Sorry to those of you who check this site on a regular basis for our updates...December was a crazy busy month and there wasn't much time for blogging. Here is an update of what we had going on!! Lots of pictures and even a few videos.
December 4th -
Sledding
Owen loves going outside in the snow. He had a blast sledding in our backyard after an all day snowfall. I forsee lots of outdoor playtime and sledding in our future this winter.
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| Climbing Up |
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| Ready to go down!! |
December 7th and 8th -
Mulliner Christmas - Waterpark of America
We had Mulliner Family Christmas a little early this year. For the second time now we headed to the Waterpark of America. We swam all day, opened presents at night and even experienced a fire alarm at the hotel at 2:45 in the morning!!! We all had a blast :-) Thanks Again Granny and Papa!!!!
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| Ready to Swim |
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| Ready |
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| Set |
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| Splash!! |
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| Ethan with Granny and Papa |
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| Mommy and Ethan |
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| Cole |
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| Silly Max |
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| Will and Danna |
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| Owen's favorite slide |
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| I'm gonna spray you... |
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| Warming up with Papa |
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| Tube ride with Papa |
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| Ice Cream for lunch - Why not :-) |
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| First Christmas :-) |
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| Cheese! |
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| Daddy and Ethan |
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| Reading a new book |
December 21st-
Shoveling
Owens second favorite winter activity - Shoveling!! When I ask him if he wants to help shovel he cant run to the door fast enough. We have a nice kid size snow shovel for him but he insists on using this green and blue one that he uses in his sand box during the summer...Silly Boy!!!
December 24th-
Christmas Eve
We spent Christmas Eve with Mike's Family. Grandma Joyce, Bill, Auntie Laura and Uncle Sean all SPOILED the boys and us with gifts!! Owen had a ton of fun passing out the presents, opening his presents, and playing with new toys. He was so excited that everyone was at our house when he got up from his nap and he was a really good boy. Ethan just went with the flow and like all of the hustle and bustle of the evening.
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| Passing out presents |
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| Cheese |
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| Who's that one for? |
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| Big One for Owen |
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| "I'm just opening" |
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| Best gift of 2013 |
Christmas Day
On Christmas Day we had fun opening presents from each other and from SANTA!!! Owen was really excited when he came downstairs to see that Santa left a present for him and one for Ethan :-) In the afternoon we went to the Fox Family Christmas and had fun seeing Aunts, Uncles and Cousins that we don't see very often. Thanks again Randy and Sherri for hosting!!
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| Sitting like a big boy!! |
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| Presents all passed out! |
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| New blue Guitar - one of his favs! |
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| Look what Santa brought :-) |
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| Typical - playing with the box |
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| Games at The Fox's |
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| Annie and Kenzie with Ethan :-) |
December 27th -
Ethan's 7 Months
Children's Museum and Will's 6th B-Day
Such a busy day!!
First off I can't believe that Ethan is 7 months old...he has learned to sit (still with caution and a pillow close by), he has two teeth, loves to eat baby food, is getting better at sleeping at night, is super happy and loves to smile :-)
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| Happy Boy :-) |
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| New Band Toy |
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| Jumping |
(In slo-mo)
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| Tummy Sleeper |
Cousins Danna and Cole were spending some of their Christmas Break with Granny and Papa so what a better way to spend Will's 6th Birthday than at the Minnesota Children's Museum. It was really busy but despite the crowd the kids had a lot of fun. Happy 6th Birthday Will!!
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| Cooking |
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| Riding the "bus" |
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| Delivering the mail |
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| At the doctor |
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| Figuring out how thing work |
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| Water Fun |
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| Lots of crafts |
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| Big kids reading to Owen |
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| Movie Time! |
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| Happy 6th Bday Will!! |
December 28th-
Elhard Christmas
We celebrated Elhard Christmas at Brian and Danice's again this year - thanks for hosting!! We had tons of good food and Owen was excited that he once again got to open more presents :-) And yes the boys were spoiled some more.
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| Silly Uncle B and Ethan |
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| Helping pass out presents |
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| Time to open!! |
Dec 31st-
Happy New Years!!!
Mike and I decided we wanted to stay close to home this year for New Years Eve. We invited a few neighborhood families over and had a ton of fun!!! There were 9 kids 4 and under :-) Hopefully we can keep this a neighborhood tradition!!
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| Happy New Year! |
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| So Busy but So Much Fun!! |
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| Owen, Eli, Harper, Micah, Maria, Hattie and Benson |
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| The Boys |
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| So much fun! |
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| Baby Bennett |
