The Living Planet Aquarium...

On Tuesday February 8th we took the girls to The Living Planet Aquarium. We met Aaron's parents as well as Aaron's sister Mandi and her husband Chris and their son Shane there.

Emma took her camera too. Aaron and Emma took pictures of each other at the same time.

Here is a picture of Livi:

Two cute pictures of the girls:

A cute picture of their cousin Shane:

 Two pictures of the 3 of them together:

and here are a few more pictures:

A Toad:

A cute Penguin:

and the girls favorite fish NEMO:

Everyone had a lot of fun.

Having fun at Kangaroo Zoo!

A friend of mine mentioned Kangaroo Zoo, so I googled it and thought the girls would have a blast.

So on February 2nd, Aaron and I took the girls to Kangaroo Zoo. Basically, it is a bunch of different sized inflatable slides and bouncy houses. Emma was a little hesitant at first but she started having fun right away.

 Olivia on the other hand, had to watch Emma bounce and go down some slides a few times before she attempted. Here is a picture of me with Olivia. She wanted me to go down a few slides with her so I did. After a few times, I didn't need to go down the slide with her anymore because she was no longer scared to go down the slide alone.

Here are a few pictures of the girls going down the slide together. Emma helping Olivia down the slide:

 Now I KNOW this picture of Olivia is blurry, but I think it looks soooo funny and cute with her hands all flying around---so I had to put it on the blog. Olivia got up and said "FUN MOMMY."

The girls had so much fun and Emma cried when we left because she wanted to stay and play longer. We will definitely be taking the girls there again soon. They had so much fun!




This is my 3rd post for today. Read below for the other 2 posts.  Sorry---I forgot to post my Christmas pictures so they are late.

The Museum of Ancient Life.....

It has been awhile since I have been able to update our blog. On January 11th Aaron and I took the girls to The Museum of Ancient Life at Thanksgiving Point:

Emma and Olivia had so much fun at the Dino Museum. 

Christmas Day.

When we went grocery shopping a few days prior to Christmas--Emma said "don't forget the carrots for Rudolph and his friends." She is quite the creative little girl. So on Christmas Eve Emma put milk and cookies out for Santa Claus and she put carrots out for all the reindeer. Santa did enjoy his milk and cookies----and Rudolph and his friends ate all the carrots as well.

Our tree

Christmas Morning

Here is a picture of the girls before they came downstairs. They were excited to see if Santa came or not.

Here is the look on Emma's face when she saw all the presents under the tree:

Here are a few picture from Christmas Day---in no particular order:

Here is a picture of Emma with her 'Thumbs Up'---with my Dads truck (Olivia didn't want to be in the picture).

Here is a picture of Olivia with her reindeer/bell antlers that my parents got her. Also the "Tinkerbell" wings Aaron's parents got her. She really does like them both----she just didn't want to smile.

Here is a picture of some of us----Aaron took the picture. Here is a picture of Aaron's sister Mandi and her husband Chris and their son Shane-----and the girls and I.

Here are the girls eating cookies that Aaron's parents bought them---in the pajamas that my parents bought them.

They were frosted white snowmen with black hats. The girls made a mess eating them. We all had a wonderful Christmas. There were a few family members that we weren't able to see for certain reasons----but we were thinking of them. For those family members that we did not get to see we hope to see you soon!

busy busy December.....

Aaron's sister Mandi gave Emma a haircut on the 22nd. She looks so grown up with her new style:

and here is what it looks like on the side:

She loves her new haircut and so do we. Thanks Mandi! Later that night we went to the Christensen Christmas party. Santa came and the girls sat on his lap. 

Santa asked Emma what she wanted for Christmas and her reply-----a phone! Yes, Emma wanted a cell phone. I think she just didn't know what to say because she didn't expect Santa to ask her that question. Emma did very well with Santa this year.

Olivia----well this is the Before picture.......

and this is the After picture. AFTER Santa asked her what she wanted for Christmas:

Olivia did NOT want to talk to Santa. Oh well, maybe next year she won't cry.

This is my 2nd post for today. Read below for todays first post.

Snow.....

On December 21st we had 10 inches of snow fall. Later that afternoon after it stopped snowing the girls wanted to go outside and play in the snow. We got the girls all dressed up in their warm winter gear.....

.....and we went outside. Aaron made a snowman with the girls. Then while Aaron shoveled the driveway the girls and I played in the snow. The girls had a lot of fun. Olivia wasn't too sure of playing in the snow----but after she watched Emma play in it for awhile she began to play in the snow as well. 

Emma:

Olivia:

Look at ALL that snow----10+ inches fell in one night/morning. Two days later-----completely melted and gone. Emma said "my snowman melted but we can make a new one when it snows again." She sounded disappointed that their snowman didn't last longer than 2 days.

On another note Emma said something funny a few days ago----it went like this:

Emma: Daddy, I want to be like you.

Aaron: You do?

Emma: Yeah, I want to be strong like you and have muscles..........but I don't want a beard.

It was a cute conversation.

Family pictures.

Merry Christmas everyone! Today is Christmas----but I am going to make another post before I make a Christmas post. For Christmas this year we thought that we would get family portraits done for both sides of our families. We haven't had a family portrait taken for awhile. Here are a few pictures that were taken for my side of the family:

The Christensens 2010

Emma:

Olivia:

The Girls:

Emma being silly:

Aaron and I:

and these are the photos we had taken for Aaron's family:

Aaron's sister Mandi and her husband Chris and their son Shane----and us:

The Girls with their baby cousin Shane:

Olivia thought she should be done taking pictures. Emma looks like she is contemplating something: