Rock-a-bye Doggy

Hannah loves Jake the dog.

Sleepy Hollow Christmas Lights

These pictures won't mean much to some of you, but I put them up for me. There is a neighborhood near our home known as "sleepy hollow" that goes all out for Christmas. I think it might be a city ordinance that you must put up elaborate Chritmas decorations. Growing up we went here every year to see the lights. I guess it's tradition. It was so fun to take my little girls and see thier excitment at all of the lights.

Hannah liked this one because of Elmo.
And this one because of the grinch.

I liked this one because of the leg-lamp.

I hope we can go again sometime! It was so fun. Thanks, Nana and Papa for taking us to see the lights!

Knotts with the Mason's

While we were in Southern California, so were the Masons! They came up to LA and took the girls and I to Knott's Berry Farm. We had a fun day and ate Pinks hot-dogs for lunch!

These girls had so much fun with thier Grandma and Grandpa and Uncle Tim! Thanks for the fun day!

Thanksgiving 2010

I wasn't feeling great, so theses are the only pictures I took on Thanksgiving day. The girls loved having thier own special table.

They especially loved getting to drink from fancy cups.

And that they got to eat pickles and olives for dinner.

Even though we really missed Dan, it was so nice to get to spend Thanksgiving with my family. I do regret not taking more pictures (I knew I would!), but all in all it was a very happy Thanksgiving.

Fun With the Conley's

Since the wedding was so close to Thanksgiving, the girls and I stayed for a while. My girls had such a good time. I think they were a bit spoiled by thier Nana.
Here is Hannah enjoying her breakfast, a show, and some snuggles.

Both the girls loved playing with Jake the dog. Here they are playing in my dad's truck. Jake put up with all the attention really well. See him under Hannah's blanket? With all those pink stuffed animals?

The girls had so much fun playing in my dad's truck. They loved the sunshine and that they could play outside without me right by thier side.

A New Sister

Waaay back in November my little brother, Jereme, got married to a wonderful girl, Christy. My girls and I got to go down to LA for the wedding while my sweet husband stayed behind to work.

The wedding was in the San Diego temple and it was raining like crazy. I didn't get one picture. Here are the 4 siblings at the reception.

Hannah and Rachel were troppers! They were dragged around for days, cooped up in cars, had to sleep in unfamiliar beds, made to stay up way too late, and they did awesome!
By the time the reception was in full swing this sweet girl was in need of some attention from me, so I didn't get many pictures of the reception.

This is the only picture I got of Christy--I'm sad I didn't get any of the Jereme and Christy together, but I do love this one (even though it's dark and there are chairs all over). Christy and Jereme were both beaming. They looked like they were in heaven. I'm so glad I got to be there to meet Christy and to welcome her to the family.

Friday Harbor

For Dan's birthday we went for a day of whale watching in the San Juan Islands. We toured the coast for a few hours before we arrived at Friday Harbor. It was great to see the beautiful places we live so close to.
Once we arrived in Friday Harbor it was just a few minutes before we saw some whales.


There are a few whale pictures and I'm sure most of you don't care, but it's fun for Dan and I to remember so I'm posting them anyway ;)

This whale (above) is Ruffles. He is 60 years old. And very big. He is the son of Granny--the 100 year old whale who is the leader of the J-pod. There are 3 resident pods that live year round in the waters off the San Juan Islands. We saw two pods one our watch.

After a great morning of whale watching we returned to Friday Harbor for an afternoon of tourism. Friday Harbor is the largest inhabited city in the San Juan Islands. It has 2,000 permanent residents. It was such a quaint little town and we had some delicious fish and chips at a restaurant on the harbor.

On our boat ride back to Seattle we saw a bald eagle nest (above). The birds weren't at home, but it was really cool to see their gigantic nest in the wild.

We had such a fun day. Happy Birthday Dan! And thanks Grandma and Grandpa!

Grannie's Funeral

While we were in San Francisco my Grannie passed away. We flew to Utah for her funeral. I didn't take any pictures while we were there, so I borrowed these from my brother (thanks, Jereme).

Here is my mom with her siblings at the viewing.

Rachel was not having a good day, so I was out in the hall with Rachel, but Hannah was so good. She played with her aunts and uncles and my parents.

After the funeral at the burial.

Poor girls! It was so hot and they were so good.

The closest thing we got to a family photo while we were all together.

Despite the sad occasion, we enjoyed seeing my family.

Eclipse

I stole this picture from Angie's blog (I hope she doesn't mind).

I tagged along with some friends to see Eclipse. We went to one of the midnight showings. Let me just say that these girls know how to see a movie. I had so much fun!

Just Hanging Around

Here are a few pictures from when we were just hanging around Grandma and Grandpa's house.

We found a really big box for the girls to play in.
Hannah was pretending to have a nap and Rachel decided to wake her up.

They sure are cute girls!

Cement Slide Park with Friends

We went to the cement slide park with our friends, James and Chase.

James and Chase helped Hannah go down the big slide.

Hannah and Grandma going down together.

Chase and Hannah playing in the sand.

Chase pushing Rachel on the swings.

It sure was a fun time at the park!

Swimming at Rinconada Pool

We got to go swimming one of the days we were in SF.

Hannah LOVES to swim. She is fearless and had a blast.
Here she is going down the water slide.

Rachel took a little while to warm up to the pool. But after a little walk around the pool and a few snacks, she seemed to have a good time.

Here is little Rachel sitting down in the shallow water.

Thanks, Grandma for taking us swimming! What a fun day!