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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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!!