Here is a picture of the kiddos at Epcot - one with their youngest cousin Joey and with Mr and Mrs Santa Claus, and the other of Lizzy after she got her face painted. 

Lizzy's dance class had a dance recital this past Saturday.  The theme was "A Princess Ball with the King."  Each dance troupe was a different Disney princess (how fitting with our recent trip to Disney).  Lizzy' s class was Snow White. She danced to two songs  - one song from the Snow White movie and the other to "Let it Snow."  Afterward Santa was there to give all the dancers a trophey.  Lizzy was so happy that he Mema as well as her friend Isa were there to watch.

Pracitcing before the show.

Meeting Santa for her trophy.

Mema gave her flowers after the show. 

We flew to Florida on Sat Dec 10 to go to Disney World with Mema, Aunt Deb, Uncle Ed, and cousin Joey.  We spent 3 days at the Magic Kingdom, 1 day at Epcot, and 1 day at Hollywood Studios.  The kiddos LOVED it, which made the rest of us love it too (even if pushing 70 pounds of kiddos in the stroller at day 5 was farily tiring...).  Below are a few highlight pictures.  I am also going to create a new page showing many more pictures.  When it is done you will be able to access it on one of the tabs below the above picture. 

The whole family at the entrance to the magic kingdom on our first  day.  It truly was the trip of magical memories!

Sammy patiently (!) waiting for the tea cup ride to begin.

Lizzy meeting Cinderalla.  She also met Ariel and Belle.

Mema, Aunt Deb, and cousin Joey on the tea cups.

Mema, Lizzy, and Sammy at the "Finding Nemo" exhibit at Epcot.

Thanksgiving Day was a small affair at our house since this was the first Thanksgiving we spent with just the four of us.  We acutaly went to the Phoenix Car show in the morning.  During the afternoon while we waited for dinner to cook we played in the backyard.  We even gave our dog Haley a bath and shaved her coat.  In fact, I was enjoying relaxing so much that I even forgot to take pictures! :)

We did NOT go shopping on "Black Friday."  Instead we relaxed around the house and met our friends Cortney and Isa at the train park.  The kiddos had a blast enjoying the cool weather (finaly only a high of ~ 65 degrees), and Tim and I enjoyed not battling the crowds in the stores (I did however do some online shopping that day and found some great deals).  Below are some cute pictures of the kiddos playing at the park.