Merry Christmas

Our first Christmas in our new home.  Look at our beautiful tree (and all those presents!)

Family picture on Christmas Eve

Christmas morning happy dance - Santa came!

Let the games begin - first present of the morning

Making sugar cookies (a recipe from Isaac's great-great Aunt Cele)

Finally - a house big enough to host the entire Riensche family.  I put everyone to work in the kitchen.

We had a lovely dinner at our makeshift dining room table

Merry Christmas!

Holiday Spirit

The holidays!  So many fun things to do, especially here in Seattle. 

Swason's Nursery has reindeer (you can feed them!), a camel, a train and a silly sleigh you can sit in for a picture (Isaac is like, "Mom, why are you making me sit here?").

Then we went to see the Holiday Train at the Seattle Center....

which he got to drive!

Followed by a ride on the monorail to the Winter Carousel at Westlake Center!

After lots and lots of rainy days, we finally got some sun on Friday so Isaac and I headed to Richmond Beach State Park where we saw two bald eagles circling overhead, found lots of cool rocks, and had a super-dooper great time.

Happy Holidays!  Isaac can't wait for Christmas!