Hard to believe how fast December is going. We have had a ton of fun and crammed in a lot of great activities already!
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| Note Kate and I were alone in this bed, the amount of space I had...the small spot to left in the photo. My little snuggler! |
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| We even managed to go to a Seahawks party down here! Our friends family were in town and the brother in law is a huge Hawks fan. We managed to enjoy celebrating a W together. Kate even got a makeover from 6 year old Lilah, she was thrilled |
Last day of gymnastics - ta da. Kate brought little cards for each kid and handed them out at the end.
Breakfast with Santa
Our HOA did a fun breakfast with Santa thing
Cookie decorating
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| Santa performed the telling of the Night Before Christmas |
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| It was a fun family event. |
Church Santa Pics
Right after breakfast with Santa we ran to our church and got more pics with Santa and did fun crafts.
Sirens with Santa
Our local fire/police work together to host a big parade called Sirens with Santa. They collect toys for tots and have all kinds of emergency vehicles with sirens blaring and one decorated sleigh with Santa. It was a pretty fun outing.
This house (above video) is less than .5 miles from our house, it does a huge light show/display every year. Pretty fun to see.
We headed to WA for the weekend and were able to get in to see our favorite Santa, this year they also took these additional pics of the kids.
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| Same Santa for our 5th year |
| Cookie Decorating |
While I was sad to miss cookie day in WA this year I did have each kid pick out a type of cookie they wanted to make with me. Lucy went for chocolate chips with mint M&Ms, Kate did gingerbread cutouts and Jaydon picked snicker doodles. I then made no bake cookies for Jeremy and he got in on the decorating action.
Kate's Christmas Concert
We got ourselves on the wrong side of the sanctuary but Kate enjoyed her Christmas concert and I attempted to get a couple pics.
Croatian Hall Santa Dinner
Immediately after Kate's concert we ran to the Croatian Hall to enjoy a lovely dinner and visit with Santa. The kids had fun playing with their friends and we enjoyed another lovely meal and socializing time. Above Kate with her friend Gavin. Below Lucy with Lilah and Mia.
Jaydon with Marco, Mateo and Luca
The kids sing some songs and in order for Santa to arrive they have to sing really loudly because he gets lost. It was great.
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| Sharing the mic or just trying not to be the one holding it at the end. |
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| Santa! |
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| Kate was thrilled, Lucy was not happy. Also we found out about 7 hours later that Lucy had the flu so that may have contributed to her not being super happy. |
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| Yummm...dessert |
The 5 of us
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| Our friends Erica, Lilah and Gavin |
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| All of us together with Santa |
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| As I mentioned Lucy came down with the flu, poor girl it always hits her hard and she can't seem to stop throwing up until she gets a zofran in her system. I had neglected to take pics the week before when both Jaydon and I came down with the 12 hour flu! So at this point Jeremy fought it hard and seems to have been successful and I can only hope that Kate doesn't get it. |
| Hard to believe it is only about half way through December - we have had a lot of fun so far! |
