Tech Night at my house!

Had a great time with Rebecca and Sydney!

Last week the kids prayers came true! Snow! 

We actually had a small blizzard. 

I really did not think that it would last longer than a day!

The kids had Monday off as a holiday and then the snow started. I was so mean and made them go to school on tuesday. Even though they were thinking the snow was going to start that day. Vincent texted me from school when it started snowing and said "he did not feel safe". What kind of statement is that!  I come to find out that the teachers told him that if they did not feel safe they could go home. Oh my...crazy. We live like two miles and it is mostly flat roads to our house from school. If the worst happened he could walk home. I made him stay at school. Luckily for me the snow did not really stick until that evening. The rest of the week we were out for snow. 

It was beautiful! The kids had a great time. 

Andrew and Vincent had a fun time snowboarding and sledding down our hill. 

As you can see Vincent has his camera on his head. I will try and load one of his videos here also. 

Some neighbor kids that collected on our street. They all enjoyed the jump Vincent made. 

Gus and Andrew had a fun time in the hot tub and playing in the snow. 

Beauty in the Snow!

I will blog more about the snow soon...but I was so excited to get these fun photo's of one of the hummingbirds in our back yard. He changes colors when he turns his head. Some times he looks just plain and then WOW the bright fushia color is displayed. He seems to be the king of the feeders. Always on watch for other hummingbirds trying to take his nectar. He is very bossy. Sometimes when you go out side he will buzz right close to your face to warn you away. You can hear him clicking at you also. We really enjoy watching them all year round. 

For some reason he was posing for me today. Lucky me!  I think he was also trying to tell me, not to let the sugar run out! 

Blown Glass Collection

Vincent has been very busy in his Glass Blowing class. I am pretty jealous that Sammamish has such a cool art class!  It was not available when I was there. 

It has been a while.... not saying how long it has been. 

Check out his creations!  Don't worry Mom I will send you yours soon. 

Sorry it did not make it for Christmas!  

Dinner by Vincent!

I love that Vincent had to make dinner for his homework!  It even tasted good!  He had to have it documented by photos for his report. And then we gave it a review. So happy he can follow a recipe!

Weddings and Reunions

December was a busy month!

Christmas and then two cousins weddings. It was so fun to see my cousins on my Dads side back in Washington. I was also able to visit with Candace because her niece married one of my cousins! Scotty Ryan. So now in a really far out way I am related to Candace (Croshaw's maiden name)!

Case & Kristen Cooney

Scotty & Rachel Ryan

Cute flower girls! Ellie Carlson

Krisse-Candace-Julie

It is crazy to see all these kids grown up and getting married!  It really makes me feel old. I used to be the babysitter for these guys!  But I enjoy them getting married because it brings all my old friends and cousins together! I love a good wedding! So bring it on! 

Merry Christmas 2011

 Added some pretty blue lights to the tree this year. To match some cool ornaments Vincent made in his Glass Blowing class. 

I wish you could see Sandy's face. She is growling at Gary and Vincent. She does not like the sound of paper and was not happy with some of the wrapping paper. She was outside for most of the morning. 

 Vincent and Andrew both got some Helmet Cameras. Very cool. They tried them out after church. 

We all had a great Christmas! Everyone was very spoiled. 

It was also nice having Christmas on Sunday. It helped keep everything calm and remembering the true meaning of Christmas at the same time. I wish it was on sunday every year. 

I love my Savior and Everything he has done for me!