Greg and Holli cooked an awesome dinner. We ended up leaving right after dinner as we were a bit concerned that the melted snow would freeze to the roadways.

Today is Ryan's actual birthday. It's hard to believe that, seven years ago, Bob and I were in the hospital trying to figure out what we were supposed to do with this tiny little guy! Well, "Little Guy" is no longer little and "Little Chick" is almost three! Times flies...it's a nice reminder for us to take time to enjoy the little things each day. That's all for now...see you in 2008!

After all of the Pearcy's left on Christmas morning, we headed over to Greg and Holli's through the snow (they had forecasted a 1% chance of snow!). Ryan and Jordan spent most of their time on the Playstation, while Emmalee turned Holli's decorative reindeer into stuffed animal holders. Rick - sorry your photo is sideways!

On Sunday, Amanda stopped by for a few hours on her way to Texas. The kids were very excited to see her, and, of course, opened more presents. On Monday, we took everyone to the Evergreen Aviation Museum in McMinnville. It needs to be recorded somewhere that we were able to get Dad through an air museum in just ONE hour! Amazing! We opened presents that evening as Matt and Val had to fly out bright and early on Tuesday on their way to Wisconsin (thanks, Dad, for taking them to the airport at 4 a.m.).

We had a great time spending time with everyone...the kids thoroughly enjoyed sharing their room with their uncles and Val and then going downstairs for stories by Hop and books by Nana. Nope...it's not over yet...

Christmas, Birthdays, Family, Fun!

Wow! What a weekend! Mom, Dad, Jon, Matt and Val all arrived on Thursday evening. Everyone spent Friday recovering from their trips to Portland; I spent it getting ready for the birthday party on Saturday. We had 24 people at our place for Ryan's 7th and Emmalee's 3rd birthday party. It was crowded, but it was nice to have everyone there. The kids were completely spoiled and it didn't end there...