December 2016 Part 1

December was a very busy month! So lots of pictures!

I got glasses! I wear them for driving or seeing hings far away like movies, plays, etc.

Toothless is our Christmas Elf

Lucy turned 17 months old. She still is obsessed with my hair.

Lucy also learned how to climb onto the chairs and the table.

Lily loved moving the Snowman nose every day and thought it was so hilarious to put it on 25 and pretend it was already Christmas :)

These girls love coloring!

At Los Hermanos for Nichole's birthday lunch. Cute matching shirts from Grandma Malouf

We had a LOT of snow in December!

Lily's first hot chocolate after playing in the snow.

Lily and her best friend Sophie ready to go perform in their Dance Recital!

They did a great job!

2 little Santa Cuties :)

About half of Lily's class

Lily wouldn't let me put make up on her, but she did let me curl her hair.

Lily's reward for doing such a great job in the dance recital: Cotton Candy!

They are best buddies and always getting into trouble together. Lucy is the ringleader. Lily helps make everything possible.

Steaming to help this girls croup gave her cute curls. She had to have 2 steroid shots this month :(

Best Movie of the year!

What a fun night!

A couple of Angels ready for the Stoker Nativity

All the Angels. Always an angel, never a Mary :)

Stoker Nativity Cast

The Christmas Piano Recital went great! 

Lily wrote Santa a letter :)

Lily cut off a chunk of her own hair. Her face says it all. She regretted that decision.

But it all worked out. She has a cute layers now :). 

Still doing my Beachbody Coach thing :)

Christmas Morning!

Lily is a wonderful little mommy!

Lily, Lucy, and Blake LOVED sitting at their own little table.

Santa Came!!!

Christmas Day Gingerbread Houses with the Stokers

Hermana Sumsion came home from her mission! Cami was gone all of Lucy's life!

Happy New Year's Eve!!!

We celebrated New Year's Eve at our house with Brad, Amber, Beckett, Sophie, and Ryker. Lucy went to bed at 7, but the rest of us partied past midnight! We all had a blast playing games and the kids built forts and watched TV and did some awesome dance moves :). We especially loved Ryker's Robot.

Stoker Mexican Riviera Cruise!

My parents' 50 year anniversary is this year. To celebrate that, my parents took all of their 7 kids on a cruise! We all brought our spouses with us, except for Tina who got to share a room with my parents instead in pretty much a bunk bed directly over their bed! It was one of the most amazing weeks of my life!

We went on the Norwegian Jewel. We set sail from Long Beach on Sunday, January 24th and were at sea until Tuesday where we made port in Cabo. Wednesday we were in Mazatlan, Thursday in Puerto Vallarta, and then we were at sea again until returning to California on Sunday the 31st of January.

We loved playing shuffle board as a family, playing card games (Including 5 Crowns which Michael and I brought and of course Hand and Foot), eating 70 times a day and going to all of the amazing shows. The Russians doing their Cirque stuff were incredible! We really enjoyed the magician too.

It was a vacation of a lifetime! I hope we can do something like this again soon. I love hanging out with my family, my sweetheart,  and being pampered and having no responsibilities :).

Cabo:

Mazatlan:

Puerto Vallarta:

What an amazing week!