Grandma Kathy's, A Baptism and Zoo Lights!

We had a very fun (yet, very busy!) weekend! Dave had to work on Friday evening supervising a basketball game in Sumner and then had to work at Christmas in the park and supervise a double header basketball game on Saturday so the girls and I headed to Everett on Friday evening. Getting there was comical...picture 2 suitcases, 2 blankets, 2 very large stuffed alligators, a Christmas tree and the three of us. We were a little cramped and we laughed a lot on the way to Everett about it but we made it :)

Saturday we walked to the Twig shop to visit Grandma Oh-Oh while she was working and then played at the park nearby. The rest of the day was spent hanging up tree lights and playing! Taylor got it in her head that she wanted to play Mary and Joseph and thankfully (I swear, she gets stuck with all the fun jobs!!) my mom volunteered to take that one on. As you can see Taylor took her job very seriously as Mary! Darci, Paul and Emilie arrived in the late afternoon and we had a blast playing with Emilie! I cannot believe how big she is getting...she already weighs 20 pounds at 6 months! I love the cheeks and thighs:)

"Mary"

Maddie and Emilie

Sunday we attended John's baptism at church and it was very nicely done. As the water was being poured over him he jumped a few times but ended up not crying! After the bapties (as Taylor and Maddie were calling it) we went to Katie and Tim's for a celebration which was very nice! It was fun to see the whole family as well as some people we hadn't seen in awhile. Thanks Katie and Tim for including us in such a special day!

Brent, Mike, Jill, Katie, John and Tim

After the party we packed up the kids and all our stuff (minus the tree) and headed to Tacoma to go to the zoo lights. I absolutely LOVE going to this- it is so peaceful and beautiful! We got rained on a little bit but it ended up being an overall really nice evening. Taylor and Maddie were both very impressed with the lights. Madison actually liked the music more than the lights. She kept telling us how "This is a really great song". It was cute.

We got home around 8 and all of us were completely wiped out but we had an absolutely wonderful weekend! Our week is a busy one....Dave has to supervise a ton of basketball games, I have a math meeting (ugh) but afterwards get to go out to a nice dinner with the other first grade teachers in my building. Taylor is performing in the nutcracker on Saturday which I can't wait for! She has been extremely secretive about what she is doing for the performance so it will be fun to watch for sure! Wishing everyone a great week! Don't forget to stop and enjoy this wonderful month!