Merry Christmas

Santa found our house!

God Jul

God Jul! We had a yummy Swedish Christmas Eve dinner. It was yummy and fun, but we sure miss spending the evening with family & friends! Colby reading the story of the birth of Christ from the scriptures before heading to bed to wait for Santa to arrive. Hanna Jammies from Mormor & Morfar!

Sledding

We have a family tradition of going sledding during the Christmas holiday. When we lived in Utah, we usually just had to head down to the park or just up American Fork Canyon. Since moving to Oregon, we have to plan just a little better. Last year, during the snow and ice storm, the sledding just down the street was amazing. This year we headed to Mt. Hood for our sledding fun. We could not have chosen a better day. This fall has been absolutely beautiful - there has been less rain and more blue skies - a wonderful combination in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. I took this first picture of Mt. Hood out the front window of our car as we headed up to the mountain. Amazing.

Timberline Lodge

Polar Express

Our friends from Australia organized a fun night out on the Polar Express. We rode the train from Mt. Hood to the North Pole and had a great time with friends. Santa even found us and took time to say Hello!

Oh Christmas tree, oh Christmas tree

A beautiful day to get a Christmas tree (look at that blue sky, very unusual for Oregon in December) it is also Tanner birthday. I think the beautiful day was a gift for him :)

Happy Birthday Tanner

Double digits for my baby... where does the time go?? Happy Birthday Tanner, we love you!

Piano recital

November was piano recital time and the kids did such a great job!

Thanksgiving

We were able to go to Kimberly to celebrate Thanksgiving this year. We had a great trip.... the kids got to see & play with cousins and the adults stayed up late each night playing Canasta.... Fun!!

Here is a picture of the pie Tanner baked with Mormor. Quite creative! Manwaring cousins

Stark Cousins!