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we had a quiet Christmas this year. we are saving vacation time for february, that’s when cabin fever really kicks in and we need some sunshine.
opening presents….
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| the only thing lyla wanted was olaf. she LOVED it, as you can see. |
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| eli has been wanting one of these zip up hoodies forever, it’s now his “favorite.” |
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| MERRY CHRISTMAS! May GOD bless YOU and YOURS!!! |
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| eli had a birthday party tonight, so adam and I took lylapants out for sushi, her favorite. this smile says it all... |
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this is eli's last year in the single digits.
he is beyond his years in so many ways, and in others, still blissfully ignorant of the goings on in the real world.
he is THE MOST inquisitive person i know.
he's caring.
he needs the least sleep a person could possibly live with and happens to be the only morning person in the family.
he's funny.
his new favorite pastime is riding his trick scooter at the skate park.
he’s always up for something…anything!
people are IMPORTANT to him.
he will sing any song, but doesn’t know the real words to any song.
he’ll be trying out basketball for the first time, this will be his first team sport.
he’s a great skier and is taking snowboarding lessons this year.
those last two remind me that he’s growing up…slowly it seems, but it’s oh.so.fast. he branching out and we could not be prouder.
now, on to the party…
we went with a nerf-battle-in-the-backyard theme. it was a blast...pun intended. BUT, before the battle began, we had to make our blow dart guns…
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| here’s lyla demonstrating how to shoot… |
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| there were two teams and two hideouts… |
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| i think they see something… |
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| the birthday “cake” was an ice-cream and brownie sandwich with candy on top |
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| it was a crazy crew, but most of the time was spend outside, so it worked out well:) last year his birthday was on the coldest day of the year with a high of 9 degrees. this year it was a balmy 54! |
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| oh, this girl! |
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| some of eli’s best buds… |
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| birthday breakfast of french toast and a song…HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELI!!!! |
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| going to idaho city to cut down our tree has become a tradition. this year we almost went over a cliff (adam says we were fine, but eli and I felt otherwise, hahaha). we found a beautiful tree… |
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| eli cut it down all by himself! |
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| the kids did a little sledding… |
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| dinner at trudy’s kitchen after all the hard work. we looked like the squirrel in the background after we ate dinner and the “slice” of pie… |
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| looking forward to CHRISTMAS!!! |
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| as soon as “the creature” is up the kids are begging to take a trip to the farmstead. it’s the best harvest fest around… |
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| it’s been too scary in the past, but this year she made it! |
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| they added a new game called friendly fire, it was a hit… |
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| we always spend most of our time here… |
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| pumpkin cannon! |
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| they had some pretty sweet pumpkins |
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| not a bad shot for a point and shoot… |
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| to infinity and beyond! |
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| some days i think we should build on of these in our backyard… |
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| we had two ninjas this year…they were fierce, as you can see. |
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| we were joined by a minion and ninja turtle |
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| and sam the giraffe… |
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| adam wanted to take a picture of this beautiful tree. i wanted to take a picture with this disco diva. it was a win/win. |
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| can you feel the suspense??? |
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| very proud of their pumpkins… |
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| happy halloween! |
