Here we go again!

I think I have posted on here for the last four days.. might as well keep it going. 
Well with the new year brings new things.  We will welcome baby number 4 the first week of August.  Everyone is excited especially the girls.  Cooper has no idea what is coming to him.  Not sure how that relationship will play out but we will see. 

New Years

 New Years eve weekend we headed up north to Jordan's brothers house in Oak Harbor, WA on Whidbey Island.  

 On New Years eve we went and walked Deception Pass Bridge.

 View of the bridge.

 View looking the other way.

This picture just cracks me up...  Sibling love.

 Dottie and Sadie they are less then 1 month apart in age.

 Dottie Cooper and I walking on the bridge.

 Then we went back to their place and had lots of food!  And fondue!  Waiting for the clock to strike midnight so we could light off our fireworks.

 And of course the New Years baby did not forget.  New Years Day.

On the way home we went a different route and took the ferry over to Port Townsend from Whidbey island.  The girls loved this.  Cooper slept the whole time.  To worn out from the festivities the night before I guess.

Christmas '11

 Christmas Eve.   The girls put together their own nativity to share with us.  It was pretty cute.  All props were made by them.  You can kind of see an angel and wise men on the wall behind that they drew and taped up. 

 They got Grandpa Mills involved too as Joseph.  Dottie was Mary and Emma was a shepherd.

Then we got to open one present, the new PJ's.

 Cooper in his new Thomas PJ's.  Could hardly get these ones off of him he loved them so much.  He also loves wearing this plastic baseball cap around too. It's actually a popcorn bowl shaped as a baseball cap, but he loves it.

 Christmas Morning.

 Checking out the loot.

 Excited faces.  HA.. pretty funny.

All dressed and ready for Church Christmas day.

Later that day we went down to my parents and had more cousin time.  Cooper and his cousin Kyla playing games on their parents phones.  It was pretty funny to watch.

December activites

Constructing ginger bread houses.

 Cooper was being so silly while waiting for Dottie's kindergarten Christmas program to start.

 There she is in the parade up to the stage.

 3rd one in.  Second from the top row.

 Cutest reindeer hat ever. 

Thanksgiving '11

So I am a little behind.. but here is thanksgiving. Here is Emma helping with the prep work.

 We had dinner at the Erickson's this year.  Jordan's brothers Travis and Brad were able to be there with their families as well as his sister with her new husband.

 Getting ready to eat.. so much food!




 The Adult table if that is what you want to call it.

 And the KIDS table.  Don't ya love their hats!

 Silly Faces.

 After dinner.. (probably the next day) it was time to cut down the Christmas tree in the mountains.

This must have been Bryan and Renee's tree.  It looked much better than ours.  We had to cut 5 feet off of it when we got home.  Still a tall tree.