B.P.'s Reach Out....Jeff's truck is packed with food, clothing, and toys for 3 needy families in Whatcom County. This has become a tradition at our house....unfortunately Hailey and I couldn't go because she had a basketball game right in the middle of the delivery time.
Gotta have a picture of those cute little ruffle buns :-) These are 2 of my favorite 3 month pictures of my sweet little niece!
We got to babysit her during her big brothers birthday party one day...so fun to have a baby around again...I could so adopt a little munchkin...I think!
And this is Jeff's new baby....seriously...he was woodworking and heaven forbid that it would get any dust on it! He had to bring it into the house-ha!
We tore into our 4th bedroom (quite literally) ripping out the carpet and padding and all the trim. We installed new flooring, painted the walls (Taylor chose the color), and Jeff sanded, varnished and glossed new trim for Taylors new room. We had to get a blind for in there too. So this was her Christmas gift this year! One morning I went in her room and found these notes all over the boards....Micah had been busy measuring and Hailey was writing all the numbers down for him-hillarious!
The kid is in heaven! This is his kind of fun...power tools, hammers, boxes, and wood!
Gotta have a picture of those cute little ruffle buns :-) These are 2 of my favorite 3 month pictures of my sweet little niece!
We got to babysit her during her big brothers birthday party one day...so fun to have a baby around again...I could so adopt a little munchkin...I think!
And this is Jeff's new baby....seriously...he was woodworking and heaven forbid that it would get any dust on it! He had to bring it into the house-ha!
We tore into our 4th bedroom (quite literally) ripping out the carpet and padding and all the trim. We installed new flooring, painted the walls (Taylor chose the color), and Jeff sanded, varnished and glossed new trim for Taylors new room. We had to get a blind for in there too. So this was her Christmas gift this year! One morning I went in her room and found these notes all over the boards....Micah had been busy measuring and Hailey was writing all the numbers down for him-hillarious!
The kid is in heaven! This is his kind of fun...power tools, hammers, boxes, and wood!
The Sunday after Christmas we headed up to Mt. Baker to go sledding. It was a gorgeous day and I found myself so glad that we had made the effort. Sometimes it is hard to give up the day...especially when you are prone to motion sickness! But the memories are well worth it! We had a hot dog and bratwurst roast up there and then enjoyed an afternoon of sledding! 
Now seriously...who wouldn't want to live here? You don't have to deal with snow...eh hem dear Ten Pas family in Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin :-) And besides you get awesome views like this one every day!
Christmas day...delightful...sunny....relaxing...need I say more?
I don't know how she can stand to wear those.....I was hard for me to even buy them for her :-)
Christmas Eve...surprise! For Dad & Mom's 40th anniversary they decided to surprise all of us....Mom wrapped up some unusual items....like I got a package of ALL laundry detergent, Jeff got a wooden letter R, Micah got a Dick Jane and Sally book called GoGoGoing, Macy got a candle that said....in my mommy's birthday month...Jeannie got a frame with my parents' wedding picture in it...anyway, you get the picture....the last clue was a picture of a barn....so I say....you are taking us to a hay mow? Rewind...try again....you are taking us to Maui? Yep! Whoa...no way....I can't believe you planned all this without letting on at all....I could never keep an exciting secret like that! Maybe age would help a bit-ha!
Even time for a gingerbread house!
