Merry Christmas!

Sorry this has taken so long to post. We had a great time in Oregon for christmas, it wasn't white but it was definetely cold. It was nice to spend it with Joe's parents, it was definetely less crazy than it is at my parents house. On Christmas Eve we went to the Thomas's (friends of Joes parents) and had a great time dressing up the kids and letting them do the christmas story, they all looked really good dressed up in the outfits. We hope everyone had a nice Holiday!




On Christmas morning the kids had a great time opening presents. Danny kept saying,"I got so much stuff!" It was fun to see their faces and see the joy of the holidays through them.




This year for christmas, Joe and I decided to not get anything for each other, it did not stop Joe from getting Coal in his stocking! (Yes it is Chocolate, but it was very cute, called Santa's coal!

Tillamook Cheese Factory!

While were in Oregon, we visited the Cheese factory a few times enjoying the samples of cheese, eating Ice cream and watching the workers package the cheese. It was a yummy good time!

They had these cows with christmas hats on the kids loved them!

Jenna and Danny loved watching the workers, Jenna even had them waving and smiling at her, she said, "their waving" and then she would wave back. It was very cute!


We all loved eating the ice cream, it was delicious. Jenna love bubblegum (well, its pink), Kayla love Rootbeer float, Danny loved anything chocolate, Joe love peppermint candy, and I loved German Chocolate cake icecream. Such amazing yummy flavors to eat. It is good we don't live close I would have ice cream for breakfast, lunch and probably dinner. I guess I would skip dessert :)

Off to Oregon!

We went to Oregon to visit Joe's parents for Christmas this year! It was very cold and wet while were were there, but we had some great times. We went to the beach on the only non raining day and fed the birds, chase the birds and took pictures of the birds. It was fun!


Jenna loved just chasing the birds and she did not want her picture taken. She was not a fan of holding the bread!


Danny and Kayla both had a great time feeding the birds, we were all very cold but it was nice to be outside without it raining. The Oregon coast is really beautiful!

Kayla got an award

I know that I am a little out of order on my posts but so much has happened and I am just going to try to get them all on the blog. I think in November Kayla got an award for being a great reader and having perfect attendance. I was very proud of her of these accomplishments. She is reading very well, almost 3rd grade. I love reading with her and seeing her growth!

Yes it snowed in Apple Valley!

We had a crazy snow storm right before we went out of town! Kayla got out of school early and the kids had a great time playing in the snow! It was really cold outside but it sure made things look beautiful!



Joe and the kids went on a sled, ate snow and made snow angels. It didn't last very long, for they all got really cold really fast!



Here were the kids with Joey and Aaron Wheeler making a sad looking snowman,(yes I helped, probably why it looks so sad) It had arms out of utensils and a sucker for a nose. I think the kids liked him anyway.



I thought our tree looked so pretty with all of the snow on it! I also loved the rose with the Icicles the next morning, it looked amazing!

Coming soon!!

We have gone on a trip to Oregon to visit Joe's parents for christmas. I will have pictures to post and fun memories to share, so just stay tuned. We did have a mishap occur while on our way. We got stuck in the snow. With a little prayer and much faith someone came along and helped dig us out! So for just a minute, (alright more than a minute) we were saved and on our way again. Yes we made it here in Tillamook. So have a merry christmas and coming soon more fun pictures from the Cranston family!

My quirks!

I finally was able to sit down and look at friends blogs, I was tagged to name some of my quirks. I am sure I can come up with a few, I mean I know I am weird in my own right.

1. I can't go to bed with out flossing my teeth. I feel they are just dirty until I get all the junk out.

2. I have to be in control of mostly anything. Like I am afraid if I don't do it it will not get done. (you know packing for trips, dressing the kids appropriately, I mean Joe doesn't always make them match (stripes and polka dots do not go together

3. I am an organizer freak!!I would love to go on one of those shows and throw other peoples stuff away. I don't keep any of my own stuff, in fact Joe said that one of these days I am going to get rid of him. I told him, there is no way, I still need him! No seriously, nothing is very sentimental to me. (I know sad, right?)

I can't think of anymore, but I know they are there. Now I tag Stephanie, Kim, Van, Melissa and Becky!