I might be the only one that finds pretty much everything James does hilarious and cute. But, I partly have this blog for our memories, so I want to post this to remember James when he was this little..
Friday, December 11, 2009
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Holiday Festivities!
Christmas is in full swing at the Crowl house!
This past weekend we braved the crowds to attend the Figgy Pudding Caroling contest in downtown.
We also checked out the gingerbread houses at the Sheraton. I use the term gingerbread because these were incredible creations made by local architecture firms.
Sunday afternoon we made some delicious sugar cookies with Jessie, Mark and James. I mistakenly explained that frosting a cookie included taking a bite out of it shortly after finishing. James thought it was a great activity except he wanted to bite every cookie he frosted!
Monday night our community group went and watched the Christmas ships on Edmonds pier and had a cookie exchange. We have had incredibly sunny weather recently, but it has been cold!!!
This is such a special time of year! In other exciting news... our house is finally being built!
This past weekend we braved the crowds to attend the Figgy Pudding Caroling contest in downtown.
We also checked out the gingerbread houses at the Sheraton. I use the term gingerbread because these were incredible creations made by local architecture firms.
Sunday afternoon we made some delicious sugar cookies with Jessie, Mark and James. I mistakenly explained that frosting a cookie included taking a bite out of it shortly after finishing. James thought it was a great activity except he wanted to bite every cookie he frosted!
Monday night our community group went and watched the Christmas ships on Edmonds pier and had a cookie exchange. We have had incredibly sunny weather recently, but it has been cold!!!
This is such a special time of year! In other exciting news... our house is finally being built!
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Charlie Brown would be happy
Thanksgiving was absolutely wonderful. The best food ever, and wonderful company to boot! We spent the morning delivering food to some home bound clients of the local food bank. We go there every other week, but this was our chance to give them some fresh, non expired good food! We had a great time serving the people we have come to know and care for.
We spent the rest of the day at Jessie & Marks eating good food, playing some games, and scooping out our plan for Black Friday.
It's not even worth mentioning my Black Friday experience at Best Buy at 4:40 in the morning other than it did not work out as planned. We are back on the hunt for a washer/dryer set. Ben did scoop up all of the things we wanted at Office Depot including a new digital camera after ours broke in Seaside.
Saturday we headed out into the wilderness for our first forest tree cutting experience. It was beautiful scenery and we really enjoyed spending time with our friends. Our eye for good trees however is not the best. We thought we picked out a real winner, but when we got home and stood it up in our living room we started laughing hysterically. It definitely was not as full as we thought it was and struggled to put up 1/2 of our ornament collection. Oh well, it was a fun experience!
We spent the rest of the day at Jessie & Marks eating good food, playing some games, and scooping out our plan for Black Friday.
It's not even worth mentioning my Black Friday experience at Best Buy at 4:40 in the morning other than it did not work out as planned. We are back on the hunt for a washer/dryer set. Ben did scoop up all of the things we wanted at Office Depot including a new digital camera after ours broke in Seaside.
Saturday we headed out into the wilderness for our first forest tree cutting experience. It was beautiful scenery and we really enjoyed spending time with our friends. Our eye for good trees however is not the best. We thought we picked out a real winner, but when we got home and stood it up in our living room we started laughing hysterically. It definitely was not as full as we thought it was and struggled to put up 1/2 of our ornament collection. Oh well, it was a fun experience!
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
pre Thanksgiving festivities
Not a lot of pictures to post from this weekend, but we still had a lot of fun!
Friday night Ben and I got out for a much needed date night. Even though we don't even have kids yet, it is easy to get consumed in the daily activities and neglect spending quality time together.
We went to Zen Sushi in Mill Creek because Ben has been talking non stop about sushi for about the last month. I'm not really a fan, so I settled for some yummy teriyaki. It was slightly embarrassing when they only had chop sticks out and about 1/2 through shoving noodles in my mouth before they slipped off, a waiter kindly asked if I needed a fork. I am thankful we are married and not on a 1st date- that would have been so awkward trying to have conversation while I slurped noodles.
After dinner we went to the "cheap" theatre (it still costs as much as I paid for a new release when I was younger) and saw The Hurt Locker which was about Iraq soldiers who are responsible for destroying IED's. It was an incredibly intense movie and made us even more thankful for the people that serve our country.
Saturday Jessie & Mark took some pics of us for our Christmas card. I was happy to find a Christmas card freebie which allowed me to order 100 cards for free (including shipping!) After pics, we went to Red Mill for burgers and then I hung out with my sis while Mark & Ben went to the bodies exhibit. It sounded like it was fascinating, but I lost interest/my stomach when they began describing the nervous system like a fuzzy loofah.
Saturday night we babysit for our friends while they went out on a date.
So excited for the short week this week! We're spending Thanksgiving with my sister & Mark. Ben and I have a fairly long list for Black Friday shopping. Unfortunately I will be working the crowds on my own, Ben has to work. I'll let you know if I survive!!
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
family
Can I just say how much I love living close to family? It is such a blessing to be able to drive 5 min. and see my sister, brother in law and little ones. I wish that everyone lived up here because it makes it so much easier to invest in each others lives.
Here are some pics from last weekend. We played some Hand & Foot, went to the zoo and snuggled with this little bug:
Here are some pics from last weekend. We played some Hand & Foot, went to the zoo and snuggled with this little bug:
Friday, November 13, 2009
Monday, November 2, 2009
Happy Halloween!!
It's hard to believe we've already said goodbye to October and it's time to take on November!
We had a great Halloween packed with all sorts of fall festivities!
Earlier in the week Ben carved a pumpkin for his work's contest. He ended up tied with another coworker at the end of the day and the last customer was forced to make a decision between the two. Of course, they went with the best one :)
Here is Ben and his pumpkin the "out of towner" minus the apple for the nose he added later.
On Saturday we met up with some friends at a pumpkin farm to go through the 12 acre corn maze! The maze was designed after a map of Washington, so it was fun to see little landmarks in the maze like the space needle, the Tacoma narrows bridge, Mt. Rainier, etc. We split up into couples and had a race to the finish. We got excited when we got to the end and no one was there. Much to our surprise, everyone had already finished and were busy exploring the maze some more!
Saturday afternoon we went over to Steve and Lindsey's for some pumpkin carving fun. I thought the ideas I had researched were sure winners, but I was surprised when everyone started busting out some amazing designs! Needless to say, we didn't come close to winning, but it was a blast spending time with our friends.
We left the party for a while to meet up with Mark & Jessie for some chipotle burritos. This was our third year going- it's a great annual tradition! This year, little Saisha joined our burrito gang, but she was a little too tired for a burrito this year!
We had a great Halloween packed with all sorts of fall festivities!
Earlier in the week Ben carved a pumpkin for his work's contest. He ended up tied with another coworker at the end of the day and the last customer was forced to make a decision between the two. Of course, they went with the best one :)
Here is Ben and his pumpkin the "out of towner" minus the apple for the nose he added later.
On Saturday we met up with some friends at a pumpkin farm to go through the 12 acre corn maze! The maze was designed after a map of Washington, so it was fun to see little landmarks in the maze like the space needle, the Tacoma narrows bridge, Mt. Rainier, etc. We split up into couples and had a race to the finish. We got excited when we got to the end and no one was there. Much to our surprise, everyone had already finished and were busy exploring the maze some more!
Saturday afternoon we went over to Steve and Lindsey's for some pumpkin carving fun. I thought the ideas I had researched were sure winners, but I was surprised when everyone started busting out some amazing designs! Needless to say, we didn't come close to winning, but it was a blast spending time with our friends.
We left the party for a while to meet up with Mark & Jessie for some chipotle burritos. This was our third year going- it's a great annual tradition! This year, little Saisha joined our burrito gang, but she was a little too tired for a burrito this year!
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