Beach for New Year's

We are lucky folks who gets to spend a week and a half at the beach for New Year's. We got here the day after xmas and will be hanging out until Sunday, Jan 4th. We've been enjoying some down time at the beach house since it's been quite stormy and very windy outside. I've been able to work on Aden's quilt and also work while we're out here.

We took a trip to Tillamook on Monday and visited the cheese factory. Aden loved watching them make the cheese, he kept saying that they're like trains going down the conveyor belts. Yesterday was the best day so far, got some sunshine and the wind wasn't blowing as hard as it has been. So we bundled up and enjoyed some beach time. It was nice out there and it's always amazing to watch the huge winter waves. Aden is just in heaven, he loves it out here. We had dinner at Doug & Karly's last night and we were all up until after 1am and Aden was on the gas. It'll be another late night tonight for the New Year's eve festivities since most of our friends will be out here by then.

Christmas

We had a fun time this Christmas. On xmas eve, Jenn & Craig had us over for dinner along with the Winters'. We all then headed over for a party at the Tillett's. It was very nice to see friends and spend some time with them. On Christmas morning, Aden was so excited to open presents that he even said that he's too full to have breakfast, which of course didn't work with us and we made him eat breakfast before we opened presents. He did have a fun time opening presents and enjoyed everything he got. I failed and only took a few pictures since I had the video going the entire time. We then headed to my family's xmas celebration which was a fun time for all. It's nice to spend time with all my cousins and family. It sure makes me glad that we have a lot of kids in the family even though a lot of them are growing up way too fast!

Pioneer Square

My sister stayed with us for a couple of days during the snowstorm and on one of the days, we drove around town and headed downtown to see the big tree at Pioneer Square. It was awesome to see downtown covered in snow and the xmas lights all over the place is an added bonus. Aden had a great time sliding down the snow-covered steps at the Square. It sure got us in the holiday spirit!

Winter Wonderland

We enjoyed the 2 weeks of snow storm that hit the Portland area. We drove around quite a bit since my daredevil husband enjoys being out there in the element. I am bummed that I couldn't fit in any of my snowgear and enjoy the snow more. Darin & Aden took advantage of it everyday and played lots in the snow. Aden told me one morning that he didn't want the snow to go away. I had to explain to him how it would soon melt and he didn't like that one bit. Luckily we're out of town during the big melt, so he doesn't have to see the snow go away, he'll just come back to how it was before the snow storm hit.

Xmas Tree

We took advantage of the nice weather last Friday and picked up our xmas tree. We went to a different farm this year and it was a pretty decent and inexpensive place. Aden was so excited, he kept talking about it all day. He was glad to be out there, walking around and following dad around to get the right tree for us.

Petting the donkey was an added bonus to the excitement of getting the tree.

Aden helped Darin decorate the tree, I handed some ornaments to him to pass on to dad, but I mostly cooked dinner and enjoyed watching my boys. Aden just loves having the tree in the house, xmas will definitely get funner each year as he gets older and especially when he's able to share the excitement with his sister.