All Counted Down

{9} Days - December 16

Make cards for teachers & nurse.

{8} Days - December 17

Visit Santa.

{7} Days - December 18

Make/Deliver Neighbor Gifts.

{6} Days - December 19

Progressive Dinner Party w/Neighbors.

{5} Days - December 20

Merry Seahawks Party.

{4} Days - December 21

Gingerbread Houses.

{3} Days - December 22

Drive around and look at lights.

{2} Days - December 23

Watch Home Alone - the boys made it about 15 mins.

{1} Day - Christmas Eve

Decorate cookies for Santa.

Another year in the books!

The Countdown Continues...

{19} Days - December 6

Living Nativity {with the Dyk's}

{18} Days - December 7

Starbucks Treat

{17} Days - December 8

Help someone else have a good Christmas

We made cookies for long haul truckers that don't get to go home for Christmas.

{16} Days - December 9

Bellevue Botanical Garden Lights

{15} Days - December 10

Grandparent Gifts (sorry Grandma & Papa, no photos...)

{14} Days - December 11

Dance Man @ Zane's School

{13} Days - December 12

**Meet new baby cousin Jon

**Annual Ornament Exchange

**New Christmas PJ's

{12} Days - December 13

Landon shopped for Zane's Christmas gift - no photo of that adventure, sorry!

{11} Days - December 14

Snowflake Lane (ran into the Dyk's)

Poor Landon was absolutely terrified of the dude in the polar bear costume...he missed most of the show by burying his head into my shoulder...

{10} Days - December 15

Random Act of Kindness

We bought gifts for a little girl who otherwise wouldn't be getting anything for Christmas.

No photos of the gifts...but here's what Crispy was doing today...

Denny Creek Waterslides

We finally did it!  We finally had the time to hike out to the Denny Creek waterslides today!  I have been wanting to do this since last summer - so happy we finally were able to make it happen!  It was so much fun!  We went with some friends of ours who have a son the same age as Zane, so that worked out well!  The water level is super low this year, so the slides were not at all what they normally are I guess...but the boys still had a great time.  The rocks are SUPER slippery and we had a few bumps, bruises and tears but everyone recovered quickly and kept on playing!  It was great and I can't wait to go back again next summer!

Here is a video of Zane going down one of them...he did it about 3 times.  The last time didn't end so well.  As he was getting up to climb back to the top, he slipped and smacked his head on the rocks :(  It was not an easy task for me to get down to him (as I was not planning to slide myself, haha), but I managed and he was thankfully, although has a nice goose egg to show for himself.  He recovered and kept on playing - but not anymore on that one slide and I don't blame him!

The goose egg right after it happened.

The goose egg tonight - it is HUGE.  Poor thing.

Landon had a blast on this little slide!

Bubbles

Well, thanks to our friends Andrew and Mason we were able to cross "Big Bubbles" off our Summer Bucket List!

Reptile Man {Mason turns Six}

Our good buddy Mason turned 6 today and had one of the raddest birthday parties I've ever been to! The Reptile Man came to do a little show!  I have heard lots about this amazing man, but have never seen him or his animals, so I was excited!  It was awesome!  Every single kid was in awe and had a great time.  I loved how hands on it was!  Amazingly enough, neither of my kids were scared of any of the reptiles...this is saying a lot for Zane!  He did great!