We are off to Boise in a few hours and I just wanted to wish everyone a "Merry Christmas" and "Happy New Year"!! When we return I will let you know wether Santa thought the kids were....
Or nice! ;)
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Merry Christmas Everyone......
Or nice! ;)Friday, December 19, 2008
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
still snowing..............
We have been home bound since Sunday and the girls are just LOVING the snow, I love that they are old enough now that they can just go and play without me having to be out there the whole time. ;) I hate being cold and although I love snow I would rather just see it through a window, I can only take so much. The girls however played the day away outside and only came in to unthaw every once in a while......it was great! I sat inside and baked some cookies, cleaned my house and drank some coffee.....everybody wins in my opinion. :)
Little man got his first snow experience too.
He observed from his throne in the garage when it got to be a little much outside.
Justin got off a little early today due to bad roads and was able to come home and make a snow man with the girls.....(okay so really make a snow man while the girls "watched"......)
A Frosty of their own.
Monday, December 15, 2008
Walking in a winter wonderland.....LITERALLY!!!
We finally managed to get our tree decorated this year and I have to say the girls did a great job at spacing things out. I had to help with the high ones but they did almost all of the ornaments this year, so "way to go girls.....you're hired".......
We had Justin's work Christmas party on Saturday, I had Nicole take a picture of us because we were ACTUALLY dressed up and going out. I am not fond of it but it's proof we can still be somewhat stylin' from time to time. ;)
So the party was at the casino which is about 30 minutes from us and to get there it's a pretty small winding road to the freeway...well as we were heading out it started to snow. Yes-that is just our luck, but we had Nicole staying at our house and the kids were going to bed,we were in no hurry and we figured it would stop before too long. Boy were we wrong.....it snowed and snowed, and snowed the whole time we were gone, by the time we left there it was about 4 inches on the top of our car. I know that it really does not seem too bad but in Washington everyone panics because nobody know what to do on slick roads. So we headed out through the storm, (all the while it has not gotten above about 22 degrees) and all was fine until we get to our neighborhood which is built on a huge mountain, there were roads blocked, cars slid off everywhere, and even in 4 wheel drive our car would not stop sliding down the hills....so what do we do....WALK....what else? Justin in his nice slick dress shoes and no coat and I in my high heeled boots headed down the mountain towards home. It was only about 3/4 of a mile and I was quite amused by it all (Justin not so much) which of course was making it even funnier.....but we made it safe and sound. Well we get home and realize that Nicole is stuck at our house because we have no car and she was not driving hers anywhere, so we made up a bed and she stayed the night. This is about the time we were kicking ourselves for not getting a room at the casino and we would have avoided the whole mess. Oh well, it was memorable right??? ;)
The party was fun, I won this huge monkey which is about the cutes thing ever....I hate stuffed animals but for some reason this one just won me over. ;) It says "Got bananas" on the front and is so soft.....Grace has slept with it every night. Little man is probably a little intimidated by it still.
I don't know why???? ;)
The snow is still here, the temp is not supposed to get above 25 degrees for the whole week and Thursday it's supposed to snow again. The kids and I are home bound while Justin takes the car to work (he finally went up the hill and drove it home after they sanded a little bit) although they don't seem to mind a bit. We have a great street for sledding on and today we had Nicole's kids over and they had a ball out there for hours. This is the third winter so far that we have had snow so bad it just shuts everything down. For our neighborhood I guess they have no snow removal equipment available this year....I am not sure why but I am pretty sure people are not very happy about it. Lots of stranded people on the mountain and it's very cold to be walking anywhere. We however are making the most of it and getting things done around the house which feels good, also cooking seems to help with the boredom so the girls and I are making some goodies and trying some new recipes.......we'll see what happens.
Gavin will be 7 months old tomorrow and he is such a joy and blessing to our family I can't even put it into words. He is very busy but is so good, he just jabbers away at his toys and rolls all over the place to get what he needs. He is loving baby food, now he starts to get excited when I put him in his high chair to eat. He finally has a tooth poking through as of last week so that is something new. :) Tonight he was playing with Grace and being so cute that I wanted to get some pictures, well I bring the camera out and he starts pulling this cheese face whenever I would try and get him to smile for me......it was totally cracking us up.
This one is kind of a wink-wink.
He gives such good smooches these days.
She is such a great big sister, what would he do without all the girlie love this boy gets????
And you gotta love those big blue eyes. :)
We had Justin's work Christmas party on Saturday, I had Nicole take a picture of us because we were ACTUALLY dressed up and going out. I am not fond of it but it's proof we can still be somewhat stylin' from time to time. ;)
So the party was at the casino which is about 30 minutes from us and to get there it's a pretty small winding road to the freeway...well as we were heading out it started to snow. Yes-that is just our luck, but we had Nicole staying at our house and the kids were going to bed,we were in no hurry and we figured it would stop before too long. Boy were we wrong.....it snowed and snowed, and snowed the whole time we were gone, by the time we left there it was about 4 inches on the top of our car. I know that it really does not seem too bad but in Washington everyone panics because nobody know what to do on slick roads. So we headed out through the storm, (all the while it has not gotten above about 22 degrees) and all was fine until we get to our neighborhood which is built on a huge mountain, there were roads blocked, cars slid off everywhere, and even in 4 wheel drive our car would not stop sliding down the hills....so what do we do....WALK....what else? Justin in his nice slick dress shoes and no coat and I in my high heeled boots headed down the mountain towards home. It was only about 3/4 of a mile and I was quite amused by it all (Justin not so much) which of course was making it even funnier.....but we made it safe and sound. Well we get home and realize that Nicole is stuck at our house because we have no car and she was not driving hers anywhere, so we made up a bed and she stayed the night. This is about the time we were kicking ourselves for not getting a room at the casino and we would have avoided the whole mess. Oh well, it was memorable right??? ;)
The party was fun, I won this huge monkey which is about the cutes thing ever....I hate stuffed animals but for some reason this one just won me over. ;) It says "Got bananas" on the front and is so soft.....Grace has slept with it every night. Little man is probably a little intimidated by it still.
I don't know why???? ;)
The snow is still here, the temp is not supposed to get above 25 degrees for the whole week and Thursday it's supposed to snow again. The kids and I are home bound while Justin takes the car to work (he finally went up the hill and drove it home after they sanded a little bit) although they don't seem to mind a bit. We have a great street for sledding on and today we had Nicole's kids over and they had a ball out there for hours. This is the third winter so far that we have had snow so bad it just shuts everything down. For our neighborhood I guess they have no snow removal equipment available this year....I am not sure why but I am pretty sure people are not very happy about it. Lots of stranded people on the mountain and it's very cold to be walking anywhere. We however are making the most of it and getting things done around the house which feels good, also cooking seems to help with the boredom so the girls and I are making some goodies and trying some new recipes.......we'll see what happens.
Gavin will be 7 months old tomorrow and he is such a joy and blessing to our family I can't even put it into words. He is very busy but is so good, he just jabbers away at his toys and rolls all over the place to get what he needs. He is loving baby food, now he starts to get excited when I put him in his high chair to eat. He finally has a tooth poking through as of last week so that is something new. :) Tonight he was playing with Grace and being so cute that I wanted to get some pictures, well I bring the camera out and he starts pulling this cheese face whenever I would try and get him to smile for me......it was totally cracking us up.
This one is kind of a wink-wink.
He gives such good smooches these days.
She is such a great big sister, what would he do without all the girlie love this boy gets????
And you gotta love those big blue eyes. :)
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Oh when Grandma comes to town.......
There is never a dull moment when Bonnie comes to visit, that's for sure. She helped me get my decorations up.....I have not exactly been in the Christmas spirit after everyone being sick. We did some fun outings, she took the girls on individual Grandma/Granddaughter dates which they were ECSTATIC about! We got our Christmas tree, did some Christmas shopping, went to see Madagascar 2 (SO GREAT!!) went to a fun holiday festival and took the girls on a sleigh ride thing, we really just had a fun time. It was so nice for the kids to get her undivided attention when in a growing family like ours is that is hard to do sometimes. I hope you know Bonnie how much we love having you here and that we can't tell you "thank you" enough for all you do for our family. We love you tons and are so excited to be in Boise very soon. :)
Poor Haylee never left Grandmas side, I think she will be going through withdrawls very soon. :(
Gavin got some good bonding time.
Grace will forever be missing her special Grandma time.
"Love you most munch"
It doesn't take much to get this one to pose. ;)
Taking the girls on the sleigh ride.
Little man stayed behind with me in the warm building. ;)
Picking out of the tree.....
She was probably wishing this will come under the tree.
We're so funny!
Thanks Boy Scouts.
And "thank you" Santa's little helper.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
A great Thanksgiving week ends with the FLU!
Oh what a week it has been.......it's been the kind of vacation that you are wishing would last a bit longer. We had Justin off and all to ourselves for over a week and nothing on the agenda except eating lots of yummy food and traveling. We were a little spoiled and today it was hard to think that reality had to come back. :( We made the trip over to Idaho to spend Thanksgiving with Justin's family, we ended up leaving a few days before the holiday and got to enjoy a few days of rest and relaxation with just our little family which we have never really done before at the lake so that was kind of nice. Justin's Grandma is in an assisted living facility and his Uncle John brings her out to the house every afternoon to be home so we got to spend some nice time just visiting and letting the girls have a little one on one time with her. It's hard because she has lost her sight and the girls have been very hesitant of that idea and it's been strange for them to see Granny in such a different state. :( By the time we had to say "goodbye" though they were giving her hugs and talking to her like no big deal so I was glad about that. She even held Gavin a few times and got to play with him a bit.
The first day we got there we had decided we were going to take the girls to this Triple Play place where they have bowling, go carts, a water park, golf, games, all sorts of fun things. The girls were THRILLED when we pulled up and they saw where we were, all they were saying is "oh thank you, thank you"......"oh my gosh thank you Daddy"........it was the response we were hoping for. ;) They had a ball and aside from the water being cold so Gavin wanted nothing to do with it, even Justin and I had fun.
This is the mini play area for the smaller kids, it was perfect for Haylee who is a bit hesitant when it's been a while in the water.
We had a fire one night and sat out and looked at the stars, the girls were having fun with their echos....the neighbors were loving that I'll bet. :)
Little man just sits and stares, he just loves being outside.
My sweet kiddos.
Grace had checked out a cook book at school and I figured what better time to sit and bake than on vacation??? They made dough and did shapes and faces with it, they did it all themselves and did quite well. Grace even served them at the kids table for Thanksgiving dinner......sorry to all those out there that actually had to eat one, that is sort of rule of thumb in this house......when the kids have created it, the adults stay far away from it. 
Do you see why????
So next was Thanksgiving, we had two this year and both turned out very nice. Justin's Aunt Vicki made most of the dinner on Thursday, she slaved all day for us so "thank you Vicki, it was wonderful". There were lots of yummy side dishes and desserts too and I think I probably managed to eat at least half of a cherry pie...thanks Kristen. ;) Here is Justin's cousin Kristen and her "mini me" Ailey.
This is Tyler (Kristen's husband) and he loves the babies.....they are expecting baby #4 in their house. :) Congratulations guys....bring on the cousins!!!!
This is Tyler (Kristen's husband) and he loves the babies.....they are expecting baby #4 in their house. :) Congratulations guys....bring on the cousins!!!!
This is Kristen's sister Stacey and her daughter River.
Here she is with her husband John.
The cousins out throwing rocks.
Grandma and Little man.
Ellersick boys. 
Grace getting roughed up by Jackson.
The kids table.
Vicki as usual did an excellent job setting the adults table, it was so pretty and festive.
Peyton and Gavin, it will be so fun to watch these two grow up together.......right now it looks like Gavin could eat her as a snack, he is such a tank compared to her.
So sweet.....
She sits up so well and is so quiet and sweet natured.
We got some snow the day after Thanksgiving, it was just enough to play in but not enough to stay around and cause problems with driving......the best kind. :)
They did it.......
But Jackson had to do his very own.....quite determined I might add too. ;)
Grandma managed to fit in some fun Christmas crafts......
They did it.......
But Jackson had to do his very own.....quite determined I might add too. ;)
Grandma managed to fit in some fun Christmas crafts......
Justin took these pictures and I think they turned out very neat, it's such a different place in the Fall than the summer, the fog was almost eery.....and it's very quiet.
This is the house from the beach.
So it was a very fun time, we managed to have clear, dry roads and a quick trip home........."goodbye till next time girls".......
The last day we woke up to the sound of Haylee throwing up, poor little thing was like this the whole way home. :(
It was not long before Justin was joining her on the couch.
And in all that excitement, Grace lost tooth #3.......she was a bit dramatic but managed to pull it out. It was double Mom duties that day.....flu AND tooth fairy. :)
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