Amy's 1st Pigtails

Cute sisters!

The Date

Well, here are some pictures from our date to Seattle. We started out at the Nutcracker, then checked into our hotel room. Everything was really close to each other, so that was nice. This is the view from our hotel room. This picture was taken from our window...we stayed a block away from the Space Needle. How cool is that?

This is the view from the observation deck. The restaurant that we ate at revolved so that we had a 360 degree view of the city and the water. It was so cool and the food was equally wonderful....hence the massive dollar amount that was on our bill at the end of the night! :)

This is the fountain at the bottom of the Space Needle.


Here we are again at the bottom of the Space Needle. If you look closely behind our heads, you can see a bush in the shape of the Space Needle. I think I've said "Space Needle" in this post like 20 times now!

Surprise

Well, we are still in Washington and having so much fun. Brandon surprised me on Christmas with a special date. Today we are going to the Nutcracker in Seattle, then having dinner on top of the Space Needle and spending the night in a motel--kid free! Just what I need! I am very excited and love Brandon so much!

Foxy Ladies

The Peterson girls decided that the boys get to have lots of fun, so why shouldn't we? We all went out to breakfast the day after Christmas in our PJ's. I love these girls!

Cousin Breakfast

The same day that the Peterson Girls decided to go to breakfast, all of the cousins decided that they should have breakfast too--Grandma style!

Christmas Eve - Nativity

It's tradition with Brandon's family to go to their Uncle Willy and Aunt Carol's house on Christmas Eve. All of the kids act out the nativity, we play Christmas songs on the chimes, eat dinner, and of course, play games. This year we had numerous Mary's and angels, but it didn't matter because all the kids loved it. Samantha loved being Mary so much that she wouldn't take her costume off for days.



Cute little angel--or is she?

The narrators--I don't know what they are supposed to be dressed like!

The three Mary's riding the donkey aka Randy.


Dylan the Wise Man, Maylie the naked Angel, Samantha as Mary #1, Azyha as Mary #2 (or an Angel, I'm not quite sure), Ariana as Mary #3 and Amy as another Angel.

Christmas Eve

Uncle Joe was having fun flipping all of the kids onto the bean bag.



Brandon was the biggest kid of all!


And Kate got exhausted from all the madness!



An intensely large game of pirates. Guess who won????? Scott! And it was his first time playing!

Christmas Party

My wonderful roommates from college organized a Christmas party for us and our kids. We got there a little earlier than everyone else, so we made Graham Cracker houses. Katie had the brilliant idea to use a hot glue gun instead of icing to make it stay. Brandon got into it a little more than maybe he should have....and Lincoln just kept eating all the candies off that Katie put on!


She looks so sweet and innocent, doesn't she? The key word here is "looks".

A beautiful work of art.

Best friends in the making. Their mom's taught them well.....when friends get together, you must always EAT!!

Hailey and Samantha with their presents. Hailey looks like a giant compared to Samantha. I think she must have had her boots on! They kids drew names for a gift exchange. It was really fun to see them all open their presents at the same time! Thanks for a great party girls!

Snow Angels

Samantha has been begging me to play out in the snow, so I bundled up the girls and we set out in the backyard.
Doesn't she remind you a little of "Christmas Story"?

Making her first snow angel.

Amy thought the snow was funny....until I actually set her down in it. She was mad because she wanted to ride the bike, but it had cold wet snow all over it!

Flashback

This is a video of Samantha when she was Amy's age right now. It's so funny so see how different and similar they are....and how much they look alike!