I'll warn you now I don't have any pictures to upload yet but they will be coming soon. This last month has been crazy in our family. I guess I should start with the weekend visit to Sea World San Antonio the weekend before Christmas. Haley had a great time seeing Shamu and Jackson did a good job sleeping most of the time. Haley keeps asking to see Shamu again so I'm thinking another visit to Sea World will be fun in the Spring.
Christmas was a blast. Haley had a little bit of present overload this year but this was the best Christmas yet. After her first few presents she just wanted to play with those instead of opening the rest. She asked for a Cinderella doll, a Snow White doll and a Mermaid doll from Santa. Santa brought two of the there and "Aunt" Kendall bought the Mermaid doll. Besides the dolls I would have to say her "Christmas Tree" (which is really a counting tree) and her bouncy house from Uncle Mark are her favorites. Jackson didn't ask for anything but got tons of new clothes. He will be styling for the next few months now. After a delicious Christmas meal we headed to the airport to catch a flight to El Paso where we had Christmas with Matt's family. While in El Paso we were able to visit with family and friends. Jackson hung out with our friend's baby who is 5 weeks younger. I guess that was officially Jackson's first play date :) Haley did awesome and had lots of fun with her grandparents, Tia and Uncle Michael.
Our next highlight was a play date with the Kirkham boys. Ben made quite the impression on Haley as she is still talking about him. Too bad they live half way around the world but hopefully they will come home soon! I have some really cute pictures of the kids I'll post when we get home.
And finally on New Year's Day we headed off to Seattle for a 10 trip to Seattle, Anacortes and Whistler. This was our first trip back to Anacortes since my Step-dad passed away. We were able to meet up with old friends, go on a Ferry ride to Friday Harbor for lunch, a see the picnic table donated in his name at the baseball park. Now we are in Whistler hitting the slopes (or at least thinking about hitting the slopes). The Winter Olympics are in Vancouver this year with the skiing up at Whistler so it's neat to see all the Olympic stuff. Matt is snowboarding today with my brothers and I hope to go tomorrow while my mom watches the kids. My brother Brian and nephew Matt from California joined us yesterday so Haley is having fun with them. Her new name for Uncle Brian is Uncle Poopies. I'll leave why that is for you to figure out. Thank goodness we have our own room.
We hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Looking forward to sharing pictures of our adventures soon.
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