Christmas 2014

The magic is in the air this year!  Many early morning giggles as the boys search for George (the elf), lots of wonder & merriment (asking the elf on the Polar Express how old she was), listening for Santa to put the presents under the tree. . .

There are very few of these precious years, and we will take them!

 They both wrote their own lists to Santa

 Getting so big! We saw Santa in a lot of places this year, and they were always happy, we have moved way past the scared phase!

 Matthew, the shepherd, in his school performance (with Micah & Logan)

 the kid loves Skylanders

 actually reading the words to Uncle JT

 Elise got to come home and celebrate with Uncle Nick

 me & Chris

 making reindeer food

 Matthew planned this for weeks, there was no way he was forgetting Santa's reindeer

 Christmas Morning

 Joy

 Excitement

Andrew hugging Matthew after they exchanged gifts

building one of many Lego sets

This picture captures everything Andrew (and I feel a little pride as I see him enjoy so many things that I do - Christmas carols (he knows all the words to 12 days of Christmas), taking pictures, and converse)

Chattanooga

We decided to head to Chattanooga to ride the Polar Express again this year, and we added a day at the children's museum too!  We got lucky and went on a day with free admission, so a little busy, but still lots of fun!

 trying to turn a windmill with water spray

 sending a boat down the channel

 note what happens when you don't wear the rain coat

 I think this is the last time they'll fit under here!

 such concentration

 I'm fairly certain these two could be archeologists when they grow up

 upstairs had all sorts of winter sports, this homemade hockey game was awesome

 this area was packed with kids for at least 30 minutes, with one employee keeping a snowball fight going (great right arm from Andrew)

 Polar Express to the North Pole

We asked Santa for Legos & Skylanders!!

Thanksgiving

Grandma & Grandpa Wagner watched the boys while we went out to LA, and stayed with us to celebrate Thanksgiving.

 Our little turkey's

 We ran the Atlanta Half Marathon Thanksgiving Morning - we earned our turkey & pie

 Our first wishbone

The Winner!

American Music Awards

We had the awesome opportunity to go to LA to see the AMA's.  We got to walk the red carpet, and see some awesome performances, So Much Fun!

 all dressed up

 Frankie from Big Brother

 Me & Sabrina

 a few from inside

 Soaking up some sun & beach time before we went home

We rode bikes from Venice Beach to the Santa Monica Pier

Fall Wrap-Up

 Boba Fett & Donatello

 Favorite Book Day - "Pirates love Underpants"

 Andrew's school - fall festival

And, it couldn't be a fall wrap-up without Leaves!!

Finally it's Fall

It's the middle of October, and we finally have temperatures in the 60's & 70's!!  We've been keeping busy with the school and soccer, but here are a few of our other adventures.

 Andrew came home one day, and said he wanted to learn to tie his shoes.

One afternoon = done

 making our own pizzas - yum

 picking out the biggest pumpkins

 this one is "just right"

 We have been getting our pumpkins from the "pumpkin church" since Andrew was a baby

 Greek Festival 2014!!

 The boys seemed kind of tame this year

(no crazy spinning = no puking)

Our lovely Greeks

*right before the sky opened and we spent an hour in the beer tent watching football while the storm rolled over