The Moss Family Christmas Letter.

Christmas time has come once more.

This year has been anything but a bore.

We packed up the fam & moved to a new city.

So alot of adjusting & making the house pretty.

Matthew is still working for Orange P.D.

While hard at work he busted his knee!

A surgery later & some recovery time too;

He's back with the gang unit, good as new!

Danielle (that's me) is busier than ever!

Raising 4 kids though hard is my greatest pleasure.

I had a mishap of my own this summer.

Broke my ankle right before the move, such a bummer!

Ellie turned 6; she's getting so big!

Soccer, dance & soon piano are her gig.

With 1st grade over halfway through.

Reading & writing are her favorite things to do.

Carson played soccer; he was Mighty Tiger #2.

Can't believe he's 4 now, how time just flew!

He will graduate preschool soon & go to a new school.

Kindergarten will be great cuz "the playground is cool!"

Hunter will turn 3 this Christmas Day.

It's never dull with him around I must say!

With Toy Story playing at our house 24/7.

As long as he's busy he's in heaven!

Macie although 18 months, is already a terrible 2.

Her favorite thing is to wear everyone's shoes.

With 2 older brothers she is quit tough.

She's such a pistol, but we can't get enough!

#5 we are adding to our crazy crew.

Thought we were done! Shows what we knew :)

The new addition will be here in June.

Girl, or Boy? We will find out soon!

We're grateful for our loved ones this Holiday Season.

And despite the hustle 'n' bustle that we remember the reason.

That Christ was born to be our guiding light.

May we all do our best to keep him in sight.

We wish you a Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year!

Love, The Moss Family

PURE TROUBLE!

Although she is only 1, our Macie is advanced for her age, because she is already in the TERRIBLE TWOS!! She has learned quite well from her 2 year brother how to behave accordingly! I knew she was too quiet so I went upstairs to check on her and this smiley face is what I found :)

We have only been in our house a few weeks now and she ventured into MY closet found a box of make-up inside a packing box and proceeded to give herself a make over!
Thank you so much Macie not only for making a mess but for doing it on my BRAND NEW CARPET instead of on the tile where you pulled the make-up out of!! I have a feeling we are going to be living in the land of mischief for awhile with this one!! Wish us luck :)

Divine Dance Recital

This is Ellie's third year dancing! I can't believe it! She had her dance recital this weekend and did an amazing job!! I always get nervous for her to go on that big stage in front of all those people cuz she tends to get shy around strangers. She never ceases to amaze me though ;) You can't help but be a proud Momma when moments like these roll around! Great job Ellie Ray you did a FANTASTIC job and we are so, so proud of you!!

Ellie with her fellow tappers: Emily, and Tristan

Ellie in her tap costume (it was so fun and sparkly!)

Ellie and her one of her BFF's Dani

Ellie in her Jazz costume "Diamonds are a Girls Best Friend"

The proud parents with their performer after the show.

Ellie had lots of people cheering her on (she is a lucky girl)
- with her Oma and Papa.

Grandma and Grandpa came too!

and of course her siblings:Hunter, Ellie, Macie & Carson

We are so proud of our little performer and all the hard work she puts into her talent. We look forward to many more years of watching her dance :)

A Mother- Daughter Night Out

Ellie and I got to go to a Mother Daughter night put on by her school, and it was so much FUN!! We got to eat burritos, take funny pictures in a photo booth and make a super cute reindeer ornament! Ellie even won a drawing so we got a blow up Santa for our lawn. (she is seriously a lucky little girl. last time we attended the book fair as a family and she won $25 to buy some books!) We even met up with some of her friends and their Moms. The girls had a BLAST painting their ornaments and even though I'm bias Ellie did a great job; her reindeer turned out very cute, and girly :) It was a fun filled night, but the best part was just being able to spend time with my Ellie Ray whom I love tons and tons!!

Ellie all dressed up for her night out with Mommy!

All ready for our girls night out :)

Ella, Ellie, Dani working hard on their project

Ellie with her masterpiece. Her reindeer is all decked out for Christmas with necklaces, nailpolish and all.

THE BIG 30!!

So this is it the year I turn 30!!! I remember when I was younger and thinking that 30 was SOOO OLD! Now that it is almost here I can hardly believe it! Well to welcome in my old lady years my husband decided to surprise me and do something that I have ALWAYS wanted to do.... SKYDIVING!!!!! I had made a list of things I wanted to do in my life when I was in college and skydiving was one of those important things that I had to do. Well as Matthew and I drove down there and as I signed what seemed like my life away, the oldness in me began to wonder how important was this really?! Was this something that I still really had to do in my lifetime, or was it just something that crazy people do? So as we waited for HOURS for the weather to clear up I had plenty of time to contemplate my decisions and decided to give the 18 year old inside me that made this important list her wish :) The weather finally cleared and we are all loaded in the plane heading up and up. As the plane kept climbing I kept going over in my head the 5 second instructions they gave us to jump. Well a lot of good that did, cause once we hit 12,000 feet we all exited the plane so fast you had no time to do anything they instructed us to do besides fall out of the plane! I guess that was a good thing, it left you no time to chicken out :) Once outside the plane you free fall for a minute before you pull the cord. I was most worried about this part! I was afraid my stomach would drop you know like on big roller coasters, but it wasn't anything like that! It was amazingly calming and peaceful once the rush of jumping had pasted. I was seriously amazed at how peaceful it was! The view was fantastic and it's just so quiet up there you're able to enjoy the ride and scenery (something i don't get to do often with 4 little ones).So to my husband and that 18 year old girl how made a to do list THANK YOU!! I had an incredible experience and couldn't imagine a better birthday present ever!!!!!!!

After the dive. Still smiling :) Lets do it again!!!

Alice goes to Kindergarten

It took her FOREVER, but Ellie finally decided to be Alice for Halloween, and a cute one at that :) She got to dressed up for school and parade around the campus with all the other kids. After her class had a party with games, a craft and McDonald's WOW! She had a great time at her party and is loving being in Kindergarten :)

Alice getting ready for her parade

The 3 musketeers: Ellie, Dani & Ella

Ms. Mattier's 2010-11 Kindergarten Class

Ellie after her first party @ "Big Kid School"

Buzz Lightyear goes to Preschool

Carson (or should i say buzz) had his first party as a big preschooler for Halloween. He was so excited and had lots of fun! The class sang us some Halloween songs while Buzz stood there (looking cute i might add). Then the kids got to play some games which he LOVED! Next the kids got to decorate their own pumpkin cookie with sprinkles and everything! After all was said and done the kids got to go home with a bag full of goodies, which I could not pry out of his hands for the rest of the day! Glad my lil Buzz Lightyear had a fun party :)

Carson with the coveted goodie bag that he wouldn't let out of his sight!

Carson's friend Landen as Harry Potter (i love it)!

My Buzz and his cookie that he spent so much time perfecting he didn't want to eat it :)