The Fries'

Work Perks

Tim's work party this year included making us the big winners! It was a fun night and Tim walked away with a new Ipod and I walked away with a new purse!

Christmas Treats

One of the perks of being a helper for Youth Group is of course the White Elephant Gift Exchange.

Especially when there are newly weds in said group that have gifts left over from their wedding that they bring...best gift exchange ever involved me winning a donut maker! From here on out, all white elephant gift exchanges will not be able to compare!

We came home one night to find out table laden with snacks from the Christmas Candy Fairy...also known as Ma Fries. She spoiled us for certain!

White Christmas

One of the local high schools put on a performance of White Christmas. Mom came to go to the show with us and our church family. TJ was supposed to join us, as was Tim, but TJ got a little stomach bug and had to stay home... I'm certain that Tim was disappointed!

It was a fantastic show and the girls loved it!

Great Wolf Lodge

The weekend after Thanksgiving we went to Great Wolf Lodge in Olympia.

It is a fun indoor waterpark.

We had a blast are it was a great trip to end the long weekend.

The kids each got wolf ears when we checked in. TJ, being 11 needed to act out being the wolf.

Part of the park is slides, another is the wave pool.

We all got in on the action.

The resort also has glow golf (mini golf in black light) and an arcade to name a few things..

ThanksGiving

These pictures are all out of order, but you will get the general idea. We started the day with our annual opening of the oven for our Great White Turkey. The kids got games and a movie this year.

This was followed by our traditional breakfast of cinnamon rolls and our annual TURKEY BOWL! The weather was crazy warm this year which made the football game super fun! We ended the day at Bob and Velma's with an amazing dinner, a game on TV and turning on their Christmas lights. It was a wonderful day and we could not be more thankful!