Instead of doing a few small posts, I thought I would do one big post for the last week or so. Last weekend, our good friend Erin took our family pictures for us. We went down by the train tracks here in Snoqualmie. It was really windy and so we weren't sure what the pictures would turn out like but we were very happy with the results. Issy was a trooper although she was freezing and Erin did a great job capturing us. Thanks Erin!:) Here are some of our favorites!
On Wednesday before Thanksgiving we invited Ty's parents and sisters down and we all went out to eat at Mike's up here on the Ridge. It was nice to spend some time with them since we wouldn't be at their house for Thanksgiving this year. We all came back and played some games and had a nice evening. Then our neighbors and buddies, the Simons came over and we watched Get Smart. Let me explain what our movie experience was like. Ty fell asleep the first ten minutes. Then half way through Nick decided to go home. Jen and I were left to watch the movie and we cracked up the whole time. We really enjoyed the humor even if our husbands didn't. Thanks Jen for the laughs!:)
Thanksgiving morning Ty woke up and went and played Turkey Bowl with the guys from our ward and the neighboring ward. He said he had a great time with all those men. He was sure sore later though. In the afternoon after watching some football we headed to my parents house for dinner with them, my sister, her boyfriend and our friend the Flowers. We all ate some great turkey thanks to my dad. We also had ham, rolls, and all the stuffings of a good Thanksgiving dinner. After we stuffed ourselves, we all looked at adds for Black Friday and talked and had a nice evening together. Happy Thanksgiving!:)
Friday early morning I got up and picked up my friends Marlo and Amanda and we braved the crowds at six in the morning at Target. We actually had a really fun time. I never knew I could run into many old friends at 6 in the morning at Target. It was great to see my old friends Alisha and Tamie. After Target, we headed to Bath and Body Works, Ross, Michaels and Lowes. We all got a lot of shopping done and were home by 10:30am. I thought I would be really tired but I wasn't. So, Ty got out all our Holidays bins and Issy and I decorated while Ty ran and did some shopping of his own. When he got home we put up our Christmas Tree and decorated it as well. This was the first year Issy really enjoyed doing all the ornaments. It was a great family time!
My mom then came out and her and I went to one of my oldest and closest friends Aubrey's baby shower. She lives in San Fran. with her hubby and this is their first baby. Her parents still live out here in North Bend. Her sister does as well and gave her shower for her. There was a pirate theme and they are having a boy. It was great to see Aub again and spend some time celebrating with her.:)
Mom and I came back to my house and her and dad watched Issy and Ty and I headed to our wonderful friends the Reynolds house for some annual monthly games. I say annual because we always love getting together to play games together. Sommer's very nice father was there and joined us for some Metro and Pirates Cove. Thanks Reynolds for always giving us a fun time when we go over there.:0)
Saturday we relaxed all morning and then we headed out for some more Christmas and grocery shopping. In a five hour period, we hit Safeway, Target, Old Navy and Petco. We also headed over to Bellevue Square and met up with my parents for some dinner and shopping. Ty likes me to show him stuff I like for Christmas, take pictures of the items and then pick what he wants to get me from those items for Christmas. Kinda funny, I know! So, we went around the mall and had fun enjoying the hussle of the Holidays. Ty's family and my sister and her boyfriend then met us with my parents at the mall to watch the Snowflake Lane show that they have there. They have drummers come out and play Christmas music and they light up the buildings with colors and it is just a fun Christmas experience. Issy loved it! It was a great night!:)
We ended the weekend on Sunday with a nice dinner at our friends the Christensens. They also had our other friends the Jones over and it was nice to have all the kids play together for a while so us adults could talk and hang out. It rounded out one busy but happy weekend!:)
Ty, Issy and I ventured home from his parents and we got Santa's plate all ready with a big cookie for him, carrots for his reindeer and some milk also. Issy also drew Santa a picture!:)
We woke up Christmas morning to more snow. Yeah a White Christmas! Also, to a lot of presents from Santa. We had a great morning just the 3 of us opening presents and hanging out.:)
We got all showered up and dressed and headed out in the wintery weather to my parents house for the rest of the day. We spent the rest of the day opening presents, eating good food, playing games and just relaxing and having a wonderful Christmas day. Some of the highlights were when Issy opened her big pony from grandpa and grandma she says, "Oh my gosh, this is what I always wanted!" We got a good crack up at that. This followed later when shed opened a play cash register and stood up stone faced and put her hand out to my sister. She then said, "Give me your money!" Gotta love what kids are learning at a early age. Thanks, mom, dad, sissy and grandma for a fun and nice Christmad day!:)
Merry Christmas Everyone!:)
