Merry Christmas!

A^4 has been enjoying time together relaxing, playing, and going for hikes!  There are so many pictures that I decided to do a blog post now so that Sunday's post is not a novel :)  We hope that all of our family and friends enjoyed Christmas and time with each other!  Merry Christmas!!!!

Santa came by our house on Monday night at 9:45 pm.  Thankfully the kiddos did not have to go to school the next day!


The kiddos working on the houses that Neighbor's Gianna and Jo gave to them :)




Saying our goodbyes to Elvin


Shadow watching the Fin!


Christmas Eve hike in the orchard


The kids had fun throwing rocks onto the ice in an attempt to break the ice




Getting ready for Santa!


Busy Santa!!


The kiddos waited patiently until 7 am to get us up to go downstairs


Ayson is all smiles for a charger


Addie's Feisty Pet


Blank comic books


The wrapping paper on Addie's picture to us:)




Best. Christmas. Ever!


Ayson pumping his first


Hi Thunder!


Addie and her hover board


First ride


Putting up the star


After lounging for the morning, we went for a hike (and played hide and seek) at Baltimore Woods




Working on a puzzle


After one day, Addie is now an expert hover boarder!


After dinner, we played Bean Boozled - a kid request and gift from Santa and it was so GROSS!!!  Will you eat a buttered popcorn jelly bean or a bugger jelly bean?  A tuity fruity jelly bean OR a jelly bean that tastes like a dead fish?!?!  No joke.  How about sweaty socks or dog food?!?!?  The gross tasting jelly beans did not smell bad until they were chewed and the smell of the dead fish that Amy ate - and spit out- was SO bad that it made Ayson gag AND vomit all over the floor - loosing his dinner of choice - hot dogs.  ugh!!!  None of us will be playing Bean Boozled anytime soon - gag!


Thursday was a repeat of Wednesday: good food, toys/playtime, lounging, and a hike!
Clark Reservation State Park


Addie on look out for the boys during our game of hide and seek


Our snow mountain climbers :)