Happy 2009

2009 is here and we are finally able to get back into our routine. Dillon was more than ready to have all the excitement of Christmas and snow over. He got a little out of whack; his sleeping was off and he was overly excited all the time. Now that we've had a week of being back and school things have returned to normal.

After Christmas we were able to get out and about for a few days before we had another round of snow! We were able to get together with my Aunt, Uncle and cousin for some desert. We'd planed to have Christmas eve dinner together but the weather had other plans.

Finally a family picture in front of the tree.
We finally got around to decorating Christmas cookies. Each year (since I was little) I've decorated sugar cookies for mom and dad's neighbors, the Robinsons. I've kept the tradition going and this year Dillon helped me decorate (and taste) a few. He had fun, although not sure what he enjoyed more decorating or eating?! But who can blame him?

Finished products
We also got together with Art's family to celebrate Hanukkah. Dillon wasn't feeling very well that day. He'd had a mild temperature all day and was just not himself. He did love his new Handy Manny truck and played with that all evening until he was ready to leave. And I do mean ready, he kept asking to leave. Pour guy was exhausted and fell asleep as soon as the car started moving. He had a mild temp most of the next day but after some good sleep and a few ggod meals the temp went back to normal and so did he.

He loves his tools!
We had snow on New Years! It didn't last too long but we woke up to a dusting. It then snowed again on Sunday. It started snowing about 3:30 and snowed like crazy well past midnight. It was amazing how fast the snow started to stick and pile up. We went out to an early dinner about 4:30/5:00 and in the amount of time we ate dinner (and you know we don't have very long dinners anymore!) there was another inch on the ground. When I had last measured at 10:30 p.m. we had over 4 inches on the ground. It didn't last too long and by Tuesday all the snow was completely gone. Then we had a few days of crazy wind and rain which flooded most of Western Washington. So far it has been a winter to remember