Baking Cookies

Sadie and Ronan helped Memaw and Great-Grandma Janet make Christmas cookies on Wednesday. It was really cute watching them work together and take turns putting the ingredients in.

Cohen got in on the excitement. They could hardly wait for the cookies to be done!

Fun with Cousins

We had Amy, Ethan, and Macey over for some playtime on Monday. The babies were all entertained by Ronan and his energy. He played peek-a-boo with them from behind the couch.

Macey liked sitting in this wagon toy.

Later that evening the Henrys came over along with our good friends, Ashley, Camilla, and McKenzie. Finn and Griffin played well together and had fun showing off their walking skills for everyone.
Finn is rocking out with this microphone he found...or is he eating it?

Anytime Griffin sees me using a pen he reaches for it and wants to "try" it. So, I put him in his highchair with a marker and paper and he started coloring away (: He even put the cap back on the marker when he was done.

Christmas Party

Last night was the EWEB Christmas party at the Eugene Hilton. This was the first work party we had been to because the University of Oregon never had one and this is Josh's first Christmas at EWEB. It was a "Cruise Ship" theme so they had a buffet dinner, a comedian, shuffleboard, poker tables, and dancing. The food was great and we had fun chatting with Josh's co-workers. We didn't play any games, but we did win a door prize (Cinemark $$). It was a fun night out! Thanks Memaw and Papa for watching our boys!

Above: Nick called in 4 extra guys to help raise a 20' wall
Below: Working on the sheeting for the 1st floor walls

Above: View of the front of the house. They finished framing the 1st floor.
Below: View of the back of the house.

This week they will build the stairs and start framing the 2nd story walls!

Christmas Program

Last night was Ronan and Sadie's Christmas program at Norkenzie Christian School. They both were so cute and did such a great job! Ronan's class were dressed like carolers and Sadie's class were dressed like sheep. We were really proud of Ronan for going up on stage and singing the whole time. He even kept his hat and scarf on and didn't wiggle around too much (: We weren't sure what to expect...but it turned out really well!

Above: There's Ronan up front wearing blue and yellow.
Below: Becca with Sadie in her cute sheep costume

Santa arrived at the end of the program to surprise all the kids. There was a huge line, so we waited until the end and got a few pictures of Ronan sitting on Santa's lap. When Santa asked Ronan what he wanted for Christmas he said, "a Bobcat and a John Deere tractor". He's our little construction worker (:

Griffin joined Ronan on Santa's lap. He was happy for a few minutes because he got to hold the bells. He didn't really know what to think of Santa!

My 1st attempt...

...at digital scrapbooking!


I used Ali Edwards' Digital Quickpages

The walls are going up now...and Ronan got to help! Nick and James worked so fast yesterday as the weather went from sunny and warm to raining off and on. When we got home from Moms of Grace, Ronan got his boots on and ran out to the construction site to check on the progress. Nick told Ronan that he made it just in time to help them lift one of the walls! I got the camera out just in time (:

Later on, Josh got to help raise a wall when he got home from work. (I didn't know he was home yet, so that's why I didn't get a picture) They made a lot of progress in just one day!