I think I start every blog off with how amazed I am at how
fast time flies. I’ve been thinking for several weeks now that I should post
about the holidays, but then I get so busy.
So, lets catch up!
This will be a big longs as I have many pictures to share
from our holiday season.
But first, I’ll start with Thanksgiving. We hosted and the
Casey family and my mom spent the weekend with us.
On Wednesday night, we all met up at the Oregon Zoo to see
Zoo Lights. They host a member night the night before thanksgiving. We try to
go when we are in town as it is the best time to go see the lights! The kids
had a good time despite that it was dinner time and really really cold outside!!
Thanksgiving was fun and we spent the day hanging out and playing with the
kids.
The next day, Travis, Tracey, Brad and I went down to the
Civil War game while Gangy babysat all four kids. We all had a great time at
the game and the kids had fun with Gangy!
December is a very busy month for both Brad and I for our
jobs. Brad is busy with open enrollment for insurance and I’m busy planning and
managing events. Brad typically works later into the evenings and there are
times I need to get a babysitter for night time so that I can be at work. We
tried to squeeze in some fun Christmas activities around it all. But we got to do a lot more the week of
Christmas.
My Dad also was able to make it out for a quick visit!
We had our annual holiday night out with friends and had a
good time. The next day, we went on the Holiday Express Train with the Bales
family and had a gift exchange. The kids had a great time and even got to see
Santa! We drove around the neighborhood and looked at lights while singing
Disney Christmas songs, baked and decorated Christmas cookies, watched all our
favorite Christmas movies and decorated a gingerbread house. Santa also came to
visit the kids school and they got a chance to sit on Santa’s lap and talk with
him. He even read them a book and sang Christmas songs. Sage was sooo excited!!
She was so cute with how excited she was!
Mike and Lynda also came up and spent several days with us
celebrating Christmas- the kids were happy to have them around!
Overall- it was a really good Christmas and it just keeps
getting better every year!!
Annual Christmas picture before they see what Santa brought!
Sage's present from Santa- she asked for a princess dress with fairy wings and a tiarra!
