Saying Bye to Fairyland

So we decided to move to Utah so fast that we hardly got to think about saying goodbye to some of our favorite places. But one of them that was a must was Fairyland. I was lucky to get to go with Kristen and her boys Owen and Jude. They had a good time, but we are sad we are leaving.

Kristen and the twins

Watching a puppet show of Goldilocks- Hank is loving it

Choo choo train

Three little pigs

Bye Bye Fairyland! We will miss you

Christmas 2012

This year Hank and I decided to go to Walmart and buy a fake tree to decorate with the 25 days of Christ decorations we got from Kati. We also went to the Oakland Temple Hill Nutcracker performance and saw all the lights. 

Hank dancing to Christmas music

Hank and I decorated the tree for Christmas

 Checking out the lights at Temple Hill

Hank is excited about something 

Around the 22nd of December we headed up to Seattle and had an awesome time cutting down trees, seeing the cousins and going to the Great Wolf Lodge. We also saw some friends- Meka & JB and the Storrs. 

 Tree Farm

 Hank watching the claw catch some treats to eat at the arcade with the Storrs

 Great Wolf Lodge family shot with Oliver the Lodge Mascot

Thanksgiving in Pacific Grove

For Thanksgiving Josie and Eric invited us to Pacific Grove, which was awesome! Kc and Hank played outside with Cohen and Ethan while we cooked and prepared. 

Kc and all the boys skateboarding down the driveway

Looking for sea animals and rocks 

The FOOD! Josie is a whiz in the kitchen 

Hank loving his food 

Tether ball

Chalk drawing

 Eric's "slow smoker" turkey wasn't ready until around 8:30 pm after we went to a local hot tub

Hank looking roasted from the hot tub 

Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary

Cousins, (Harper was in the stroller)

2 years old and Halloween

October is a fun month, we went to Half Moon Bay to find the perfect pumpkin and then drove up to San Fran to see the Blue Angels. 

Palace of Fine Arts

Then when Julie came we went to a pumpkin patch in Livermore which is a tradition. The Beck's also had a Halloween party where Hank and I showed up as a cow and the moon. Kc was out of town. We won Most Original costume. 

On Hank's birthday he asked for waffles, he went through a phase where he asked for them daily. I tried to only do it once every other week. Then when KC got back from work we went to Chucky Cheese and played games.

For the actual Halloween night we went to Alameda of course and saw awesome decorations and the Packers. 

 One of the best decorated homes has a jack-o-lantern face in their windows and then a Charlie Brown theme

 Swimming at Strawberry Canyon Pool- the best place to swim in the fall when everything else has closed! Hank would finally go in the pool but was not stoked about going under the water.

Baby Blessings 2012

This year Josie and Anne both had babies 6 days apart, July 4th and July 10th. I am so glad I could live nearby and help out and come to the blessing day. Eric decided to have a BBQ and smoked some meat that was better than any restaurant I have ever been to! Eric and Mike gave great blessings and we had an awesome time with the Packers, Browns and Christensens.

Paparazzi times with Grandma Eve and Diane and Josie

Harper Jean Brown

Jane Louise Packer

The Brown family

Hank and Martha were twins that day

I love being an aunt- so much less work than having your own baby

Packer family