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Leavenworth 12.21.09

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

12/21/09

Christmas with Grandma & Grandpa Johnson!

Leavenworth

We spent last week, 12/12-12/19, in Leavenworth! It was so much fun being on vacation with no agenda. We did come back west of the mountains Monday and Wednesday because John had to work the "day job", but I think it was nice to break up the week (after all, it was a WHOLE week in one little Bavarian village!).

We walked the streets, did some shopping, had lunch in Chelan, went to both malls in Wenachee, drove the Plain/Lake Wenachee loop in the snow, and ate out alot. Fun, fun!!

We also drove past this crazy accident IN THE MALL PARKING LOT!!! Someone a little too excited for Christmas shopping!

Pictures

For family pictures we did get to do one favorite:

Find the missing family member:

Meeting Kenley

We finally got to meet the cutest little girl EVER!! Kenley June Ronk

I'm pretty sure they're about the same size despite the 2 month gap! Kenley is a tiny little thing for being 5 months!

And this is my gorgeous sister, Teirsa, with the kids!

My First Christmas

John and I were at Old Navy the other day and saw this cute shirt, but John noticed the tag...




Really? First Christmas for a 2 year old?

Baby Dedication

These are from Sunday night, Dec 6th, when baby James was dedicated at church. Baby Phoebe, Gracen, and Joshua were also in the group!

Family Pictures!

We're getting family pictures taken next Saturday, and I thought I would spend some time online getting ideas for poses/outfits.... hope you like them mom!

This one just reminds me of Brian :)

The view...

... from the office at the new house.

Month 2 Bloopers

EVERY time I see this picture it makes me laugh. We all know what this face means!

Thought this was funny!

John with Angus last year in the snow:



John with Moose this year in the snow:

Snow Day!

The Friday after Thanksgiving, a bunch of us headed up to the mountains to try out John's new toy and frolic in the pretty white snow!

I guess Matt tried to chop up a tree with an axe, but that didn't go very well...

So he thought wrestling it in half would be a better idea!

John's "new product" toy...

James was sound asleep like this on the way home!

Thanksgiving 2009

We spent Thanksgiving this year at John's mom's house. It was alot of fun as usual! (These are all repeats from FB)



As always, a highlight of Carruthers Thanksgivings is the Gallon Challenge. (For anyone not familiar, you have to drink and keep down a gallon of milk in 1 hour.) This year, the competitors were Reed, Becca, Lauren, Matt, and Greg. Reed was the one to beat this year - but he had the advantage of doing it BEFORE dinner! Smart thinking!



Matt and Greg decided to do it shot glass style!



I think Reed and John were trying to encourage Matt to finish by showing him mayo and sour cream... great brothers!





Greg strategizing... He actually got VERY close to Reed's mark, but didn't quite beat him! Great job though considering he did it AFTER dinner!



Matt feeling not well!