This summer we had lots of fun playing at Grandma and Grandpa's house while Brandon painted with Grandpa. The boys played outside in Grandma's blow up pool and in the lake near their house. In September Jackson started 1st grade and Preston started pre-school. They both enjoy school very much. Jackson and Preston also got to spend time at Nana and Papa's house, swimming in their pool. They both had great tans by the end of the summer. Jackson turned 7 at the end of September and the following weekend we went to Oyster Fest in Shelton and the boys got to be vampires for the day. The highlight of our fall though, was Brandon shooting his first deer in Oroville, WA. We have enjoyed all the meat that has made it's way to our freezer.
At the beginning of December, Preston was red bird in his pres-school Christmas performance. We were very proud of his singing. Our Christmas break started off with us having one snow day and one ice day. It was fun seeing white on the ground. We spend Christmas with Shelly and Rodger aka Grandma and Grandpa in Allyn, WA. Jackson and Preston got to play with their cousin Brooklynn and their uncle Fred. We ended 2012 with a trip to Zoo Lights at the Tacoma Point Defiance Zoo. Earlier in the day we got to visit with Nana and Papa. We felt blessed to be with both sets of grandparents on New Years Eve. We were cold at the zoo but there was no rain.
