The Official Christmas Post

Merry Christmas Everyone!

...cricket.. cricket.. cricket

'Better late than never' right?... I suppose that all depends on what is coming huh? Well I appreciate the patience of all my blog readers frothing for new posts and photos!(sarcasm) So here is a quick rundown of the Christmas time festivities at the Abdulla household. The girls got sick Christmas week and so we had to cancel our plans to visit with friends and such. Bummed and tempted to milk the 'alone on Christmas' sob story, we realized how much we have to be grateful for this past year and how blessed we truly are just to have each other. We decided to make this year special for our little family and indeed it was(:

The countdown begins.

The tree is up and the decorating begins,

the camera is out and so the posing begins as well(:

Cookie making!

Potty training!

Two little kitties!

Crafting!

(accepting requests for owl ornaments

for those who did not receive one)

Daddy-Daughter Date 2009

(see www.alabdulla.net for more photos)

We began a new Christmas Eve tradition

BBQ S'mores!

Ta da!

Keepin' it real

Christmas morning!

Thank You Aunt Sara

Hot bird! Hot man!

I did it Hourik!

Christmas Dinner...scrum dum delicious

Lesson learned this year...

Jesus is SO awesome and loves us SO much

that he gives US presents on HIS birthday!

...how cool is that.

Noviembre

Well, November has come and gone, as if a gust of autumn wind swooped it up.

If anyone knows where it went let me know.

October...well we wont talk about October.

It seemed simple enough, but it SO wasn't. November was better.

Thanksgiving was a blessing

...and leaves are really really fun(:

Disneyland Birthdays

September 21st 1981

Its weird to think that as Al was blowing out his candles on his 5th birthday, not to far away his wife was being born...ME!

This year we spent our birthday with our beautiful girls at the happiest place on earth...

Disneyland!

You never know how these sort of outings might turn out. Pretty much everytime we leave the house with the sole purpose of having fun...there is potential for disaster.

But not on this day!

Despite the heat, the naplessness, the long waiting in lines, the ever taunting cotton candy, the monotonous buckle in, unbuckle routine in the stroller.... our girls rocked!

Not one tear, not one whine, not one pouty face.

It was such a blessing to spend the day blessing them and in return we were SO blessed!

Our family had and awesome day riding rides, meeting characters, drinking smoothies and watching interesting people(:

Nevaeh ran to Pooh Bear, she couldn't believe she actually met him!

Charlotte loved flying in Dumbo

Goofy's silly piano

Al blew stuff up

Mickey kept hitting me in the head with his ear

Night Light

Cast your burden on the LORD,

And He shall sustain you;

He shall never permit the righteous to be moved.

Psalm 55:22

Catch-Up

We have been quite busy these past few months...as you may have assumed. So lets do a little catching up shall we?

At the end of September we will be moving to Carpinteria to join the family at Reality.

SO excited about this.

The girls spent 8 days with Bapa & Ada, see their adventures here

Al and I missed them terribly.

We had an amazing time on the East Coast. It was a first for both of us. Pennsylvania, NewJersey and New York.

I loved Pennsylvania... I want to live with the Amish and learn to milk cows

...this is why he loves me.

Al loved NewYork. He wants to master the subways and possibly become a DJ

...this is why I love him.

But I think to much of either one would get old really fast(:

Our Rachel got married and our whole family was honored to be in the wedding. Check here soon for wedding pics as I'm sure she will blog about it upon her return from Jamaica!

We have also been doing alot of this...

Bad Bad Blogger ...I am. Bad, Busy Blogger. New Post soon, I promise.

I have one word for y'all...

(ok actually a combination of letters and numbers)

P90X

I am fan of working out, ok well, maybe not a fan, but I do it... and when I do it, I like it. Especially when its over. Weight lifting makes me feel strong, Pilates is wonderful and relaxing, a nice run(Al says I jog...whatever) is a great pumpup, I love bootcamps.
But never...ever...ever...

could I have been prepared for this little demon that snuck it's way into my home.

My butt is officially kicked.

I'm so gonna be ripped...

P.S. I am so sore, it hurts to breathe.