Julie's 40th Birthday

Pancho pulled off a great surprise for Julie's 40th birthday. She is a planner so it is very hard to get her. It was such a fun night. We were racing to get to her parent's house in time. But we made it and the look on Julie's face was awesome!

Amy, Tish, Julie, Liz, Dina, Christy

It was so great to see our friend from college Dina!

Lucy with the small Julie cut out! Don't they look alike??

Linfield friends!

Pancho, Donnie, Doug

Reenacting the picture from her 24th birthday! That's alot of years of friendship!!!

Pancho, you did good!

A long day but well worth it!

Crazy Hair Day

Crazy Hair Day! It's so fun to get to watch my kids enjoy all these crazy days. Crazy Hair day is a definite favorite! This year we used purple, blue and pink hair spray! Funny thing is we took the kids to my in-laws when school was over but didn't warn them it was Crazy hair day.

Skiing

Skiing! We went up to Willamette pass again this year with the Hakalas and Fultons. Ellie was really excited and Jack decided we wanted to try skiing. The big kids started skiing with Donnie, Christy, and Julie. The little kids went to ski school. I watched a whole lot of stuff and read my book(maybe not knowing how to ski isn't such a bad thing:) When the little kids came in for lunch the report was, Sam moved up which upset Ellie. And Jack was ready to be done. After a little more skiing Ellie moved up with Sam to the chair lift. When we came to spy she was flying down the hill(needs a little work on turning and being able to stop). Jack and Ethan seemed to be having a great time building a snow man. Hmmm that's an expensive snow man. After lessons Julie skiied the bunny hill LOTS of times with Ellie and Sam. I sure am glad I have a very patient best friend! Ellie and Sam were very excited because they moved two levels during the day. So we will definitely take Ellie back to the mountain for at least one more lesson this winter. And Jack, well he says he might take a half day lesson next year.

Sam, Ellie, Ethan, Jack

He's not quite sure what to think

Julie, Christy, and I

Lunch time! Jack(6) and Ethan(5)

Sam and Ellie (both 9)

Look at her go! But uh oh she's going kinda fast

So this is how she stopped. She thought this whole thing was great. Julie and I were laughing so hard and so were the people around us. Poor teacher was a little worried!

Jack was actually on skis and we were proud of him for trying.

Let's see if we each paid 80$ for ski school then this is a $160 mound of snow:)

Julie, Ellie, Sam on Sleepy Hollow(aka Duck Soup 2)

Jack had more fun playing in the snow

All the kids!

New Year's Eve

We celebrated the new year with some bowling, we went out to eat, let off some fireworks, and then watched the ball drop and had a toast. It was nice because it was the first day in almost a week that Ellie was able to leave the house. She had a second battle with strep throat. So we enjoyed getting out as a family to enjoy the end of Christmas break.

Jack has been wearing his Beaver gear from Santa non stop

the line up of guinea pigs ready to watch the ball drop also

Cheers to 2010

Christmas Day

We had a great Christmas. The kids woke uo a little after 6, but had to wait until 7 to see what Santa brought. They had very full stockings. They each got a stuffed guinea pig, which they loved. They both got an Indiana Jones lego set. Jack got a Beaver helmet and uniform set. Ellie got a giant nerf gun. After a big breakfast and some play time we headed to Eugene to our best friends' house. The kids got to play and then they put on a nativity play. The Hakalas joined us for dessert and the play. Then the grownups watched a movie while the kids played. It was a great day. On the way home Ellie said her throat hurt which after 4 long days led to the discovery her strep throat was back. At least she got to enjoy Christmas.

Ellie had an Oregon jersey in her stocking.

Jack's helmet, jersey set was his favorite present.

Pancho and Julie

Liz, you are so good at making tin foil crowns!

How's that meat Pancho?

Natalie was the narrator

Ellie was an angel

Jack was one of the three kings(notice the chuck e cheese crown and bowling pin for a gift)

Jack with the other kings(Ben and Max)

Lucy and Sam aka Mary and Joseph

The Cast: Hakala, Fulton and Dacar kids!

Christmas Eve

We had a great Christmas Eve. My mom and Doug's parents came to our house. I made a ham dinner. After dinner we opened our presents. The kids were sooooo excited. The grand finale gift was from Grammy, the kids finally got a Wii. That was so cute to watch because they opened it and just sat there in silence, they didn't think it was real and then started screaming. Of course Jack also got some legos and a Beaver football. Ellie got some DS games and remote control helicopter. They had a great time!

Dinner, about the only time we sit at the big table.

The fun of opening presents

Doug got an ipod touch

Doug gets to set up the Wii

We got a family game. Doug and I also got a gift certificate for a night away at Salishan :)

They really never thought they would get a Wii

Jack got right to work building and this year didn't need any help!

Santa Brownie

Ellie wanted to try out all the sports

Doug and I

Linda

Wayne and Martha

Ellie and Jack