December Memories

Visit to see Santa at Bass Pro Shop

The elves are back! 

Ready to decorate the tree 

All finished with the downstairs tree!

The girls helped decorate the fireplace too

The girls each had a tree in their room this year 

The girls also decorated their downstairs bathroom 

Nativity set from my Grandma Bert 

Upstairs tree 

Some elf adventures  

My favorite kind of morning 

Lillian saved her money to get Christmas nails. One of my former students did them for her and she was SO excited! They turned out amazing! 

The start of the advents 

Present from Miss Mili

A visit to the Christmas Cottage in Sherwood 

The elves wanted to go see Christmas lights 

Open swim at Chehalem Pool with the Meeuwsens. 

Santa even came!

Movie theater day! We end to see the new David movie 

Sleep over at Grammy Liz and Papa Doug's 

Holiday party at Hadley's Trek Church Group

Tillamook December sunrise at the farm 

(thanks Zoe for the picture)

More elf fun

Hadley all ready for her dance recital

Nutmeg came to visit for the weekend

Tula was just a little jealous

Helping dad with the lights (it's nice to have a flat roof now!)

Belated birthday gifts from Auntie

Hadley enjoyed a birthday party for a friend 

Audrey and I went to the high school choir concert to support her friends 

The elves are always up to something 

Lillian's gingerbread house 

Audrey's gingerbread house

Hadley's gingerbread house

Gifts from Auntie Kirsten and the girls 

Spa night with their gifts from Auntie Kirsten

"Snow Out" Day at the high school

Handing out gifts to her teachers 

Sweater day at school

Pajama day with hot cocoa 

Lillian was awarded student of the month for "initiative"

Holiday friend party for all three of the girls and their friends

Ugly seater day at the high school

More elf visits 

Enjoy their Christmas gifts from our Johnson Christmas 

Sister gifts.

They each picked out a gift for one of their sisters