Vacation!

I thought I would get on and update a little. I don't have many pictures. My mom has a MAC and I don't know how to do anything with that. lol.We left Sequim on the 23rd to head up to Seattle to stay the night since our flight left early in the morning. We found the hotel we will ALWAYS stay at from now on. It has a pool which Claire loved. She was so mad when I made her get out since she was shaking. It also actually has a good breakfast which was so nice. And free park and fly.Thursday morning when we got up it was SO foggy. They were saying that flights might be delayed and I was not a happy camper. lol.
Luckily my fear was unfounded and it turned out to be a beautiful morning. The first flight was good, except for the fact that the lady sitting next to me took up half of my seat. And it was our long flight. We went to New Mexico. Then they said that Dallas was snowing and might be delayed. We got out to Dallas fine. When we got to Dallas our flight was delayed 10 minutes. So we get on the plane. Then we SIT for TWO HOURS!! AH! Luckily Claire slept and Brian slept too. I was the only one conscious and in agony. But we made it and made it alive. Claire was so good. She went straight to Jordan when we got to the airport and was not shy at all. She was having such a good time with my parents and brothers. We were all ready to be home.
But, a quick trip was not to be. It had been raining for two days and it was flooded. I was a nervous wreck.
This is looking out the passenger side window. This is the third lane that was totally underwater. You can see the barrier too, sometimes that was underwater.

But we made it. Claire loved Christmas. She unwrapped for a while but got a little overwhelmed and so sat with my mom watching the boys. It was fun.

Since then we have been playing the beattles RockBand and Mario Cart. My parents got a huge popcorn popper so we have been watching movies and eating popcorn. Yesterday was our three year anniversary. My parents watched Claire and we went to see Avatar in 3D and then went to eat at Fuji, a Japanese Hibachi Grill. It was soo yummy! I love vacation.

Christmas Parties

Last Saturday we went to Brian's work Christmas party. We dropped Claire off at the Boy's and Girl's Club that they had rented for all (40) kids and headed to the Mexican restaurant. It was nice to go out and eat without Claire. We had a good time eating and chatting and then when everyone was done we went to the Williams house for dessert and a White Elephant party. That was pretty funny. There were some crazy gifts. I ended up going last after my thing got stolen, and I ended up with a monkey lamp. Yeah, strange. Brian had a weird Santa pillow. They are both at Brian's work where they have some pretty strange things.

One really funny gift was one of Brian's new business cards mounted in a frame. One the back it said "1 of 500". It was funny because we weren't the ones who brought it :)

Tonight was our ward Christmas party. It had a pretty good turnout. Tomorrow is our Relief Society Christmas party. We are donating hygiene bags to the local women's shelter and we made about 30 twin sized quilts. It should be pretty fun. I'm leaving Claire with Brian so it will be even more fun ;)

We are super excited to go to Arkansas in a few days. We are going to Seattle Wednesday night and flying out Thursday morning. Whoo hoo!

Claire is getting so talkative. It is so funny watching her learn. One thing I've had to be careful about is always calling Brian "Daddy" when she is around. I'll yell for "Brian" and the next thing I hear is her yelling "Bian! Bian!". Oh my goodness. She is something else. She also has started really cheesing for the camera when I pull it out. It's pretty funny.

Lastly, I found this today.

And I'm very intrigued. Luckily, I can stream it on netflix and so that is what we will be doing tomorrow. Hopefully it is less than two hours :-/ I might be upset if I miss the last 10 minutes or something. It brings Mr. Darcy to mind, and what could be better than that? :) I think I would like to have the BBC. I'm also intrigued by their Robin Hood show. I LOVED Robin Hood growing up. I may have to netflix that series too!!

(Ah, never mind, it has 2 disks...now I'll have to wait till I get back from Arkansas :( )

Ugh

Wow, it has been a long time since I've posted. I guess I've just been lazy :( Claire is taking a little nap in the chair next to me so I thought it would be a good time to write something (no pics though, I don't know where my camera is)

It's been a rough couple of days at our house. Claire has a stuffed up nose and can only sleep sitting up or she starts choking and wakes up. Well, she wakes up a lot either way but less if she's sitting up. So, Brian has been kicked to the couch and I've been trying to survive night time. I'm tired. Poor little girl is not having a good time either. I really hope it goes away soon. We have a work party tomorrow that I now don't know if I should go to. I don't think I should leave Claire with all those kids. I don't want any of them to catch what she has. I'm bummed though, I was looking forward to it.

Brian is going to the cannery in Bremerton tomorrow. He will be gone all morning and into the afternoon and then the work party so I'll probably be by myself most of the day...yippie. I am so ready to leave for Arkansas. Well, not really ready since I haven't gotten Christmas presents out yet but I CAN NOT WAIT TO LEAVE!!!!

We had a good Thanksgiving. We went over to one of Brian's coworkers house and another family came too. It was really fun. We also watched the BYU/Utah game at our friend's house. Football games are too intense for me sometimes. I just can't watch.

Other than that we have just been living. Nothing too exciting going on. Claire keeps us on our toes. She is so adorable but also so stubborn and strong willed and frustrating sometimes!! Maybe it's just the dreary weather getting to me. I really miss the sun and our walks in the park. I can't wait till summer. Anyway, we're alive and I will try to be a better blogger and get some pictures up.