Christmas in Olympia

We had a great time in Olympia for Christmas. We had a very white Christmas as multiple storms dumped about 16 inches of snow!! Driving around was interesting, but we made it home safe. We got a lot of great gifts and had some wonderful food...too much of course. Most importantly, it was great to spend the holidays with our family.

Oly scouting out some birds...she thinks she's pretty tough.

Oly had a great time playing in the snow...once she figured out what it was!

The future parents striking a pose...the belly is growing!

Ma and Pa Barker enjoying Christmas morning!

Oly loves her Uncle Erik!

Trying to corral the dogs for a rare photo...this was the best one!

Totten Inlet at the Adairs.

Seahawks & Snow!

Sunday we went to the Seahawks game with Kiel and Sharon. We had a blast in all the snow, and the hawks actaully beat the Jets!! It was the perfect day!

Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow!

It has been a winter wonderland in Washington this week! We have been very excited to see so much snow. Oly absolutley loves it! As we made a snowman this morning, she proceeded to try and eat him as we were rolling him up. She then went straight for his carrot nose! Her most favorite snow activity is chasing snowballs. We hope to have a white Christmas next week!

Christmas Tree

Last week we went to a u-cut Christmas tree farm. We had a lot of fun picking out our tree ~ Oly especially loved exploring the farm!

Oly was quite the little helper as we decorated...

She just can't figure out why there are strands of popcorn just sitting on the tree!

Here's a video of Garrett cutting down the tree!!

Thanksgiving Week

On Wednesday, we went to my cousin Sara's Thanksgiving play at her school. She did a great job!!Afterwards we got to see her classroom and locker.





The rest of the day I spent baking pies and muffins.

On Thanksgiving all the family gathered at my cousin's house in Portland. We had a ton of food and fun! It was so nice to be with all the family ~ we did miss our brothers Erik and Russell though! But Garrett and I kept up the tradition of tossing the football around outside after dinner.

This was our first Thanksgiving back home in 4 years. Today was also our 4th wedding anniversary!

On Friday night we enjoyed a dinner out. Here are our moms enjoying some margaritas after a long day of shopping!

We had a great Thanksgiving week ~ we are blessed with such a wonderful family!

Putting up Christmas Lights

Oly was quite concerned!

We are happy with the final result, it was a long day, but at least Garrett didn't fall off the roof!
And no, we were not the first ones in the neighborhood with our lights up!

Garrett's Birthday

These are pics from Garrett's birthday dinner. Allison prepared quite the feast, as you can see! Baby Boy Barker was lovin' life that night!

First Ultrasound

Here's a copy of the first ultrasound done at the 5 month mark! He's already looking like quite the stud!