December Highlights

December was full and busy, but it was lots of fun!

Amazing gingerbread creations in Seattle...

Sitting on Santa's lap at the church Christmas party. (Ellie wouldn't go anywhere near him.)

Christmas lights!

Ben and I went to Deck the Hall Ball, which was a big concert with several bands featured. We were able to see five of them: Young the Giant, Cage the Elephant, Weezer, and Imagine Dragons. It was so much fun!

Gingerbread house decorating!

Science projects

Aria turned 1!!

And of course, Christmas!

Aria also took her first steps this month!

Happy New Year!!

Our friends throw a fun New Year's Eve party every year that we like to go to, and it always includes some sparkly photo booth fun!

Me and my good friend Aubrey, the hostess:

Hope you all have a fabulous 2015!!

State Fair!

I finally took the kids to the state fair this year. I always intend to but for whatever reason, it hasn't happened in previous years. We had a lot of fun!

Cute little piglets!


Watching the little piglets.














Trying out snow shoes.




The kids LOVED this fishing thing they had set up. They spent FOREVER fishing to their little hearts' content! Asher was the first to catch one.



Then Ellie (her fish is splashing her in the face!)


Evan fished and fished and fished for SO long, but his patience paid off and he finally caught one. He was SO happy!




I told the kids they could each pick one ride. Evan, of course, picked the rustiest, ricketiest looking roller coaster in the whole place. Thankfully, it was closed. *Whew!* He chose this one instead. He LOVED it! The girls who rode in front of him told me, "He had SO MUCH fun!"


Asher chose the haunted mansion.


Ellie chose the little kid roller coaster. I wasn't sure if she'd actually want to do it, but she insisted. I just knew that I was going to pay the tickets and then she'd get up there and want to come back down. She sat next to this little boy and they became buddies right away. I'm pretty sure that's the only reason she didn't get scared. She loved it!

Just for fun

The empty lot near my house that I love to use for pictures is getting ready to have something built on it. I took the kids there to get a few quick pictures before it's gone!