Go Ducks!

Many of you that know us, know that we are huge Oregon Duck fans. We love watching them play every Saturday in our duck gear. Even the kids get in on it. Paytyn now sees green and yellow and knows it stands for the “go ducks”. Well this year was a particularly great year for the Ducks. They went undefeated and were set to play in the national championship game on January 10th. For Nick this was completely overwhelming. He was SO excited, beyond himself. In his life time he hadn’t seen them make it this far. To win the championship would be a dream for him. So we invited a few friends over. Of course they had to cheer on the Ducks or they weren’t allowed in. haha  We got all dressed up and even decorated the house a bit for the big game.

The house

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This was technically Cayden’s second game but this time he got to dress in his jersey.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paytyn posing with the Go Ducks bear and showing off her green and yellow painted nails.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Go Ducks!

 

*So they ended up losing. It was pretty sad. Nick was really upset and believes he’ll never again see this day. But I am trying to stay positive, they are a good team. We’ll see but we still love our Ducks.*

Christmas Activities

We hadn’t made any definite plans for the holidays just because Cayden was coming early December and we weren’t sure how we would be feeling. But we did get our decorating done early just in case. Well after only a week we were getting out and about some. Here’s a few of the Christmas activities we got to enjoy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paytyn was SO excited to help decorate this year. We have a lot of fun putting up the tree and getting everything out but to watch her excitement made it that much more fun.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paytyn got to hang out with her Nana and Papa for a couple of nights while we were in the hospital and our first night home. Here she is at Lake Washington taking in the clam lights and the boats. She had a real fascination with the lights this year too.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We went into Seattle for a ride on the carousel again this year.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For Christmas we headed down to Oregon to visit with Oma and Opa for a few days. On Christmas Eve after the church service, we headed over to Nick’s sister Erin’s house. It was the first time Paytyn had a true sleepover. Her and Stella slept together on an air mattress in their sleeping bags. Let’s just say not a lot of sleep was had on Paytyn’s end. But the beginning of some great memories.  The next morning was fun with the girls opening tons of presents. This year princesses were high on the list.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Christmas jammies!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Greta, Paytyn, and Cayden in their Christmas jammies.

On New Year’s Day we headed over to my parents house for a little more Christmas fun.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Boot. This boot has been in the family since my sister and I were little. My grandma (my mom’s mom) used to fill this for us with little gifts including oranges and fun little toys. My mom took over the boot after my grandma passed away and now it’s being passed on to our kids. The babies were just a little to young this year so Paytyn got to open it by herself for one last time.

We had a great Christmas this year. Each year gets more and more fun as Paytyn grows. We can’t wait until a little one year old can join her next year.