Dec. 25th!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Christmas Letter - To friends and family :)

2010 has been a great year for our family. We have had a lot happen and have been very busy! We moved from Lacey, WA to Parker, CO the beginning of September and have enjoyed being in the sunshine! We loved the friends we met and the places we explored in Washington over the past 3 years but are so excited to be near family.

Rob has been very busy this year. He sold homes for Quadrant Homes in Washington and we owned a vending business on the side. We sold that when we moved to Colorado. Our new adventure has Rob the proud owner of a Mission Tortilla Distribution route in Denver, CO. We have barely seen Rob since he started this one month ago, but he is doing a great job, working very hard. We are excited to see where this leads us next.

Brooke has enjoyed being with the kids this year which keeps her quite busy also. Weekly she and the kids attend exercise class, story time, visit parks and she is teaching Breanna preschool. She accomplished sewing a dress for Breanna (with her sister’s great teaching skills) as a crafty project, which is inspiring her to try that out as a hobby. She loves exercising and being outside in the sunshine. She LOVED the time she had with Rob before he started the business and cherished his time with the family.

Breanna will turn 4 in January. She is a wonderful big sister always looking out for her brother. She is excited to help out around the house and “earn” money for extra chores she completes. She loves learning and is excited about learning the numbers, letters, and trying to learn how to write. She has participated in “Lil All Stars” sports; soccer and basketball and is so happy to go and play each time. She loves being a winner, being first, being fast, but don’t call her pretty! She likes trains, cars, computer games, books, legos, anything to do with Christmas and drawing. She loves having a “job” to do, getting tickles and singing songs. We love the little girl she is turning into.

Ethan will be 18 months old in January and is a fireball of energy. He loves his sister and tries to do everything that she can do. He likes being chased, wrestling, running, climbing, exploring, dancing and has just learned to jump. He is a happy guy, keep your eyes on him or else he’s gone in a split second. He loves eating everything. He keeps Brooke going from the moment he gets up until bed time. He is such a great addition to our family; we love his hugs, high fives and excitement for life.

We are living as “basement dwellers” in Brooke’s parents’ house and have had 3 great months here. We appreciate all the amazing amount of memories that we have been able to create with family since we moved to Colorado and look forward to many more!

This year we were able to explore Mount Rainier, Ocean Shores, Seattle, Victoria BC, Port Townsend, Astoria, Canon Beach, Portland, Sacramento (Brooke and kids), Hawaii (Rob), Winter Park and Denver. We are so blessed to have the adventuring spirit and the ability to visit these wonderful places.

We have such a great family and friends and are so grateful for all they do and share with us. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Love,

Rob, Brooke, Breanna and Ethan

Christmas Party/Santa

Christmas 2010
Ethan wants nothing to do with Santa.....don't put me on a strangers lap mom!

Nervous yet SOOOO excited!

Santa at story time.....

(Letters to Santa on top of their heads!)Rob's parents Christmas Party

Grandpa was missing the WHOLE time that Santa was talking to the kids........hmmmmmm....and then showed up right after Santa was done!!

Breanna has gotten to sit on Santa's lap 3 times this year! WOW!!! And she's been really excited each time and has loved it. Ethan on the other hand has despised it and will NOT sit on his lap :) He clings on to me for dear life and screams, so I haven't had the heart to put him on his lap.

Breanna has gotten to sit on Santa's lap:

1. At a special library "Santa Story time"

2. At our ward's Breakfast with Santa

3. At Rob's parent's ward Christmas party

She and Ethan have gotten "goody" bags at 2 of the events, which has made it amazing to Breanna and I swear she's gotten 100 candy canes so far this Christmas.

Rob's Parents party was special b/c they were in charge of the whole thing. Also,

Grandpa was Santa!!!! (SHHHH....don't tell!!!)

Christmas Pics of the kids

I'll put some more up later....I'm outta here right now!

Thanksgiving with the Douglas Family

It was so fun! Food, Fun, Family! We had EVERYONE there, I think it was 11 adults and 11 kids. We played pin the feather on the turkey, tag, hide and go seek and musical chairs for the kids. Later we played round after round of Werewolves and Villagers (or something like that) which was REALLY fun! We had a blast!






PS- look how happy Ethan was to be handed over for a picture with the grandparents, hilarious, i didn't know what to do, but they all said it's better to have a pic with him in it screaming then without him!

Hurry take a pic!

I don't remember if Ethan had fallen down or if he was being told to stop doing something, but either way, instead of worrying about it I yelled to Michelle, "Hurry, take a picture!"

We are always trying to get cute pics of the kids smiling and such, but honestly when do we document the thing that they spend A LOT of their time doing? Crying!

No, my kids don't cry all the time, but yes, sometimes it feels like it! This is a classic picture and is great for memories!