Parties Parties

The days have been filled with so much Christmas fun.. The Marstons had a great kid party where we went to zoolights, ate pizza, decorated cookies, exchanged gifts and we even got a special visit from SANTA!! The kids had an absolute blast and made so many memories.








Then that following week we got to go to Debbies house for an ornament painting party. Debbie has been a friend of mine for many many years and it all started because of pottery! I was working at Art and Soul and she was a customer of mine. Our friendship has grown so much this year and the kids as well as Debbie and I are really enjoying our time together. Thanks for the great time Deb!

Wright Park

Gracelyn and I took my great auntie Diana(95) to the Wright Park Conservatory to look at all the beautiful Christmas flowers. Gracelyn got to feed the fish, smell the flowers and she even snuck a cookie that the lady behind the counter had. I guess it pays to be cute :)

Gingerbread Men

This year the girls decided they wanted to do gingerbread men instead of houses. It actually was a great idea because I was able to string them and hang them up on the tree.




Like most baking projects in our house I think more was eaten then actually put on the cookie!

Now for December..

December started off with a bang. I welcomed the month with the start of Festival of Tress. The event was a huge success but I am completely exhausted and feel like I just came out of a hurricane. Regardless I had fun and on Sunday I took the girls over there to see the trees and to get a quick pic with Santa!


Then they wrote letters to the man in the big red suit!

Quick Novemeber recap.. then comes December

Mara had her soccer banquet... Great Job Sweetie



Gracelyn had her first Fathers Feast at School. The kids made projects for their daddys and enjoyed a very special meal that they helped prepare!




I got to spend some time with this lil turkey Addyson..


Gracelyn decided that she was a Barbie 3 Musketeers girl. I made up this costume and she has pretty much worn it everyday since. Thanks goodness for creativity!!


My mom turned "51" so we celebrated with a little party at our house!


My sister and I took the girls to Seattle for the day. They had a blast at the Childrens Museum!









Of couse we celebrated Thanksgiving! I served in the morning and then brought Pappa home for a few hours..




The Saturday after Thanksgiving we got to go up North to Mayas 1st Birthday Party.. It was so fun!!










and that same day Jocelyn celebrated her 28th Birthday...



Phew.. Made it thru

No time because it's Festival Time

I will get to blogging next week I have just been super slammed with Festival of Trees. Ladies Night kicks off tonight and it's going to be Awesome. The weekend is jam packed with festivities all to help raise money for our awesome children's hospital. I have been asked why I do it and it's because I have needed the services for my own family and I know there will be hundreds of other families that will need those services someday as well. Raising this money for such an extraordinary event will make this all possible :)

Cheers to Festival!!
Thanks to all of you who donated! We couldn't do it without you :)

Marquelle
Jingle Bell Jam Co-Chair