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!

Oh Christmas Tree! 2012

I love having an extra week between Thanksgiving and Christmas!!  Our tree is up, the house is decorated and now we can sit back and enjoy it all!  I can even do a few more projects than I normally would since I have extra time.

 

 

Surprisingly, Dylan helped decorate the tree more than Reagan did.  She was holding out to put the angel at the top.

 

It was looking a little bottom heavy . . .

 

Ah, there we go.  A few more toward the middle of the tree.

 

Ta Da! Complete?

 

Now the tree is complete!

(Notice how the ornaments magically spaced themselves out :))