Spent the first Saturday in December doing the annual Schlameus tree cutting in Mill Creek, Washington. Scored this beauty for $3o bucks - and a little manual labor (Brett had three trees to chop this year - ours, Jan's & Brooke's!)
Here she is all dressed up!
As most of you saw on the news or experienced first hand - Seattle got snow this year - and TONS of it! Last picture we took we measured in at 7 1/2 inches which is big time for Ballard. Definitely the most snow I've seen in Seattle during my 11 years here!
Christmas Eve was time for making homemade 'Nog, drip candles (Warren Family Tradition) & family time w/ Brett & Lucy.
Jan was the perfect host for Christmas Day with the annual breakfast burritos made by the kids (that's us and Brooke), a delicious dinner with the "extended family" - the Martins & Gerbings, and even special apperances from ALL the Grandparents (Papa, Grammy & Grampy). This year was especially important to us to have the Schlameus family all together - check out all of those stocking!
New Years we were off to New York for time with my Dad, Brenna & Zeus (Lucy's brother - same litter!) Here's a pic of their home on Long Island. As you can see, the snow followed us to the Northeast!
As I look at our pictures from the last month I notice more pics of the pups than of people - can imagine how that effect will continue with real children (not just our furry one)!
The reuniting of "brother & sister" was a lot of fun. Zeus was quite the host - and while Lucy threw a bit of a 'tude when we first arrived, her and Zeus became inseperable quite quickly!
The icy weather left us a bit homebound while in NY - filled with gorgeous walks in Dad & Brenna's neighborhood...
And an embarrasing amount of Wii playing.
Here's to a happy and healthy new year! 
