Friday, January 6

Christmas Fun

It’s been a busy holiday season with lots of family and snow! My parents drove up to spend 5 nights with us for Christmas and then for New Years we spent the weekend with Todd’s family. We unusually had snow both holiday weekends!

 

Tree Farm

First is started with the wet weekend cutting down our Christmas tree. It’s a tradition to go tree hunting with our friends who also live right across the street. Ruby had fun running around with Breanna chasing her.

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Eagles

A couple days before Christmas we drove up the mountain with my parents hoping to see a few eagles. We saw about 2o that day!

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Christmas Eve

After our Christmas Eve church service we opened stockings. This has always been a tradition for us.

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Christmas Day

After breakfast and the Christmas Story (read from the Jesus Storybook Bible) the girls enjoyed opening their gifts. We also exchanged gifts with my parents this year. That evening we drove around to see a few Christmas lights.

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New Years Fun

The kids had lots of fun playing together. It gets better every year! Ruby was fun to watch this year, she would scream with excitement while opening each gift :)

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Wednesday, November 30

Pumpkin Patch & Halloween

We took the girls to our friend’s family pumpkin patch again this year. The off-roading wagon ride was great and petting the animals were highlights of our visit.

For Halloween Ada was Aurora from Sleeping Beauty and Ruby was a cranky strawberry. I could not get Ruby to smile for me picture after picture… until Todd got home from work :)

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Seattle Zoo: Pt 2

A few more pictures of the very full, but fun day.

The last picture is what we found when we got back to the hotel. They turned her nightgown and blanket into a swan. Ada loved it :)

Tropical Asia

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Wetlands & Temperate Forest

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Tropical Rainforest

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Bug World/Family Farm/Reptile House

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