Papa and Nana Vaughn come for a visit February 2012

Christmas at Home

This year Matt was on shift for Christmas eve and Griffen was visiting his dad so Knox and I spent Christmas Eve down south with the Vaughn's. We enjoyed seeing family and catching up.

On our way to Lake Tapps I decided to make a pit stop in Enumclaw and attempted to visit with Grandpa. Unfortunately he wouldn't see me. His dementia has gotten so bad that he doesn't even recognize me. I did leave him with some baklava and he promptly said, "I'm Greek!". He's actually not Greek so it did give me something to smile about.

Matt came home Christmas morning after his shift. We were short 1 kiddo but had a great time watching Knox open his gifts. The morning was laid back and it felt so nice to not have to travel anywhere. Christmas landed on Sunday this year so we did make our way out of the house to go to church.

Griffen came home on the 28th and he opened the gifts from us and those that were left from Santa. His favorite gift was his new Red Rider BB gun!

Griffen's 2nd Grade Christmas Program

The Polar Express

Each Christmas season the Polar Express runs from North Bend to Snoqualmie for a visit with Santa. When I heard this I knew I had to take the boys. What I didn't know was that the train sells out very quickly. I was finally able to find tickets on craigslist for the family. We were passengers on the final train of the season. We all had a great time on the train and the boys loved visiting Santa!

Christmas Tree cutting 2012

We searched for about 30 minutes for the perfect tree at Farmer Brown's Tree Farm. After the beaming ray of light came down on the most amazing tree Griffen and Matt went to work to cut it down. Luckily Matt brought along the sawzall just in case the hand saw couldn't do the job. My men, big and little, did a fantastic job! This 9 footer was a beauty!