Ramsdell Family Blog

We had a great Thanksgiving. It was so wonderful having my parents and George's mom here to share it with. We had a great dinner-even though the turkey took longer than expected and the Jello-mold did not set and the pecan pie was a little runny. But it was delicious all the same. After dinner we went to the movies to see Bolt and came home to watch Survivor. It was a good day-one that we will cherish since it will probably be a long time before we have people over on Thanksgiving again. Then instead of shopping on Black Friday George decided to take the kids to the Macy's Christmas parade in Seattle. I opted out and did a little shopping and enjoyed the quiet time.

Last night we went to the Boy Scout cake auction. The dads and boys had to create, bake and decorate the cakes by themselves. George and Jake made the Jake's Fake Snake cake and won an award for creative cake name.

Jake & Jenna have been collecting Webkinz for the last couple of years. They love them! Jake Jenna Jake's Webkinz are: Oreo-cat, Ribbits-spotted frog, Trumpet-elephant, Rocky-coco dinosaur, Stripes-striped snake, Spike-bulldog, Harry-bat, Stinky-pug lost at the store, Spots - dalmation, Squeakers - mouse, Icee - husky, Bananas - cheeky monkey. "The bat is one of my favorites!" Jenna's Webkinz are: Jewel-cocker spaniel, Scruffy-White Terrier, Saphire-Koala, Alice-Deer, Bingo-Spotted Frog, Pumpkin-St. Bernard, Laila-pig, Rose-Yorkie, Libby-White Poodle, Daisy-Manatee, Pengy-pie -Penguin, Coco Bites-cat, Chewy the Chihuahua. "The cocker spaniel webkinz is one of my favorites!", and "Webkinz are the best"

Granny made Jenna a poncho and cap. Jenna looked so cute we had to take pictures.

I've been picked Jen over at The Stewart Stuff and Kelly at the Many sides of the Wadkins picked me to tell 7 random things about myself. Here it goes: 1. I have had some of the weirdest jobs. I worked at mortuary when I was in High School at night all by myself, I used to drag baseball fields and locking up all the buildings at night for the City of Norco, I ran a summer day camp program, I worked with crazy institutionalized kids after college. But my favorite was working at the convenience store with Kelly, who would think you could have so much fun selling gas and hot dogs. 2. I was in choir in High school but I never really sang I just lip synced. I would ditch class on the days we would have to do a solo in front of the class. 3. George and I used to go every Friday night for date night at Costco for pizza. I told him I was pregnant with Jenna there. 4. I absolutely hate to cook. 5. I won the home economics student of the year award in High School. 6. My dream car used to be...

Happy Halloween!!! Jake & Jenna getting ready for Trick or Treating! Our yard haunt before it gets dark! Time to Haunt - we scared lots of Trick or Treaters! If tricker or treaters made it to the top of our walkway they got to meet Jake and Jenna handed who handed out candy!