Happy Anniversary?

Well, Matt and I celebrated our 11th year anniversary but it wasn't much of a celebration. I spent the whole day puking or sleeping. Being sick is so not fun, especially when you wanted to go out and celebrate.  I wanted to post some wonderful things about my husband, but for now I'll just let you watch this video that Matt made for me a few years ago. If you haven't seen it before, or even if you have, you should take a minute to watch it. It's sooooooo romantic! Just click here.

Christmas Eve and Christmas Day

This was the 1st year we stayed in Spokane for Christmas since we moved here. Since we couldn't be with all of our family, we wanted to make it fun and memorable and maybe start some new traditions. We decided to get together with the Buers on Christmas Eve and have a fondue party. It was fun and plenty of food for everyone. We made a cheese sauce and a chocolate sauce. 

Afterwards the Buers joined us in a little Christmas program. Reagan played us a couple of Christmas songs on the piano, Kelsey sang Jingle Bells, and Matt sang and played his guitar. Then we all sang some songs together. 

After the Buers left, the girls got to open up their traditional one present before getting ready for bed. Brand new pajamas! Reagan and Kelsey also got new robes this year. Gwyn loved her Yo Gabba Gabba  pj's, Kelsey loved her Hannah Montana pj's and Reagan loved her pj's as well. 

Here's some pictures of Christmas morning. It's always just as fun for the parents as is for the kids. 

And here's some pictures of the kids playing with some of their new presents. Even Maya was playing with her new toy. It was a pretty relaxing day after that. 

     

Snow fun

Here's a few pictures of all the girls playing in the snow.

Family Pictures

Matt took our family pictures this fall. Check it out!

"Mt. Rainier called...

...and said it wanted it's snow back!"

That was Matt's joke first thing this morning. 

This is what it looked like out our backdoor:

It started snowing yesterday morning about 6 a.m. and didn't stop until this evening. Spokane hit a record of 19" during the first 24 hours. This afternoon Reagan and Kelsey played in the snow that measured 26" for about 2 hours.  

Maya likes playing in the snow too. She was playing in the footprints that Reagan and Kelsey left behind. She would probably get lost if she wasn't in their trail.

Matt was dying to take a flying leap into the snow. 

This is what Matt said about global warming: 

"Yeah the polar bears are moving south... they're coming to Spokane!"

and

"Let's go to the park to feed the birds... they're penguins!"

He tells these jokes to get a big laugh out of Reagan. She's thinks he's just hilarious.

Luckily Gwyn was taking her nap. The snow would have gone over her head! She does like playing in the snow though. This is about 24 hours earlier. I let her play outside for 15 minutes or so yesterday. What a difference 24 hours of continuous snow can make!

Christmas Cookie decorating

Every year I make holiday cookies for the girls to decorate. The last couple of years I've done Halloween cookies and this year I did Christmas cookies. I let them invite a couple of friends over to help them. They like decorating them almost as much as they like eating them. 

Does anyone have a good sugar cookie recipe? Matt likes them to be soft and chewy and for some reason the ones I make are always crunchy, even if I take them out a little early. 

Kelsey update

Kelsey got her blood checked again and her platelets went up 40,000 in 2 weeks! It's now up to 53,000! Yay!!! I'm so glad to know it's going up on it's own and that she's out of the "danger zone." Only 100,000 or more to go. 

What do you think?

A friend of mine says that Matt reminds her of The Edge from U2. Matt says it must be his awesome guitar skills that makes the resemblance. Here's a picture to compare. (I'm sure I could've found a better picture but I didn't want to spend all day looking). What do you think?

Christmas Tree

Here's a few pictures of us decorating the Christmas tree. 

Gwyn found the stockings. What else do you do with stockings? Put them on, of course. 

Kelsey got to put the angel on this year. 

The best thing I like about having a Christmas tree is waking up in the morning with the Christmas lights on. 

Gwyn's 2nd Birthday!

Gwyn turned 2 last week. She had a "Yo Gabba Gabba" birthday. This is Yo Gabba Gabba.  It's a kids show on Nick Jr. Most people I ask have never heard of it. 

Gwyn is obsessed with Yo Gabba Gabba. Gwyn got lots of Yo Gabba Gabba toys and Foofa (the pink one) and Brobee (the green one) cupcakes. I thought they turned out pretty good. Gwyn knew who they were anyways. 

Grandma Marini was here and we also had a few friends over to help us celebrate. Here's a few pictures of Gwyn with her presents and eating her birthday cupcake. You can tell how excited she is. I just can't believe she 2.