Saturday Trese went shopping with the girls while Josh helped Trese's dad with the remodel.
Sunday was Special Meetings in Tenino then we celebrated Dad's birthday which was earlier in the week.
Monday Josh took off with Ben and Forrest to go snowboarding. Christmas Eve we spent and Uncle Dug's with all of the Thornton family, Auntie, Grandma and Grandpa.
On Christmas Day we had breakfast at Mom and Dad's then headed up to Steve and Lori's. We had the traditional football game (Josh's team won, Trese's team lost.) Then we went back to a wonderful dinner that Auntie Lori had made. We were most impressed with the Douglas Fir Sorbet. We headed home during the white elephant gift exchange. We were sad to miss out on Mom's Dessert buffet but since the snow was piling up in Western Washington we figured we would have a long trip home.
We made it safely back to Waterville and headed over to our other families house to visit with Josh's parent, grandparents, aunt, both of the brothers and the ladies in their lives. We are thankful that we have so many friends and family that we want to see, but we are glad that things are starting to calm down and life is starting to return to normal.
Bethany had surgery on her foot and ankle a few days before Christmas. We all had fun leaving her messages on her cast.
The guys hard at work
Mr and Mrs Claus
The guys were exhausted after a day on the mountain with all that powder
Forrest enjoying the powder
Kate got Forrest's Boeing vest that he had given away last year at the white elephant.
Camilla admiring her moose that Dad found in the garage and decided to give away to one lucky recipient.
2 comments:
It was awesome to see you guys! Can't wait until we can come again!
We loved having you all; just need to get a finished house for future holidays!
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