Snow and then silver freeze

 We had a doozy of a week here in Washington. First we got a big snow storm... accumulation of about 6 inches of snow. So we missed 2 days of school because of snow. So we made a few snow men and I got a workout in shoveling the driveway.

Then the freezing rain came and set us into a silver thaw which caused major power outages from trees falling. We lost power at our house from Thursday to Sunday morning. Some people went longer. It was weird having the top layer of snow look like water. We missed 2 more days due to no power.

This is the amount of ice we got on the tree in the front of the house.

We finally got back to normal this week and then we got a big wind storm last night. A few of our friends lost power again for the day today. We are so grateful that we have a generator which kept us warm and entertained during our power outage. I do have to say  I am ready for a beach...Eimi can we join you guys??

Hayle dress rehersal

Hayle had her dress rehersal also. I forgot the real camera and the real video camera so it was all with my iphone. :)

Paige dress rehersal

Paige had dress rehersal for her dance class. I still have to upload the video but here are a few pictures.

Princess Paige

For Christmas Paige got a princess dress from Grandma Debbie. She also got a couple tutu type skirts and so she put both of those on under her princess dress to make it poofier. She loves being a princess right now.

Christmas 2011

Christmas was on a Sunday this year. So we woke up and did stockings first. Then after eating breakfast and getting ready for church we let the girls open 2 gifts before church.

Christmas dresses 

Santa brought Hayle and Paige both skates. Paige tried them out before church.

After church we ate lunch and then finished opening.

Then the Whislers and Great Grandma Kay and Great Grandpa Paul came over for a prime rib dinner and Christmas round 2.



We had a great time with family for Christmas and we all received some great things. Hayle and Paige definitely got spoiled.

Christmas Eve

For Christmas Eve we went up and had dinner at the Whislers. We had a crab dinner which was yummy. Paige played us some music on the recorder.

The girls opened their christmas PJs. Paige wanted her hair curly for church the next day so we put it in curlers while Doug read Twas the Night before Christmas.

Christmas with Jeremiah and family

Since Jeremiah and Kariah went to Arizona for Christmas we had Christmas with them before the left. Penny, Doug and Braly came. My mom and dad had already flown in. It was good to see Savanah open presents on her first Christmas.

Hayle tried to entertain and read to Savannah. I don't think it lasted very long.  

Savannah liked to stand up on the boxes.

Savannah got the book from Hallmark that you read to and then the Husky barks. Hayle and Paige thought it was great.