Christmas in Oregon

Everett and his sword

Twas the night before Christmas
Santa Came!
Christmas rainbow
Santa got what I wanted! a trash truck!

Is this what I think it is!? An ELMO!!!
"Here's how you load the trash Reagan"
trying out the new wheels
Strategy central
Fish at the aquarium made out of ocean trash
yo, what's up!?

Run Sarah, the crabs are going to get you!

Whale skeleton made of ocean trash
Newport

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tillamook cheesemakers
Tillamook Cheese factory

Christmas cookies

I had a playgroup cookie exchange for Sarah, and I was in charge of cookies for Sean's class party. Their were a lot of reindeer made the day before...!

Sean's Christmas Pageant

The church's new hall
Circle time before the performance
Sarah wanting to join into circle time

Sean had his Christmas pageant and was an angel. He was sick, and as Sean put it, "his energy was broken".

Meeting Santa

Sean and Sarah did great. Sean told Santa that he wanted a green side loader trash truck and an elmo doll for baby Sarah.

Christmas Card Lane

A favorite of ours, Christmas Card lane, where a bunch of houses get very serious with their christmas decorations. Sarah got in the front seat and had a blast!

The Beach in December!

We had a weekend in the high 70's this weekend so went to the beach with the kids!

Sarah is Walking!

On Nov. 31st something clicked with Sarah and instead of taking 3 or 4 steps, she started slowly walking across the room!

Our life recently

Getting ready for Christmas. Sean and I made a gingerbread train. Here is our stockings

This is after Thanksgiving dinner. Tryptophan setting in.
Aaron and Sean went to Legoland. Legoland got to try a new ride now that he's 3!


Anne, Adrian and Emma came over for dinner. Here are the kids playing...
Our Family at the zoo


Passion fruit from our yard. Both the kids love it!
Our border flower that is very hearty, called Madeira
Our Bottle Palm we've had for 5 or 6 years. This is the first year it's going to flower. We went to the botanical gardens and noticed ALL of the bottle palms are flowering this year.