Since we open family presents at our house on Christmas Eve, you're cordially invited to share the morning with us (you can use the "HD" button and fullscreen modes to feel like you're really here):

Christmas Eve, 2009 from Trey Kazee on Vimeo.

the best neighbors!

we have so much fun living on our street and building relationships with our neighbors. some of our favorite people on the street live right next door; cody and randi are such great neighbors, and aubren loves them! they have a christmas countdown on their front porch, and aubren is in charge of changing the numbers. every morning she asks to go change the number - the other day there were some presents left next to the calendar. aubren was really excited to open them and loved the letter she received from rudolph! thanks cody and randi for being such wonderful neighbors and for making our girls feel special!!

this is the note she found:

dear aubren,
i was on my way back to the north pole to get ready for christmas next week and wanted to drop off an early present. i heard you've been a good girl and a great big sister! thank you for visiting santa and he got your letter! i hope you have a merry christmas! i'll be back to your house next week!

love, rudolph

A Christmas Program!

Aubren and her friend Ellie (in the green dress and cream sweater) sang in their first-ever school Christmas program last night, serenading us with renditions of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Silent Night. Aubren was especially proud to wear her new Christmas dress - thanks, Papa and JJ!

santa's village

we visited santa's village this week. aubren was so excited to go through all the houses especially santa's house. she was also excited to introduce milia to him! she made sure to tell him that she wanted a toothbrush, a bath robe, and a new toy for christmas. milia was all smiles!

she enjoyed having a rudolph nose and getting reindeer food to set out on christmas eve. side note - my parents have reindeer in their front yard who move their heads up and down. aubren loves to gather leaves and sticks to feed them everytime we are there. she is so cute because she doesn't realize that they are plugged in so while she is feeding them my dad will go out and turn them on and she gets so excited that they are eating their food!

whispering to the wish fairy.

decorating the tree!

(the last half is just aubren dancing and playing)

"dreams come true"

Aubren's Ballet Recital, Nov 2009 from Trey Kazee on Vimeo.