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I meant to post THIS video of the cheer clinic. . .

Lucy Videos

I've been meaning to post these for a couple of weeks.  The first one is from our trip to Big White.  This was the super duper spin.  Not recommended for those with weak stomachs.  It is pretty hilarious to watch her try and get up at the end.  The second one is from the cheer clinic that she participated in.  She had a lot of fun.  I hope you enjoy.

The Jessee's Hit Big White!

Let me just start by saying we had a wonderful Christmas and New Years. If I ever get around to it I will try to post a few pictures from the Holiday. However, this post I am going to focus on our trip to Big White Ski Resort in B.C. Canada. Billy had been trying to plan a winter vacation for about 5 months now but I had been hesitant, not wanting to spend the money, or do any of the planning that goes into taking a family of 6 on a vacation. Well, Billy had a week off starting on the 14th (Happy Birthday Babe!) so we decided on Tuesday to just go for it. Believe it or not, waiting 'til the last minute can actually work in your favor. We heard about a website from a friend and they had quite a few "last minute deals" so we gat a beautiful (and I mean BEAUTIFUL) condo for about half of what Billy was looking at 4 months ago. We left Thursday morning for the 7 hr drive. The drive was absolutely beautiful. These pictures were taken as we were driving down the freeway. (The cute girl in the middle of our backseat is our neighbor and friend Abi. She came with us to help with the kids. We love having her around and are very grateful to her family for letting us take her, as I know that they missed her a lot while she was with us.)

Once we arrived and explored our beautiful, although slightly complicated, condo, it was off to bed so we could hit the slopes early. We were a little disappointed that there was no fresh powder but after about 11:00 it was so warm that the snow got really soft and nice to ride. We had beautiful cloudless skies and "spring-like" conditions the entire time we were there. Here are a few more pics from the week.

Cute picture of my boys having some fun in the snow.

This is what you would call the "back yard" of the condo it was definitely a Ski-in Ski-out.  Those 2 tiny dots are Niko and Noah.

This is the view from the hot tub on the front deck of the Condo.

Our Family after 4 days on the slopes.

This was supposed to be mine and Billy's room but I guess these 2 had other ideas.

These are only pictures from my camera, once I get Billy's camera loaded I might add a few more pics and videos.

The resort also had a cool program where they have photographers at various places throughout the mountain and they take pictures of you and at the end of your vacation you can purchase a disc with all the pictures.  This slide show has just a small sampling of the pictures we got. 

Happy Holidays!!!

This year I designed our Christmas Card in photoshop elements.  I had a hard time deciding which picture to use but ultimately had to choose the one where we are running.  Since I couldn't mail them to everyone I decided I would post it too.  And I figured in cyberspace I don't have to choose, I can post both, so here is the other one.  I hope all of you out there have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Opening Day!, Let the Fun Begin!!

Well today was the day.  The Summit at Snoqualmie opened and since the kids had no school today I decided to take Niko and Lucy up.  We had a lot of fun until the last run when Lucy got really cold and then she fell pretty hard and then I accidentally ran into her.  She cried the rest of the way down the mountain but I was really proud of her for getting down.  The snow was great and it was a beautiful day.  Sorry there aren't more pictures we didn't have a camera except my phone.


P.S.  After looking through my pictures from yesterday again, I decided I had to post this picture too. That is my hand in the picture.  

Snow Day!! and Early Merry Christmas to Me!!

So I have been really wanting an SLR camera for quite a while now.  Last year my Dad got a Nikon D60 and everytime I go over there I love playing with it.  So when the new Nikon D90 came out it became a huge want for me.  But, it is quite expensive and Billy and I weren't sure we wanted to spend that kind of money right now.  I had pretty much decided we shouldn't get it but Billy surprised me and let me open an early christmas present and it was the camera!  So far I love it.  

When we woke up this morning there was a fresh blanket of snow on the ground.  (For those of you not in the Seattle area, we have had snow off and on for the past few day.)  Billy called me with the school report and it was 2 hours late, which it has been all week.  With the fresh snow, it was the perfect opportunity to try out my new camera.  Here are the results.

This is what we call the Daddy Lift.

Did I mention it takes video too?

This is my favorite of the day!

While we were out playing the school changed their report to "School Closed" so we get to play all day.

It's Beginning to Look a lot like Christmas!!!

We have been busy getting ready for Christmas around here and I can't believe I only have a week left.  We  went and got our christmas tree early in the month.  The kids decided they wanted one with fake snow.  I think it turned out really pretty and love walking downstairs everyday to see it.

 

This is just a cute picture of Brooklyn's piggie tales, her hair is finally long enough to do.  Although, they usually only last an hour or 2 before she pulls them out.

What happened to November????

I can't believe that it is December 3rd!!!!  I figured I would catch up on a few loose ends from November.  Lucy finished up with soccer.  She had a lot of fun this year and I think she is really starting to get the idea of the game.  Here she is practicing her wave.

And of course, the most important part of the season, getting her trophy!

Nicholas finished his short season of Flag Football.  I don't have any pictures because it was always dark when he played.  He did really good though and even managed to score a touchdown in the last game.  Way to go NIKO!!!!  

We also had our Primary Sacrament Program.  I thought it went pretty well.  My favorite part of the whole thing was when Noah got up to give his part.  I was sitting by the stand to help any kids who didn't know or forgot their lines (which there weren't very many of, way to go kids!) and as Noah is walking up to the stand he gives me a big smile and the cutest wink.  Then he said his line perfectly and gave me a big high 5 when he was done.  I love that kid!!!  

We had a great Thanksgiving.  We started out the day with a fun game of football with friends and family.  Then the kids and I headed over to Bremerton to visit family.    My 2 younger siblings and their families were visiting also, add that to the 2 that already live in Bremerton and the only family we were missing was my brother and his family who live in Texas.  (We missed you guys!)    It was alot of fun to visit and play games with my family.  There were 23 of us at dinner so it was a full house.  Billy stayed here to get some sleep and was lucky enough to get to eat with the Banker/White/Alfrey clan.

On Friday, I asked my dad to shoot a few pictures of our family, it was pretty cold and windy out but we still managed to get a few good shots.  One of them is my new header.  Here are a few of my favorites.  

I LOVE this picture of Brooklyn, you can tell she is a little cold, but still cuter than heck!!

There were a lot more good ones of the whole family but I haven't decided which one I am going to use for my Christmas card so you will have to wait.  

Also on Friday, my sisters, mom, grandma, and myself went to see Twilight.  We had a good laugh at how cheesy the film was.  My 90 year old grandma treated us and afterwards decided it was definitely not worth the money.  It was pretty hilarious.  Overall it was a great weekend and month but now it is on to December.   I will try to post again before the end of the month but I'm not making any promises.

I love Brooklyn!

So I thought I would share a little of my love for my adorable Brooklyn.  That is not to say that I don't love all my kids but today you get her.  She is at an age that I absolutely LOVE!!  She is starting to say quite a few words and the other day I was testing her.  She was so good at repeating what I said that I decided I would try to catch it on video.  She did pretty good but my favorite word she says is "tickle, tickle, tickle"  except she says it more like "gulla gulla gulla" and her tongue goes in and out really fast.  It is hilarious.  Of course she didn't do it in the video but I thought I would share anyway.  Enjoy!

Happy Halloween!!

This year Halloween was a 2 day holiday.  On Thursday, Noah had his little preschool party.  The kids get to wear their costumes and they sing songs for all the parents.  They did a really great job.  Noah is the all black Batman.

Brooklyn and Noah at the party.  As you can see Brooklyn is an adorable little fairy.  

That night our ward had a ho down.  It was a lot of fun and they had a camera set up to do old-time photos.  Lucy and Brooklyn couldn't resist.  I really like the look of a "fairy cowgirl"

Friday afternoon, the kids got all dressed up to go Trick-or-treating.  Noah changed from Batman to Super-Spider-Batman.  He has a superman cape on that you can't see.  Lucy is a fairy-princess.  Niko is a wizard that goes to Hogwarts.  For some reason he didn't want to wear the glasses to be Harry Potter so he is just a student at Hogwarts.

Some of our friends came over to our neighborhood so we could all go trick-or-treating together.  These 3 girls were really cute.  Brooklyn, Kendall, and Dallis had a lot of fun when they realized that people were giving them candy.

After we made it down the street we decided that the little girls probably had enough candy so Brooklyn and I came back to the house to pass out candy to all the other kids.  I let Brooklyn have one of her Tootsie-pops.  I think she is a fan. (Notice the drool. . .)

Finally we went over to a friends house for doughnuts, hot chocolate, and homemade cinnamon rolls.  (My favorite part of Halloween.)  YUM!!!