Dec 27, 2007

Holiday Fun

We spent five days with Trese's family over the past week. We packed our days with family, friends and fun. We left Waterville after 8:00 on Friday night and got to Grandpa and Grandma Halls around 1:00 a.m.

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 ClausThe 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.

Dec 11, 2007

Basketball Season

For the past two months much of our spare time has been spent in the gym. Josh and Joel have been coaching the Waterville Junior High Basketball teams. For now Josh is convinced that junior high is the way to go. His season was only one and a half months, there is no weekend commitment and he is excited to watch his players next year in high school. Go Shockers!