Christmas morning

Santa brought Harper a mini trampoline! Zeebs was there to help her try it out.

We looked in our stockings!

Harper got some new puppy dogs.

Sissy got some new boots.

Harper really enjoyed unwrapping presents this year.

She loved her Elmo Hugs doll!

She knows all of her letters and played with her new

talking ABC's puzzle for a long time!

Harper showed Sissy how high she could stack her lacing beads.

She loved all of her gifts so much.  It was hard to decide what to play with!

Snow day!

Harper loved playing in the snow yesterday!

There wasn't a lot of snow so Daddy pulled the sled behind the 4 wheeler.

Every time he would stop, Harper would shout, "More! More! More!"

Playing in the snow was lots of fun!

Early Christmas Celebrations!

Last Sunday night, we celebrated Christmas with the Spangler family.

We had pizza and presents and lots of laughs!

On Friday night, we celebrated with the Braley side of the family.

We had BBQ from Oklahoma Joe's and more presents and fun!

 

On Saturday night, we celebrated with the Beckett side of the family.

We had great food from Abuelo's and LOTS of yummy desserts 

and of course more presents and laughter!

 

Harper loves spending time with her family and is 

definitely going to be spoiled by the time Christmas arrives!

 

Santa Visit 2013

On Friday, we went to Zona Rosa to see Santa Claus!

So Santa will bring more presents and leave them here?

Harper was being very sweet on the way to see Santa--

hoping to make the Nice List!

She quickly reverted to her "normal" behavior.

Harper played in an igloo while waiting to see Santa.

As we got closer to the front of the line,

Harper kept shouting a very friendly "Hi!" to Santa.

But when it was our turn, she wouldn't let go of me.

Look closely and you will see that I'm holding her and cropped out of the picture.

Harper was happy again when we got to the playground.

Dear Santa, 

We have been good girls this year!

Love, 

Ashley & Harper

So blessed

I just stumbled onto the blog where I first saw Harper's picture.

It is a blog that advocates for orphans.

On the blog, they called her Chelsea.

It brought tears to my eyes when I saw the post

CHELSEA HAS HER FAMILY!!!

Yes-- she most certainly does!

I just LOVE the shirt Harper is wearing in this picture. 

 It is a bit big, but that just means it will fit for years to come! 

 It says Loved, Prayed For, Adopted, Worth the Wait, 

Blessing from God, Psalms 68: 5-6
We are so thankful for this blessing!