Snow Day

We finally made it to the snow today! We were determined to go before the end of the season. We drove out to Union Creek where they have a great field with lots of sledding hills. Liam was so happy to be in the snow. We got all bundeled up and played for an hour.

Brielle enjoyed being pulled in the sled.

Liam made his first snow angel.

Liam said his favorite part was sledding. He even went down the hill by himself!

Brielle went down a small hill by herself. She just laid on her back and smiled.

Liam loved making a snowman. We brought along some cute snowman decorations I got earlier this year. He was very happy with his new friend.

Here is a video of Liam sledding all by himself. 

Valentine's Day

This year I threw a Valentine's Day party for Liam and a few of his friends. We decorated mailboxes.

Then we passed out all of the Valentines. Liam was soooo happy to get them, especially the candy.

Here he is eating a whole box of sweet hearts.

This is a picture of Brielle on Valentine's Day.

On Valentine's Day Liam had a party at school. He got to have donuts and eat lots of candy. He loved opening his mailbox when he got home.

He checked out each card and treat.

His favorite candy was a fun dip. I used to love those when I was little.

On Valentine's Day the kids had a surprise at the front door from us.

They each got a mailbox with treats inside and a balloon attached to the flag.

Lot's of fun this year. It just keeps getting better!

Bridal Shower & Trip to LA

We went to LA recently to throw my girlfriend a bridal shower. Here are some pictures of the party. We played the game where you make bridal dresses out of toilet paper. They turned out quite cute!

She got a lot of great gifts.

This is Jessica, Mayra and me. We all went through college together.

I am excited to be the made of honor in Jessica's wedding this summer. We have been friends since 4th grade.

Graham and the kids went with me too. They stayed at our friend's house and played while I threw the shower. They have 3 kids, so everyone had a lot of fun. It was great spending the weekend with them. Unfortunately I didn't take any picture ):

We also got to go and visit our friend who had just had a baby. Liam was tired, so he squished himself behind her couch pillow and fell asleep!

It is always fun holding a new baby. He was so tiny and cute.

Birthday Week

The start of my birthday week was fun. I taught the 2nd session of my Extreme Couponing class. I had 27 people attend. I will be teaching over 10 different classes this spring around the Rogue Valley.  I started a new blog with all of my class info. If you can think of anyone who would be interested in attending.

 http://oregoncouponlady.blogspot.com

This is a really cute picture of the kids having a tea party at the new princess table we got for the playroom.

For my 29th birthday Graham took the morning off of work and we spent time together while my parents watched the kids. We went to breakfast and lunch. We walked around stores and got to relax. It great! That night we went to dinner at a Teppanyaki Grill.

They wrote Happy Birthday with a picture of a panda bear in salt for met.

Then we went home and had ice cream cake and opened presents. It was a great day! 

One of my birthday presents included some of our best friends Megan and Chad coming up to spend the weekend with us. On Saturday we all went out to dinner with my family at Olive Garden then came back to our house for ice cream cake and presents. 

All of the kids had fun helping me open up presents.

Thank you Moss Family for coming up to share my birthday with me! We had an awesome time.

Christmas

We spent Christmas Eve at Brian and Joyce's new house. We had a very nice dinner.

 

 We opened up presents. Brielle helped everyone open their gifts.

 Aunt Jamie and Uncle Pete were able to come out from New York to join in the festivities.

 Graham got a new tool for our attic project. (Graham and my dad are building out our attic into a play room.)

This is a picture of us setting out cookies for Santa. 

Both kids really wanted to eat his cookies. 

 This is our family picture from Christmas Eve.

 Here is the tree the next morning after Santa had come.

 The stockings were hung by the chimney with care...

 and filled all the way up!

The kids enjoyed a morning of opening presents from Santa and us.

Liam loved the first gift he opened and ended up playing with it for 10 minutes before he wanted to open anything else. 

We didn't have snow, but we had a beautiful sunrise. 

Brielle ripped all of her presents open and loved every minute of it.

Liam got the remote control truck he asked Santa for.

Brielle got the vacuum she wanted. Now she can vacuum just like mommy!

She also got the stroller she asked for. She is constantly trying to sit in it.

 Liam got the umbrella he asked for too.

 We had our families come join us for gift exchanges and Christmas Dinner.

So Sweet!

Daddy and the kids showing off the shirts I got them. A great time was had by all. It was the best Christmas yet. We enjoyed every minute. Our only complaint was that it was too short.

Unfortunately, we had to take our tree down the next day! We got it so early this year it was completely dried out. It was a huge mess! It took us forever to get all of the needles out of our house.