Merry Christmas from The Thomas Family!

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Merry Christmas from our home to yours!

Dressed for Santa!

Hi Grandma and Grandpa!

Movie Night

It's nice having Pat, Sunne, Annie and Lily over for good food and the movie UP. Good times!

Getting ready for Christmas...

We're getting all decorated for Christmas around our house. Got some lights up outside and the tree up and decorated. Feeling festive!

Nutcracker

Here are a few pics of Lily when we went to see the Nutcracker ballet.

Christmas Wreath

Check out the beautiful wreath in our blog header.......then head to the Christmas Craft Sale just north of Carnation.....turn west on NE 55th St and follow signs!

Labor Day

I just realized that I never put up any pictures of Labor Day weekend.

I only took a few, so here they are. ;o)

Thanksgiving 2009

Are there enough chairs??
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Talking about the good book they just read


The Play

Old Photos

Thanksgiving was good. Especially the food and the late night Pinochle games. Although I wish Karen could have been there. Here's two of the photos I scanned in this weekend... one of each grandma. I'll be cleaning up the other photos and sharing them real soon...

p.s. Sam, Eli - pinochlepotential.com is still available...

Lily 2009 Soccer Pic

Thanks for stopping by Lily's last game, Grandma & Gramps. Lily got the player of the game award for her multiple goal attempts.

Last Day of Soccer!!

Gabe and Lily had their last game of the season today!  What's next??

Our First (and maybe last)Trick-or-TREATers

Our first trick-or-treaters have just arrived.  A scary witch, who is the spittin' image of mom and a very cute dinosaur......oh, yeah, and the wizard disguised as a dad.

What a happy witch....must be Glinda, the GOOD witch!

Let's start eating the good stuff!

This trick-or-treating is great!  Too bad I have to go home and go to bed by 7:30!  

Here comes another goblin to my door.......scary! I wonder who it could be.......

It was the ghoulish cheerleader girl who lives down the street! What did she do with my sweet Lily?

Friday Night Date!

Pat and I had a date with two of our favorite people!!!!!!  We were getting ready for Halloween by carving a pumpkin and practicing our monster growl!  Ireland has it down.......

 

Party Time!

The Thomas family invited us over for a belated 19th birthday celebration for Sam. Family gatherings are always fun.....and we always miss those who can't make it!!!! Who's scaring who? Can you tell Lily was getting ready for the school Halloween bash?

What good looking boys.....

There's always someone around willing to help with the gift opening!

Pretty girls!

Looks like bedtime.....

The party retreats to the Rock Band room....

What a talented bunch!

Thanks for having us ALL over! Families are the greatest.. so glad I've got mine!

Happpy Birthday Sam!

(picture on 18th birthday.....no photo this year??)

How can you be 19 years old???? Same sweet smile and sparkly eyes!

E-I-E-I-O

We took a little trip to the farm over the weekend. It was a beautiful fall day and the kids (and adults) had a blast!



Here's a few shots from the day!

Our Trip to the Big City

Well, we finally made it to the big city to visit family in Seattle. Tom and Jessie moved to Ballard in May and this is the first time we've been to their place. Our first stop was to Aaron and Karen's for lunch........ and then we had to check out the new landscaping in front! You can actually see the house now. It looks great!

Then we headed over to Ballard with Lily and Victoria to check out Tom and Jessie's place. They have the biggest cat I've ever seen! This picture doesn't quite show how "HUGE" Fallon is. He's like a little stuffed bear. Very hairy.....

Tom lives right across from the Hiram S. Chittenden locks....(I wonder if Hiram is related to the Chittenden's in Carnation??) We walked out his front door, crossed the street and we were right there! In fact the name of their apartment complex is Lock Vista!

We enjoyed the beautiful gardens and the girls found lots of places to pose......

The boats that go through are pretty spectacular.....Pat and I kept thinking how expensive it must be to own and operate a boat......

Uncle Tom and his nieces check out a big boat that came through the locks.

Then we headed a couple blocks west to Golden Gardens and let the girls jump the waves for a few minutes....that's all it took for them to get wet! Good thing it was a nice fall day!

Our trip to the big city was very enjoyable and I know Lily was very glad to see her Uncle Tom!