Had a great time going downtown, spending the day with friends Beck and Luke at the kids museum. This is Papa's chair from Goldilocks and the Three Bears...
Spent alot of time in the new Curious George exhibit.. maybe too much time, from the looks of your left hand placement.
Luke and Austin building their own house.
Andrew's team went undefeated (2 yrs. in a row now) with an 8-0 record. Andrew's a great rebounder (height is in his favor right now), ball-handler and has a mean shot (made a last second March Madness type 3 pt. shot at the half-time buzzer in the last game). It helps that he pratices non-stop. When he's not at school you can find him on our cul-de-sac hoop taking on DJ and his friends. Coaches: Dad and Mr. Simpson.
Favorite thing to do right now: Practice dunks on the adjustable hoop and video tape on the FLIP.
Season's almost over... Now, on to baseball! Austin hanging out in the dugout.
Santa brings Austin his very first bike...Spiderman no less...
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. 
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"
He didn't exactly sing many of the songs but he sure looked cute up there!
The boys really dislike getting "dressed up" but for this occasion - Thanksgiving at Grandpa's golf club, they didn't complain! They knew they could go back to the buffet table as much as they wanted. We're thankful for the many blessings in our lives & love this time of year, spending as much time as we can with family and friends.
Grandma Burnett with the boys outside - Inglewood golf course behind them.
Attempting to get a photo we can use for our Christmas card... they won't be dressed up again anytime soon!
Would have been a nice Christmas picture... for every good picture, get about 10 blurry ones!
Merry Christmas everyone!
We first saw a Great Wolf Lodge last year when visiting Uncle Mike & Aunt Cynthia in Dallas. You could see the amazing indoor water park of the hotel from the outside. The boys were thrilled that one opened up an hour from us in Olympia, WA. We stayed one night (which is plenty!) Super fun place for kids!
Checking out the ice-cream parlor at the hotel
The highlight of the boys stay here was the magic quest game. The waterpark is the obvious big draw here (ask DJ & Andrew about the Tornado & you'll get a tutorial) but we highly recommend doing the magic quest. You each get a magic wand with your info. downloaded into it (for only $24.99!) Surprisingly, it was worth every penny - you get to walk around the hotel looking for the clues, treasure, etc. to complete each adventure. They took their job seriously of becoming master magi (takes 4 to 8 hours) & they did it in 3 1/2. 
Checking out the hotel's arcade
Back at home... the fun continues. Indoor snow-boarding, skate-boarding,?
Perfecting his technique.
Halloween party at Austin's preschool
Spiderman visiting Andrew's class Halloween party. 2nd graders aren't allowed to wear 'masks' so Andrew found this wig and went the clown route.
Austin trick-or-treating with his buddies, Beck and Luke
Rained ALL day, non-stop on the 31st... until about an hour before dark & then much to our surprise it ended up being a great night to trick-or-treat. Austin was a trooper trying to stay out as late as his big brothers.
Halloween isn't complete until the neighborhood candy-trade at the end of the night. Gotta maximize how much "good" candy you end up with! 
