family, friends, and traditions.
We went to an ugly sweater party at our friends house
...very fun, but very hard to find fun sweaters for it :)

We made gingerbread houses at my mom's house...

The traditional reindeer at Thanksgiving Point,
it was weird that there was no snow,
but fun and festive at the same time!


Dancing with cousin Jade



Traditional K family party at the church! 
Fun games, white elephant, nativity, dinner
Our teams had to end up in a pyramind at the end of our relay race :)

Four of the five cousins born in the same year!  Missed you Caleb.

Little buddies Mika and Alexa
and there's our happy baby Rilee again.
 
with Grandpa K
The grandkid nativity, all done by the grandkids...read by oldest Sam
Christmas Morning!


Ready to go to church

We had a great time with Tyler's fam here for the holidays! 
His parents and Ashley were here,
so we had a lot of opportunities to get together and do some fun things!
We played in the snow down in Mt. Pleasant--
sledding, snowmobiling, being pulled on tubes up and down the mountain...!
Rilee hanging out with Grandma Shelley while bowling




Chinese, yum!


Thursday, December 15, 2011

Alexa's Ballet and Christmas Sing

Alexa all dressed up and ready for her performance in the
Little Match Girl!
She did such a good job,
and she really enjoyed herself.
She is very comfortable on stage.
She was excited to wear mascara for the first time :)
She has some pretty eyelashes
This is Alexa's ballet class,
right before getting their awards
Karli enjoys dancing and playing with the other kids
in the waiting room


Here is Alexa with her Kindergarten class singing
Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer
and
Santa Claus is coming to town