Christmas 2009

Xmas Crafts With Auntie Kelly

Auntie Kelly's friends, The Shafers, made Christmas related arts and crafts for Carmen as a Christmas gift. What an awesome gift! Carmen was so excited to sit and string beads onto a snowflake. When she was done, we put it on the Christmas tree.

Carmen is carefully placing marbles onto a starfish here. She loved it. Afterwards, she counted all of the marbles for me.

Lastly, Carmen decorated a snowflake with butterflies. I think this one was her favorite, although she still has a Christmas tree to make out of candy. We're saving that one for a special treat. Thank you Maddie, Jill, and Mike for such a fun gift!!

Thanksgiving 2009-Uncle Kevin's Pictures

Thanksgiving 2009

Carmen had just woken up from a nap when people started to arrive for our celebration. She is still waking up here.

Carmen's grandparents hosted Thanksgiving and invited their neighbor Nan. Nan is practically one of the family and we were all happy she could join us!

Carmen actually tried everything on her plate. Although she definitely saved room for a ton of pumpkin pie and ice cream.

Beach Day!

Summer is coming to an end (at least for Auntie Kelly who is going back to work next week) so Grandma & Grandpa wanted to bring Carmen down to the beach for one last time. It was a bit too windy for our umbrella but overall, we had a blast soaking up the sun and splashing in the waves. Carmen even fed the birds. :)

Carmen's PlayDate :)

Auntie Kelly took Carmen to visit her friends down in Long Beach for the day. Carmen had a ton of fun playing with her friends Madison, Zan, and Hania. She can't wait to go back! Thank you for having us over Mike and Jill!!!

At the Beach with GrandMa & Auntie

Carmen had a great time at the beach. She loved playing with the sand, especially burying her legs in it.

After spending a ton of time with our feet in the water, we wanted to take a quick break for a snack and juice.

When the waves would come up to our feet, Carmen would jump into the water. She loved it...and it was super cold.

Carmen also liked digging up shells and getting big handfuls of sand. :) She can't wait to go back.