LPN pinning

Monday was my pinning ceremony for LPN school. It is hard to believe that this chapter in my life is finished.

Fellow classmates

I felt like I should have my dad's on either side - the only other time I've walked down a center aisle dressed in white

Getting the pin of nursing over my heart

It was wonderful having my mom come for the celebration! Aunt Sally, Uncle Dale and one of my cousins, Tim came as well. For not having family in town, it was really special that they all came from afar to celebrate!

boys are more fun...

As we ate Swedish pancakes for breakfast and talked about our expectations for the day an enlightening comment was made...

J: Im looking forward to our walk around lake padden this morning

E: yeah me too, it will be nice to get outside

J: After our walk do you want to bring a basketball and shoot some hoops?

E: no, not really

J: do you want to pitch me some wiffle balls?

E: no, not really

J: pause...we need to have some boys

E: oh really? I'm not any fun?

J: boys just like to do fun things

Breck

We had a fantastic time with the family in Colorado around Christmas. We were able to stay at a house in Breckenridge for the majority of the time that mom and dad generously got for us.

The family outside the house we stayed at

Emily gearing up for some skiing

Mom

Emily, Dad, Mom, Natalie and Jeff out for a day of skiing

Natalie


Johnny

Emily

Out on a sunny day of sking

We were able to ski down to the house

Birthday girl Cassandra about to devour a Banana Cream Pie.

Finishing off the remains

Mom with her granddaughter

Emily and Addysen

Addysen in her snow gear

Emily, Johnny and Cassandra

Family Picture

It was very warm on the day we left to fly out of Colorado Springs, so we decided to walk out to Pulpit Rock, which has some good views.

Trying to set the timer on the camera

snowshoeing

We went up to Mt. Baker for a delightful day of snowshoeing. No wind, just enough snow, and some good exercise! We've posted quite a bit of pics from the day...hope you enjoy :)

"walking in a winter...Bellingham"

It never snows like this in Bellingham!!! We had our first snow last weekend of only about 2 inches. Today it's been snowing about an inch an hour! I have to admit I love the snow...I just hate the idea of driving in it. Being from Alaska I feel pretty smart about when to go out and how to drive when I'm out...it's everyone else I worry about!!! It is projected to snow about 20 inches within the next day or two, and some people have been saying it's supposed to continue to snow until Christmas. A white Christmas would be glorious...let's just pray that the road/flights cooperate!

it just keeps coming!

surprised :)

beautiful


a nightmare!

Tis the Season

The holiday season is here and tonight we had our first snow. Our Christmas tree is up, lit and decorated and as your can tell from pictures below, presents are almost finished and close to getting mailed. We are both doing well and finished up the quarter with "A's" on the fridge :)

We feel so blessed to be able to see all sets of parents/families over the holiday season. We just got back from Juneau for Thanksgiving, we are fortunate to meet mom and dad Moore and Ariana in Seattle at Grandma Sally's for Christmas dinner, and then early the next morning we will fly to Colorado where we will meet up with mom and dad Harvey, Natalie and Cornel, baby Cassandra, Noelle and Jeff and baby Addysen, and Grandma and Grandpa Erickson. Though everyone is only a phone call away we always treasure the time we get to spend with family and will really cherish this holiday season.

P.S. we got a new camera and are really excited about it! - Hence all the different color settings :)

Alaska Thanksgiving

We had a wonderful time in Juneau for thanksgiving. Unfortunately we didn't take enough pictures. Here are some of the walk we took on thanksgiving day.

Mom's friend she found along the way ... Gracey...for amazing grace...the owner says he "walks with grace every day" :)