Christmas Tree Transformation

After

Before

Every year the kids each get a new ornament! Meaning that now we have several ornament from our family tradition and school and party's! Plus all of my parents ornaments! We also cover our Christmas tree with lights so it is very fun to see what our Christmas tree looks like before then after!

Christmas Tree!

We decided ave our tree wrapped in string so we could more easily cary it and so it would better stay on the car!

That is the saw that my mom first tried to cut down our Christmas tree with!

They had lots of Christmas decorations!

We were able to go cut down a Christmas tree literally! My mom started to cut it down with one of those hand saws, which went pretty slow. So, we got a chain saw and then cut it down. We got to pick a Christmas tree out of 80 acres!

Thanksgiving!

We got to make styrofoam turkeys as our thanksgiving craft!

We were able to have my dads brother-Uncle J and his sister- Aunt Kelly's family's were both able to come to our house for thanksgiving and my dads birthday! We had lots of fun and ate lots of great food!

Happy Birthday Dad!

For my dad's b-day he got a C.D of the music from the Fiddler on the Roof so they decided to dance!

Present Time!

Yum!

That looks good Cade!

Cousin Love!

Most of the time I was to be found holding my cousin Jay!

On November 25th, 1971 Brandon Erickson was born in Pullman, Washington to Nancy and Bruce Erickson! He went to college at BYU and Stanford, married Sherry Erickson, and had three kids- Emma, Bruce and Audrey! He now lives in Vancouver, Washington and is a great father and husband! Happy Birthday 38th Birthday Dad!

Our Before Family Home Evening

Boys must be Boys!

I love how bruce gives my dad a wedgie!

Day Four and Five: The Spy Museam, Church and the Zoo

On Saturday we went to the Spy Museum but we were not able to take any photos! IT WAS AMAZING THOUGH! We got to see a video and have a secret identity and go to spy school and explore soooooooooooooo much!

On Sunday-day five we went to church! We got to take the Subway there! It was the smallest, most casual ward I have ever been to! One of the people who spoke used to work for the president! After church dad left for the airport! And we went to the zoo-which was owned by the Smithsonian meaning that it was free!

Koreen Veteran War Memoial

Do you see my mom?

Creepy isn't it!

The White House

The White house was very cool! There were several police men!

Day Three Continued: the American History Museam

this is my favorite- one of the first lady dresses

dumbo!

this is a picture of the actual top hat that belonged to Lincoln

The original Kermit the frog puppet

The Original red shoes that Dorthy wore on the Wizard of OZ

The American History Museum was very interesting! With a very big range in subject!

Day Three Continued: The Bureau of printing and engraving, and the Washington Monument

We were able to go really close to the Washington Monument!

This was the only picture we were able to take at the Bureau of Printing and Engraving!