The newest addition to our family...

Emily and Steven had their baby yesterday!!!!

Saeda Elaine
12/06/08
6:03pm
7lb. 1oz.
20.5 in.

Such a beautiful baby girl!!!

Big Bass Pro Shop

I took Hunter to the new Big Bass Pro Shop in Ashland this morning. We thought we were going to see Santa, but he didn't get there until later in the evening. Instead we spent some time looking at all of the fun things the store had to offer, including trains, moving elves, a huge aquarium, and a plethora of stuffed animals. Hunter had a great time and he even had a chance to "write" a letter to Santa. Even without Santa we had a blast!

Our new comedian

Leaving the botanical gardens last night:

Hunter: "Knock, knock"
Mommy: "Who's there?"
Hunter: "Boo"
Mommy: "Boo who?"
Hunter: "Door" followed by much laughing from both Hunter and Alex.

I thought he had it, finally! He's been attempting the knock-knock joke for a while, and I was sure this one was going in the right direction. Maybe it really does make sense and I just don't get the joke.

Gardenfest of Lights

Gardenfest of Lights is held at the local botanical garden every year. This is actually the first year that we had a chance to go. It was so neat! They fill the garden with tons of lights, some of them shaped like animals/people and some of them just filling the planting beds. Very beautiful! We plan on going back every year!

Just some of the cool lights and plants that we saw while we were there. I can't go to Lewis Ginter without taking at least one nature shot!

There were spiders everywhere and a giant web. It was really neat and the boys loved it!

We saw so many cool things at the Gardenfest of Lights. There was a bathtub filled with "bubbles", a pond with lots of "fish" , deer, and even the Big Man himself (although dressed in brown and surrounded by forest animals - we knew it was him though!).

Happy Thanksgiving

Grammy came to visit us for the holiday. We had a great day with delicious food and lots of fun and laughs.
Happy Thanksgiving!

Alex and Hunter made the list!!

The "Nice" list that is....check it out here and here.

Wordle

(Thanks Deb for the idea!)

We've been Elfed!

That random elf in there kind of bothers me...I guess it needs to have five characters and since we only have four it just fills in with the other elf. It does make me laugh though!

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Obama!

We went to an election results party a few houses up the street from us on Election Night (obvioiusly!). I decided to carve some political pumpkins for the host and hostess to display - especially after my good luck with the Halloween pumpkins that we did. I have to admit, I think these turned out AWESOME (no matter your political preference!).

We lit them in the bathroom because it was the darkest room in the house. Look at how proud Alex is, even though he didn't help at all (not even to scoop out the pumpkin goop from the inside)

Just "horsing" around