We got to go to youth group last night. It was a lot of fun. Usually we stay at the Klockes house but last night was the Christmas party so we got to go. We had a lot of fun and played some funny games. Here Alex, Justin and myself are eating the remnants of the snowmen that we built with marshmellows and candy and stuff. Alex won this game and got a cd.







His mouth is very full. Can you tell?














Justin could not hold his down and ended up losing it all to the trash can. YUCK!!



In this game they had to get the four candy canes out of the whipped cream.
You should have seen Shannon attack that whipped cream.

It paid off for her cuz she won. And the main thing is we got some great pictures of some messy faces.














Well we had a lot of fun with the Kids and I even got to play in the gift exchange it was cool. Four days till Christmas. Do you know what you are getting? Josh

Christmas shoping is done HOORAY

Today we finished all our Christmas shopping. We had a pretty good day. It started off by waking up to snow in Anderson. We looked outside and there were these beautiful snowflakes falling lazily out of the sky. It was so nice. Unfortunately it did not last very long before turning to rain. However I did hear from my Uncle Ben from Burney and he said it was snowing real hard up there and someone else told my Dad that they had about a foot already. The great thing about that is that means Shasta is getting lots of snow too and that means we can go snowboarding sooner:-) We went to the outlets and I picked out a present for my Aunt Emily whose name I drew for our family gift exchange, from there we went to Shopko. We arrived at Shopko at 11:40 and that meant we had about 20 minutes to get through the store and check out before the 6 hour sale ended at noon. So we rushed around and found the things that we needed along with half the city of Redding. Luckily they still gave you stuff for the cheap price at 12:15 cuz by the time we got through the lines it was later than noon. We got all the stuff we needed there and then headed back to the van. It was still trying to spit a little snow and was quite cold, so I was skipping along with my hands in the pockets of my sweatshirt when somehow I slipped on the wet muddy pavement and next thing you know my head was smacking into the pavement and I was lying on my face in the puddles. It hurt real bad. I cried of course and my Dad picked me up. He held me for a while and then I was ok. It hurt most of the day but not as bad once Dad took me to Coldstone for an Ice cream. Aren't these nice pictures of my goose egg?

Well we are off to the Tates Christmas party so see you all later and don't worry about my head it will go back to its normal shape just like it always has. Joshy

We promised pictures

This is our christmas tree decorating night. We had snacks and hot apple cider and listened to christmas music and then we watched ELF. It was a lot of fun. Zach and Brenda even came over to hang out.



This is the outside of our house. We have a lot of lights out there. I helped my Dad put them all up.
This is an angel if you can't tell and our star.
























My Dad took all these pictures of Mt. Shasta on their way back from Oregon. He took them from all sides of the mountain. I think it is kind of cool to see the different sides all together like that. Which side is your favorite?

No we havn't fallen off the face of the earth

Sorry for the long absence of updates. Things have been very crazy around here. Nothing super special just lots of stuff going on. Our Mom and Dad had their 5th wedding anniversary. They say the time is flying by. Whatever that means. They went to Oregon for the weekend and that meant that Jayden and me got to go to BURNEY. I love going to Burney and playing with all my Uncles and Aunts. Mom and Dad got all their Christmas shopping done and we now have presents under our tree. Well sorry but that is all I have time for right now. I will try to post again soon, and with pictures. Goodnight, Joshy