A White Christmas!

What a way to start off the holidays... 3 days before Christmas school break it starting snowing... and never seemed to let up!! The kids were thrilled they got 3 'snow days' in a row. They'd wake up extra early, turn on the news just to make sure school was closed... so much for sleeping in!

Snow fort time!

'Twas the night before Christmas'..... setting out milk and cookies for Santa

Sweet Celtics jerseys... thanks Grandma & Grandpa Moore! Let's see if the Celts can pull out another championship next year.

Santa brings Austin his very first bike...Spiderman no less...

Dave horsing around with the boys.... sometimes I forget I have 4 boys, not 3!
Austin proudly showing me what he made at school.... he really got into Christmas this year! Helping decorate the tree and pointing out which ornaments belonged to who.. basically, any of them he really liked were "his"

From left to right... Uncle Jim, Aunt Sue, Grandma great, G-pa Steve, and G-ma Peg opening presents together after our Christmas honey-baked ham dinner. The weather was treacherous today and we really thought Christmas dinner with everyone wasn't in the plans. Everyone braved it though and made it here safely despite the scary roads!

My cousin Ashley's & Alan's little girl, Ava. She looked so cute in her holiday dress... same age as Austin & we're so glad they live close by and not 'way over in Seattle' like they used to!

Love this picture of my grandma.. we used to make this 'christmas tree' appetizer every year when I was a kid. Aunt Sara had the great idea to get all the stuff for this year....Very cool to see DJ making this with Great-Grandma.

Getting Ready for the Holidays

Santa took some time out of his busy schedule to stop by the Microsoft campus. We grabbed dad out of the office and stepped over to see Santa! Austin, who is NEVER at a loss for words, until now, didn't even tell Santa what he wanted this year... but he was a great listener. Told us right away that Santa told him his reindeer love carrots and to please leave some in the backyard on Christmas Eve.

Sara and I celebrating Mom's birthday - "girls only" - we had so much fun! Uncle Pat was in on the surprise as well. Won't say which b-day we're celebrating.....suffice it to say she looks fabulous. Started out at the spa Saturday afternoon, checked into the Westin (downtown Bellevue), got ready for dinner while having some bubbly, then walked over to Seafood 0/8 for dinner... it was beautiful downtown with snowflake lane going on and all the Christmas lights. Breakfast and shopping in the morning! Happy Birthday - we love you.

"Our Angel"

Getting ready for his preschool Christmas program
He didn't exactly sing many of the songs but he sure looked cute up there!