Birch Bay

We took a little weekend trip to Birch Bay - known as the bird watching capital of the Northwest. We didn't see any birds, but we certainly threw lots of rocks into the water!

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Gingerbread party

We hosted our first gingerbread party today! We started off with a kid-friendly lunch (PB&J sandwiches in the shape of gingerbread men (and women), star-shaped pizzas, fruit, veggies and cheese and crackers). From there, we went into the straight into the sugar rush with dozens of kinds of candies (okay, I went overboard on the candy) and everyone getting their own gingerbread house to decorate and take home with them.

Marilynn invited two of her friends from school and the Collins kids to the party. She was the perfect hostess!

Marilynn got just about every kind of candy on the roof of her house.

Rocking Around The Christmas Tree

The girls had so much fun putting up the Christmas tree.

Marilynn got the honor of putting the star on top of the tree.

The girls put a second, smaller tree up in Marilynn's room.

I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus

Cornerstones Christmas Party

We hosted a Christmas Party with our church group and had a great time with 17 kiddos - all under the age of 7! Oh my.



Marilynn awaiting Santa's arrival to the party.



Here comes Santa Claus! He passed out presents to all of the good little boys and girls.

And, we made Christmas cookies for Santa.

More Christmas Tree Farm Pictures

A bag of Kettle Corn to share - yummy.


Bouncing around in the Bounce House.

Trains!