'Tis the season!!!

Today is "black Friday" and instead of doing what the rest of the world is doing today (shopping!) we go and cut our Christmas tree!!  We go to Snowshoe Tree Farm on Orting Hwy and it is the best place for Christmas trees!!  The morning was perfect for tree cutting.  Snowshoe has a huge selection and they have a place where your kid can write a letter to Santa (which Gabriella did) and a mailbox to sent it to him.  They also have a kiddie tree area where there are the smallest, cutest christmas trees for kids!!  We decided to start giving Gabby and Dante there own tree to decorate every Christmas so Gabby had so much fun picking out her (and Dante's) very own tree.  She was SO excited!!  It was so much fun watching her.  She really is getting into the holiday this year.  I love it!!

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Thankgiving was great on so many levels.  Gabriella walked her first Turkey Trot in the morning with daddy.  It's a 2 mile walk or a 3 mile run that The Center at Norpoint holds every Thanksgiving morning.  It was great to Bob and Gabby to have some father/daughter time.  Dante and I stayed at home and just chilled out....something we dont get to do often so it was awesome to just play with him.  After the kids napped we went over to our friends Trevor and Dija's house for dinner.  It was so yummy and Gabby loved playing with Kayla and Kloye (Dija's 5 year old twins.)  Our other friends, Jackie and Cory, were also going to join us but Jackie was induced to have her baby the night before and she had her baby boy, Conner Joesph, at noon on Thanksgiving day!!  We were all so happy for them and what a day to have a baby!!  I cant wait to meet him!!!

Unfortunately I forgot my camera over Dija's house so I have NO pics from Thanksgiving which I am sad about.  That's ok though.  I spent the day with the people I love and with great friends too.  Day was a great day.

My little Betty Crocker

Gabby discovered cookie doe and she is loving it!!  We had so much fun making cookies and she is getting so much better at putting the ingredients INSIDE the bowl instead of outside!!  She just loves helping me cook and bake and I love her help!!!  She will end up a better cook than her mommy!!

Enjoy!!

Although I'm not new to blogging I am new to THIS blog!!  I changed sights so I think I will like this format better.  I cant give up my blogs because, those who know me know that I'm on the computer a lot and this is probably the only way my children will have any memories!!  Ha ha!!  Anyway, we have a lot of things to share and we have some catching up to do!!  Gabriella is 2 years 3 months old now and Dante is 7 months old already!!  I'm looking forward to sharing our life with everyone and especially excited to create more memories for Gabby, Dante, Bob and I.  We are so blessed....we have 2 happy, healthy kids and I have a wonderful marriage that I never thought I would have in my life.  We are so lucky to have each other and everyday that I wake up and see my family is a day that I thank God for everything he has given me.

Talk soon!!!