Happy Holidays.....

We recently returned from a road trip to spend the holidays with Geoff's family. It was so nice to see everyone and for the boys to meet their Aunt JJ and cousins for the first time.

A family pic...

The Grandkids....(and Grandpa!)

J LOVING the stairs....here he is awaiting to be chased...for some reason, he kept covering his upper teeth with his upper lip when he smiled while we were there...

Playing at the park...still in short sleeves in December...we just can't seem to get cold weather.

Here is Grandma with W. I think his ear was bothering him bad this day...he just kept tugging on it...

Cute picture of Chloe and Matt...

Dad releasing J on the slide....

W was content to just sit on the swing...with the football of course...

They also got to go to the zoo for the first time. I think the highlight was the pigeons outside the zoo cafe. They were beside themselves with those birds so close. W made an elephant noise for the first time when he saw live elephants and they both growled when they saw the big cats.

Here is W peeking up through a tunnel...I think he looks like he is in Star Wars or Star Trek or something...

J stretching Aunt JJ's ears....

Grandma gave them their first hair cut. It was hard to cut off those cute little curls around their ears but it was getting too long-it was time. They sat patiently (as long as they were holding a toy of course) while she snipped.

First W....

Then J...

All of the kiddos really enjoyed playing with a big empty cardboard box at Christmas...playing in it...crawling on it...who needs toys!?

J playing with some new things...

The boys sitting with Grandpa...can you tell? Who is who?

W playing Santa...

Our road trip went much smoother this time and we got to visit some friends of ours on our return trip. They have a beautiful house. We had fun playing bowling and tennis on their new Wii while we were there.

We are back in our nearly empty house. Will be heading to our new home to hopefully find a new place to live on Tuesday...then back here to finish squaring away this house for our renters.

Happy New Year everyone!