Christmas eve and day

"excellent"
the "fam" sitting down for dinner

Daveyboy

Ashlie and I
This is what most of the pictures turned out like... they unwrap FAST!

TOTABOY!
Santa left me a present!
stocking time!
a cute moment... The girls sat and played with their toys (after they were done opening their stockings and gifts)

Merry Christmas

Love the Lyth Family
xoxo


*photo credits www.Familyfirstphotography.com

Guess what we have been up too...

What is this... a mixer in the Lyth's kitchen?!?! yup, one of our VERY nice neighbours lent us one of hers. (and yes, I said one... she has two!)
YUMMY! french wafer's
Gingerbread
Ashlie
and Jade rolling out the sugar cookies
we haven't JUST been making cookies. Ashlie's Skating lessons ended last night with a Free family skate, so after school we all went skating.

both our little girl's are not feeling well.
Jade spend all day on the sofa (in mummy's arms) watching movies... and crying every 20 Min's or so. Ashlie seems well enough to go to school but is having a "nap" after school.
Both have been VERY cranky for the past couple of days.
I hope they feel better soon...

Santa Pictures

Every year, Since Ashlie was born (obviously) we get a Santa picture done.
last year Jade would not go near Santa thou. So ANYWAY! here is this years photo.
I am a little sad that they changed the "Santa chair" it used to be really cute... now it is just blue.

Christmas party

Yesterday Cody and I went to his work Christmas party.
We got all dressed up and went to the Pink Pearl Chinese food restaurant in Vancouver.
They have AWESOME food (really good food if you like seafood/ meat)! I just eat the rice, noodles and veggies.
This year they had some entertainment (an Elvis impersonator), which was TOTALLY COOL!
( it was a Chinese Elvis)
Anyway every year they give away presents to every employee... this is some of the presents they gave away this year, company baseball hats, company shirts, the Christmas decorations (from the party), a stereo, a ipod shuffle, a TV.
this year Cody won a Christmas decoration.

The girls think this is so COOL!
( before the party... I was trying to look taller then cody)

the walk to school

Ashlie's snowman gets too big for her to carry

Ashlie starting her snowman, on the way home from school
Cody and Jade start a snowball fight on the way to get ashile from school.


Jade wanting to play at the school playground (in the morning)
Jade too tired to walk home
looking at our complex from the field near the school (the clubhouse is in the middle of the row of townhouses)

snowball fight

Cody had a war with Ashlie and her friend...

a lonely picture

I was deleting pictures off the camera and deleted almost all the pictures of the girls from the first day of snow till today. this is the only one that made it.
SO even though I sucked it up and went outside to play with the girls (which is huge, I don't enjoy the cold) this is the only picture proof. WHICH is really said, Since I had a whole bunch from Sunday(? whatever day it snowed on) of the neighbourhood kids all playing outside together.
SO here is the lonely picture from the last 3 days.

Tree time

Today we went to a matinee of "The Santa Claus 3" to help get in the Christmas spirit to decorate the tree. once home we got ready....
Christmas music - Check

hot cocoa- check

Tree- Check





* some of the photos will be posted later, iphoto was not my friend tonight.*