Snoqualmie

Saturday we decided we'd go inter-tubing at Snoqualmie Pass. However after waiting in line for an hour to buy tickets for tubing, they sold out. Fortunately we had brought our sleds with us from home. So we hit the hills and went sledding! We all had a blast until Lake's sled took a turn toward a tree and he got snipered by a bunch of snowy branches. After sledding, we went up to the lodge and warmed up by the fire and had hot cocoa and nachos. We had such a special day!

Christmas Day

Christmas Eve we went to church and spent the night at Manya & Papa's house. Papa read 'Twas the Night Before Christmas and the boys set out the cookies, carrots and milk for Santa and his reindeer. We missed Uncle Phil & Auntie Alicia and baby Keely, but Uncle Andy was super fun and we were glad he spent the night with us! After the boys were in bed, we played Trivial Pursuit and as boring as I thought the game would be, it was actually hilarious. I dont know why I kept getting all the damn Presidential questions - I'm clueless in History.
Christmas morning we all opened presents. Lake was such a helper handing out gifts - since he can read now, he was into checking out the tags on all the gifts and reading who they were for. He completely took over Papa's job of passing out the gifts.
Santa brought the boys almost everything they asked for...except for Turbo Man. After watching Jingle All The Way, Lake & West have wanted a Turbo Man doll more than anything. How do you explain to a 3 and 5 yr old that there really is no Turbo Man?? Lake insisted the elves would make a Turbo Man doll for him.
I think Sean's favorite gift was the child-size neck ties his mother got him. If only you could have seen one on him. :) And my favorite gift of all would be the twinkling sparkling diamonds in my ears! i have to say i have the most wonderful husband!!!

Merry Christmas!

Christmas Eve Eve

We went to the Joyners on Christmas Eve Eve...The boys were so excited to open presents early! Among other things, both Lake and Weston got new socks from Gramma...and the funniest thing West said as he opened his next present was "I hope its not more socks!" After all of us had opened our presents, we played Hungry Hungry Hippo and Connect 4!!! Even Grampa got in on the fun and games. :)

Three Bears Lodge

December 13-16 our family spent the weekend at a cabin near Mt Rainier called Three Bears Lodge. We celebrated Christmas early with Phil & Alicia, as they'll be in California on Christmas day. We had a wonderful weekend and made memories we'll never forget.

We made Christmas cookies and salt-dough ornaments...

And we played in the snow!

Tree Hunting

The day after Thanksgiving, we went hunting for the perfect Christmas tree. We went to a tree farm out in Monroe. We were blessed with a beautiful sunny winter day! The boys had fun playing hide & seek amongst the trees. We found our perfect tree in no time at all and enjoyed hot cocoa and hot cider as Sean got the tree up on the roof of the Pilot.