Christmas

On Christmas Eve we always drive around and look at lights. In addition to houses, this year we went to Spanaway park. With over 300 lit up displays, it is the largest light park in the Northwest.

Personally, my favorite, the erupting Volcano.

 gotta have santa

 i think this was the girls favorite, they loved the dinosaurs

 also loved the spaceship

 can you tell she was having fun?

 blowing me kisses

Santa came!

 Santa brought Kylee a bike. She's been on it ever since.

 right before my little sweetheart Kylee pushed Lexi off her bike

 how appropriate...Santa brought princess umbrellas

 homemade cinnamon rolls, our christmas tradition :)

Lexi's favorite toy that she still hardly puts down, a dog that walks and barks

Christmas presents

 all those toys...and of course they are playing in and fighting over the box

riding her bike for the 1st time

 

not to be outdone, Lexi cruising along

blocks Grammy sent, these are so much fun!

 As part of Christmas dinner I made Santa bread from scratch. Turned out pretty good for my first time!

 -+

-Kylee's 1st time on her bike

Snow day at Mt. Rainier

On Christmas Eve the Engstrom family headed to Mt. Rainier for a day of fun in the snow

hmmm....which way? Paradise it is!

 it is SO beautiful up there!

 we just could not get over all the trees

a real winter wonderland :)

 at the base of Mt. Rainier they require you to put snow chains on your tires. We had fun figuring that out.

 Princess Snow Angel Kylee

 the girls loved playing in the snow

 eating the snow

 this guy...love him :)

 and sledding

 my little snow bunny

 so excited to be in the snow they were dancing!

 After a few hours of play we had to drag Kylee back to the car

 this is the snow drift outside my window...yeah its taller than the car

 there were quite a few avalanche signs

 as we exited the base of the volcano we saw a deer eating outside of someone's house, center far left

We had such a great Christmas Eve. I'm not a huge fan of cold weather, but mid thirties and snow was the makings of one of my favorite days ever!

Christmas Cookies

 Before we do anything else, please remember those that cannot be with their families, whether its military or others in public service.

Friday we made Christmas cookies (Thanks Grandma Johnston for the cookie cutters, and thanks Aunt Jean for the sugar cookie recipe!)

Saturday we frosted them :) Lexi was a great helper!

 Kylee really did try to help out

 Ummmm....so.....check out my awesome snowman cookie

and my husband is the little one upper with his beautiful Frosty cookie

 awwwwwwwwww, thanks Josh

 We are so blessed to have a husband/father who is really into making cookies/gingerbread houses/cupcakes, some great memories were made this year!

 this is the dog that Josh frosted, Kylee bit his head off at the first opportunity

 Kylee is holding my phone in her right hand. She is leaving Santa Clause a message with what she would like for Christmas. What I didnt get pictures of was her getting mad that Santa wouldnt answer her (its just a number where you leave a voicemail for Santa)

Merry Christmas to All!