goodbye 2010

a few of my favorite memories from the past year...

dora & playdate pdx

dora dora dora DORA!

christmas came again for alomae yesterday when my sister dropped by

a gift from her Auntie Sarah and cousins!

before I had alomae, I kinda made a rule in my head of no pink and purple plastic toys

and no over commercialized character accessories from tv shows!

well this christmas, she got both!

and she loves them....

Thanks to 24 hour fitness kids club,

alomae LOVES dora (and can also count to 10 in spanish!)

Just another lesson in motherhood and letting go...

heck, wood just isn't the most exciting all the time!

(plus, not everything they get has to leave the house! he he)

presented in an oh so appealing dora gift bag!

dora sippy and spoon and fork...

dora plate and bowl...

dora campbells soup & silly bandz (not pictured)

and the matching owl lunchbox to go with her backpack!

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Playdate

The church so graciously gave the pastors a couple extra days off to make this

Christmas truly resting and fun!

So today Andy and I met some friends at a fun new place called

playdate pdx....

This place is crazy... and wonderful!

it's simply a giant play area for kids with tubes and slides and things to climb up and on and through...

Alomae (even being on the young side) had so much fun!

Andy and I were pooped though because we had to run through the whole place with her.

great place for older kids though because you can sit back and have coffee while they play to their hearts content!

In the past month we have been to OMSI, Pump it up, and now Playdate PDX.

OMSI's kids play area is still by far my favorite and the most visually appealing and stimulating...

so excited to us my membership we got and go once a week!

christmas creations

a couple more things I made for sweet baby Huck...

elephant

sweet bird

(alomae's bird!)

see it here

and peeking out on andy's forearm :)

more creative peeks to come...

christmas (in pictures)

what a great christmas...

darling girl opening her gifts...

a few of her favorite things...

chalkboard table

cute wood block puzzle

owl backpack

baby

wood food for her kitchen

dora jammies (courtesy of auntie susie!)

.........

handsome sawyer & huck (with grandma!)

my favorite gift handmade by my talented man!

...and the talented man (with baby huck)

Great dinner with great friends!

(sorry for the darkness... mood lighting...)

thats a baby truman!

Such a fun time with such wonderful family and friends...

I have to say,

with a (almost) 2 year old

in the house...

The MAGIC of Christmas is back!

cookie time.

alomae got to make cookies for the first time today...

she was in little girl heaven!

not sure why she still had a bib on, but oh well!

Merry Christmas

an ugly sweater

yesterday was our

Revival City (leader)Ugly sweater party!

I have to say, Andy and I have the most

phenomenal leaders...

each one is so unique and gifted and we truly

love them ALL!

being in full time ministry is so much easier

(and enjoyable)

when you have wonderful people to serve with!

Oh and, YOU MUST check out the song that was written by two of our

wonderful leaders... it's so very great!