Foxy's Ponderings: Good Family Times

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Not sure I will keep this header...I tried to think of something cute ... Foxy tends to lead people in a certain direction that I don't want them to go...so we will see.

My grandmother used to introduce me to people as her Foxy grandaughter. I would wait expecting, hoping that she would explain but to my horror she always ... left me hangin'. We would glance uncomfortably at each other and the strangers that I just met would kindly smile but you could see the awkward confussion on their faces ... I then would say, "Fox, is my last name." and we would all giggle and have a moment of clarity ... and relief.

Sunday, December 27, 2009

Good Family Times

This Holiday weekend was a very nice Christmas weekend away. But first I had to share tis picture. Isn't it sweet!! I love it.

Our Christmas traditions started with us ice skating. We have tried to do this the past 3 years and each year has not been very much fun due to the fact that the girls were so little and we all but had to carry them on the ice. And considering we can barely skate ourselves proved to be a slow and painful process. But we keep trying because we just keep thinking it will only get better right? The older they get the more they will skate on there own and the more fun we all will have. I think that still may be true but we aren't there just yet.

Lindsey did finally use a little walker type thing and then she was cruisin' and loving it. However, Emily wasn't up to the challenge yet. So It meant her and I hugged the side, going a woppin MACH .000019 MPH!! I think we made it around 2.5 times before my feet started screeming in pain. So I took a little rest - hence the below picture. We will keep trying!!!

The next couple of years will tell for sure if we should come up with a different tradition or keep going with it.

We then spent a few days with my family. Had an amazingly yummy Prim Rib dinner that my mother spoiled us with and then enjoyed Christmas evening visiting and playing games. The following day was laid back and restful, in the evening we went out with some friends of ours and had some hours child free. Much appreciated since that does not happen too often.

And today we wrapped up the day just the four of us downtown Seattle. Riding the monorail, which the girls loved and shopping at Westfair and then ride up to the observation deck of the Space Needle where we took this picture...

Pretty neat huh? Too bad it did not have the space needle in it too but this is pretty cool!