Christmas Day 2009 - It has been a long, long time since we have awakened to a White Christmas around these parts and it was so pretty to look out our front door and see this. Just a layer of pure white snow. Too bad the boys were not old enough to truly enjoy this. They were too busy playing with the toys that Santa brought them.
The wind was whipping the snow around so hard that it pilled up on the other side of the house. would have been great to build a snowman.
Ah yes, Santa. This year the boys actually got to meet Santa. Didn't really think too much about it more than, "Who is this bearded man holding me and when I can I eat this Candy Cane?" The boys have been too medically fragile in the past to even think about bringing them out to see Santa, so we were overjoyed when a local hotel got Santa down to our neck of the woods to visit. It saved us from deciding to try the mall or wait til next year senario. We went to meet Santa expecting the worst. You know, the screaming, crying and running for dear life. Well, since we didn't have to wait to see him and listen to a few hundred screaming kids, it went very well. No screaming, no crying and we all got to take plently of pictures to remember this wonderful occasion. I can't thank the local business enough for doing this every year, it saved us a world of time and we actually enjoyed ourselves and so did the kids.
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Riley with Santa
Carter with Santa
Note Riley has BOTH candy canes. He took Carter's away from him and decided that he wanted both of them for himself.
Family Pic of 2009 - Hoping one day the boys will actually cooperate for a group photo.
Just couldn't resist posting this pic. Riley on left, Carter on Right.
One day I will be wishing they were this small again! GO COWBOYS!
Riley grillin' up something on his new grill. Love his chef hat. HAT - A new word for Riley.
Riley playing peek a boo through the window in their new toolbench.
Riley on his new slide.
Note the Christmas tree in the background. We actually got to put up a Christmas Tree this year. Riley had to make sure he turned on the lights every morning. I made the house so much more festive this holiday season and I was so glad to be able to put one up this year. The first year they were home, I was not about to put up a tree and last year I wasn't in the christmas spirit so much so I didn't want to put one up. But this year was a different story and I enjoyed decorating the house and putting up the tree. We did "cage" the tree this year so I wouldn't have the "oh no who knocked the tree over this time senario". Next year, I'm sure it will get interesting.
Carter really showing no interest in his new toys. Wubbzy was on the TV. Way more interesting!
Carter loves the new indoor slide. He climbs up and makes sure someone is watching him go down and yells on the way down. Too Cute.
Carter doing something he know he shouldn't be.
This is a pic of the deer at the feeding in front of our house during the snow we had on Tuesday, December 29th. We counted 14 at one time. They were running to feeder as it was going off. They knew what time it was.
We all had a good time this holiday season spending it with family. This was the first winter that we actually got to spend with family and it was nice. Riley was a ham and enjoyed all the attention. Carter not so much but enjoyed leading everyone into the play room to turn on the Mickey snow globe that sings. He just loved it and towards the end of the song he would make noises to the tune of the song. It was so cute.
We did not see the new year in but awoke to a new year with runny noses and they eventually subsided a week later. The cedars here are in full bloom and from what I have heard they are worse this year than in the past. It had all of us sneezing around here at one point. We are glad the temperatures are warming up after the latest Artic Blast. We have seen the coldest temps since 1996 around here and I don't think we are out of the woods yet. Still have some more winter around the corner and hope that we don't see anymore of this kind of weather.
We wish everyone a Happy New Year and we are looking forward to a wonderful year!
