Jenks - One Rockin' Family!

Merry Christmas everyone!

So before Brooke got too close to baby delivery time, we were able to get in one last family road trip. We journeyed to Lake Chelan, Washington, where we stayed at Wapato Point resort with Mom and Dad. A great time was had by all. We slept in most mornings, and just had an activity or two each day. It was very relaxing. Check out the photo album (along with captions) to see what we did. You'll also get to see our surprise Thanksgiving guests! Click on the first photo, which will take you to Flickr. If you're on a computer, you can use your arrow keys to move through the photos. On a phone or tablet? Again, tap on the photo below, let the Flickr link launch, then tap on the right portion of each image to advance to the next. The caption is below the photo if you want to learn more. Enjoy! Dad assumed the role of a cheesy European caricature for most of the day. Way to rock the hat, dad! We spent a day in Leavenworth. We ate fudge, purchased over-priced toys, and dad ...

We found these groovy disco lights at Kohl's for $10.00, so we bought two and threw a sweet family dance party. Turns out the bulbs are rated for 100,000 hours of use, so we can have a dance party for three hours every day for the next 91 years. YES!!!

This year's Halloween was a varied theme. Pirates, Harry Potter, Tangled, and a sweet cupcake. Yummy! Brooke made the kid costumes, and our super amazing friend from my work made the incredible pirate costumes! Maddie was Hermione Granger, and she totally mastered the levitation spell. Wingardium leviosa! Getting ready to duel. Sharlie was spunky Rapunzel. Brooke had a blast making the dress. And once it was done, Sharlie refused to wear shoes with it. She really wanted to stay in character. Gemma is currently obsessed with cupcakes. She seriously has four sets of cupcake pajamas. Funny enough, she won't actually eat full cupcakes (she's more of a frosting gal). Brooke looked at photos of cupcake costumes online, and designed the costume from there. You could say she made it "from scratch!" Ha, I'm too funny. Brooke is the most stunning pirate I've ever seen. Yowza! Shield mine eyes. That woman is like a siren of the sea! ...