Merry Christmas!

Santa was generous this year...especially to Nathan. Of course my camera phone decided to stop working just as we started opening presents so the photos are limited.

The theme this year from Santa was puzzles and art. Nathan has become amazing at doing jigsaw puzzles, so Santa brought a few 48 piece puzzles.
This is what Ryan did as we opened presents.

Wow - here's a box...not really quite sure what's in it.

Then, later in the day, Pap Pap, Nonni, and Uncle Bobby visited and brought their own array of presents. They had fun putting Nathan's hot wheel track together and Nathan loves playing with it.

Here is Nathan playing with his new bath toys.

Before Christmas, Nathan's school put on a little set of Christmas carols. This was during their rendition of Jingle Bells.

We wish everyone a very Happy New Year! See you in 2012!

Catching Up

Sorry its been so long since I posted. We have had a few busy weeks of visits from family and our annual Christmas party. I'll just post some pictures and explain them as we go.

Grammy came to visit and we made Christmas cookies. Nathan had the job of putting the cherry on top. They came out delicious.

Then the next weekend we had our annual Christmas party. I didn't get any pictures of the actual party, but here are the boys posing before people arrived.Nathan has been very interested in painting lately. Aunt Jan got him this painting coloring book and he has painted almost every page in it.Grammy came to visit again and I got a quick of her and Ryan in front of the tree. Here is just a few cute pictures of Ryan in his daily fun times.

Bath!
Jumper!

We Give Thanks!

We treked 10+ hours in the car for our first trip to South Carolina since Ryan was born.  We had the pleasure of also taking our nephew Michael in the car with us.  I don't think he'd consider it a pleasurable experience since he had to ride in the back with Calvin, but he did manage to enjoy a movie with Nathan during the ride.

Uncle Doug set up a tour of the Myrtle Beach Fire Station and Nathan absolutely loved it.  He even pointed out to Fireman Bill which truck was the hook and ladder truck. 

Then we went to Broadway on the Beach.  I spun the teacup so fast I made us both sick. 

 Then on Saturday, Nana and Papa treated us to a Christmas show.  The decorations were so nice that we took a few Christmas pictures in the lobby.

Lastly, a major milestone occured while we were in SC.  I'll let you see it for yourselves.