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The Holiday Season

This holiday season has been a bit of a blur....enjoying as much family time as possible! Since I have been so behind, this post might be a bit longer than normal.....stick with me.
We kept ourselves very busy through the whole month of December. I tried very hard to be super organized (somewhat successfully) and did an activity advent calendar with Callie this year. Each day we did something special - from a picnic dinner in front of the Christmas tree to playing in the snow with our cousins!

We ended up searching for trees on the coldest day ever.....when we left the house, it was 18 degrees. I'm not sure who complained more.....Callie or Preston! I think they both wanted to just cut the first tree down that we saw but I refused! Callie decided to cooperate with the promise of hot chocolate, it took Preston a bit more to agree.


We then headed to the local zoo to feed the reindeer some apples. Callie LOVED this! She threw those apples to every single reindeer that she saw. 

Watching them eat her treats 




We did our annual Knowles cookie bake. This time, we decided to invite the kids - which went surprisingly well. I failed to take any pictures except this one....oops. 

Making cookies with Grandma

One of the activities that I put in Callie's advent calendar was to drive up to the mountains and play in the snow. We woke up that morning and were surprised that it snowed at our house! It was really nice, we didn't have to drive all the way up to the mountains. We packed up our gear and headed to a local park to play with our cousins in the snow. 


We then headed down to Portland for a very quick trip to see Gram and the rest of the family. It was a perfect trip - just wish it would have been longer!

Reading books with Gram and Aunt Sarah

Our last night there, we headed to a local Mexican restaurant to enjoy some local margaritas.... see if you can guess which one belongs to who :-)

We had a perfect Christmas Eve and Christmas day. It was very fun because Callie "got it" and was so excited that Santa ate the cookies she left and that Rudolph ate his banana - she couldn't stop talking about it!

Callie got a new bike - very fun!

Santa brought her the kitty cat scooter that she asked him for (she talked about it for MONTHS!!) 

She is obsessed with bears and going on bear hunts so she got a pair of bear claw slippers......now she walks around the house growling.....loudly!


The Knowles crew

We then headed to Hoodsport to celebrate with the Graham crew. A perfect few days of relaxing and hiking!



Callie quickly has mastered her bike......WOW! She's growing too fast!








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