Winter Mountains

Olympic Mountains

One Tree Hill

I have all 5 seasons of One Tree Hill on Dvd.

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas
and
Happy Holiday

Early Christmas Gift

Every year on my Daddy's birthday we get to open one gift from my Daddy. Thank you Daddy!

O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree

Today Jenelle and I finally put the ornaments up on the tree.

The family of the Snowmen with all our names on them is always at the top.

Jenelle and I decorating the tree.My First Christmas Ornament. One of my favorite ornaments. I love Snowman if you did not know. When I grow up I will have a snowman Christmas Tree.

Christmas Goddies

Today I made a Gingerbread Cookies, Christmas Cake, Sugar Cookies and my first homemade gingerbread house (I usually made one in elementary school).

Daddy's Birthday Lunch

Today we went to Silver City Restaurant for lunch because they were closed for dinner. We had a good meal and a wonderful dessert. Then later my dad opened his birthday gifts. We are going to watch Christmas Vacation which is a tradition at our house.

Ben, Jenelle and I at Silver City Restaurant Mommy and DaddyTiered after we ateThe Yummy DessertHis Birthday Gift from Me

So Much to do Before Christmas

We have so much to do before Christmas. Here's a list...

1. Make Fudge
2. Put ornaments on the tree
3. Bake tons of Sugar Cookies
4. Bake Gingerbread Cookies
5. Bake Santa's Favorite cookies "Chocolate Oatmeal Raisin Cookies"
6. Wrap Presents
7. Watch Christmas Vacation
8. Attempt to make a Gingerbread House
9. Finish late Christmas Cards
10. Shop for Doralyn's family Presents (who knows when they will get them)
    

It's Christmas Eve, Eve

Today is Christmas eve, eve, or my daddy's birthday eve. We are going to watch The Lord of the Rings today. Each movie is about 3-4 hours because we watch the extended version not the theater version. There are three movies The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King. We have already started the first half of The Fellowship of the Ring. Well have a nice Christmas eve, eve. its time to start the rest of The Lord of the Rings.

Katie's Endoscopy

Katie asked me to blog for her this evening (It's me Wendy aka her mommy). Today Katie went to Mary Bridge Children's Hospital to have an endoscopy. She has been having a lot of indigestion and abdominal pain for the past few months. We took her to her regular doctor and she suggest taking her to a pediatric gastroenterologist. The gastroenterologist wanted to do an endoscopy to see what might be causing her pain. He said all looked normal, but decided to take some biopsies to make sure. We should find out the result in about a week. Katie was pretty nervous this morning about this procedure and actually did not want to get out of bed and go. Eventually, we got her out of the house and into the car. We weren't even sure if we could make it to the hospital today as we have had a good amount of snow in the past week. Russ was able to get the car out of the driveway and luckily the road had been some what plowed. The freeway to Tacoma was pretty clear and we got to the hospital a bit early. When we arrived at the hospital the nurse put on some numbing agent on Katie's arm so there wouldn't be any pain where the IV was placed and of course she had to have a wristband to let us all know who she is.

Katie getting the IV put in.

Katie waiting for the doctor to knock her out right before the endoscopy.

Katie a bit drowsy after the endoscopy drinking apple juice.

Katie was pretty funny after her procedure. One of the first things she asked me to do was get the camera out. She asked the nurse to take a picture of all of us together. She wanted to be able to blog about her day.

I was almost in tears laughing at Katie as she was so funny. Katie wanted to know where her brother Ben was and she started to try and find my cell phone in my pockets. Normally, Katie does not like to call people and talk to them on the phone and that's all she wanted to do. She tried to call her Grandpa & Grandma Kaiser, but their phone was busy. Then she called her Aunt Jenni. She would have kept calling people, but the doctors and nurses kept coming in to check on her. So I took the phone away from her.

Sam the Snowman

Last night we had a lot of snow fall. This morning I decided to make a snowman. It was hard at first because the snow wouldn't stick together. It only took about 2 hours. We measured about 9in. of snow on top of the truck and we think it had snowed more than that.

The start of SamArmsChristmas Sam and ISummer Sam and IGo Huskies!

Snow Day

Ya, last night it snowed so today they canceled school. Jenelle and I went outside and played in the snow.

I love to eat the snowSisterly LoveMaking a Snow AngelGetting ready to make a snowballPacking it togetherAimThrow and a MissAbout 4in. of SnowPlaying in the backyard