Story Time

Just some photos Bryan snapped a couple weeks back of our evening Story Time! These kids would listen to books ALL DAY LONG if we'd let them... so story time is a long, evening affair now!

 

Oh Christmas Tree!

This past weekend we got the house all decorated for Christmas - this was Hudson's first year helping. He adores the pretty tree and shares with me daily he thinks it is pretty....so sweet!!! Holly also had a great time helping, she did a lot this year!  The house is feeling cozy and bright right now, such a nice feeling!

Easter Egg Fun

We enjoyed a fun evening of coloring eggs on Friday with the Ross Family, a yearly tradition! We had a bbq dinner to enjoy the nice weather and then gathered in the kitchen for eggs and colors. Holly adores this night, she looks forward to it for weeks. Something as simple as coloring eggs... it at the top of her list!

Hudson's Stocking

When Holly was born I made her a holiday stocking. So, now here we are on Hudson's first Christmas and I needed to make him a holiday stocking. I used Holly's stocking as a template to create his. I am happy with how it turned out. Holly's is the burgundy one and Hudson's is the red and white one!

Leavenworth

This year we did not end up planning a trip to Leavenworth because we did a really big vacation to Disneyland. However we kept thinking about Leavenworth, Holly kept asking about Leavenworth and Bryan still had a long weekend off... for Leavenworth. Originally we were going to fill that weekend up with other holiday stuff.

But, Saturday morning when I woke up at 5:45 AM I laid there and thought... 'I wonder if we could get it together quick enough to just go for the day'. When I came out to scout Bryan out and see if he might be in the mood for that - he surprised me with ALREADY looking at hotels for Leavenworth that morning. Seems he too was wishing we had planned a trip after all.

So, by 6:00 am we decided to head over after all. He called and booked a hotel and we were on the road later that morning for three days in Leavenworth!

Saturday was snowing when we hit the mountains and kept snowing.... snowing and snowing! Crazy amounts of snow to be honest! It was simply beautiful!!! I did not take my camera out that day as the snow was simply to thick to even try and get photos. So, we just enjoyed the sledding hill, town lighting and dinner in town that night.

Sunday we came back in town for the entire day of sledding, hanging out, a bit of shopping and good eats! Sunday night it was getting pretty icy early on so we brought food back to our hotel room for a little 'hotel picnic' and tv -- Holly thought that was pretty darn cool! Then Monday we hit the road for home after stopping for a nice breakfast in town and some antique store enjoyment!

It was a fun weekend!

Snow Flake Night

A fun little tradition we began a couple years back has been to have the Ross Family over for a night of snowflakes - we enjoy some yummy appetizer foods, holiday music and create snowflakes to hang in our homes. Holly loves this tradition and I enjoy this one too because we get to be a bit creative! It is a simple night, but a really fun treat for us all. I enjoyed seeing how much Holly's skill in creating snowflakes blossomed this year - she was learning how to fold them from Kristina and then cutting some really cute flakes.