Christmas 2012

I was on our computer earlier looking at past Christmas seasons and it brought smiles and laughs.  I thought I'd share some of my favorites from years past.

2004

 2005

 Christian just makes me laugh!  

Love these cute boys!

2006

2007

2008

 2010

 This was the first year the boys put the tree up all on their own.

  They did a great job.

2012

A winner!

 At the beginning of the month was the huge lottery worth just over $500 million.  Not gonna lie but I went in with some people at work and bought 3 of my own.  The boys and I talked the night of the drawing about all the things that we would like.  Anthony was the funniest and most real when he said he just wanted a garage. 

 

 Even though we didn't win the big bucks we did win later in the week.  The gas station by our house had a grand opening of the new snack shop that goes with the station.  The store was giving out FREE hotdogs and sodas!  Lunch...check! 

A local radio station was there as well giving away free stuff and a raffle for a gas gift card.  Yes we stuck around and who won the gift card?  ME!  I even got my picture taken with the DJ!  It was a great day!

At one with the woods

Last weekend I took the boys on a hike.  They LOVE being in the woods.  This first picture was taken in the parking lot.  They couldn't wait to get climbing.  It was a beautiful day and we could have stayed all day.  There were games of war, "mountain climbing", trying to guess how old a tree was (there were many fallen trees due to the storm the week before) and survival talk.  A fun afternoon for sure.

Diego's New Room

 

This kid is crazy! Yes, that is the bathroom.  He thinks this is sooooo comfortable...much better than the "awful" mattress he has on his bed.  What????  He says he sleeps so much better since he doesn't have to listen to Christian snoring or Anthony making so much noise.  Umm...ok.  It's his 4th night in there but I'm thinking it might not last too much longer.  I'm a little lost on his thinking with this one.

A little Bike Ride

 This week Anthony and I went on a bike ride at a park.  It was great.  Diego and Christian were spending the week at Cub Scout Day Camp from 9-3 everyday so we decided to something fun.  Anthony was a champ and his little legs were able to go about 3 miles.  Granted for about 2 miles he kept asking "Is that our parking lot?" whenever we passed the little parking lots for trails.  We even saw a deer on our ride.  We will definitely be going again.

 I love this pic because Anthony is looking at me like "Really?  Crazy lady!"

Only Diego!

Only Diego would find another turtle in the woods behind our house.  The boys were out building a fort in the woods and while looking for more sticks Diego found a larger version of Eco.  No, this one is not staying in our house!  It was nice to see what Eco might eventually look like.

Family Beach Fun

It was a another good week at the Outer Banks.  There was:

Lunch Poolside

Lots of swimming in the pool

Climbing up and running down the sand dunes

Having fun in the ocean

This year an obstacle course was added.  It was created by Jordan and Tyler.  They put their powers together for good and a great time was had by all.

Here is Diego's run at the obstacle course.  He was creative in his popping the balloon section.  Good memories were made with this obstacle course that will be talked about for years to come (thanks to Adam's comment about the sounds of the whoppie cushion).