Christmas Programs, oh my!

We've been busy around here! Annabelle has been in 2 Christmas shows/plays in the past few weeks. She was in a Winter show at school, a Christmas program at daycare, where she was a wise(wo)man (dressed in a Snow White outfit, of course!) and today was the Sunday School program where she was a 'chattering angel'. Busy girl.





Here are some other random photos from recently. Jack's new favorite pasttime is playing the Wii. Not really playing so much as holding/throwing/swinging the controller around. He frequently asks "Dada, a wii?" It's hilarious to hear him ask. He'll run over to the tv stand and point and say "dada, dada, a wii?" Cute, cute, cute. He's persistant!!!


Jack asked for his blankies here and said, 'ni-night, mama!'. What a hoot.

Winter Wonderland (ish)!

It finally snowed here!!! We've been waiting and waiting. There's not much, and it's pretty cold and windy, but snow is snow! We love it! The kids thought it was great, even though they didn't last long in it. It was mostly drifted. Oh well. At least it's white!

Happy Belated Thanksgiving!

I hope everyone had a great thanksgiving. We had Grandma Carol, Papa Stan, and cousins Eric and Sierra here for the week. Great fun was had by all! We went to Seattle, the train museum, the beach, Jump Around Fun Zone, and to Canada to swim for the day. It was a busy week! Thanks Grandma and Papa for coming to see us, and for the early Christmas gifts. We love you and miss you already.
Here are a couple of photos from the week.
Annabelle with her cousins




Grandma and Papa with the four grand kids


Fun with blue bubblegum ice cream



Annabelle got Disney Sing It for the Wii- it's karaoke, with a mic and everything!

Halloween!

We had a blast on Halloween. Annabelle went as a leopard girl, and Jack was Superman (or su-ma, as he said it.) Ryan did a great job painting Annabelle's face like a cat. It was gone within about 15 minutes, but at least I got a picture!
Jack enjoyed trick-or-treating, we had to carry him from house to house, but as soon as he saw Annabelle and our friends run up to the house, he got down and chased them. He enjoyed getting his own candy out of people's bowls- he'd take 3 or 4 at at time. It was pretty funny! The rain even stopped for us, and it was rather warm out!

All four of us are getting over a bug- it hit us all at the same time. I guess it's best to get it all over with. We're gearing up for our visit from Grandma Carol, Papa Stan, and cousins Eric and Sierra for Thanksgiving. Annabelle is really looking foward to having them here! I'm sure Jack will have a blast tormenting the older ones as he tries to do what they're doing.

Pumpkin Fun

Here are the obligatory Fall photos!

Blog Slacker

I'm a blog slacker- I know. Here's recent pictures of the family:)





Things are good, busy as ever. Jack and Annabelle spent a weekend at Grandma and Grandpa Barge's house with Cousin Charlie last weekend while Mom and Dad went to Pullman. We all had lots of fun :)

Silly Boy

Jack climbed into the dryer. Yep, the dryer.




He also put on Annabelle's shorts. By himself. After he colored on himself with a green marker.

Oy Vey.