Skiing

The boys were so excited to go skiing again this Christmas break.  Maddie wanted to go too, but she has to be four years old.  We told her that she could go next year.  Mommy and Maddie had a girls day and the boys spent the whole day at Mt Hood.

Christmas Snow

A white Christmas in our area is very rare.  We were so exited when it started snowing on Christmas eve this year.  Papa and Grandma Immel bought the kids sleds for Christmas so it was perfect.  On Christmas day after all the presents were open the kids were so excited to go play in the snow and try out their new sleds!

Merry Christmas

Immel Express

This year we decided not to go on the Polar Express train.  We decided to create a new tradition for our family, The Immel Express! We put on our pajamas, popped some popcorn, picked up Starbucks hot chocolate then drove around to look at Christmas lights.  The kids thought this was so much fun and we are excited to do it again next year!

Christmas break

We started off Christmas break making cookies and Christmas houses.  We decided to try the foam houses rather then making gingerbread houses this year. The kids had so much fun with these activities.  My kitchen however was a huge mess for days!  But it was worth it to see them having so much fun creating! Here are just a few of the pictures we took.

St Nick

St Nick came to our house.  The kids were so excited to see what he brought them all in their stockings.

Santa

We went to see Santa today.  Madelynn didn't want to go by him for the longest time.  With some convincing she decided she would stand next to him with Wyatt by her side.

Jingle's back

The kids were so excited that Jingle our elf was coming back today.  He brought them a make your own snow globe kit.  They were excited to create their own snow globes and had to do it right away!

Thanksgiving

We were all so excited to spend Thanksgiving with our dear friends again this year.  The kids had so much fun playing and the adults got to play some grown up games!  It was another great Thanksgiving!

Gymnastics and Dance

We signed Maddie up for gymnastics and dance.  She goes once a week for each of them while the boys are in school.  She absolutely LOVES both!  She was really excited to be able to take "big girl" classes without mommy!   Her dance class is mostly ballet with a little bit of tap dance at the end.  Here are some pictures of her ready for classes in her outfits. Its really hard to get pictures during class because of how fast they move and for dance class the parents wait outside of the room.

Happy Halloween!

Pumpkin Carving

Pumpkin Patch

We had a beautiful October day at the Pumpkin Patch.  The kids had lots of fun as always.  The boys rode the pony's this year but Madelynn was a little scared.  Tanner ended up picking the biggest pumpkin.  It was a great family day!