Sister's Lunch

We try to get together as women in the family about once a month for lunch. We switch off whose house it is at and they make lunch for everyone. It's always when the older kids are in school and the younger cousins get a "play date" with eachother.

This time it was at Mikin's house for my mom's 62nd birthday celebration. The theme was "still red hot @ 62"!! It was so fun! Here are all the women there (and Tyce and Johnny).

"Cade, are you IN my pants?"

Cheekies is 6 months!!

Half of a year??!!

This has been the quickest 6 months of our lives!!

-SITTING UP!

-breaking your second tooth!

-eating all kinds of solids, and you love all of it!

-still the happiest baby around!

Christmas Card

Merry Christmas to anyone we missed!

TWENTY TWELVE

Once again, not enough pictures!

NEW YEAR'S EVE:

-Puss n' Boots @ the discount theater with cousins

-Tom & Brooke family to our house to checks it

-double date with Tom and Brooke to Texas Roadhouse

-after party/games/seacrest countdown @ the Steve/Jean Gatten house

-Jon chaproned the youth dance

NEW YEAR'S DAY:

-Nice, big home-made waffle breakfast

-Church @ 11!

-family naps!

-nice dinner and bubbly with toasts to the new year!

tomorrow we write out our goals for FHE!

Gatten Family Reunion!! Cntd...

HOPE, ID

Pond Oreille Shores Condos

A week full of swimming, hot tubbing, steam rooms, saunas, basketball, duck hunting, racquetball, family fitness classes, crafting, too much food, not enough sleep, movies, skiing, games.....

the family birthday parties for December and January (Cade and Jay).....

And NOT ENOUGH PICTURES!!!

We were sad to see it end.

Christmas Eve/Christmas

We spent Christmas Eve and Christmas at our Steve Gatten Family Reunion at some condos in Hope, ID on Pond Orielle Lake.

We were bummed to not have Christmas in our new home, but once we got there, it made me realize home is where the family is.

Christmas Eve we had a big yummy dinner with everyone, then separated to open our one present (PJ's), then met up before bed. We sat by the burning fire and sang Christmas songs as I played the guitar, watched the nativity story video by the church, filled Jesus' stocking with goals for the year, and then Papa read 'Twas the Night Before Christmas' to all of the grandkids:

It was awesome.

After the children were nestled all snug in their beds, the adults watched Elf AND Christmas Vacation (tradition)!

Christmas morning, we opened gifts in our own condo with our little family:

Cade

Jay

Tyce

trying to eat his presents!

We then made a nice, big breakfast and enjoyed a relaxing day together.

So glad Christ was born, and that we are reminded each year of Him.

Merry Christmas!