I am so behind! I can't believe that I am posting about putting our tree up the day we actually ended up taking it down for the season. Oh well, better late than never! The boys knew the drill but this was Eliza's first tree and she was captivated. She would often walk over to it and point at it while babbling away reminding us to put on the lights. Our artificial tree is rather sad - a six foot little tree in a room with 20 foot ceilings but no one has ever seemed to notice. I guess when the kids were little the tree always looked big to them. However, this year Sam is getting older and growing bigger and for the first time we heard the words 'little' tree. Sam informed us that he used to think our tree was big but now it looked kind of little and frequently over the next few weeks asked why our tree was so little. I have wanted a bigger tree for a long time now so maybe next year is our year to get something bigger...or cut a fresh one! Either way our little tree did look pretty...and at least to Eliza looked pretty big.
Drew had a conference in Sun River OR this past winter and we made the call to tag along for a little vacation. Things were slightly dampened by the fact that it appears Cole has developed car sickness since the summer. Ugh. The drive was so long! However, it was worth it in the end and we had a wonderful time relaxing in an amazing little chalet, enjoying the snow, sitting in the hot tub, sledding and skating! Couldn't have asked for more fun! A stop at our favorite in Mt. Hood - El burro loco! A glass of wine after our 6 hour road trip turned into 10 hours due to car sickness! Right before our Owl Walk. We were told we could walk into the wood and hear the owls. What a bust! 3 cold and tired kids in the dark woods and no owls! It's now a running joke in our home as the tour guide kept 'hooting' trying to draw the owl's attention. If we want someone's attention in the house we often hoot at each other now...
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