Catching Up

I realized I better update my blog since all our Christmas cards are advertising this blog as a way to get up to date with our family. I'll just have to use my camera to remind me what we've been up to.
It got cold. Like below freezing!!!! (That's really cold for here.) We didn't see any snow, but anything above 1,000 feet had snow. I wish I had watched the news because there were probably some funny stories about Californians dealing with their first snow in years. Here we are taking a family walk before it got too cold. Will likes to wear hats like Daddy.
We got sick. All of us were sick, but Will was the only one with a fever and his sickness lasted the longest. Then the doctor said he might have asthma! We'll see. Here's my boys catching up on some sleep on Uncle Alex's bed. We spent about a week at the Olson Sr. house for Thanksgiving. Luckily we didn't have to sleep in Alex's room the whole time.


We kept the murder mystery dinner tradition going strong. (Three years in a row now.) This year's theme was Cruising for Murder. I played the spoiled captain's daughter, and I'm pictured below in an old, old mink stole with "Daddy!".
Britton was "Buddy Call" the towel boy! I know he was innocent, but I can't actually remember who the murderer turned out to be. Maybe Derek. He has a little too smug look on his face.
The whole Olson clan packed up a couple cars and went to the Train Museum in Sacramento. It was pretty awesome. They have a lot of old train cars and engines you can walk through, and see how they used to look.
Lately we've been spending a LOT of time doing stuff for church. One of the biggest time-consumers was preparing for the annual Christmas party. We were in charge of finding a way to print the santa pictures at the party. Sure, Polaroid has created a new, easy way to print digital pictures instantly, but that would be too easy. We used two memory cards, a laptop, and two printers to get the job done.
Will's first Santa picture is pretty hilarious. Too much candy, not enough sleep, and weird guy holding him led to this picture. Happy Holidays everyone!