More snow days

As we are holed up inside again due to the third major snowstorm to hit us in the past few weeks, we have become a bit stir crazy! Here are some pics from the past few days:

We were able to make it out for church last Sunday. They sure looked cute, which is good because we ended up having our pic taken at church for the directory that day--glad I didnt put them in sweatpants!


Just a couple of monkeys!
Ella, lying on her belly and coloring
Nora, coloring at the table


I bought a couple of hats I thought would be cute for Easter. Dont know if they will actually stay on their heads--as things rarely do--but they are cute anyways.

Another day, more coloring.
Today the girls were gearing up for their afternoon nap and just being silly. I love the look on Ella's face here. Nora dumped some of her water on the table because she likes to smear it all over (argh). She also has an aversion to wearing clothes these days...


Ella had eaten all of her grapes and was asking Nora if she could have one of hers. Nora got a kick of holding the grape just out of Ella's reach. Naturally.


I think lunch is over.

Ella and her Freckles

Here's a short little video of Ella talking about one of her new discoveries--freckles.
**Note: This video probably shouldn't be played at work or in front of other children.

California

Okay, so we have a whole lot of photos from our trip to California. It would take too long to post them all! We made it out of Philly about an hour before our second huge blizzard/snowstorm of the year hit and the airport closed. Phew! Flew out of that and right into sunshine. Hello!

Here is a photo of our plane set up. The girls are watching one of their videos-the best case scenario for a plane flight with toddlers!Here is the only photo I have of Andrew doing his thing at the bookfair:
Nora, in the hotel room, standing like Daddy (and her great grandpa):
Gigi with the girls
Papi with them
Aunt Heidi with Ella, who can say "Hei-di"!
cute. sitting on a box.
Mama was in the shower. Nora decided to play dress up.
The girls' dining room table in the hotel room
Nora checking out grandpa. She seemed to stare at him a lot...
still cute.
Ella hanging out with Uncle Troy
Awww, Nora.
Worn out after pool time.
Ella and her uncle. Still hanging out:
The girls, relaxing outside on the balcony

Lisa & Annie time! We went to Santa Monica and saw the ocean. Then went shopping!

College friends from BSU (who all currently live in LA): Adam Norris, Annie Hoff, Sara (Jones) Rust
Ella LOVES this guy (AKA "von Stein"--dont ask). Everytime she saw him she rolled around on the floor with him, squealing. It was wild.
The view from Mulholland Drive:
Heidi hangs out with the stars in hollywood
Spending time with friends who came to check out the bookfair:
Very classic Adam photo:
Ella, talking with a cell phone.
Our girls are seriously cute.
Nora was not fond of having her photo taken. With anyone. Except her Mama.

Gaub kids

Adam and his girlfriend, Mae (who is a twin!)
The Gaub girls with Mary Weaver (Grandma Richards' BFF)
The girls, geared up for the pool, in the hotel










Then home again. Brrr.