Ramsdell Family Blog

We woke up to 2 children who got really spoiled by Santa. Jenna' Christmas wish came true and she got an American Girl doll (Kirsten),a bed and bath tub for her. Jake had asked for a real lizard but Santa did not bring that, but brought him a Nintendo DS instead and that was a big hit-he hardly stopped playing it all day. Lily thought the doll bed was for her. George got a Blu-ray player and some special nut mix that Jenna made him. My favorite present was a brownie pan that has all edges. I can't wait to try it out. A few days before Christmas George's sister had found some long lost recipes of his Grandmothers. One was for German Chocolate cake that George remembered being so good. So we decided to make that for our Christmas dessert. I made everything from scratch even the frosting. (that does not happen very often-if ever). Well it turned out pretty good. One day while Jenna and I were out shopping the boys decided to put Christmas lights on her house bed. It was really...

Last night we went to the Garden of Lights (we had never been there before). It was a great time. We were not sure what to expect from it since it was free (donations being accepted). We were pleasantly surprised to find plants and animals made out of Christmas lights-pretty cool (there was even a slug). I really liked the vineyard and corn stalks.

Last night we headed to Bellevue Square for Snowflake lane. They have drummers and snow princesses and fake snow. This was the first time we went to this since we moved here, it was a fun evening. Oh yeah and free peppermint tootsie pops!

One night Jenna and I were watching Say Yes to the Dress, so we decided to have her try on my wedding dress. Jenna had fun putting it on. It was great to see my dress after so long, I was surprised how many stains were on it. We must have been having a great time. I tried it on to see if it still fit and it did-yeah!

George needed a little weekend get away so we headed to the Great Wolf Lodge. It's kind of nice going there knowing it will be 84 degrees at the waterpark (especially when its been between 12-and 20 degrees here.) This time we decided to splurge and surprise the kids with an upgraded room that had their very own Wolf Den, which also had their own TV!!! The kids dumping water on George! Before going on our little trip the kids got to visit Santa at the Santa Breakfast at school.