Thursday, December 27, 2012

Over the river and through the woods.....

We took the big journey up to Lummi Island for the Christmas holidays. After a long long drive, we did make it there on Thursday late afternoon....as we were pulling in the driveway, mom and dad were scrambling to move the kitchen table, tear down plastic and vacuum. Needless to say their remodel is not complete!!! We made it work for us though.....we helped make beds and move boxes, the kids dusted, I vacuumed and we got the place looking like Christmas! We did have to use the bathroom sink to do dishes and cooked using the microwave, crock pot and BBQ grill. It was a "camping" Christmas!

Grandma doing dishes in the bathroom sink....

Chilling

Cute family picture by the tree!

Oh the excitement!

Board games are always a hit!

Caymus and Bob got a gift, they are looking forward to putting this one together!

Moka got cold and grandma came to the rescue!

Running out some energy!!!

Lego heaven!
Since the kitchen Island is not in yet, the kids had a nice large play area for all their legos!


Harvest Threads in action!
I have a large order due by new years, so I spent a lot of time knitting while enjoying the festivities!


Cool Dude!
We have a bunch of 3D glasses that make xmas lights look really cool!!! Snowflakes, santa, stars, and even aliens! Trippy!

She is the cutest little beach bum ever!

My Big Bear!

Beach combing!

Busy painting his new Gater!

Lots and lots of legos!

"dig grandma, dig!"

Score find on the beach!!!


Happy boy!

xbox Kinect!!!!! No flipping way!!!
Lummi.......

Moose enjoying the beach

Adding teeth to the dragon!

Jump on 3.....

The tree!


My little love!

Chrismas Eve Fondue!!!

Snowman POOP!!!!

Moms hand knitted Cowel....

SANTA!!!!! He is sooooo cool!

Merry Christmas!

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Merry Christmas to me!!!

We said goodbye to our Tahoe on Friday and HELLO to Santa Fe!!!  I am soooo happy with my purchase!!!!
Kids saying good bye to our Tahoe!

Even a bow on top!!! So in love!!!

Monday, December 17, 2012

How can it be Dec 17th??

Well time sure does fly when you are living life!!!! This has been a very busy fall for our family. Some highlights and then I will share photos from some of the fun!
In mid October Coking.com headed north...waaaaay north up to Ft McMurray Alberta Canada......the weather was cold and it did snow several inches our first day up there. The snow really added to the experience! And made it an early winter wonder land of oil! We hosted our safety seminar and trainings, right in the heart of the oil sands. Our team did venture out into the cold and snow our first day there to visit the Oil Sands Museum, very cool place and we did walk 4 miles in the snow!!! :-)
The day I came home, our PTC hosted the schools Harvest Party...literally I was home an hour and we had to head to the school in our costumes!!!
My mom, being the rock star she is, had come down to stay at my house and be me for the week. I think she did better at being me than I do! My house was clean!!!! The kids had a great time and all was well!
Soccer and football came to an end, much to my kids dismay...they really love their fall season sports! It was a muddy end, but they had a blast!!!!
The next thing we knew it was November!!! Wrestling started, work has been busy with end of the year prep and post seminar work, kids are busy with school....Then Thanksgiving and Lucy's 10th birthday! Kids headed to sunny California for the holiday and Bob and I headed to the beach to spend the weekend with his family. Lucy had a great birthday filled with family and friends and some killer gifts!
And now we are in full swing with Christmas a week away! All my shopping is done...I have a few gifts to finish wrapping and then we are heading to Lummi for a week of Island bliss!!!!


Caymus and his team in the "Mud Bowl"!

The aftermath of the "Mud Bowl"!!! Took me forever to get his gear clean!!

Pumpkin Carving....I love these guys!!

More Pumpkin carving!

Lucy was very focused!

This pumpkin is SICK!!!
Harvest Party Picture!!! Hippie, Lunch Lady, Death, and the Fairy Godmother!!

Thanksgiving at the Beach!

Becky, my co-worker and I got Starbucks delivered to us in FtMcMurray!!!

Saying good bye to Grandma!!

Moose in his new Moose hat!

Happy Halloween!

My studious student doing her home work!

Last game! They got to play at Resers Staduim!

My twin!

Clifford made an appearance at our book fair....Ok that's really me in there!

Opening gifts with Grandma and Grandpa on Face time!!! Love Technology!

Birthday Girl!!!

The Girl is 10!!!! So hard to believe!

My Birthday Girl!

BLUE TONGUES!!!

Mr Coking.com and I Chilling after a long day of work!

Lucy's last game!!! Another Mud Bowl!!

Playing Animal Jam!!

Wrestling Season has begun!!!
The Coking Team in front a of a VERY large tire! That tire is attached to a VERY VERY large dump truck!

Coking Team in the SNOW!!

Dad and I in the snow!! Never a dull moment working for this guy!