End of 2011

2011 has been incredible to the Qualls Crew!

Christmas morning! Neither girl slept well the night before...too excited. Ava's crazy hair is hilarious!! Ava has gone from needing her pacifier at ALL times to being very uninterested in it. We keep waiting for the fallout, but that is totally her...she does things at her own pace. :-)

Malia continues to love ballet and has moved to the 5-7 class. She had her winter show case and is BEYOND excited for her big show in June...Peter Pan.

The besties...this is my mom and Auntie...their hats say "Old Chicks Rule!"

This is my grandma...she is an inspiration to all. She is hilarious, lively, and speaks her mind.

Off to Grandma Sheila's in their matching outfits from Grandma Corol and Grandpa.

The girls getting ready to see Santa!

Mel and I had the best time at the Prince concert! This is the third time we have seen him together...we were joking that we average every 7 years so next time we will be in our forties!

Girls with Santa! Grandma Sheila bought them these beautiful dresses. The girls were so excited, but as we approached Ava got a little shy. She got over it quickly though and was soon chatting away with Santa!

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I had the most incredible birthday this year!!! We went to Vegas and my best friend got married there. What a joy to be a part of this great day.

My momma and I. The twin tradition continues!

Lucky 11!

The BEAUTIFUL bride!

I had the most incredible birthday this year!!! We went to Vegas and my best friend got married there. What a joy to be a part of this great day.

Happy Halloween!

The girls had the best Halloween this year. It was so incredible to go to Fircrest and have my brother and his family there...and have my best friend, Mel back here and LIVING in Fircrest!! We were lucky enough to have Andre join us as an angry bird...I am so glad that my bestie and godkids are back!

We went to visit my mom at the bank so she could see the girls in their costumes!

They were so excited to go trick or treating.

Happy Halloweeners!

Our pirate and unicorn!

Hailey's Celebration

We were beyond excited to share Hailey's special celebration! Hailey has been kicking leukemia's booty and was unable to celebrate her birthday in Sept when she and Malia turned five.


Now, Hailey has completed the more difficult rounds of chemo and was able to have her party. We had an incredible time....Hailey is such a brave girl...with an incredible family that we love dearly.

Love these girls!!

Malia's 5th Birthday!

Malia decided that she wanted to have a family birthday this year with a slumber party. She had an incredible time and was spoiled rotten! I was so happy everyone was there and was especially excited that Mel was there. It has been a long time since she has been here for birthdays!!!!!!

Malia had the best 5th birthday! She got to have a sleep over with some of her favorite people, including her cousins. They were such great sports!

On Malia's actual birthday, our neighbors had movie night in their backyard....Malia had a great time with Taylor!

Slumber party!!! Malia was ecstatic that Staley and Taylor were able to come! We just were missing our friend, Hailey Jo but we will do it again in November so that she can come!

We were playing "pin the head on Malia". Demented or creative...still not sure!

Loving the sandbox!

Great times!

Malia's cake!

The crew!

Inside the play tent/tunnel.

Our family!!!

Where did summer go?

I hate to even blog about this...because most don't get a summer with their families...but it is always so sad to me when summer is over. I LOVE spending time with my girls and hubby, catching up with friends and family, and traveling. We have done so much this summer but I guess I am greedy:-). I have about one week left until I am back at work...so we went to the zoo today. The girls had a great time!!!

The girls got to groom a goat...they were beyond excited!

The elephant was in love with Malia...

I have never seen anything like it in all of our visits to the zoo!

The girls were fascinated by the shark tank...we spent a lot of time in there!

New York, New York!!

Aaron and I were able to go on our first real vacation without our girls. Through the help of our incredible family, we knew our girls were in great hands for the 5 days we were gone. We packed everything you could possible imagine into those days...and still managed to get more sleep than we get at home!!!

Aaron and I got to go to the Natural History Museum...

it was incredible to see all the exhibits!

Aaron and I rode the subway everywhere in NY...

it was an incredible part of the experience.

If you like to people watch...there is no lack of entertainment in NY.

We called this gentleman the pigeon guy.

For obvious reasons...and this is after about half of them flew away because of people walking by.

Yankee Stadium is pretty incredible...even if you are a Mariners fan!

This is the twin towers memorial they are building...

part of it is scheduled to be finished by Sept. 11th.

This is us on Wall Street at the Stock Exchange on the day it basically collapsed.

I think Aaron is one of the only people smiling on this street. :-)

This is the infamous St. Patricks Cathedral.

I am lighting a candle for Michelle and praying for healing of her heart.

I took this picture from the top of the Empire State Bldg.

I can't believe how beautiful the view is!

Aaron and I on top of the world!

Not sure where this was taken...just joking. :-)

This was our first night in NY and of course we went straight to Times Square.