Snow Fun!

Since the snow is still around and we have been suffering from cabin fever, we decided to take the girls down to grandmas to do some sledding. We went on Friday and they loved it so much, we did it again today.

(Nobody was hurt in the making of these videos:)

A Busy Month!

Since about the week before Thanksgiving it seems as though we haven't stopped. We have been busy with some service type projects, it is very important to me to teach our children about serving others. We have been baking excessively, eating sometype of goodie almost everyday. On top of that their was shopping, which still isn't complete, getting a tree, decorating, going to the aquarium, seeing santa, making crafts, Abbys 1st birthday and now snow!
We got a tree from our normal location, JFK gardens in Maple Valley. It is different than our usual. We like the nobles, but with lots of spacing between the layers. They didn't have one like that this year and so ours is fuller, but I am finding that I like it a lot. We got the house decorated, Jer went crazy with the outdoor lights, but it looks beautiful. The girls made some ginger bread men and we put those on the tree. We have chirstmas music on constantly and it is so nice to feel the christmas spirit. We are busy this year with parties and it has been a lot of fun.
Abby turned a year last Wednesday. She is still so little and cute. We celebrated on Sunday with family. We had dinner and I made a special cake for her. It was time consuming, but I think it turned out really well.
She wasn't too into the her party. She just liked crawling around to everyone and saying hi.
Not everyone was able to come to Abbys birthday because we got SNOW!!! It was like 25 degrees so it was also frozen and icy on the roads. We missed those who weren't able to come. The girls are liking the snow, but it is so cold out that they don't last very long. They are also liking the hot chocolate that goes along with getting chilly.

5 years already?!

Jer and I cannot believe how fast the time has gone. Cassie celebrated her 5th birthday on Wednesday. She was really excited for her special day, which was fun to see. She received a lot of phone calls from Grandmas and aunts. I was really proud to hear her tell everyone 'thankyou' for wishing her a happy birthday. She was even willing to share her toys with Jessie. Cass chose spaghetti for dinner which Abby loves. She didn't want a cake, so we did ice cream sundaes instead. We also had a little party for her today. We took the girls skating and we had cousins and a few friends over. It is amazing to think about all the things that have happened in 5 years. In so many ways it has been incredibly fast and in others it seems like more time has passed than that.

Our Herd

On Saturday we participated in our ward service project, which was to clean up a park by GRCC. The girls helped pick up garbage, branches, and scrub some benches. Jer and I think that they did really well, especially since there was a playground just waiting! When we finished up there, we went to the pumpkin patch. The girls were quick this year to find their pumpkins, we were in and out, which I know Jer loved. They are really excited to carve them tomorrow. It has been a good week and we look forward to the trunk or treat and halloween coming up! YEA!

Field trip

Well yesterday we went on a field trip to V2 farms in Enumclaw with Cassie and the rest of her preschool mates and their families. It was a lot of fun! This farm has new owners who decided that their mission is to have a farm, but allow it to be open to the public so they can experience a little of the farm life. They had animals, a donkey that was so cute, a pony, two trouble making goats, chickens, pigs, horses and a dog. The kids did a hay maze, went on a hay ride, visited some teepees, picked corn and fed it to the horses and pigs, jumped on the bouncy toy, chased chickens and played some games. It was two hours of action packed excitement. Krista, a good friend of ours, went with us too. She knows farmer Andy and Jenny from a fundraiser they did this summer. I think she had as much fun (if not more) than the girls. I really appreciated all her help too!

MT SI

"Are you Crazy?" Is what Cassie might have asked me if she and we knew what we were getting into. We wanted to spend our Saturday doing something fun. We had a few ideas and somehow we decided to go on a hike. Jer suggested Mt Si and I aksed him to look it up online to see how easy it was. He got directions and we were on our way. The girls love to be outside and they like hiking. We just did not realize how grueling this hike is. It was beautiful, pretty much all up hill, lots of stairs. Not that these are bad things, just challenging when you have a 10 month old, that doesn't like her carrier, a 3 year old who wants to be carried and a five year old that is whinny. To get to the top is 4 miles but I think we are lucky if we made it to one before turning back. Abby screamed almost the entire way back. Yikes! It made me realize how out of shape I am, my legs were jello about half way back. I am sure Jer was thinking he was going to have to somehow drag me back. Don't get me wrong, we had a really good time, it was just challenging. We decided that next hike we will make sure it is family friendly, and Jer and I will conquer mt si on our own.