Thanksgiving and Christmas Tree hunting

I took Adana & Torah to Seattle last week.  First stop:  Pacific Science Center to see the dinosaurs (Torah's current passion).  She LOVED them!

Then we saw a play at the Seattle Children's Theater - Dick Whittington & His Cat.  I have always loved the book, and the play was fantastic!

Thanksgiving morning, we ran the 5th Annual Turkey Trot!  We've never missed a year.  Nathan (Islandental) sponsors the run each year, so this year he decided to really get in the spirit & wear a costume.  It was hilarious to hear people trying to figure out what he was.  "A marshmallow?"  "The Stay-Puft Man?"  Nope, he was a molar.  :)

When he got home, Adana immediately put on the costume & added her own flair.  She declared:  I'm the tooth fairy!  

We decided to go more traditional this year & stay home for a real Thanksgiving dinner.  We invited two families over to share it with us.  We had HEAPS of delicious food and a lot of fun.

We sure missed Jared, though.  He spent the weekend in St. George with his grandparents & some friends.

On Saturday, we woke up to COLD and SNOW!  Still, we climbed into Nathan's truck & headed up into the mountains to cut down the Russell Family Christmas Tree.  

It was bitterly cold - 19 degrees - so Torah was bundled up like the boy on Christmas Story.  She had a blast scrambling through the deep snow drifts.

So did Adana!  I swear this girl doesn't even register "cold."  I've never known anyone who can play so hard and with such enthusiasm.

My two mountain men.  They cut down two big trees & hauled them back up the mountain.  (We got an extra one for a family that we are helping this Christmas.)

Nathan & his buddy, Brad.  These two....  Words just aren't adequate. 

Brad's daughter, Kylie, captured this perfect picture of a frozen Torah savoring her cup of hot cocoa.