Snow

Noah going down the slide

Giving Daddy kisses

Noah and Jack having fun in the snow

We have had so much snow already this year. Last year we had a lot, but it seemed to happen so fast this year. The worst of it has been how cold it is, but the past two days have been warmer, getting to almost 20 degrees during the day. Noah and Jack were very ready to go outside and play in it, so they were glad for the warmer weather. Josh has been out in it regardless of the temperature snow blowing, it started out as a fun thing for him to do, but it's quickly losing its appeal!

Bouncing and Freezing

It has been freezing over here lately. During the day it only has been getting to about 10 degrees and today it got down to five. So, needless to say we're all going a little stir crazy, especially Jack and Noah. Our solution for Noah is taking him to this great place called Sport Gymnastics. Five days a week they do a play group for little kids and they are able to play with each other on all of the gymnastics equipment. He loves it! We ask him if he wants to go bounce with the kids and he starts bouncing all around the house. We went this morning and he had an extra good time because his Daddy was there and he is able to be a lot more active then I (I am avoiding the trampoline for obvious reasons!)



After we played we decided to go to Leavenworth for a couple of hours to check out all of the Christmas decorations as we hadn't been there in a while. We underestimated how cold it was by a long shot! We had Noah all bundled up, but Josh and I were not dressed warm enough at all. It was so cold that your face would hurt after just having been outside for a couple of minutes. We got to the point where we were just going into stores to warm up. We decided to head to the Chocolate Factory and get out of there! Noah got his usual, marshmellows on a stick and was working on that until his little hand hurt so badly from having his mitten off. We rushed back to the car and headed home. It was a fun day, but far too cold to be outside for any length of time. Noah did get to see Santa up close and personal (for about the fifth time this season!) And of course the only time he cried was when they took his picture, during the real visit!

Josh's tattoo

For a long time, Josh has been talking about getting a tattoo on his wedding ring finger. A lot of times when he drums he takes it off and also when he wakeboards, snowboards, plays sports, etc. So he thought that it would be a good idea to have a wedding band (with a J in the middle..for Jaime, of course!) tattooed on his finger. So, when he made the final decision to do it I started researching and found a good place in Fremont (that was VERY clean and had a lot of good reviews!)


The boys trying their best to look tough before the appointment

So, we made an appointment and we left yesterday to get it done, my Mom was able to meet us also. I had called ahead and talked to the girl doing it and she was very nice and helpful. I asked her if it was going to hurt him too badly and should he take some tylenol, she started laughing and said that it wouldn't be too bad, but that he could if he wanted. This whole conversation took place while Noah was screaming in the background, we were definitely not the customers that they were use to. It was no surprise when we walked in that she knew who we were before we even said, we stuck out like a sore thumb!


Noah and Ashley (or Ash Wednesday, that was her tattooing name!)

Everyone at the place was so nice and it turned out to be surprisingly kid friendly. We got this picture of Noah on the tattoo table, we were thinking that we would have a few more years before we got to that point! The funny thing was that Noah spilled on his shirt before we got there and he ended up having to put on a preppy one, so he really stuck out!

Josh is really happy with how it turned out and it didn't hurt as badly as I thought it would. From a ways away it looks like a wedding band and when he has his real ring on you won't be able to see the tattoo at all. I kept asking him if he was sure but he said he was, I guess we're stuck with each other forever now!

The final product!