Thanks Aunt Amanda

YIPPEE, We are not sick anymore!!!!! We started getting things ready for Christmas this weekend. We got our tree, decor out and even started hanging the lights. Hopefully Ben will finish that today. The boys are so excited about it all. Bryce is just in awe with it all, its really cute.

A few months ago Noah and Bryce's Aunt Amanda sent them the Little People Christmas Village. Last night while they were sleeping I got it out and set it up. Its so cute, I admit I played with it :) Anyways when Noah woke up this morning he thought that Santa had come and set it up. I told him that it was from his Aunt Amanda, Uncle Matt and cousins. He was sooo happy. He said "I have the best cousin ever, how did they know I wanted that." He is a silly boy. Anyways, they have been playing with it ALL morning long. THANKS AMANDA!!! Bryce really likes the tree, it sings "Oh Christmas Tree" and its pretty loud. Carries the tree all over the house pushing that darn button.

Here are some pictures of Bryce playing. Don't mind the no clothes, or the mess. Its been a lazy morning :)

Noah's ready

Saturday morning I'm laying on the couch with Noah and Ben. I wasn't feeling well and kinda outta it. Noah was just going on and on and on. Telling us all kinds of stories, then out of nowhere he got my attention.
He said "Hey mom, I'm ready for a baby girl."
Ben and I started laughing. It was sooo cute!
Ben "Oh ya buddy, where should we get this baby girl from?"
Then Noah just started going off, like only Noah could do. We couldn't get a word in.
"Well Dad we can go to the store buy it, put it in Mom's back then it will grow in her tummy. Then we will have a baby sister, not brother OK Dad a sister. This baby that we have is getting big and talking so we need another one. One that cannot climb on my top bed. Then we need another brother and sister, but not now later. We should have lots of babies, like 4 more. That would make me so happy. Dad you go get it and Mom and I will stay here, OK."
Then he realized we were laughing so he just kept going and going. It was sooo cute. Good thing he like being a big brother.

The Storm Dec 3 2007

So They say this strom was suppose to be the strongest encountered here since 95'. So far I think they are pretty accurate. I attended an emergency town meeting with the CO on Friday. We had all the local big wigs there. We meet at the courthouse and had the National Weather Service on conference phone with the other counties as well. They were stating how strong this was gonna hit and the duration of it was something they wanted everyone to be aware of. It was pretty cool. And of course I was sitting in the back of the room all excited while most the room seemed to be a little concerned. They told us that we were expecting winds to be constant at 65 kts with gusts 80-100kts. The hit it dead on with some gusts reported in Lincoln City at 125 mph. This strom wasn't cold but carried some rain and snow in the higher regions. The main concern was the wind. Oh and the seas i guess. They called seas 40-43 ft and we are getting all of it too. It looks cool. We lost power for roughly 9 hours yesterday. The picture below is my neighbors tree uprooted with his car under it somewhere. And another tree in town snapped in half. Look how big the trunk is. This thing pack some power this go around. Also a shed at the local coffee shop just blew apart with no regard to what was in it. Hope you guys enjoy the shots. Everything is fine with us and our things. We prepared early by putting stuff inside and double checking things.

Boat Parade

On Saturday we got to go on Dad's boat for the Annual Newport Lighted Boat Parade. Noah had been sick all week and was so excited to be going on Dad's boat. Even though he was still not 100% we couldn't bear to make him stay home. The 1st time we went was when Noah was 1 1/2 and with this being our last year, we were excited to be going. It was raining all day and we were expecting a huge storm to hit on Sunday (which it did, but Ben will tell you about that one) so I was pretty nervous all day. Bryce stayed home with the sitter and we took off about 4pm. Lucky us the rain stopped for the parade and didn't start up again until Ben was about to "park" the boat. I'm sure he will laugh at me for that one:) Although it was cold we had a great time. Our friends joined us on the boat so that was nice too. I think Noah's favorite part was driving the boat, telling Dad where to go. It was cute.