Monday, February 16, 2009

January 2009

Since I'm just trying to catch up, here are just a few highlights from January:


We went to Nanny's for Cooper's birthday party. Everyone had a great time!







Ethan decided to help himself to some chocolate.
This was all that remained, except the messy chocolate face.

Christmas 2008

Christmas was so much fun this year! Here are just a few pictures...


Ethan didn't want to leave cookies for Santa. He said, "Cupcakes for Santa!" So we baked cupcakes and left them, after trying them out of course!



Aaron had just as much fun as Ethan did opening presents.


I couldn't get both boys to look at the camera!


What's this? Thomas, of course!

Saturday, December 20, 2008

The Polar Express

After Gatlinburg, we made a stop to board the Polar Express. In spite of everyone feeling sick (thanks to the bug that made its way through our cabin), we had an awesome time!

We boarded the train listening to the soundtrack from the movie. The conductor punched our tickets, and then hot chocolate and chocolate covered marshmallow Santas were served by our chefs. They read The Polar Express as we made our way to the North Pole. Once we got there, we saw Santa's house and none other than Santa himself! Santa boarded the train and handed out bells to all the boys and girls! Everyone sang Christmas carols as we made our way back to the train station. Ethan was so excited the entire ride!






Gatlinburg 2008

We spent the first weekend in December in Gatlinburg with the Smith side of the family. We went to the Christmas parade in the 24 degrees weather! It was a lot of fun even if we exhausted Katie's supply of hand and body warmers!






Just hangin' around the cabin...or in Aaron's case, hangin' out!


We played a little miniature golf, too.



We even had presents!




Thursday, November 27, 2008

Happy Thanksgiving

Who says the turkey is the best part of Thanksgiving??? Ethan and Cole didn't do much eating, but they sure had fun playing in the leaves in the backyard.







Not to miss out on the fun, Aaron had his time in the leaves too!

Play

Here are just a few pictures from our neighbor's birthday parties. Nick turned 5, and Savannah turned 7. The indoor play place, called Play, was a lot of fun!













Friday, November 21, 2008

Halloween

For the 2nd year in a row, Ethan refused to wear his Thomas costume on Halloween. At least he wore it at school for the parade. Lucky for us, he had some pirate gear!






The cutest bat you've ever seen!!!


Getting ready to trick-or-treat