Snow!

For the Past few years we have rang in the New Year up in WA with Matt's family. Emmie has the best time playing with her girl cousins! This year there was Snow so on New Years we loaded the car and Drove to Mt. Rainier. It was gorgeous! Here are some of our pictures from the fun.

Emmie and Aunt Becky making snowballs to throw at Granpa

sledding!

I love this picture of Claire

Matt and his newest niece, Adison

Granpa Coleman - he's a good sport. He loves those little girls!

Emmie and Claire

Emma - look at the face! love it!

Hallie wanted Emmie to ride with her...it was a little squishy

All bundled up keeping warm

The Coleman's

wow...

I took Emmie to Snip-its to get her a nice hair cut to bring in the New Year. This was my conversation with the lady cutting Emmie's hair:

Lady: How much would like taken off?
Me: about an inch, can you give her a cute bob that will lay nicely in the back?
Lady: sure, would you like me to stack the back?
Me: yes, I think that would be best

this is what I got.

Does that look like it "lays nicely in back" to you?? arg!!
(and this is even after I asked the lady to even it out twice)

It was so bad that when we got home I had Matt fix it.

I wouldn't have minded so much but it was supposedly a really good place and I forked out $20. TWENTY BUCKS!!! ARG ARG ARG!!!!!!!!! I could have bought my self a new pair of jeans...
That's insanity! Needless to say, Matt will be giving all child haircuts for now on.

On a bright note - Emmie did get a prize at the end for sitting so nicely

(i think that even if she were rotten they would have given her the prize)

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Saturday January 22
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Howie?

Prime enjoying his first bite of chocolate chip cookie

Doesn't he look a little like Howie Mandel with the chocolate soul patch? ha!

The Last Chirstmas Post

After this post is posted I think I can finally move on past Christmas. I always get sad the day we take all the Christmas stuff down - I really love having it up... {sigh} till next year!

The Tree

My favorite ornament
(I love that she's wearing the father's day shirt I made for Matt and the kids - a total coincidence. And for all those who are interested...Emmie's says "Beautimous Prime" Get it? ha! Matt has rubbed off on me a bit over the years.)
Last Year's ornament...look how she's grown!

The Tree Skirt
I Buckled up and finished it a few days before Christmas

A Mantle for the Stockings! Can you pick out which stocking I made?
okay...so Christmas is the only cool time to have a fireplace in my opinion...other wise it's just a dusty unused accident hazard...hence the little play sink in front of it. It's such an eye sore but it's the only thing that will keep the kids out of it AND it's been there for so long that I forget that it's an eye sore.

Have you guessed the stocking yet?
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The Ninja Robot of course. Cool.
Matt asked if he could trade Prime

The pillows I made earlier - I love them.

Emmie helping me take the tree down - helpful little girl.

so for now - good bye Christmas season. Only 300 some odd days until we see you again.
We can't wait!

A Dream

That's what Emmie Grace calls a wedding. Thank you Sleeping Beauty. Ha! While we were over at my parents house Ceri and I thought it would be fun to see if our wedding dresses still fit and I'm happy to announce that 4 + years and 2 babies later it still does!!! I'm not going to lie...it was a little snug...but hey, it zips all the way! When Emmie saw me she said, "wow momma - you're a dream!"

Baby You Can Drive My Car

beep, beep, beep, beep, yah!