Fun in Chicago!

 We took off for Chicago and Hank had his friend Perry for the 12 hour drive...

 Mimi had her friend Ariel along for the ride…Perry is photo bombing in the background :)

 SNOW!  We got to Grandma Judy and Grandpa Wayen's and we got to see snow!

 Then the cousins arrived and the fun started!

 Playing the Wii with Joe, Benjamin, Thomas and Eva.

 Some phone photo stealers put their selfies on Mom's phone :)

 Playing in the snow!

 Sledding in the snow with the cousins!

 Post sledding and warming up by the fire

 And everyone having some game time 

 More sledding!

 Love my ballet outfit Aunt Liz and Uncle Ben!

 Helping Aunt Kathy with the food for the baby shower

 Hot cocoa after a sledding afternoon :)

 Good conversation…Aunt Sue, Uncle Tony, Daddy, Uncle Ben and Grandpa Wayne

 Aunt Liz, her belly, and Uncle Ben :)

 MORE sledding!

 Grandma and Grandpa!

 One tired little girl :)

 Uncle Ben and Hank decompressing with their computers...

 Whew!  Fun but sooooo tired on the ride back to GA :)

This little munchkin is passed out too :)

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

 We started Christmas Eve by making Snowman cookies for Santa!

 And, of course, we had to make the food for the reindeer…we have cheerios, carrots, coco puffs, pretzel crackers and sun chips :)

 Hank and Daddy took the food to the patio for the reindeer to munch on once they arrive

 Cookies all set on the of replace with chocolate milk and a letter from Mimi...

 And the traditional reading of Twas the Night before Christmas.

 All smiles as we head down at 6:15am on Christmas morning!

 Candy Canes!  Santa heard Mimi's request for candy canes!

 Hank's stash including a Jets tackle dummy :)

 Lots of things to look at!

 Hank's outdoor gift-a pitch back net…he's waiting for the sun and a little warmth :)

 Mimi loves her Ariel!

The aftermath….lots of stuff…and a wonderful Christmas!

We head to Chicago and snow tomorrow!  Yay!!

December Fun!

 We saw Frozen in 3D.  Great movie…Mimi loved it and Hank kept asking when it would be over (only during the scary parts:))

 And then this happened…Ed has always wanted it and Grandma Mary and Grandpa Ed got it for him…and it is sitting "in the middle of my front room window"…..

 Mimi on the way to her dr appt to confirm strep throat.  We have had it with winter illnesses!  We have been thru a bout of the flu (Mom, Hank and Mimi) and a bout of strep throat (Mom, Mimi and Hank).   Somehow Daddy has only had a minor cold….

 And then poor Hank had what we thought was a reaction to penicillin but it was only Fifth's Disease-nothing serious and it has gone away as well.  Lots of Lysol in this house!!

 Grandma Mary and Grandpa Ed came for a visit!  We got our junk ball and proceeded to take it apart...

 And kept going…we got lots of fun "junk" out of the ball!

 We had our friends Christmas party.  3 of Hank's friends from school were here with their families and the boys had a great time outside with Mr. Mike…even thought it was only in the 40's (I know that is not cold for some of you reading this but it is for us!)

 And this is what happened to the playroom after all the kids left after the Christmas party…Major clean-up needed!

 We had a great time with Grandma Mary and Grandpa Ed and look forward to the next visit with them!

 Sunny day means baby gets to go for a walk and...

play at the park.

Thanks for coming to visit Grandma Mary and Grandpa Ed!

Happy Thanksgiving!

We always stay in Atlanta for Thanksgiving and this year was the same.  We enjoyed a great  meal and fun family day!

 Hank had a project for school to disguise a turkey so he won't get "taken".  He chose to make him look like a StormTrooper.  Mimi chose to participate as well and her turkey was disguised as a princess :)

 The neighbors down the street did not disappoint with their holiday decorations again this year!

 Mimi and Mommy slaving away in the kitchen...

Hank never even got out of his pjs to celebrate Thanksgiving!

We hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Mimi is busy...

Hank has been very busy with school lately and since Mimi spends her time at home...she has a lot of ideas...

 Here is one of her little displays.  Everything set up nice and neat and perfectly folded...for whenever she might play with it.

 She calls this one her craft table.  All the things she may need to create a masterpiece :)

 Glow in the dark birthday party for Hank's friend Ryan...very cool!

 The movie star sporting Mom's glasses 

Decided she needed to spice up her outfit with a few jewels and things...

And yet another display that she was very proud of wanted to make sure we got a picture of it!