Sorry I am slow!!

I was slow to post our Christmas photos & videos. I posted a few below on their original dates, so make sure you scroll down to see them all if you haven't visited in awhile!! Sorry!

Surprise Snow!!

Well, when the weathermen DON'T predict it, that's when it comes!! I went into Molly's room to put her down for a nap and when I came out 10 minutes later, the ground was white!! It snowed all through Molly's nap and boy, did she wake up to a surprise! She had a great time playing in the snow for the first time. We ventured over to Grandma Jan's house (Matt was stuck in terrible Portland traffic for HOURS. He finally had to ride the Max and the WES train to get to Tigard.) Here are some pictures and a video from our beautiful day. It is supposed to all melt tonight, but it was fun while it lasted!!

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[caption id="attachment_715" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="I guess it is fun!!"][/caption]



[caption id="attachment_717" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="What a fun day!! More on Picasa, click on this photo!!"][/caption]

Molly & Marimbas!!

While Ivan, a Rwandan student, was visiting my parents, we attended a practice by Kukuva, a marimba band that the principal of my school belongs to. Molly loved the music!! When the band stopped playing, Molly would sign "more" and say "Please, please!" She danced and sang along. They kindly let her play along with them and she had a blast!! Our little musician!! Here is Kukuva's website if you are interested: http://kukuva.com/ They are fantastic!!

Molly's Christmas!

Molly had such a wonderful Christmas!! Here are some photos & a little video to tell the story. A lot of the photo credits go to my brother Matt. Thanks Uncle Matt!

[caption id="attachment_729" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Dancing with Snoopy on Christmas Eve."][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_730" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Why isn't anyone else dancing??"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_731" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Running to see what Santa brought!"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_732" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Wow!! A GloDoodle!!"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_734" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="I love it already!!"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_735" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="I love Christmas!"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_736" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Who needs toys when you have wrapping paper?!! Click on this one for more photos on Picasa!"][/caption]

Merry Christmas!! One more Elf dance!!

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Do you Believe?

I heard from a couple of friends about the Polar Express train in Hood River. It sounded like a fun Christmas activity. I know Molly is kind of young for it this year, but I figured all the adults would have fun too. So yesterday Grammy, Grandpa, Grandma, Molly, Matt & I made our way to Hood River to ride the Polar Express!

Molly had a great time on her very first train ride. She also loved the hot chocolate & cookies! She was not too impressed with Santa though! Santa gave Molly a bell, which she loved to shake. We sang Christmas carols & read the book the Polar Express.  All in all it was a fun activity and I know Molly will love it even more in the future.

[caption id="attachment_721" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="All Aboard the Polar Express!!"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_722" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Hot! Hot! Hot! Hot Chocolate!!"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_724" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Fun with Grandma!"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_725" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Checking out the bells Santa gave her."][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_726" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Daddy's little girl!! More on Picasa: click on this photo!"][/caption]

Happy Christmas Eve! Those silly elves again!!

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Elf Yourself!!

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Christmas Card 2009

Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas!!

December has been a busy month!! Having a 16 month old at Christmastime has been such fun. Molly LOVES Christmas lights & Christmas trees, Christmas music & Christmas cookies!! She "shows" us the Christmas lights out front and our Christmas tree several times a night. The only thing she wasn't a big fan of was Santa..... She would NOT sit on his lap! She did want to give him a high five though!! Here are some recent photos of our December adventures so far. More to come!!

[caption id="attachment_668" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Zoo lights!!!"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_669" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="More Zoo lights!"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_670" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="In front of our Christmas tree"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_671" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Not a fan of Santa..."][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_672" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Maybe a high five, though!!"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_673" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Maybe I'll stand by Santa, but i WON'T smile."][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_674" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="One more high five though!!"][/caption]

Thanksgiving!!

We hope you had a great Thanksgiving with your families.We have so much to be Thankful for this year. It is wonderful to have a day to count our blessings and be with the ones we love. We also spent this Thanksgiving thinking of our family & friends who are far away, but always in our hearts. We love you guys!

We had a great Thanksgiving here at our house. Brian, Sabrina, Mom & Dad came over, so it was just a small group this year. We had lots of good food and football, though! Molly actually fell asleep while eating Thanksgiving dinner!! We got it on video! So cute! I guess Turkey does make you sleepy!!

Here is the video & some pictures!



[caption id="attachment_651" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Our turkey!! Yum!!"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_652" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Dinner time!"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_653" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Sleepy girl!"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_654" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="What a little ham!"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_656" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Being silly with grandma!"]

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Kissing someone!

[caption id="attachment_661" align="alignnone" width="472" caption="Enjoying Thanksgiving cookies from Grandma!! Can't you just see her say "Are you sure I can eat this?!" Then the licking began!"][/caption]

Random photos and a funny video!

I have been meaning to share these photos for awhile now. Here are a few I have taken over the past month or so:

 

[caption id="attachment_646" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="This is usually where you will find Molly & Cassie around 6 PM every night. Waiting for Daddy at the window!! So cute!"][/caption]

 

[caption id="attachment_637" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Gig 'em Aggies!!"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_638" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Cassie begging for Molly's cracker!"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_639" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Wearing Daddy's shoes"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_640" align="alignnone" width="553" caption="Saying "up"! Her favorite word right now!"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_641" align="alignnone" width="553" caption="Daddy's girl!! Click on this one for more on Picasa."][/caption]

And last night Molly thought it was hysterically funny that Cassie wanted her cookie! She was laughing uncontrollably when Cassie would sit pretty or move her head up for the cookie! It was so cute, I just had to get my camera!! Enjoy the giggles!!

Trick-or-Treat!!

We had a fun Halloween around the Hughart household!! It was a relaxing day full of college football victories (Yay Beavers & Aggies!!). Then we had a night full of Halloween fun! Molly Trick-Or-Treated a few neighbor houses. She was a puppy dog this year! Since that is the only word she will say, we thought it seemed fitting. I don't think she knew quite what to think, but she LOVED to walk up to the porches!! After we got home, our house was bombarded with Trick-Or-Treaters. We even had to dig into the "Back Up" bag of candy! Molly really liked to watch out the window for the kids, the she would squeal to let us know they were there. She would stand behind me and wave to all the kids. We gave out a LOT of candy! Here are a few pictures and a video. More on Picasa: click on the last photo. We hope you had a very Happy Halloween!!

 

[caption id="attachment_623" align="alignnone" width="574" caption="Happy Halloween!!"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_624" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="It is hard work to walk in this costume!!"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_625" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="So cute from the back!"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_627" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Trick-Or-Treating with Daddy!"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_628" align="alignnone" width="574" caption="Waiting for the Trick-or-Treaters!!"][/caption]

 

Happy Halloween!!

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SURPRISE Grammy Janet!!!

Janet's birthday was last Friday, and Matt, Molly and I had been cooking up a great surprise since this past summer. I was able to get Friday and Monday off (I finished all my parent teacher conferences on Thursday), so we told Jim we were going to fly to Houston for the weekend! We just didn't tell Janet!! Jim was able to (secretly) get us a Pack N Play and highchair to use while we were there (thanks Cindy!), find us a ride from the airport (thanks John!). So at about 7PM on Janet's birthday, we knocked on the door.....



Do you think she was surprised??!!

We had a great weekend with Grammy & Grandpa in Texas. Molly was such a good girl on the plane. We all got upgraded to first class on the way there! She didn't sleep at all, but she made lots of friends and was very happy the whole way. Saturday, we went to a Texas pumpkin patch, celebrated Grammy's birthday, and went out to dinner at the Aquarium in downtown Houston. You eat right next to the giant tanks of fish & sharks!! Molly loved it! We also celebrated an AGGIE win over Texas Tech!!  Crazy!! On Sunday we visited some college friends of Matt's, Bill & Courtney and their 4 month old son Will. We had a great time with them and found out Molly loves great Tex-Mex! When we got back from lunch, The Burgraffs and the Meers came over to visit (lets face it, they came to see Molly!) It was great to see them too. On Monday, Molly got to see a little Texas rain. Like 2 inches in a hour!! Thunder and lightning too! Grammy took Molly on a little shopping trip and then we found Matt's favorite food in Texas-- Freebirds!! Known for their giant burritos! We ordered Molly a cheese quesadilla, but Molly was much more interested in her dad's burrito....much to his delight!! She is a little Texas girl!!

All in all, it was a great trip! We were so glad we were able to surprise Janet. Thanks everyone who helped us out with the big surprise!! Here are some photos and videos of our trip. More on Picasa! (Click the last photo)



[caption id="attachment_612" align="alignnone" width="574" caption="On the plane!!"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_613" align="alignnone" width="574" caption="Molly & Grammy"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_614" align="alignnone" width="574" caption="Molly & Grandpa"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_615" align="alignnone" width="477" caption="At a Texas Pumpkin Patch!"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_616" align="alignnone" width="574" caption="First bite of Freebirds!"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_618" align="alignnone" width="477" caption="3 Generations!"][/caption]