Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow

Was snow in the forcast? I don't think so!! But we woke up to 4 inches or so of snow this morning. It was the good stuff too. Just right for snowball fights and snow men! Stupid work...Gracie only got to play in it for a few minutes this morning. And why did it not show up 2 days ago? Wouldn't it have been cool to have had a white christmas? Maybe next year!!

Dancing Queen

So my Mom got Gracie the Barbie 12 Dancing Princesses Movie. She just got a chance to watch it last night - twice. And she pretty much danced through the entire movie - twice. :)

She is my Dancing Queen!!

Christmas 2006

Another Christmas has come and gone and 2007 is upon us. This Christmas season was certainly exciting with the crazy weather and power outages. Bob and Carla's annual Santa party had to be rescheduled to the 23rd, but it went off without a hitch (except for Gracie having NOTHING to do with Santa this year) and everyone was back out of the dark. Spent Christmas Eve with the sister and family. Pretty quiet this year as it is just Cody and Gracie. But lots of fun watching them open their gifts. My brother in law baked his heart out that morning and even made Carlie a Chocolate Pie. Then made us a fabulous ham dinner. Christmas morning arrived and Santa brought Gracie a kitchen. Boy was she excited! She absolutely loves it and has already "hosted" several parties. HA! Headed to Carl and Deb's to spend the morning with them and the Scammon's. Gracie was very spoiled and loved all her gifts. I think it was a concensus that her favorite was the "vaccum". She was a cleaning machine! She also loved her nightgown and slippers from Auntie Carleena and the clothes from Grandma Debbie. Did anyone else notice she insisted on changing and wearing BOTH shirts at the same time? Too Funny. The rest of the family joined us later for great food and company. Carl and Deb put on a super feast -- the stuffing...yummy! We waddled home that night and Carlie and I both had the day off the 26th to do a little shopping, get the house back in order and allow Gracie to enjoy some of her things. She loves the LiteBrite that Auntie Kelly got her. Funny how the old standards are still a big hit (Maddy's Jack in the Box?). Daddy put together her Easel the Auntie Carleena got her as well. She has already drawn several pictures. The first one was for Aaron. A purple face with pimples all over it. It told her "that's yucky"....she said "okay, they are freckles then". Hee-Hee.

Here's wishing you all a safe and wonderful 2007!!

I'm a Great - Auntie

My nephew TJ and his wife were the proud parents of a baby girl on December 13th. Welcome Alena Irene Speers! Finally got to see her last night and boy there is just nothing like a brand new baby. Soooo sweet!! What a great Christmas gift and miracle!!

Christmas Dress

You may have noticed a lapse in postings. I was having some trouble posting pictures -- but thanks to the "blog queen" Katie...I am back. Thanks Katie! So 5 days and counting to Christmas and what a week before the big day it has been. The storm was sure an exciting one. We survived it with just the loss of one tree and part of our fence. We are safe so who cares about a little fence, right?! Got our power back on late Saturday. Sure makes you appreciate a little electricity. The pictures are of the Christmas dress Gracie was sent by her Grandma Marty. She insisted on wearing it to school today -- really too cute! Actually, I am wondering if I am going to get her out of it. It is by far her favorite thing at the moment. She is even embracing the hat!
Merry Christmas Everyone!

'Tis the Season

'Tis the Season and we got right into the spirit the 1st weekend of Dececember. We usually go to a tree farm off HWY 162 Orting/Sumner to get our Fir - but it was closed this year to do our great fall weather and flooding. So Carlie thought of a tree farm just before Eatonville - so we headed there and have to say, we loved it! It is Cox Tree Farm and it was clean, festive and had a huge selection of trees. We ended up picking a Spruce this year and we really like it. We sure miss Aaron this time of year - not just in general but as our "sawer". Poor Carlie has to crawl under the tree, get all sappy and cut it down. Stopped for a little lunch then headed home listening to Gracie latest favorite CD - Johnny Cash. Seriously! Her favorite song is Ring of Fire -- go figure. Anyways, got home ~ turned on the Christmas music and decorated. Gracie really enjoys helping - although getting her to distribute the ornamants is tricky. She likes to put them all in one spot. Later on, the Wadleys called to invite us to go to Zoo Lights. It was cold out, about 30 degrees, but we were up for it and had a great time. It was us, Dan and Karrin with Kamy and Abby with Coy. It is sure fun to see this season through the eyes of a child. They just get so excited. Gracie is a complete believer in Santa and advised me recently that "all those other Santa's around are just helpers" and "she does not need to write to Santa because he already knows". Very Cute. She also opens an advent calendar every morning and each day there is a chocolate. The great part is she seems excited and surprised every single day that the chocolate is there...it is just the best.