Christmas, Snow and Projects

Well Christmas has come in a flurry of activity and it seems to have been a great success. Here are some pictures of us opening presents at Becky's Parents house.

We celebrated Christmas Eve at our home with just the three of us. Nathan got a set of Bristle Blocks and he and dad had tons of fun putting them together and knocking them down. Here are a few pictures of us playing in the snow last week. Andy and I had fun, but Nathan wasn't too sure if he liked it being so cold.

Andy put in a pedestal sink in our bathroom. It was a quasi-Christmas present as it was unplanned and the sink had been sitting in our kitchen for the last year as he worked up the energy to put it in. But I was very pleased with the result and am glad to have it done. It makes the bathroom look very good.

Thanksgiving Weekend

I have been terribly remiss in keeping up with the latest updates on our family. Thanksgiving weekend was very full and a lot of fun. We spent Thanksgiving day at Becky's parents. Then on Friday we went to the Bridge Lighting down at the Old Cannery and the Windmill Nursery. It was a lot fun. They had fireworks and Nathan was unsure if he should laugh at the beautiful lights in the air of cry at the loud noise it was making. Here are a few pictures:

Here we are in front of the bridge after its been lit.

Here we are over at the Windmill after our trek across town.

Here are my sister Sara and her fiance Dustin hanging out with us.

On Saturday morning, Andy played football with some people at our church. Andy caught a few touchdowns. (Go Andy!!) Nathan had a blast playing on the sidelines although he did get upset when I told him he couldn't go on the field to get dad.

On Saturday afternoon we went with my parents, brother and his fiance, Margaret to get a tree. Margaret completely spoiled Nathan by holding him as much as he wanted. She said he was too cute to make walk so much.

Here is a picture of Nathan on the train that went around the farm picking up people and the trees they selected. He was so focused on it all that we were sure he was having a good time even though it was hard to get him to smile.

Here we are at the end of our journey having paid for our tree. We took this picture outside the barn.

Margaret and Dave strike a cute pose as they prepare to leave.

Finally, we finished our weekend at Andy's dad's house with Sunday Thanksgiving feast. Included in this picture are Dave, Andy, Nathan, Eve and Brandon.

This past weekend, the girls in my family got to gether for a Christmas tea at the Secret Garden here in town. Three of the girls are currently engaged. You can imagine what most of our conversation consisted of. In any case it was a blast and I am looking forward to making it a holiday tradition. From left to right, Young,(Margaret's mom), Lori (Margaret's sister), Margaret, Me, Sara, Kelly(Sara's friend) and my mom, Bertie.

Supermall Playdate

Yesterday some of the moms from my MOPS table met at the Supermall playground and we let our kids run free! It was lots of fun. It took Nathan a few minutes to warm up to all the kids running around but once he figured it out he had a blast exploring.

Here is a picture of most of the mom's that were there: Liz, Tiffany, Jenny & Nikki.

Here is a picture of Nathan and Tommy (Nikki's son). They have a lot of fun when they get together most anytime.

And of course I couldn't leave out a cute picture of Nathan as he runs around the car slide:

Puddle Jumping

The other night when the rain just wouldn't quit Nathan and I went outside in the dark to go puddle jumping. He had a lot of fun while I tried to hide under the umbrella. He got sopping wet, but he was so cute I couldn't resist showing the pictures I was able to get.

I also wanted to add a picture of Andy and Nathan up at Grandma Roxanne's house where we had an early Thanksgiving feast this last weekend.

Potty training and other dreams

For the last month, I have been trying to potty train Nathan, so that when the new baby comes I won't have to change so many diapers. I am beginning to think that it is becoming a lost cause. He has gone potty on the toilet a several times, but in the last week he has decided that going potty is just not interesting. Oh, he doesn't openly defy me, but when I say 'potty' he quietly runs into another room. Little Stinker!! Oh, well, all things come in their time. At least I have a cute picture of him sitting on his "Cars" training seat. (I won't show him this post when he gets older, I'm sure he will be very upset with me.)

Other than that, life is pretty pleasant this morning. Here are some pictures I got of Nathan playing and sitting with me.

Welcome to Our Blog!

Well, I have finally gotten around to starting a blog for our family. I guess the best place to start is with an introduction. Here is my family on our trip to South Africa a year ago. I can't believe how quickly time has flown by.

This was the first Halloween Nathan participated in. He dressed up as a dragon. We took him to downtown Sumner to the Street of Treats and he had a blast having random people hand him candy. Here's another picture of Andy and Nathan.

I can't believe how quickly the year has gone and how much Nathan has grown up. But we are getting closer to the terrible-two's and I am dreading having a newborn and two year old to deal with. Nathan has definitely started to become more demanding. His favorite word is currently "mine!" He also loves to say "hi" to strangers as I walk around the store unless of course the stranger talks back to him. Then he acts as if the person had tried to attack him. He is definitely a hard guy to read sometimes.

Andy and I are very blessed to have such a good kid and are pleased that he is our son. He makes us laugh all the time and one of our favorite things to do as we debrief our day is remember the ways Nathan made us smile.