Saturday, February 21, 2015

The Animal Park

Well this place was a lot of fun.The kids played for 3.5 hours. Wow! Worth.every.penny.

We will be back! 

Jackson liked the Bearded Dragon. I did not.

This is Carrot the Ferret. And now I want one.


My favorite - the Chinchilla!  

Sunday, February 1, 2015

My Little Escape Artist

Do you see the iPad? Look who crawled out of bed at 2 am to watch some netflix.  

This one. 

He keeps me on my toes.


More Snow

Thanks to Grandma Waller we were able to sled.  These little boogers will go fast even on a smidgen of snow (which is all that was left by the time we made it out there!)  So much fun!!!





First Hair Cut for Jackson

Although Jackson did great getting his hair cut - I wasn't a huge fan of how it turned out. Oh well....it will grow back. And honestly - who is gonna see it? The kid is in a hat 24/7!







My big boy - so sweet!


Friday, January 9, 2015

First Snow of 2015

Well, we survived our first arctic blast and the first snow of 2015- even 2 days after having the flu.

We need a sled.






The American History Museum

We took a quick trip into DC to check out the American History museum. This is my favorite museum actually - I love the hall of First Lady dresses.  We didn't make it there though.  Jackson and Elli got stuck in the transportation section with life size trains and subway cars and big rigs. Papa Bender - we are TOTALLY taking you there next time you visit - you would love it.

The day started off rough with us driving for 30 minutes looking for a parking space and lots of tears and mama fussing and walking in rain.  But the museum was great.  Trip home - also not so great b/c I suddenly came down with a fever that led to the flu.

Memories.

Not so happy


Getting better!










Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Christmas 2014!!!

Here's to our first Christmas in Virginia.  We had a blast here getting all prepped for Christmas and then celebrating with the Waller side. On the 23rd we packed up and headed to NC for a week. Santa had to make a special trip to Grandma Bender's house this year.  The trip was great but ended on a sad note with Jacob getting the flu.  Back to VA we came so he could recover.

Still this was a great Christmas. The kids were so excited. Jackson just kept saying "Santa Clause is coming to town."  Christmas with kids is truly the best.  So sit back and enjoy this pretty ridiculously long picture recap!

Breakfast at the manger at church.  The kids (and me) LOVED the animals.





 Elli got to be a little Christmas angel in the Christmas play at Grandma Waller's church. 


(and Jackson just ate some cookies!)

He had his turn as you can see here, in the preschool play.  Look at his little face. He wanted to cry so bad and come sit with mommy - just about broke my heart. But as you can see, by the end, he was LOVING it.







 Christmas time at the Waller's house




 The annual Bender party and Santa visit!



 (I love Elli's face! Pure joy!)


Birthday party for Jesus. Doesn't Batman appear at ALL parties for Jesus?



 Christmas morning on the Farm.

WAKE UP JACKSON - SANTA CAME!!


















Now THAT was a fun Christmas. We are so blessed to have such amazing families to spend Christmas with each year.  We love you guys!!!