Happy New Year 2013!

To celebrate the end of 2012 and the beginning of the new year, we wanted to keep our celebration pretty low key.  I knew the chances of me making it to midnight were pretty slim, let alone the kids!  Instead we had a kid friendly party with two other couples to ring in the New Year as the clock struck 10 o'clock. 

Dylan dressed up in his New Year's garb.

All the boys!

Celebrating with a New Years toast at the strike of 10!

After the guests had left and the kids went to bed, John and I managed to celebrate the New Year with the east coast and called it a night.  Man, I sound old.  We really don't party like we used to anymore!!

Playing with Picasa

Gotta love those long, thick eyelashes.  She is so lucky!

 



Pinterest Inspiration

John is getting mighty sick of Pinterest this holiday season and it's only Dec. 2nd!  Our kids were both ready for bed early tonight, so I thought I would try out one of the photo ideas that I saw on Pinterest.  Here are two of my favorites out of the many (we took 161 pictures to get these two!).  They are by no means professional pictures, but good enough for me.

 

 

 

Not sure why this one isn't going vertical, but I'll try to fix it later.  Will be cool to see how these print out, if I ever get around to it! 

Reindeer Rides

We made a trip out to Gerten's on Saturday for the annual reindeer rides that they offer.  Last year was freezing cold, but there was no line and the kids were able to take a couple rides.  With the nice weather this weekend, the wait was nearly an hour, but the kids were super good.  They spent the time playing in the "forest" while the parents waited in the line.

 

 

I couldn't get Reagan to give me a normal smile.  She was acting super silly while they waited.

 

Squished kids!  Next year they might have to take separate rides.

 

 

Here they go!

 

 

Happy kids!

 

Kim and I were super lucky that the kids just sat down like this to watch the trio that was playing inside Gerten's.  They were mesmerized by the music.  The musicians told us one family spent ten minutes trying to get their kids to sit as nicely as ours for a picture.  We even had a random woman take a picture of our kids because she was so taken by their cuteness that she had to show her friend!