Funny

I didn't want to forget these things...

Samantha and I went to dinner with my 91 year old Grandfather. I've told her a couple times that she has to be careful and not jump all over him since he's older. As we were leaving the restraunt this was our conversation:

Sammi - "Mommy, I'm going to be REALLY careful with Granddad."
Me- "Great."
Sammi - (in a very motherly voice) "Granddad, are you doing okay?"
Granddad- "Yes. Are you doing okay?"
Sammi - (while laughing) "Yes, but I'm not OLD!"

The next conversation was on the phone with me while she was in California visiting Adam's grandparents.

S- "Mommy, are you taking care of Paul."
Me - "Of course."
S- "Are you taking care of Lauren and Caity too?"
Me - "Yup I'm taking care of everyone."
S-"You sure you're taking care of Paul? And you are taking care of Stacy too. Grammie is doing just fine but she is old. We had to take her to her doctors impointment."

Nice.

Florida!

I am finally getting around to blogging about Flordia. We had a FANTASTIC time. It was a little chilly, but luckily the pool was heated and we went in almost every day. The kids were better than I would have anticipated and had a lot of fun. Samantha LOVED the kiddie coaster and we went on that ride more than anything else. Paul really liked most of the rides and did surprisingly well in lines. It didn't hurt that we hardly had to wait for anything so most of our time was spent on rides rather than in line. We liked Magic Kingdom the best and spent two (almost) full days there. It was nice that on those two days we had the best weather. Epcot was a lot of fun for the adults although the little guys got a little bored and were sick of being in the stroller by the end.

Another great thing was our hotel. I was surprised that we were able to get such a nice place for a really great rate. We had two bedrooms, a full kitchen, a wahser dryer, and a HUGE tub. It is amazing how much better having a nice hotel can make the vacation. It was wonderful having our own space to get a few minutes alone at the end of some long days.

We had so much fun that we've already started talking about how we'd like to go again in a couple years when Paul will be able to remember something. Anyway...I realize there are a lot of pictures. I have given up scrapbooking and have figured out how to print my blog each year into a nice hard cover book. Since you can't print out slideshows I'm just putting all the pictures on here.

Hooray for Magic Kingdom!

Adam and Paul on the Dumbo ride

Caity and Lauren

Sammi was so cute with Paul all week. Always sharing, this time it happend to be her soda.

Wearing Caity's Minnie Hat

I know his face is dirty but this is the look he had on his face

for a good portion of the trip...pure excitement

Just one day out in the pool

This was Sammi's FAVORITE ride, we rode it at least 8 or 9 times.

I just love this, she was really into the ice cream

Adam wasn't to sure about the kiss right after

In the tub. You can't tell, but Paul is standing up.

Merry Christmas (warning...picture overload)

We have had a wonderful last few weeks. I love, love, love Christmas and the days leading up to it. This year we decided to have an activity for every day in December. Life got busy and there were a couple days we missed, but all in all it was a fun way to enjoy the whole month. Christmas itself was filled with way more presents than the kids needed and lots of food. I still can't figure out why it is so important to ME to buy the kids lots of things. Honestly, they needed probably 1/2 the stuff they got. Luckily we got everything on sale (major sale) or off craigslist so we were able to get quite a bit without taking out a loan. Samantha's favorite toy was her "crawl baby" (a baby that crawls by itself) and these magnetic dolls that Holly got her. No surprises there, anything that has to do with babies is sure to be a hit. Paul's favorite was Samantha's tent/fort combo. Luckily she's willing to share. The day after Christmas we went to the Avs game. Adam found us great seats for a decent price and it was great to get out without the kids all night. The Avalanche won which was a definite plus. All in all we have had a great month and are now looking forward to the sun in Florida!

Sammi's preschool class singing "We Wish You a Merry Christmas"

Samantha in her Christmas dress

My Boys

Decorating cookies

Gingerbread Houses

Yes, Paul is eating in every picture I have of him this season.

Tracking Santa on Norad...She was so worried that he'd come that she was going "Mommy, HURRY I have to go to sleep. Mommy...Hurry, he is ALMOST HERE!!!" She was asleep in less than 5 minutes. That was a Christmas miracle.

Cookies for Santa

Christmas Eve (yes, that is a cookie in his hand)

Samantha playing with her magnetic dolls at Grammie's house.

We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and a very Happy 2010!

Guess Where We're Going?!?

So...we told the kids on Sunday that we were going. We thought it woudl be fun to have a treasure hunt with their new luggage and the brochure as prizes at the end. Lauren was NOT into it (she didn't realize the prize would be so awesome) but we finally got them to the end. It took a few minutes for them to figure out we were going to Disney World, but once they did they were pretty excited. Samantha and Paul don't really understand, but Sammi is still SO excited and already has her bag packed (we don't leave until Jan. 6).

Florida here we come!

Visitors

Kim and her family came out for Thanksgiving. It was SO fun for Samantha to have her cousins. She keeps asking why they aren't here any more and if we can go have a sleepover at their house (she doesn't get that it's a 3 hour plane ride, not just around the block).

Sammi and the boys

We went back to Monkey Bizness and had a lot of fun with all the kids there. It was fun to see the adults getting in on the action and jumping too. I think Adam had more fun watching his mom participate than he did watching the kids. It was great to have them out here and we can't wait to see them again!

Oh My

She got herself dressed for bed. Enough said.

Halloween (a little late)

We had a great Halloween this year. We went over to Liberty High School first and they had trick-or-treating down the hallways, plus games. Samantha was nervous to say "trick-or-treat" so she asked the people handing out the candy "will you say trick-or-treat for me. Thanks." Then we went around Kevin & Holly's neighborhood for a little while. Paul figured out that if you bang on doors they give you candy so he was banging with all his little might then yelling. As soon as he got the candy he'd dump his pumpkin upside down to look at all his loot. He had fun but it was a little tiring chasing after him all night. I also couldn't get a picture of Sammi and Paul together, but oh well.

Sammi saying arrgh with her "hook" (aka her finger)

Playing putt putt for one of the games

Paul hugging a pine cone (??)

This was how he looked most of the night, trying to get into more candy