Costa Rica

So here we are again!!! Costa Rica how we love you and miss you when we are gone.  We are once again back in this beautiful country and so happy about it.

This time we are in a different part of the country called Tamarindo Costa Rica.  We have rented this amazing house for a week and couldn't be happier.  The pool and outside area as you can see in the picture bellow is awesome.

This is inside the main house with large sliding windows and more eating area.  Just past the picnic area is the beach and ocean.  AMAZING!!

That is my mom in the back there behind the pool in the bunk house.  This is were Jamie, myself, my mom and three of the boys were sleeping.

Stefan could not wait to jump in the pool.  Can you see the ocean just beyond the trees?

Our amazing and virtually private beach.  Sand and waves were amazing.

This was only night one of the most amazing sun sets that we have ever seen.

Keagan could be a model.  LOL

Time to sit back and relax.

The view from the kitchen.  Yes Please!!!  :)

We were lucky to have the most amazing cook come in and prepare our dinners each night.  It was such a treat not to cook for 13 people.

Our sweet ride and yes all 13 of could squeeze in here.  We were like clowns in a clown car.  LOL

The front view of the house.

The view from the balcony of our room.  Love it.

Our favorite place to hang out and play games every evening.  This is the start to a very wonderful vacation.

Mount Baker Skiing

It has been a very long time since I have skied a big mountain.  LOL  But here we are at Mount Baker with our dear friends the Branscombe's.  

I must admit that I was a little nervous.  But the boys were all over the top about going.

Here we are (Heather, myself and Rylan)  This was one of the few times that we saw Rylan and Heather.  They made each other official partners and were together the whole day and had a great time.  :)

Getting ready to go down.

Rylan is such a super star skier.

Darien and Arron spent the whole day together and loved it.

Keagan joined in the fun, but he doesn't love skiing as much as everyone else.  :)

It was a beautiful day for skiing.  The sun was shining and the mountains looked amazing.

Stefan did a couple of runs but spent most of his time on the bunny hill.

He became the pro of the bunny hill.

I love these pictures of my boys.

I miss the west coast so much.

The end of our day.

And a wonderfully amazing day that it was.

IFLY and Boeing Field

One of Darien's main gifts this year was to go to iFLY which is a huge indoor wind tunnel that simulates sky diving.  Darien's dream is to one day jump out of a plane.

We figured that we should try something a little bit safer first.  LOL  He did amazingly.  It was so much fun to watch him and he had a really good time.

He looked like a pro.

Then it was off to the air museum.  If you know my family at all you know that this is just not an option.  I am completely out numbered when it comes to this.  We are all going.  LOL

The boys even went into the flight simulator.

Uncle Tyler had quite the ride with Rylan.  LOL

Boxing Day

We had family Christmas with Jamie's side on Boxing Day.  It was great to have all the boys together.

Even Uncle Tyler managed to come out for a short visit.

All the boys having a good laugh with their new toys.

Christmas Day

Merry Christmas Everyone!!!  Here the boys are up at the crack of dawn.  LOL

Daddy isn't even fully awake yet.  LOL

But who can resist getting up for the happiest day of the year.

Stefan with his awesome new slippers.  :)

Our family this year.  As you can see we have welcomed back our bonus baby.  This was not planned but we love him so much we were happy to have him return to us.  Not sure how long it will be for but we will enjoy every min.

This year was the year for helicopters.  I am pretty sure everyone got one this year.

And motorized scooters.

And of course long boards.

Darien is getting to be too cool.  He will always be my first born and little boy.  :)

Rylan and his scooter.

The boys trying them out for the first time.  It is a good thing we were in BC so they could.  There is no way they could have done this at home with all the snow.

These parents sure plan things out well.  :)

Merry Christmas Grandma.  Everyone needs a little pick me up.  LOL

This year we did Christmas day with my family at my sisters house.  It was so wonderful to be all together.

Everyone had a great time.

There was so much yummy food.  I love family gatherings.  :)

Christmas Eve

It has been a long time since we have been to BC for Christmas.  It was so wonderful to be home for Christmas and to be with our families.  We did Christmas eve with my family at my moms house.  We did our usual of going to see a movie during the day.  This year we saw Frozen and it was a great movie.  Then it was time to head back to moms to open our Christmas PJ's.

It was great to have Trevor there this year also.

My brother and his family also.

Opening their cool pj's.

Our baby is back.  That is a whole other story but he was our Christmas present about a week before Christmas.  :)

Getting the tree ready

The stockings were not hung but they were ready.

Grandma Penni has a very small tree but there were a lot of presents. LOL  Merry Christmas everyone.