Merry Christmas!!

Here's this years Santa picture. Pretty adorable if you ask me. But I'm just their momma. :)



This year we hosted Christmas at our house. It was so nice not to have to rush from place to place. Everyone was able to come to our house and it was very relaxing.


The elfs sent an early Christmas present. Matching PJ's... monkey ones of course!


Someone wants something from Santa too.


Santa brought her a pillow pet, just what she asked for!


Izzy got one too!


Izzy LOVED opening her presents.


She LOVES her new 'car'...


...and so does Danielle. :) Thanks Gpa & Gma DeRemer


Avery & Danielle playing with their princess'.


Sweetness!


Our little family!


Christmas Dinner.


My sweet Christmas angels. :)


The girls playing with their new toys in the bath.


Toys toys toys!!

Warm Beach

We experienced Warm Beach this year and will definitely make it a tradition from here on out. It was a chilly night but we managed to dodge most of the rain. There was so much to see and do! We talked to Bruce the Spruce, went horse back riding, got faces painted, and of course grabbed apple cider donuts before our trek home. It was a wonderful holiday experience!!


Some of the scenery at Warm Beach


This tree was really neat! The picture doesn't do it justice though.


Danielle & Hayden talking to Bruce the Spruce.


Izzy enjoying the sights too!!


Danielle taking a ride on Nutmeg.


Our family with frosty.


Danielle's face painting master peice. :)

Christmas time in Seattle

We went down to Seattle one weekend in December to take in the Christmas sights. It was pouring with rain and freezing so we didn't cover much. Although we were able to experience Winterfest at the Seattle Center, and the Childrens Museum. We then had dinner with good friends. We spent the night at Nana's and went to feed the reindeer at Swansons Nursery on Sunday morning before heading home.


Watching the train.


Holiday train exhibit at the Seattle Center house.


Danielle watching some dance recitles.


Look two nutcrackers! :)


Fire chief Danielle playing at the Childrens Museum.


Danielle feeding Curly the camel, who was the reindeers 'body guard'


Dasher waiting for his apple slices.


No more apples? Guess I'll eat hay then.. dum..du..dum.. dum!


Curly the camel and Mo the donkey. Very cute pair, so fun to watch!!

Running!?!

So one of my many "new" adventures I want to accomplish is to start running. It's going as good as to be expected but I need to be more consistant at it. On December 11th I ran the Jingle Bell Run (4 mile) in B'ham. It was my first of many fun runs. My goal was to run it under an hour and I finished in 52 minutes!!
Here'a picture of me and two of my girlfriends who ran it too. We made these fancy tutu's! We definitely stuck out from the crowd. :)