Christmas Card Photos

I have not yet sent out my Christmas cards, I know it is now Dec. 26th. This is the story of my life, just a little bit late for everything!

I don't know why we can't get Easton to give us a real smile in any pictures? Easton will be 6 in April, and he is such a sweet kid, emotional, but sweet!

Camden turned 4 in October and is such a nut!!! He is so fun to have around.

AnaBella was 15 months on Christmas day. She is starting to show her cute personality. She knows what she wants and when she wants it, I am not sure who she gets that from???

It is so fun having these three kids in our lives. This Christmas was especially fun with the ages that they are. The boys know the reason that we celebrate Christmas, but they also love the presents and Santa Clause. We are very grateful for all that we have not only this time of year, but the whole year through.

Bagley Family Christmas Party

The kids were patiently waiting for Santa to come to the Christmas party. They couldn't wait to see what he had brought them.

Easton was deciding if he should tell Santa if he had been good or not?

Camden knew that he had not been good.

And AnaBella wanted nothing to do with Santa!

But she definately liked the gift that Santa brought her. I don't know why but she loves this hat. She picked it up at the store and would not let me put it back.
Camden and Easton received these Policeman kits with binoculars, handcuffs, whistle, badge, and sunglasses-they thought they were pretty cool!

Camden's Preschool Program

Camden had his Preschool program on the 18th. He loves going to school, and he loves to learn about anything and everything. He did such a good job in his little program. He loves to sing, and the friends that he has in school.

Miss Tammy is moving after Christmas. She is definately going to be missed, she was a great teacher.

Bella was having fun while they were singing. She had cute piggy tails in and had pulled them out. That always makes for a cute hairdo!

Disneyland, Again!

We took another trip to Disneyland, not that I am complaining. We went with my side of the family, my mom and dad, both brothers and their families. We had 13 people total. We went for four nights, and five days. We had a lot of fun together. Christmas time at Disneyland is so fun, or "Magical" as they would say. All of the lights, the Christmas music, the decorations, it was so fun! On the first day the boys all had matching Disney shirts that my mom and for them. We had the hardest time getting all five of the kids to look at the same time.Every time Bella had a camera in her face she would do a big cheeser! A is for AnaBella

Once again we couldn't get all of the kids to look at once.

We were waiting in line for the new Toy Story ride, which we only had to ride 10 times, the kids loved it!!! The only thing is the Big Boy's were the competitive one's. Each one trying to out do the other one's score.

We waited about an hour and a half to watch the parade with a front
row view. It was worth the wait when the boys grinning from ear to ear.

Grandma bought the kids suckers while we were waiting, and they were a mess!!
I love Easton's face in this picture. Space Mountain is one of Easton's favorite rides.

By the time we arrived at the airport the kids had had it. They were a little out of control, but they were having fun.

Camden was so worn out that he fell asleep in his seat, too bad it was just the last ten minutes of the flight.

Ugly Sweater Party

Last weekend we had an Ugly Sweater Christmas Party hosted by the Miles. Thanks for a night of great food, games, fun! Spencer and I asked my mom to find some "nice" Christmas sweaters for us. Thank goodness she has a good sense of humor.

Paris

My mom and I took off the day after Thanksgiving and went to Paris for a long weekend. Everyone has been asking me how it was, and let's just say I am glad to be home! It was fun, and we saw some great things, but it wasn't my favorite place to visit. The buildings are unbelievable, how they built those huge buildings without the resources that we have today is amazing. I guess I am not a cultured person, I realized that I do not have an appreciation for art. I could not spend hours in museums like some do.

The first day that we were there we headed out to Versaille. This palace is huge, and ornate. All of the gates and iron were plated in gold. When King Louis the XIV lived there he basically had a zoo in the gardens area, and there are over 1000 fountains there as well.

The Eifel Tower was beautiful all lit up. As you can tell in all of these pictures it was also very cold there, it was FREEZING!! Every hour it would sparkle for about 5 minutes. It was very pretty. The first night we took a boat down the Seine River to see all of the sights at night. Day 2-We started out at the Orsay Museum. This museum houses many famous artists such as Picasso (barf), Maunet, Renoir, and VanGogh, and many others that I don't remember their names. It was interesting, we spent about two hours here. Then we headed over to the Louvre. Here we spent about 2 1/2 hours and we didn't even touch the surface. We hit the Mona Lisa, the apartments where Napolean lived, the jewels of King Louis the XIV and Napolean, the Eygptian and Medevial sections. This was about all that we could handle. We ate lunch and headed back to our hotel to rest.

My mom is standing in front of Napolean's dining room, it was unbelievable! That night we headed down to the Champs Elysees. It is one of the main streets there that was all lit up for Christmas. The lights were really pretty. We walked down the main street by all of the ridiculously expensive stores, grabbed something from a great bakery, and walked by all of these little Christmas booths they had set up.
Day 3-We started off our morning at the Conciergerie and the Sainte-Chapelle. This was very interesting here. The Conciergerie was a Royal Palace that was turned into a prison. This is the same Prison that Marie Antoinette was held in before her execution. The Sainte-Chapelle is the Chapel that is attached to the Prison. The Glass in the chapel is all done in scenes from the bible. Each section is from a different book. I can't imagine how long it took them to finish this.

Next, we went to Notre Dame.

We walked so much this day. We walked all through the Latin District and did a little shopping. That night we went to the Arc De Triomphe. This arch honors those that have fought for France, it also has the tomb of the unknown soldier underneath it.

My mom and I had a great time together, and I am grateful that we were able to take the time to go. The morning that we left we got up a little before 7:00 A.M. Paris time, and 25 hours later I finally fell asleep in my bed. The only thing that made the flights bearable was that we were in Business and first class on all of the flights, I never want to fly coach again!

This is the view that I had from my seat on the flight from Cincinnati to Denver, what a great sunset.

Happy Late Thanksgiving

I know I am a little late in saying Happy Thanksgiving! This is one of the biggest reason that Thanksgiving is one of my least favorite holidays, the food! There isn't much that I like when it comes to a Thanksgiving feast. Bring on the rolls, corn, and Jello! I do like taking the time to look at my life and remember all of the things that I am thankful for, and realize that I have a lot more to be thankful for than I deserve.

Thanks to Aleisha for the Halloween Vampire teeth that she had for the kids, oh and Jen and I as well. Bella loved her Princess Squares as well.