Hard Hats Required!

My brother and sister-in-law bought a fixer-upper of a house. So we go over there whenever we can to help with the demolition. Even Isaac is here to help! He's a good little helper. We gutted the house and started from scratch. We are all excited to see the end result. And I'm sure they are all excited to make a new home for themselves!

All Aboard!

I guess this blog entry is a little late. But I couldn't help it....I look pretty awesome! This is me dressing up for Polar Express Day at school. I dress up as the Conductor every year and come out to surprise the kids when they get to school. I punch their tickets and let them get on the "Train of Reading" for the day. We also get to watch the movie, compare and contrast it with the book, drink hot chocolate and stir it with a candy cane, wear our pajamas, and spend the rest of the day reading. It is my favorite day of the year! The best part is after we watch the movie, the kids look under their chair to find a a bell. Then they all start ringing their bells like in the movie and say " We believe!". It is the most special thing for these kids! Does my heart good!

Baker at heart!

Here is my sad attempt at making a cute birthday cake. It is supposed to look like 3 little presents stacked up on each other. I got the cake mold from my sister-in-law for Christmas. I was so excited to make it! It turned out pretty good...but my dream of becoming a bakery owner may be farther away than I thought. I do LOVE to bake and decorate cakes. This is my second attempt on making a professional looking cake. I did bake and decorate a 3-tier wedding cake with apple green and pink accents. That was fun! The best part is that Zach tried to sell the wedding cake on Craigs List. HAHAHA! Needless to say there were no bites.

Christmas #2

We had an AWESOME time in Salem with the Big O family! My sister Molly came back from Taiwan. So we got to see her for the first time since July. Mama O and Papa O are in good spirits and happy to see everyone home at Christmas. Megan and & David are enjoying their 2nd Christmas with Isaac and looking forward to being in their new house next Christmas. Isaac is just now a little over 1 year old and is starting to understand Christmas a little more. He is by far the cutest kid ever...granted Uncle Zach and Aunt Sarah are a little bias. But it was so much fun spending time with him and the rest of the family!

Our 4th Christmas together!

Zach and I had a little Christmas and New Years with each other. We have been very blessed this year. The Lord has provided for us in many ways. Zach and I decided to challenge ourselves to read the whole bible in a year. We are using a chronological bible. When everything is in chronological order, it makes so much more sense. We have kept each other accountable thus far. We are very excited to complete this journey together!

The Boys...

Getting to see Nick and Tom is truly a joy! Nick and Tom are Zach's cousins who live in the Tri-Cities. We get to see them maybe once or twice a year. But they do call often. Their phone calls are pretty tremendous. You will get passed around the room several times-never quite sure who you are talking to- and if they are done talking they will say goodbye and hang up. They are awesome! We love these guys! They are the most genuine people we know.

YakiVegas

This Christmas we got to spend some time in good ol' Yakima. We got to spend a lot of time with Zach's family and some good friends! Usually we make on average about 5-10 trips to Starbucks whenever we go to Yakima...it's a Marble family right of passage. But I think this trip we may have only graced the establishment about 3-4 times with our presence. We will have to make it up on our next visit.