Disney!!

Here are pictures from our trip to Disney last week, we all had a wonderful time and are very thankful to Grammy and Papa for taking us all!! These are in no particular order and there are a lot of them!

Here we are at Hollywood Studios, this park was a favorite for my boys!

This is Reed in the Swiss Family Tree House when I asked him to look at me and he saw the camera he said "I no cheese, I no smile" I guess he had had enough of the camera, this was our last day and he was concentrating so hard on navigating that tree house "by himself!!"

A huge thanks goes out to everyone who took a turn with our kids on their shoulders!!!

The first morning at breakfast at Bob Evans there was this guy who went around to the tables making balloon animals for kids, his pin said "Twist for Tips". This guy was full of all kinds of facts and kept the kids quite busy!

Henry wondering if the guy will notice if he swipes a few balloons!

So nice of Henry to share his large pop that my kids were quite envious of !

Isn't this how everyone plays Marco Polo, with a lookout on their head?!

Oliver loving the pool!

Poor Cole had too much Sprite and couldn't make it through the Toy Story ride in time for the bathroom, he looks so sad :( He did however score a nice new $40 Disney outfit!

Animal Kingdom

There are many pictures of various kids sleeping in strollers, thank goodness for those strollers!

Showing off their face paintings at Animal Kingdom, Reed has the biggest "roar" to go along with his Mickey painting complete with stars and glitter!

The boys at the pool in the complex where we stayed, we didn't last long there, the private pool at the house was much warmer than this one, we just really wanted to test out the slide here!

This wasn't the fastest slide on the planet, that's for sure!

Fun in the Snow!

Poor Reed had a really hard time in the snow with all his gear on! We have got so much snow and the kids are having such a blast out there. Here are a few pics from our day so far.

Getting some help from Dad.
Ok I had to take a picture of this person running, that is true dedication! Maybe if I were more like this I could shed the last few baby pounds!!
Happy now that he is on top of the snow pile and not buried in it!

I love this picture of Reed and Jack.
Jack trying to get Reed off of the snow pile, didn't work out too well!
Attention Grandparents: We are going to need lots of ice payments and equipment for gifts in the future!! At least 3 out of the 4 REALLY love hockey, the jury is still out on if Cole will follow through!
Yes my husband is so mature, this could have been a nice picture!

Winter Fun!

Well here are A LOT of pictures from Christmas and the boys school break. I will try and go through them quickly but I figured it was just as easy to put them all in one post! We had a great Christmas and we all enjoyed some much needed time off!

Our Christmas celebrations started on Christmas Eve with the Rice's, Uncle Shaun and Aaron and Kelly, we missed Robbie and Bekah but we'll let them off the hook this year due to the birth of their beautiful daughter Olivia, more on her later!

Here we are getting our fondue instructions from Nina!
One of the few pictures I took this night, I was very busy eating! They all look so sweet though watching their movies together!
Christmas morning! Reed trying on his new towel.
The one and only thing Cole really wanted for Christmas, his pillow pet and he has been sleeping with it every night!
New guitars for Jack and Luke!
It was nice to have Uncle Shaun here on Christmas, here he is in his new Harley gear!
Grandma Lee sent Bryan these nice mitts and hat, she should have looked more closely at the size of the hat....
...yup it's a youth size! Luckily Aaron got one too so Jack and Luke are the proud new owners of some awesome Canada hats!
This is Cole just playing a little guitar with all of Reed's new underwear on his head, and no this was not staged, I just walked in and found him like this!
Sweet baby Oliver, he enjoyed opening presents on Uncle Bryan's lap.
Another perk of having Shaun here, we got a great family picture.
Dessert time!
Cole...need I say more?!
Reed ready for the bonfire! Doesn't everyone have a bonfire on Christmas?! Well if you live with Bryan there is always an occasion for a bonfire!
Oh yes and sparklers!
Sledding at the Rice's over break.
Doesn't Braeden look like such a little snowboarder complete with the hair?!
Jack was getting pretty good at staying on the board
Even Bryan didn't do too bad!
Luke stopping for a "snack"
Braeden after a face plant!
Reed's 1st solo trip down the hill....
.....and I'm pretty sure it will be his last for a while!
He was a trooper though and stayed there while Nina and I took lots of pictures!
Robbie and Bekah came over so we could meet sweet little Olivia! She is the most perfect baby with such a great disposition!

At the end of the week Amy and I took the kids to Magic Wings, a butterfly conservatory in Massachusetts. The pictures aren't great, my camera wasn't quiet acclimated to the humidity in there.

On New Year's Day my Aunt and Uncle came over with Gigi for yet another Christmas celebration.
Here's Reed, Gigi, Aunt Chris and Oliver looking at Gigi's picture book we gave her.
Lots of fun was had with the box that Cole's gift came in!