Friday, January 10, 2014

Christmas Vacation: everything in between

We had such an amazing two weeks with our Anderson family! I thank God all the time that I married into a family that I enjoy spending time with! There are way too many memories to share for one blog post, so here's a huge amount of photos to show you a little bit of what filled up the rest of our Christmas vacation.
Long flights! My boys were such troopers!
Matthew and Keaton catching up on "old times" on our way home from the airport.
We visited the Billy Graham Library in Charlotte for their live nativity.
So much silliness!!
Mark loved to watch the train around Rob and Lisa's Christmas tree.Uncle Rob got this shot - I love his little face peaking through the tunnel!
Making Christmas treats!
decorating cookies!
We had so much fun at the Children's Museum of the Upstate.
Inside the underwater bubble
They really thought that water apron would keep Mark from getting wet?  HA!
They made a video production of "The ABC Song" and "YMCA"
My boys with Clifford, the big orange dog?
One night, we visited this private residence in Mauldin that was amazing! It was such a spectacular show and totally FREE! They even gave out free hot chocolate and popcorn. So fun!
On the same night that we had our girls night out, the boys were having "man camp" at Rob and Lisa's house. The only thing I know about that night what you see in these two pictures.
Also that there was "a lot of burping and farting" Sorry I missed that.
We finished our stay with one rockin New Years Eve party!

We got our groove on!

Every child (and adult) stayed up until after midnight. Love Lisa's yawn...
Love all these crazies. It was so hard to say goodbye! :-(

Sunday, January 5, 2014

Christmas Morning

I have to say - the only thing better about being a kid on Christmas morning is having kids on Christmas morning! The excitement level, the joy, the surprise is so intense and contagious. We don't make a big deal out of Santa, but we have a lot fun pretending. This Christmas morning was one for the books. Santa came through big time for every kid in this house!


Stockings filled, gifts delivered, cookies eaten - HE CAME!!!!

Amazingly the kids slept until after 8:00. We made the boys wait at the top of the stairs until the girls were ready to come down.
Let's break into those Twizzlers - like father, like son!
Mark showing Aunt Jenny his gift from Santa. She's way impressed!
Caroline and her new Saige doll!
Stuffed Yoda - yes!!
 
We got all the cousins matching HE>I tshirts - all the way from Hawaii!