Mae's 1st Birthday

We traveled to Dallas to celebrate Mae's first birthday.

We are so proud of her and are so happy that she is doing so well.

Kennedi, Emma, Natalie, and the Birthday Girl

Me, Dad, Mom, Amy, Emma, and Natalie

AiLien and Bryan... Bodi chomping down on calamari, he loves it!

Valentines Day Party at School

Emma's party was crazy, the kids had so much fun.

Emma pictured here with her friends, Katie and Katie Mae.

Bodi's party was a little more quiet, he pretty

much "chilled" the whole time.

We decided to ditch Bodi's party and join

the fun in Emma's room.

The ladies love Bodi :)

Jitterbugs

Last weekend, the girls had a Jitterbugs performance. Jitterbugs is a theatrical dance class that comes to their school once a week and holds 3 performances a year. This one was special since Natalie was finally old enough to participate. They performed 4 dances, unfortunately, Natalie suffered stage freight. The show went on with Natalie cheering Emma on.

First dance - "Who Let the Dogs Out"

Natalie watching from behind the scenes

Second Dance - "Chim Chim Cheriee"

Third Dance - "Secret Agent Man"

Fourth Dance - "The Ugly Bug Ball"

Bodi kept trying to go on stage and finally gave up...

then he decided to entertain himself by trying out each seat in the auditorium.

After the performance - Bodi was so proud of Sissy!

Christmas in Dallas

We left for Dallas Christmas Eve and went non-stop until we got home on Sunday. It was awesome seeing everyone, especially Mom and Dad.

Lilyann and Lucas

Emma and Mae

Emma got up around 8:00 Christmas morning and immediately woke us up. She was anxious to see if Santa figured out she and Bodi were in Dallas this year. As we came into the living room, her eyes glowed as she saw that Santa not only left presents, he also ate the cute little cookies she baked at the Starr's.

Emma and Bodi tearing into the gifts Santa brought

We went to the Phan's that evening to open presents. Let's just say, it was complete chaos. We tried to open one at a time but having 13 kids that ranged from 0-17 didn't make it easy. After one round, we decided to let the kids tear into the presents. Thank you to everyone for the gifts, Emma and Bodi loved everything they got.

AiLien and Tyler

Caitlin, McKenzie, Kennedi, and Emma

McKenzie and Emma

Kennedi

Nicky, Ngoi Ba, Bodi, Ngoi, and Lucas

After opening the presents, we broke out the Wii and played Dance Dance Revolution. I'm soooo happy Bryan got me one for Christmas because it was a BLAST!

The Rookie - I am very confused at this point

AiLien and Tyler's attempt

The Pros - Ty and McKenzie showed us all up

On Saturday, Dzung and Amy hosted a joint Birthday party at Chuck E Cheese for Nicky and Natalie, who both turned 3 on December 1st and 18th respectively. The kids had so much fun and Nicky and Natalie both had more presents to open :)

Mckenzie, Emma, and Ty

Bodi and Natalie cruising

The Pink Ladies, Natalie and Emma

Nicky and Ngoi Ba

After a whirlwind week, it was time for us to leave on Sunday. Saying goodbye is always hard, but it's especially hard on Emma. She cried in the car for about 30 minutes. Good thing we'll make another trip to Dallas in February for Mae's 1st Birthday party. Thank you to the Dallas Clan for such a great visit, we can't wait to see everyone again in February.

Breakfast with Santa

The kids had breakfast with Santa at school yesterday. Of course, Emma did great but Natalie and Bodi didn't want anything to do with him.

Bodi had so much fun, he couldn't even sit still for a picture.

Good thing Amy was there to help keep him still so we could get one.

Emma was a little shy but hopped on Santa's lap.

Bodi wanted nothing to do with Santa so we compromised.

Same with Natalie......

Happy Birthday Natalie!!!

Natalie turned 3 on December 18th. We can't believe how big she is. HAPPY BIRTHDAY Nat Nat, we love you!

The 3 Amigos

Bodi on the trampoline Natalie got for her Birthday

The Truong Twins Arrive!

Dzung, Xiu, and big brother Nicky welcomed twins, Lilyanne (bottom) and Lucas (top) on December 8th. Big sister, Lilyanne, was born one minute before Lucas. She was 5lbs 7 oz and he was 6lbs 5 oz. We're so happy that they are doing great and can't wait to see everyone when we visit for Christmas next week. Congratulations to Dzung and Xiu!!!!