The best parts of Christmas.

Katie had so much fun playing with her friends.
Anna loved the paper best.
Ceci seems to like the Barbie. What a great smile. Look at Hazy in the background. What a Cutie Pie.
So yeah, these are not in order. First a little skeptical about the gift, now quick scroll up and see what she thinks about it.
Babies love the paper. Better than the apples and banana bread.
Peas in a pod. My good friends and their good friends. What could be better?

My friends.

DAMN Blogger and it's inability to upload pics. 

Foiled again.

Snow day, again and again and again.

Cookies anyone?
Teresa cheating.
MMM corn dogs, I mean ice cream pie...
Ready, set mix.
Mmmm, super yum.
There is just something about waking up and see the world covered in white. It's just so quiet. Maybe the snow insulates everything. Or maybe everything just sorta stops. You can't drive too fast and you have to decide how much going out really means to you. We had the best day. Baking. I think it was a random bout of nesting. 

Pancakes, 5 quiche, a double batch of peanut butter cookies, a double batch of chocolate chip cookies, at least two gallons of chicken and barley soup, mashed potatoes, stuffing, carrots, chicken and even an Ice Cream Pie! In the end I gave into my craving and ate an ultimate burger from DQ for dinner. Yum

The funnest part of the day was playing games with the kidlets. Clue, which Teresa cheated twice and beat them all. Meanie. I personally like Don't Break the Ice. I am a master!

Anna cried about school being cancelled again as she really wanted to go to pajama day, have an assembly and class party. Poor girl. I am consequently stuck with a huge Costco cake I got for the party and I have no idea of how to unload it all. Bummer.

The very best part of the day was the chocolate chip cookies. My dad made chocolate chip cookies and I have never had a cookie as good ever since. He used the same cookbook I have all greasy and stained, I imagine there are still his finger prints hidden on the pages. He made huge batches and the house would smell like happiness.  I hope my kids smelled the happiness yesterday. 

More Christmas Pictures...

Merry Christmas!!

Hmm I want....
If only this was all that came out her mouth...

Super genius.
Makes my heart melt.

And so the season starts. I love to just hang with the girls. Swim and play baby dolphin. Watch TV in bed and eat cookies. We rented a room downtown, saw Santa, got ornaments like we do every year (lordy it's alot of ornaments), swam in the pool, rode the street car, watched Charlie Browns Christmas, The Christmas story, went to a play, The Wizard of Oz, puked my guts out in front of dozens of mortified children as my friend is a crappy driver,  ate steak till I thought I would die, had the lousiest service at the Portland City Grill, but grinned at how happy the view made the girls, played in the snow, made out with my husband, soaked in the hot tub, ate free breakfast, drank coffee... just laughed and laughed and lived.  What more is there?  

Turkey Day

Check out the look of joy, holiday gatherings and family. And Torture.....
She was asking for it. Jonathan the littlest brother of Darren and Kia. Super silly.
He's getting married! To her. I like her. Alot. Anna Dennis. Soon to be Anna Digby, the second one in the family,
Games. The best part of the holiday.

Dylan. Shellie and Cayden. 
Lelan and Jason. I can't believe how high he gets!
The boy cousins Lelan and Cayden. Maybe we can start to be in the "boy" pics soon!

Weekend...

The dog is super excited that there will soon be a baby to suffer at katie's loving hands.
Darren is a pack rat. He insists that this still fits and is a perfectly good jacket...It is I guess.
Must be love...
I think it was her. When we started this adventure of having another baby, Darren's argument was who have we not met yet? That there was someone that we would love and adore and think the world of. Someone who would make us laugh and worry. Someone as amazing as the three we have already. But I think it was her. The soft cheeks and crazy ideas. The laughter and overwhelming energy that she posses. It sent him over the moon.