We're back!

Okay, we were out of internet for a long time and even though I went to Jodi's house and my mom's, I always had so many emails to sift through that this got pushed to the way side. I'm sure everyone who used to look at my blog, probably won't anymore, but what the heck. I'll put a few pictures on anyway!!

Ashley is walking!!!

I was able to capture this earlier today!

Merry Christmas

We hope you had a merry Christmas! We sure did :-) We were spoiled with many fun gifts to play with and enjoy. We went over to my parent's house for Christmas Eve where we did the Nativity. Ben was Joseph, Baylie was Mary, my dad was the donkey, Natalie was the angel, my mom was the narrator and Ashley and I were Shepherds. The next morning my parents came over to open gifts and for breakfast. Ben got me a Bosch mixer which I am THRILLED about. I have already used it more times than I can count. The girls' favorite and most played with gifts are their barbies from Grandma and Ben is excited to try out his miter saw and saw horses. We hope you have a happy New Year!

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Mom and I went to see Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and we loved it! Luckily my Dad isn't one for the theater so it was just a girls' night out. Of course Seattle was under a couple of inches of ice, so driving was a little interesting, but the music and dancing was spectacular and it was a treat for sure! Thanks Mom!

We had fun making gingerbread houses with the Elwells - it is so nice having fun neighbors - especially when you are snowed in!!
We used graham crackers and all the candies. We had just as much fun eating as we did decorating!

Don't know what Nan is doing - but here is our finished product!

Snow!

We had so much snow this Christmas!! It was so awesome! The girls and I had fun playing in the snow, making a snowgirl, jumping on the trampoline, etc. The girls couldn't play enough :-)
This table showed 6 1/2 inches, but I think we had closer to 8 by the time it was all done.
I hope our trampoline is okay - we kept our shoes on, but the snowy tramp was irresistible!

Natalie's performance

My first video upload! I'm excited - I hope you enjoy it!