Christmas 2011

Christmas this year was not as planned you could say. Steve and I had 3 fun filled days’ worth of family gathering to go to and were looking forward to it all. On Saturday night we Steve’s sisters house with his side of the family. We all ate way too much, watched football and had a gift exchange. One of the gifts we got was a puzzle and just last night Steve and I put it together. We have decided we really enjoy working on puzzles now.


Christmas day started out greeting at church, then rushed home to ice Steve’s knee (he has a medial meniscectomy on Thursday) then off to the Zerba’s for Christmas dinner. Uncle Den made Chris, Amanda, Steve and I marshmallow shooters and we had some good laughs using them. After eating way too much again we came home, picked up the boys and went to my parents’ house for more gifts and to watch the Packers play on dads new 60 inch TV.

From there, about 6pm Christmas night, Steve and I proceeded to get very sick, unable to keep anything down for about 2 days. We missed the Hatch family Christmas and did not leave the house. Thank goodness my parents were able to walk to boys for us Monday to get them out for a few minutes. Finally by Wednesday I was able to make it to work and we have been fine since. Just have been working on cleaning up after cooking for the holiday and new gifts to put away, I planned to clean the house Monday morning before the Hatch Christmas but that did not happen.

I was originally only going to do a very short blog and post a few videos for Chad and Lambeau’s (mainly Chads) skills at opening Christmas gifts but due to the format of our iPhones and my ability with computers I can’t get them to post and plus they were all taken sideways. We can show whom every, when we see you next, on the phone if you care to see.

I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to come.

Zoo Lights

We went to the Zoo Lights for the first time this year. Here are a few fun photos.

Bathroom Update

A week before Thanksgiving we decide that our blue and yellow bathroom had to go and we needed something a bit nicer, no more primary colors. So we painted, put crown molding and wainscoting up as well. Here are some halfway and finished pictures.


The new, much more inviting!

Our Deer

This past week Steve was hunting just outside of Enterprise Oregon and got his first deer, it’s a mule deer (you will see oversized ears). Once he shot the deer he says it was a long fatiguing process to get the deer back to camp due to the location (down a very steep hill side) and the heat (high 70’s in October in the mountains). Today we got all the meat back from the butcher and now have a deep freeze filled with meat. Steve still has his elk and doe tag that he will go out for the in the new few weeks.

The Lake

This past week Steve and I got to enjoy some time away at Wallowa Lake with family; my parents, Chris and Amanda were there along with some family friends and their family. The weather was mild, mid to high 70’s with a few days in the low 80’s but not hot enough to swim. The fishing was lousy this year; no one was able to get anything.

The new and exciting thing at the lake was a very nice brand new mini golf course; it opened 4 days before we got there. The Matterhorn had been sold and the new owners moved a cabin and put in the mini golf that includes some water features and the 18th hole talks to you.





The second day we were all together, we rented some 2 man kayaks and mom and I shared a paddle boat, what a good work out for the hour we had them.



Steve, the boys, my Dad and I went for a hike up to a waterfall and we were able to get a few nice pictures to share.





Both the boys enjoyed all the hiking and swimming, Chads favorite thing to do was roll at the campsite in the dirt after a swimming trip. He looked like a Christmas tree with all this dirt decorations.



All and all it was a good trip and we love to get away.