Shore Acres, Pt. 1
During Christmas break the kids got to go with Grandma and Grandpa Annie and Auntie Kaeley to see the lights at Shore Acres State Park near Coos Bay. This has become a yearly tradition that both kids get so excited to do.
They get to go to Mo’s in Florence for lunch…
Watch waves come crashing in at Shore Acres…
and then walking around and looking at lights…
and getting a lift with Grandpa…”
MLK Day 2012
“Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase. “
The Day After
One more day of Christmas celebrating…Danny’s Dad came up and spent the day with us on the day after Christmas.
Of course more presents!
It was a nice relaxing time after a busy couple of days…
Christmas Day 2012
Ahh, Christmas morning…it came very early at our house. The kids woke up initially around 4:00 am. Since Auntie Kaeley was staying at our house, Grace was sleeping on the floor in Owen’s room…One woke up, so did the other. I got up and told them they needed to go back to sleep…
There was sneaking downstairs to check on the status of the stockings…(They were full!!) How could they possibly go back to sleep.
I got up to put the cat out…and dozed until about 7:45
We could put them off no longer…
I got up and made sticky buns
The kids got to open their stockings.
It was discussed later that Mommy and Daddy had been naughty because our stockings were empty…Owen thought it was because I had gone downstairs early (to let the cat out)…until I pointed at that he had too…then he didn’t really have a good reason.
Then it was present time…
Lots of books:)
Then special time building legos with Daddy
and building the solar system
And even thought it was a holiday…still got to do the breathment matreatment…in a Santa hat watching “A Christmas Story”
In the afternoon we headed to my Aunt’s house to have Christmas dinner with my Grandma and my Dad’s side of the family. After that my folks came back to our house to open even more presents!
And we had the sweetest little sleepy-head…Christmas is hard work
Such fun, but exhausting!
Christmas Eve 2012
On Christmas Eve afternoon we traveled down to Eugene to have chowder at Danny’s grandparent’s house. It was a fun time to see lots of Danny’s family and visit, even if for just a little while.
The kids had fun opening presents…they had been waiting forever!
Duck gear! They loved wearing it for the Rose Bowl:)
It was fun to watch them get so excited.
Woohoo, a Duck pillow pet:)
Snugs with Mommy:)
After Great Grandma and Grandpas we headed over to Grandma and Grandpa Ruby’s to visit with more of Danny’s family…
Owen was super excited about the tractor!
We got to see the cousins/nephews:)
And I just had to add this one:)
After all the Christmas Eve celebrations my sis came back home with us so that she could be at our house Christmas morning to watch the kids open up their stockings and presents (and help us eat sticky buns).
Best Christmas Present Ever
Before school got out for break, Grace brought home lots of schoolwork. One thing she brought was this paper she had written about the Best Christmas Present Ever…
My Best Christmas Present ever
I will never forget when I got my best Christmas present ever. It was Christmas day. I was in my Grandma’s living room opening presents with my family.
I opened the bag with my best present ever! It was red with black spots. It was very soft. It was a circle with a rectangle. It was about as big as my shirt. It was a LadyBug PillowPet! I was very, very happy!
I said thank you to Grandma and Grandpa. I hugged my Pillow Pet.
The End
Merry Christmas 2011!
Luke 2:4-20
4 So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. 5 He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. 6 While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, 7 and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.
8 And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. 9 An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. 10 But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. 11 Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. 12 This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”
13 Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,
14 “Glory to God in the highest heaven,
and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.”
15 When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.”
16 So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. 17 When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, 18 and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. 19 But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. 20 The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.
Christmas Tree Hunting
Last weekend we went to a local tree farm to find our tree.
Waiting for the tractor ride to go find a tree…
Waiving…
Riding on the tractor/trailer
Decorating
Watching movies after a long…cold…day
The Christmas Story
This is pretty sweet, I love their little voices…and following the “star”.
Carving Pumpkins
We carved our pumpkins on Saturday.
These are our pumpkins. I got the three white ones on the last field trip with my class. The taller one on the left is on that Grace got on her field trip and the darker orange pumpkin is the one that Owen got on his field trip. The other three were from the garden of some of our friends.
They dove in. Owen does not like the feeling of pumpkin goo, Grace loves it. One of the surprises of our children:) Grace actually cleaned out all of hers and most of Owen’s.
This was the picture Grace drew of what she wanted her Jack-o-Lantern to look like.
