I realize how sucky I have been lately at keeping this up. I am hoping to be much better in the coming months. I also have some very exciting news about another "project" I am starting soon too. More details later.
So, in order to catch up on the last few months of activities around here, I am just doing one big post. Sorry, but that is just how is goes around here these days.
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We haven't gotten a lot of snow this year, so when we did, we played outside as much as possible. |
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Thanksgiving was here. |
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Here is our growing boy. |
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My only "action shot" of Thanksgiving dinner. |
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Trip to Sunriver for Christmas |
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Getting bigger |
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Ice skating in Sunriver |
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Cheesy, right?! |
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They had the MOST AMAZING Santa in Sunriver. The kids (and I) loved him. He spent 10 min with the kids just talking and hugging them. It was priceless. |
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We made a gingerbread house |
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More pics of Koda. |
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We took a sleigh ride on Christmas Eve with Dave's parents. It was like being in a storybook. Sunriver is the best place to be at Christmas time. |
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Getting new Christmas p.j.s. |
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The gift of all gifts this year was a Buzz Lightyear that he had been asking for 6 months. I swear EVERYDAY the first thing he would say to us was "I get a new buzz lightyear for Christmas? I good boy." He could hardly wait for Dave to get it out of the box. |
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Addie got a new dollhouse (and some jewelry, as you can see). |
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The dog getting even bigger |
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Back to Sunriver in January |
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Took a trip to the High Desert Museum |
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Tried ice skating again |
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And brought some friends with us |
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These two were inseparable the whole time. |
Other than that we have been busy with work, preschool, swim lessons, house projects, trying to train our crazy dog, and trying to fit a date night in every once in awhile.