We wish you a Merry Christmas!

To all of our loved ones - we wish you a wonderful Christmas & New Years! We are looking forward to our first Christmas with Finn and then enjoying having Hannah over New Year's to celebrate again! Love to you all! See you in 2009!

HoHoHo

I almost forgot the Santa pics!

More holiday fun....

Yummy!

Mealtime continues to be interesting & entertaining! Mmmmmm!

Hello again!

yes...we are still here! We have been keeping busy getting the house decorated, shopping, wrapping, listening to Christmas music and cuddling up inside on these COLD winter days! Okay, we haven't had THAT many cold days, but it's enough for me! Tomorrow they are forecasting up to 5 inches of snow...the light and fluffy kind! Here are some recent pics! Finn saw Santa for the first time -- kinda liked him at first, but then he just wanted Mommy & Daddy!

{not quite like Oregon...}

...but the tree in our front yard is pretty spectacular for a couple of weeks in the Fall. Finn and I headed outdoors just in time - it is completely bare now! He had a blast playing in the leaves! He's an Oregonian at heart!

He (obviously) didn't like the taste, but that didn't stop him from putting every one he picked up into his mouth. And he brought several into the house...Ryan asked me "where are all of these leaves coming from?" oops.

look closely...you can see teeth!

{motor boat, motor boat...}}

We started our parent-tot swim classes last week. Most of the time Finn is too enthralled with what the other kids are doing to "swim." But we do get some splashing & kicks in! He loves it during toy time when we throw the ball and then swim after it!

{I voted!}

Yes, we made it to the voting booth & "hooray-no lines"! We just walked right up. Thank goodness for early voting!

{catch-up}

Just a few more pics from Oregon that I wanted to share...

Here are my cute little nephews, Jaren & Lukas. They have a little sister on the way!

{Jana's Shower}

Thanks for everyone who could make it to Jana's Shower! We had a great time and she got lots of cute things for baby Sierra who is going to be here sooner than we thought! I stole the candy bar idea from Sara...thanks!

(How could I NOT sneek a pic of Finn in?!!!)

{Breena's Senior Pics}

I took Breena's senior pics when we were in Oregon...here are a few! We had a fun loooong day! Isn't she beautiful?! :)

{Trick-or-Treating}

Halloween was in full swing at the Zarda's party and everyone was in costume!