RICEKATE

Kate started eating rice cereal this weekend!













We're so proud of our big girl!

CHRISTMAS!!!

Ok, since January is more than halfway over, I figured I should just buckle down and post about our Christmas! We went up to Washington see my WHOLE family. We were able to go for 17 days, hence why I have waited so long to post, there is SO much to post about. Rather than getting into all the details, I'm just going to list the highlights, or at least the memorable moments!

-Kate's freak out session on the plane ride there. She and Jason were famous with everyone on the plane by the time we landed due to the fact that she screamed like a banshee and Jason got "reminded not to congregate at the front of the plane" over the loud speaker in his attempt to walk around with her and calm her down!
-Famous Daves!
-Reuniting at the Rainforest Cafe with my Sisters!
-Baking




-Shopping
-Visiting with my old friends
-Making gingerbread houses



-Ward party, complete with my little brother singing in a trio! He sounded awesome!
-The never ending pink-eye!



-7.5 hour trip (one way) to Bend, Oregon to and AMAZING house my parents rented, Kate slept almost the entire way! We were BLESSED!
-Christmas Eve pj's
-Kate's first Christmas, she sure loved to eat the wrapping paper!



-Sledding



-Hot tubing
-He-Man watching
-Family Pictures
-Endless Chinese food, fa ra ra ra ra!



-Car ride back home through Mt. Hood, it was snowing like crazy and BEAUTIFUL! We had to put chains on all the cars! Lucky for us, we were riding with my Dad, so we didn't have to stress about the drive and we could just enjoy the scenery!



-The BIG BROWN Christmas party
-Movie watchin'
-New Years Eve, I was in bed with Kate at 11, we are just a couple of party animals!
-Zoo lights!



It was "a very nice Christmas!" We loved every minute of it and are so grateful to my parents for making sure everyone made it home and providing a place for all 18 of us to fit!

JUST A VIDEO...

I am still planning on posting about Christmas, but I haven't even uploaded our pictures to our computer yet, so in the meantime, here is a video of Kate. Sorry about the poor camera angle, she always stops performing if she sees it, so I had to be sneaky. Please also excuse my annoying, high-pitched voice!