Christmas 2013

This Christmas was perfect.  Not only did we have a wonderful Christmas day at home with our little family, but we also got to head up to Canada the day after and celebrate with my parents and sisters and their families.  I feel so blessed to have such an amazing family!!

We went ice skating (per tradition) on Christmas Eve.  I opted not to skate (due to baby) and Kya fell and hurt her knee pretty badly.  Not our best skating experience, but I still think everyone would say they had fun...and I got a lot of my book read:)

I think the girls were the only ones that had Christmas Eve hot cocoa this year!

Mike opened his present from the Lambs and was very excited to get a puzzle to work on!!  I think it was finished by Christmas night:)

And, of course, the traditional present pictures.  Every year, I forget to add one or two presents to their pictures!!  This year one of Kya's biggest gifts got left out (her ihome).

 

Christmas Day was spent playing with toys...

 ...and of course eating turkey (even though we were going to have turkey at Mom's the day after Christmas, my kids INSISTED I make one on Christmas day too!!)

The entire visit to Canada, the only one who I got a picture of was Peeta:)  He sure is sweet sitting under Mom and Dad's Christmas tree!!

Baby Girl

Years ago I had a dream.  I had a dream that I had another baby girl.  Well, it shouldn't have come as a surprise when I found out this little baby inside me is a girl.  Yet, somehow, I was still surprised...and of course thrilled!!

The day I found out was a busy one.  I got the news while the kids were all at school and Mike was at work.  We had ballet and YW/Cubs/Activity Day that evening and Mike couldn't make it home before we had to leave, so I had to wait until 9pm to share the news!!  I did have time to make a quick trip to the grocery store to get some cookies with pink frosting and a pint stuffy.  Everyone was very excited:)

(Jordan and Kya guessed it was a girl, while Tyson, Mommy, and Daddy thought it was a boy)

 

Christmas Sunday 2013

One of my favorite days of the year is Christmas Sunday.  I love getting my kids dressed up all christmassy, taking pictures, listening to the amazing church program and remembering our Savior.

 

First Snow

Part of moving back to the northwest, was to give my kids the experience of  the seasons.  Well, they definitely got it this week!!

We woke up to a few inches of beautiful white SNOW.

Most of my pictures were taken in the dark because, yes, they were out there playing at 5:30 in the morning!!  There was a two hour delay to start school, so they had an extra long time to play!  And somehow, there is not one picture of Jordan in the snow:(

 Tyson has been DYING to have a snowball fight:)  He finally got his chance!

   

They built a snowman!!

Miley wasn't impressed!!

The kids thought it would be fun to push a snowball all the way to school to see how big it got.  They stopped pretty quickly because it got so heavy:)

 

Is there anything more fun than playing at school in the snow?! 

No Pictures

These past few weeks have been busy, I would even say exciting.  Yet, I have been so lame because there is not ONE picture to prove it.

The girls had their piano recital, where Kya's music fell on her lap while she was trying to turn the page in the middle of her performance, then she tripped when she was getting up from the piano--poor girl.  Jordan started with the wrong hand positioning, but recovered quickly and then her music got stuck in the piano.  Good times.  Just in case you wondered, despite the hiccups in the recital (not to mention a mean mom who couldn't stop laughing after Kya tripped), they are both amazing piano players:)

Tyson earned his Bobcat award in cub scouts.  He also got to make a box car and race around the church in a dangerous fashion with tons of wild boys!

We took a quick trip up to Canada to watch my nieces perform in The Nutcracker!!  We also endured the 16 degree weather up there, but missed the snow by ONE day....darn it!

Jordan performed in her choir Christmas concert...even though she was half and hour late because we were stuck in 1.5 hours of traffic on a 15 min. drive to the high school!!  Poor Tyson had to miss basketball practice and Kya had to miss gymnastics because of the nasty traffic...we never did find out what caused it.  But it was wonderful to hear Jordan sing...I'm so glad she loves singing again!

Tyson started on his very first ever basketball team!  Mike took him to the first practice, and he missed the second, but he just LOVES it! 

Mike and I celebrated our 14 year wedding anniversary...at the church while attending pack meeting and Young Mens.  Oh, but we did get out traditional cheesecake...but forgot to drink our sparkling cider (curse you Anniverary Inn for making out traditional anniversary food cheesecake and sparkling cider...it's a little sweet for a pregnant lady!!).

And, I got to hear my little girls' tiny heart beat!!  Is there a sweeter sound while you are pregnant?!  I think NOT!

So there you have it...some great photo ops, but no photos!!  I think it's time for an iphone:)  

Never Again...Well, Probably Never

So, we finally got our tree this weekend...I feel like we are the very last ones!!  And, let me tell you, while we were getting and setting up said tree, we decided next year, we would get a fake one.  Let me tell you why!

1.  We went to the first tree lot, picked out a tree similar to those we have bought it years past, then looked at the tag and it said $125!!!!!  Seriously?!  We live in WA, where all you see are trees?!  We left.

2.  Looking for a tree in WA is COLD!!  Much colder than L.A, go figure.

3.  This year we got a bigger tree, which meant heavier to carry, more difficult to get in the stand, and practically impossible to move!

4.  It took us 2 hours, to get the tree straight!!  TWO HOURS!!!  We ended up having to buy a bigger stand:(

5.  We had to wait until we all had time to go together to pick up the tree.  If it was artificial, I could have set it up a long time ago!

But, now that our tree is set up it looks beautiful (and smells divine)!  We ended up putting it in the front room because it looked to crowded in our family room.  This meant I had to put white lights on it, to match the rest of the stuff in that room.  So Jordan got her white lights after all:) 

Christmas Decorating

Maybe it's the new house, maybe it's the colder weather, or maybe it's that little one growing inside my belly...BUT whatever the reason, it has taken me forever to get the Christmas decorations up this year!  And I'm still not done!!  And we haven't even got the tree yet!!  Here's a little of what we've got going on.

I did the front room all red and silver with white lights, mostly for Jordan's benefit, since she is horrified that I want colored lights on the tree (It just feels more Christmassy to me with all the colors)!!

The family room is where we'll put our tree, so it will be all colored lights:)  Here are the new Nutcrackers my mom gave me when I was home.

Regardless of whether my house is in order, it's super chilly and chirstmassy outside!!  All that frost, almost looks like snow:)

You May Want to Sit Down For This...

We are still a little in shock....

...yet very excited...

...to announce....

...after an EIGHT year hiatus....

...we are expecting baby #4!!

Due May 25th, 2014