Christmas 2008

So it has been a while since I posted last, hope everyone had a great Christmas and a nice New Year.

This year we went over to Wenatchee for Christmas, the trip over there was a nightmare. It took us 7hrs to get there, when it only should have taken us 5 at the most. So my loving husband drove the entire time - thank you honey! So instead of taking Stevens pass over (it scares me in the summer time I have panic attacks, could you image me driving over in the winter) so we decided to take Snoqulaime pass instead. The drive up to the summit was the worse part, with the normal snow falling there was also snow drifts (never seen one until that day) which made it impossible to see at times. We saw so many crazy drivers causing accidents it was horrible, at one point I told Russ to just take me home that we weren't going, well we keep on trucking. By the time we got the summit I was on the verge of throwing up (had the bag in hand and ready just in case), and tried to roll down my window but I couldn't (that was a terrifying moment for me) thankfully Russ was able to get it down so that I could get some fresh COLD air and I felt much better. After we took a much need potty and food break we got back on the road again. Going down the pass wasn't that bad, just ice and snow in most places the rest of the way and with a couple more pit stops we made it to Wenatchee by 3pm boy was I glad to be there.
Amanda and I made dinner, boy do we have fun doing that. Thanks Amanda for being my co-cook :)
All the kids had a great time and enjoyed all their gifts and time they got to spend with their grandparents, auntie Amanda and uncle ray.

After being there for five days it was time to go home, so know we had a decision to make which way do we go. After looking at the pass reports I made the decision to take Stevens (your heard me right) I didn't feel like spending 7hrs in the car again with four kids, and after we made it down Stevens (I slept the whole way) it wasn't too bad, next time we will just take that way there.

Happy Holidays from the deJong Family!

P.S. yes you see Preston in a blond wig, Madie got it with one of her gifts and I thought it would be cute to see how he would look as a girl :)

Preston's Milestones

Time sure does fly by when you are watching your baby grow. This weekend was a huge one for little P. He has finally figured out how to pull him self up on things, he first did this at Bonnie's house on Saturday and everyone got to see it for the first time with Russ and I. Now I think last night was a bigger accomplishment. Little P has been doing his own type of crawl for a while now, well last night he finally crawled on his hands and knees - he was trying to get to the garbage can a little faster :)
So with all these new accomplishment's Russ gets to baby proof the house, which means we have to go buy new gates for the stairs, the hallway and kitchen.

Christmas at Bonnie's House

We had an early Christmas at Bonnie's house today. The kids had a ton of fun opening presents, the best expression was Izaiah when he opened his Lego set (thanks Hannah). In one of the pics you will see Preston pulling himself up on the table, yup he is starting that phase now I am so excited that I get to see him do new things everyday.
As you can tell the kids had fun going outside to play in the snow, but boy was it cold. They went out to play right as a new storm was heading in which made it even colder out there for them, needless to say I think they got to play in the snow for maybe 10-15mins before we had to hit the road before it got to bad.
We had a great time and it was fun to see everyone.

Another Snowday

So I thought yesterday was bad, boy was I wrong. Last night it started to snow again at about 5ish or so, well I woke up this morning to 8-10inch of snow - yes you heard me right(for you followers in NC I haven't seen this much snow in a really long time)and it hasn't stopped snowing at all today. Right now Madie and Izaiah are out playing in it some more, I don't think they understand that it's not going anywhere for a while. Oh well I guess I will have to really rely on my wonderful husband Russ to take me places if I want to go anywhere, as I don't drive in it. We are suppose to get more snow next week, oh how that will be fun driving over the pass to visit Russ's parents for Christmas if we go I will post about our fun drive there.

Right now here are some pictures (that I just took) from today, enjoy!

Snow Day!!

The kids had fun making a snowman and snow angels in the front yard, even P went outside to see what was going on.

Preston's First Cookie

I finally gave in and gave P a teething biscuit, boy did he love it.

Madie and Preston

Miss. Madie loves to be the little mommy of Preston, and she does a really good job at it. On this particular day I was busy getting dinner ready for the family and Preston was tired so she decided that she was big enough to rock him to sleep and she did. Way to go Madie.