Family photos 2017

 A couple of months ago my friend Michelle took some family pictures of us.  She is such a talented photographer.  I absolutely love the way they turned out.  Thanks Michelle!

Christmas visit to Gramma J

 We just returned from a quick visit to Corvallis to see our favorite Gramma J. 

 The weather was sunny but cold, so it allowed us to get outside a little.  Gramma took the kids on their first bus ride into town.  They thought it was pretty cool.  Carson especially liked riding in a seat all by himself.

 Carson had a blast riding on the back of Gramma J's wheelchair.  Rylee was a little to tall to ride this year, but Carson loved "pushing" Gramma around.

 The visit was short but I think Gramma enjoyed getting some kiddo snuggles for Christmas!  And no Corvallis trip is complete without some time in the hotel pool! 

Holiday festivities

It's been a busy holiday season so far (as usual).  I had a girls night out with my friends recently and we met for dinner/ drinks and went to see Bads Mom's Christmas.  How fitting!  🙂

 Mom, Mandy and our family got together for our annual cookie baking.  Us girls started the day shopping in down town Sumner while the kids were in school.  We met up with the kids shortly after school got out and spent the rest of the night making snowballs, candy canes and magic bars.  YUMMM!

 Look at Mandy's pregnant belly!  I love it.   It's even cuter when she holds her belly and says "ho ho ho."  

 Last weekend we went out to the beach house to enjoy the sun and watch the annual Shelton boat parade.  It was cold but so beautiful.  The kids spent hours playing outside on the beach.

 We made more cookies!  This time we made sugar cookies and decorated them.  Delicious!

We watched the boat parade by a bonfire.  There were only 6 boats this year but it was still so fun to watch.

Carson also spent a lot of time fishing.  Like Father like son!

Turkey Day 2017

 We spent Thanksgiving weekend in Bend, Oregon at Lance's brother Aaron's house.  It was fun to get away for the weekend and Bend is such a fun city.  Unfortunately there was no snow yet, but we did get some sunny weather to play outside and explore a little.  We went for a family walk around the Deschutes river and I even got to do some shopping.  Score!  No tax!

 The cousins had a great time playing together.  Ace and Carson are seriously BFFs.  We are truly blessed to have such a wonderful family.  Happy Thanksgiving!

Belated birthday skating and sleepover

 I know it's really late, but we finally had Rylee's birthday sleepover.  She's been really into skating lately so she chose to take her friends to Tiffanys Skate Inn in Puyallup.  The kids had a blast skating in the black lights to the music, watching the races, and doing the hokey pokey. 

I'm not gonna lie, us mom's had fun skating too!  

After skating we went back to our house for tacos, cupcakes and lots of playtime.  There were a few arguments between the girls, but all in all they got along and had a great time.  Typical girls- always some sort of drama!  😇 The boys spent most of the night in Carson's room playing legos.

We were all tired the next day as bedtime was not until almost midnight (for the kids), and the moms stayed up even later gossiping.  Wouldn't be so bad except the boys woke up up around 7:30.  Ugh.

Here's a quick peek at the kids' sweet skating skills.  😉

Fall fun

Lance and I had a date night 💙 to see Garth Brooks at the Tacoma Dome last Saturday.  We had so much fun.  He put on a great show!

 

My girlfriends and I took all the kids to see Disney on Ice at Showare center in Kent.  The kids were all mesmerized by the Disney characters ice skating and had so much fun together watching the show. 

We had our hands full with 6 kiddos so were happy to discover that they served wine!  A must have for stressed out mommas!  🍷

We also had our first snow!  So crazy that it is snowing in early November.  So pretty.  ❅

Another video of Carson's sweet dance moves.  Unfortunately, he recently dropped out of his hip hop dance class ( he didn't like being the only boy in class).  As you can see he is pretty talented!