After that we went for a nice winter day walk. It was beautiful, cold and so nice to be out in the fresh air!
now we are going to spend a fun night with many friends!!
Z
Saturday, January 3, 2009
The joys of it all
We got to spend a wonderful Saturday together! The morning was spent being lazy, basically sleeping & watching Doris Day movies. This afternoon we decided we should be some what productive so we made popcorn balls...very yummy!
After that we went for a nice winter day walk. It was beautiful, cold and so nice to be out in the fresh air!
now we are going to spend a fun night with many friends!!
Z
After that we went for a nice winter day walk. It was beautiful, cold and so nice to be out in the fresh air!
now we are going to spend a fun night with many friends!!
Z
Friday, January 2, 2009
A catch up post....
Sunday we actually got to go to dinner at Granddad & Grandma's, we always love going but this week was a extra special treat cause Aunt Karin was in town from Illinois. We had a blast!
We spend New Years Eve at home, cause we had to work, and watched some of our new movies. After breakfast on New Years Day we headed to Idaho to see my family. We had a super yummy lunch of my moms homemade manicotti, than had a mini Christmas with my parents since we were not with them to celebrate. I didn't do very good at taking pictures so there are just few. Thanks for all the great presents Dad & Mom, you spoiled us!
When we got back Matthew, Kristin & Axton came over to play. We have been spoiled with all our cousin time this holiday season, and we love it! Axton is getting so big, and very entertaining!
We spend New Years Eve at home, cause we had to work, and watched some of our new movies. After breakfast on New Years Day we headed to Idaho to see my family. We had a super yummy lunch of my moms homemade manicotti, than had a mini Christmas with my parents since we were not with them to celebrate. I didn't do very good at taking pictures so there are just few. Thanks for all the great presents Dad & Mom, you spoiled us!
When we got back Matthew, Kristin & Axton came over to play. We have been spoiled with all our cousin time this holiday season, and we love it! Axton is getting so big, and very entertaining!
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Christmas Day
We had a wonderful Christmas day with Mom & Dad H, Em and Alaina. There were many memories made & many gifts exchanged. Below are a few pictures of the day (I tried to create an awesome slide show but due to user error I can't get it to upload I will keep trying). We hope you all had a Merry Christmas. Thanks family for a lovely and wonderful day!!
We got a video camera from Mom & Dad. Its been fun to use, I don't think Alaina will agree. This video was to funny not to share. We love you Alaina, thanks for all the smiles you give us!
We got a video camera from Mom & Dad. Its been fun to use, I don't think Alaina will agree. This video was to funny not to share. We love you Alaina, thanks for all the smiles you give us!
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Christmas Eve
We had a wonderful Christmas Eve. Spent the day mostly hanging out and relaxing. Em (the other one) & I did have some last minute shopping to finish up, the cold outside was much worse than the crowds so it wasn't that bad. Mom got rockband for her Birthday back in July, we haven't been here since than so yesterday we pulled it out and Alaina agreed to play with us. I think we make a pretty good rockband if I do say so myself!
We, Em & Em, decided to help Mom & Dad out and make the Pasta E Fagiole for dinner. We ate by candle light, and the soup was excellent!
Tradition in Mom H's family is to celebrate Christmas Eve, this is a tradition she has carried on. It was my first year celebrating Christmas Eve here and participating in this tradition. It was so much fun, the night started off with Dad playing Christmas Carols on the guitar, than opening presents from Oma & Opa. Mark got a beautiful glass and gold airplane ornament for our tree, thanks Opa! Mom also got a surprise....a NEW camera! Dad surprised her with it by giving it to her last night instead of today. She went picture crazy, so check out her blog for more pictures I kind of put ours away after she got hers. A tradition from my family, that Mark & I have to decided to carry on to our own family, is always reading a new childrens book that is centered around Christmas before going to bed and awaiting Santa Claus' arrival. This year my Mom sent us a book, The Miracle of the Wooden Shoes. Mark read it to us, it was wonderful. After this we gathered as a family and sang Christmas carols. As many of you know singing is not one of my talents, and I am usually very uncomfortable singing around people especially those who could be professionals. Marks family is very musically talented, I am not this has been hard for me to want to sing as part of the family. But last night I realized they don't love me as a wife, daughter and sister depending on if I can sing or not, they love me for me. So I stepped out of my box & sang out loud in celebration of our Saviours birth! What difference the spirits of the night had when the songs of the season were being sung into the air. As I was telling my friend Natalie on the phone later I ust wanted to shout to the world of the truthfulness of the Season and the Gospel. She than suggested we should be able to bottle this up for opening on hard days, so I hope each of can keep this spirit with us for those hard days.
Oh you can just click on our family & friends list Mom H to see her blog, I don't know if she's updated yet or not.
We, Em & Em, decided to help Mom & Dad out and make the Pasta E Fagiole for dinner. We ate by candle light, and the soup was excellent!
Tradition in Mom H's family is to celebrate Christmas Eve, this is a tradition she has carried on. It was my first year celebrating Christmas Eve here and participating in this tradition. It was so much fun, the night started off with Dad playing Christmas Carols on the guitar, than opening presents from Oma & Opa. Mark got a beautiful glass and gold airplane ornament for our tree, thanks Opa! Mom also got a surprise....a NEW camera! Dad surprised her with it by giving it to her last night instead of today. She went picture crazy, so check out her blog for more pictures I kind of put ours away after she got hers. A tradition from my family, that Mark & I have to decided to carry on to our own family, is always reading a new childrens book that is centered around Christmas before going to bed and awaiting Santa Claus' arrival. This year my Mom sent us a book, The Miracle of the Wooden Shoes. Mark read it to us, it was wonderful. After this we gathered as a family and sang Christmas carols. As many of you know singing is not one of my talents, and I am usually very uncomfortable singing around people especially those who could be professionals. Marks family is very musically talented, I am not this has been hard for me to want to sing as part of the family. But last night I realized they don't love me as a wife, daughter and sister depending on if I can sing or not, they love me for me. So I stepped out of my box & sang out loud in celebration of our Saviours birth! What difference the spirits of the night had when the songs of the season were being sung into the air. As I was telling my friend Natalie on the phone later I ust wanted to shout to the world of the truthfulness of the Season and the Gospel. She than suggested we should be able to bottle this up for opening on hard days, so I hope each of can keep this spirit with us for those hard days.
Oh you can just click on our family & friends list Mom H to see her blog, I don't know if she's updated yet or not.
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Monday, December 22, 2008
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Of course we had to do a litte shopping yesterday, Mom and Alaina decided to try on boots at the Gap...but no chairs to sit in made it really funny to watch. They both may hurt me for posting this picture but it made me giggle so I'll take the pain.
I want all of you to know I went shopping yesterday and didn't buy anything!!! I know, I can't believe it either.
Last night Emily and Alaina had opera tickets to see Porgy & Bess downtown (they looked so classy all dressed up to go but I don't pictures, I'll try and get some from Mom's camera to post them), so we volunteered to take them down so we could spend some time with your great/awesome friend Cameron. We don't get to see him very often so any chance we have to go downtown and see him take. We had a yummy dinner and than dropped the girls off at the opera. After driving around for awhile we decided to visit the Kris Kindle Mart. It was really cool, it has booths and food from all over, mostly Germany. There was this wonderful cinnamon smell that Cameron and I kept smelling so everytime we would see a food booth we'd smell it. Sadly we never found the smell. We did find the Chocolate building, it was heavenly! We bought this yummy chocolate but I can't remember the
brand.
We had a couple hours till the girls opera was over so we decided on ice skating at Milenial Park, one problem so did everyone else. We opted to not join the mass of people moving on ice with blades on their feet. We wandered up to check out the "bean" and ended up standing on a terrace watching ice skaters for almost an hour. Its amazing the things you see people do when you are above them.
For some reason Sammy hasn't liked us till today, but now we are among her favorite. As soon as we opened our bedroom door this morning she had to come visit Mark.
I want all of you to know I went shopping yesterday and didn't buy anything!!! I know, I can't believe it either.
Last night Emily and Alaina had opera tickets to see Porgy & Bess downtown (they looked so classy all dressed up to go but I don't pictures, I'll try and get some from Mom's camera to post them), so we volunteered to take them down so we could spend some time with your great/awesome friend Cameron. We don't get to see him very often so any chance we have to go downtown and see him take. We had a yummy dinner and than dropped the girls off at the opera. After driving around for awhile we decided to visit the Kris Kindle Mart. It was really cool, it has booths and food from all over, mostly Germany. There was this wonderful cinnamon smell that Cameron and I kept smelling so everytime we would see a food booth we'd smell it. Sadly we never found the smell. We did find the Chocolate building, it was heavenly! We bought this yummy chocolate but I can't remember the
brand.
We had a couple hours till the girls opera was over so we decided on ice skating at Milenial Park, one problem so did everyone else. We opted to not join the mass of people moving on ice with blades on their feet. We wandered up to check out the "bean" and ended up standing on a terrace watching ice skaters for almost an hour. Its amazing the things you see people do when you are above them.
For some reason Sammy hasn't liked us till today, but now we are among her favorite. As soon as we opened our bedroom door this morning she had to come visit Mark.
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