Christmas Cuties

Every year my mom buys the girls Christmas dresses. It was a tradition started when I was a kid, I always got a new dress at Christmas and Easter. My mom usually made my dresses, but I am not so crafty. We got all 4 kids together for some pictures in front of my mom's tree.

New Pup

While we were visiting Nate's parents in California for Thanksgiving one of his mom's friends asked us if we wanted a dog. She breeds Yorkies and she had a couple of males that she couldn't breed because they weren't "regulation". We went and checked them out on Thanksgiving and by Saturday we decided to bring one home. We are still not sure if our cat will ever forgive us, but he is a good dog. Now we just have to get him housetrained! If anyone has any great tips that would be helpful!! He is 5 months old and won't get any bigger. Claire loves him and he is great with the kids so I guess that is what matters. Meet Bungee!

The Redwoods

As I mentioned in the last post, on the Friday after Thanksgiving we went with Nate's parents to the Redwoods. It is about a 2 hour drive from where they live. He also has a sister that lives out there so we met her and her family for lunch and a walk through the forest. If you have never been to the Redwoods it is difficult to explain, but the trees are massive and beautiful. The pictures don't really do it justice. It was another long day in the car, but Claire loved it and wanted to stay longer.

Ducks and Thanksgiving Dinner

We spent a fun Thanksgiving weekend with Nathan's parents in California. I have to say that I wasn't really looking forward to a 12 hour drive with 2 kids, but the girls did amazingly well! We divided the drive into 2-6 hour blocks. Nate did all the driving and I entertained the kids. It was great to see Nate's parents and let the girls get to know them better. We arrived on Wednesday afternoon. Thursday morning while the turkey was cooking we went to the lake and fed the ducks and sea gulls. The kids liked it until some of the ducks got too aggressive and Claire got freaked out! Friday we went to the redwoods, but I'll talk about that in my next post!