Winter Break

We had a wonderful winter break from school and work. We are not sure if we are ready to get back to real life since we enjoyed the lazy mornings, doing whatever we wanted as a family, and lots of time with cousins and friends. 

I often took McCall outside since she can get a little stir crazy before lunch and this particular day it was lightly raining so I just went in the backyard and she looked way too cute in her jean jacket and pink beanie. She even enjoyed her own little umbrella!

She is just so so so cute!!!

We did some fun simple things the week before Christmas. Paige, Baylor, and Paige's friend, Emily, came over one afternoon to decorate sugar cookies.

Then we made homemade hot cocoa bombs another afternoon. We got a kit from the thrift store and it was a little challenging since the chocolate melted so quick, but we made a few that turned out great.

Then another evening we painted some Christmas rocks and then the next day we went and hid them in the trails at Covington Community Park.

I have some very cute girls! They are the best!

We drove through Tahoma National Cemetery to see all the Christmas wreaths.

Paige did "school" one afternoon for Baylor.

We went with Nona and Pops and had dinner with them and then went and drove around to see Christmas lights. It was so magical to hear McCall. It was these constant little "wows"! It was so cute!

There was almost daily walks to Nona and Pop's house.

After Christmas it was a week spent with family and cousins. On the 26th we all got to witness Eliza get baptized which was so sweet. I wish I had some pictures from that but it didn't happen. Then it was a sunny afternoon so a bunch of us went to Dash Point State Park. The tide was super high so there wasn't much beach, but the little girls had fun climbing over trees and looking for shells.

We went on a 1/2 mile hike that I always thought about going on and it was pretty nice and had some cool bridges to cross.

On Wednesday evening all the girl grandkids were at our house and the boys at Nona and Pops while the adults went to the temple for Peyton who was going through for the first time in preparation for his upcoming mission. It was another sweet experience! I haven't gone to the temple since before McCall was born and they made a few changes that I love. 

Night time shenanigans. :)

Friday we drove down to Hillsboro and stayed overnight at Mike and Christy's house. We enjoyed dinner with them and had fun visiting. It was a very long night with McCall, but it was worth it to be there for Myla's baptism. It was another sweet day celebrating this sweet girl!

After this cute girl's rough night, she slept for pretty much the entire 3 hour trip home. 

It was a great 2 weeks and now onto a new year!