Cookie Fun!

It is a holiday tradition to get together with my mom, sister and the boys to make and decorate Christmas cookies at the end of each year. This year was especially fun because my cousin's wife, Jyothsna, and their son, Matthew, were able to join us. (They recently moved back to Portland from the east coast). It's always messy and the cookies are somewhat unappealing after being decorated, but it is always lots of fun!

Rolling the dough and cutting 'em out





Decorating





The best part



Too much sugar!!!







Yum

One Last Dance

Aayla had her last dance class today. The teacher had all the parents stay in the room to watch what the kids have learned. It was a dance recital, of sorts. I have never seen such cuteness!!

A little ballet...

Some tap...

To Get You Through Your Day Daddy!

We luvs you!!

Tree Time

We got our very first Christmas tree this weekend. We went to a local family farm and cut it ourselves. It was really fun walking the rows of tree looking for the perfect one. Aayla had fun helping decorate, but she had more fun taking the ornaments off and playing with them! She also thought it quite funny to pretend to take off the candy canes and eat them!

Fun on the farm...




The perfect tree...




Setting it up...


The final product...

Holiday Fun!!

Family self photo at my work holiday party...

Early Christmas presents thanks to Grandma and Grandpa Jensen...

Decorating our first gingerbread house with help from Stacie...


The final product...


We hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday season so far!!

Thanksgiving 2009

We celebrated with our good friends Stacie and Garrett a couple of days late this year. We (mostly Garrett!) cooked a vegetarian Thanksgiving feast! It was delicious!

We are so thankful for all of our wonderful family and friends!!