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!

The newest member of the family!

This is Moose! Aka: Moose-ifer

While he looks cute and cuddly, this is more like his true nature:



He's been.... fun ....ish so far! He is much more playful (bite-y), adventurous (run-away-y), and wild than Angus ever was so right now it feels a little overwhelming. But every day I say "it can only get better from here"! I know he will be a great pal for us but right now it is extra work with a newborn, new house, new puppy, etc...! :)

2 Months!

November 22

Can't belive our James-bug is 2 months! He is becoming quite the personality in this family! He is definitely becoming more vocal and likes to have his turn in our conversations! The little ooohs and aaahs are to die for! James is really into sitting up in the bumbo and yesterday for the first time, I had him facing out in the baby bjorne. Sad times, he's not really an infant anymore!

I was looking at the 1 month photo and I think my favorite changes are his little belly button that clearly shows he's packing on the pounds (more like ounces!) and the little double chin that is making itself known!



It's been a fun 2nd month for sure!

Catching Up

Yay! We finally set up the computer in our new house - now I can update my life!


Things have been pretty chaotic around here! We moved into the new house (one mile from the old one!) the weekend of the 13th. It is nice to have so much room, but still overwhelming thinking about the extra furniture/decor/painting that comes with a new place...


November 22nd was James' 2 month bday, and on the same day was the still-heart-wrenching loss of Angus. Everyone has been super sweet asking about how we're doing. We still miss him like CRAZY, but it's easier every day!


November 24th I had my last doctor appointment with my OB. Its pretty surreal thinking back to our first appointment with him - getting to see the little heartbeat on the monitor and wondering who this little person will be! This has been the fastest 11 months so far!

November 26th we left at 4:45am to drive to Portland, Oregon to get our new little German Shepherd puppy - and we were back at John's mom's place by 11:30am with Moose in hand! Thanksgiving was great! It was filled with the usual Carruthers craziness, specifically the semi-annual "Gallon Challenge"! We have MUCH to be thankful for this year!


I think that pretty much catches me up! :)