Cousins

Holly enjoyed having her cousins and Aunt & Uncle in town over the holidays. They do not get to see each other too often, so it was a real nice treat. They are growing up so quickly and changing each time we see them. The kids had a lot of fun together!!!

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!

Us

Holly took this photo....

Build A Bear

Friday Holly enjoyed a fun visit to Build A Bear and created her new friend, Snowflake. She had a good time helping in 'building' her bear and then choosing the right outfit for Snowflake... with a little prodding from Mom. For some reason a snowflake holiday bear in a Tinkerbell fairy dress just seemed wrong to me - oh well. A mommy moment I could not let go, so I persuaded her to a holiday outfit if she could choose it's underwear... yes, I said underwear! Please note the crazy little underwear Snowflake is wearing!

Santa Parade

Holly joined Campfire this year, a fun weekly activity she enjoys with a really good friend. During this holiday season their group was in the local Santa Parade our town hosts. She was very excited to be in a parade, as in talked about it daily that entire week!

The younger kiddos were on a trailer that was hay bails with 'camp fires' they were roasting marshmallows over. She enjoyed waiving to the crowd and a friend or two she spotted a long the way. A fun memory for her and us! After she was done we headed back to our spot along the parade route and finished watching the parade, then took in out town's tree lighting and played on the playground. On the way home we grabbed some Chinese food, a favorite for Holly... and then enjoyed a holiday movie that night at home. It was a really nice night!!!

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter!