Christmas 2012

Christmas was nice and relaxing this year.  We didn't have to board a plane and fly across the country!  It was really nice to see family from out of town and participate in our beloved Christmas traditions.    Once again I was horrible with taking pictures... zero to be exact.  So I took some from Lori's blog.  So here are some of our Christmas traditions.

This is actually a new tradition for us.  We saw Santa and his reindeer at Beaver Bark.  Brayden really liked the reindeer, Eliza and Talia were pretty hesitant to get close.

We watched the Christmas Boat Parade on the Columbia River, which was freezing!  It was fun to see the boats lit up but maybe next year we will stay in our car or watch it from a warm restaurant.

We went to Burger Ranch to got peppermint shakes and drove around to see Christmas lights.

This year we had Christmas Eve dinner with the Hagues. We ate with Grandma and Grandpa Great, and Audrey and John.

Christmas morning was fun because it was Brayden's first year of being super excited about opening presents.  Santa came to our apartment, so we opened presents at home and then we went to Lori's house for brunch and opened presents with Andy's family. We got a white Christmas too!

We went home for a nap and then went to my parents house to open presents with Melinda and her family.  We spent the rest of the week playing with my sisters kids.  I will have to get some pictures of all of that from my parents and Melinda.

For New Years we went to Cocolalla with the Hagues.  There was game playing, sledding, skiing, and relaxing.  Andy and I got the stomach flu so we missed out on the skiing, but luckily no one else in the family got it.  Brayden was so funny in the snow. When we got out in it he wouldn't say a word.  He did not want to walk around in it, no smiles, no tears, just straight face.  We went sledding a couple of times but he didn't seem to like it and eventually he asked to go inside.  He is a Florida boy through and through.