Christmas Fun

We had a wonderful Christmas morning and Christmas dinner with LaLa, Bumpa, and Uncle Eric.  Mer and Charlie loved all of their gifts. 

 

On Saturday, we enjoyed a fun trip to the GR Public Museum to see the new Pirate exhibit.  You can probably tell from the photos that the kids had a blast, especially Charlie.  He wants to do whatever his big sister is doing.  In the final photo, Mer is displaying one of her many rubber band bracelets she likes to make on the bracelet loom she received from Uncle Eric.

 

 

Christmas Outtakes

Here are some of the many photos we captured in front of the tree last Saturday.  Charlie is really not interested in sitting still for a photo session; at least we got a few of them smiling together!

December Visit

We had such a wonderful visit with Nannie and Grandpa Tom last weekend - complete with outdoor activities, cookie baking, Meijer Gardens, a visit to the mall, and a visit from Grandma, Carol, and Bebe - wonderful Christmas memories.  We can't wait to see them again in February.

Santa Claus

We had a nice visit with Santa yesterday.  Charlie walked right up to him and gave him a hug - he's not afraid of him anymore!  It was a much better experience than last year's visit.

Halloween Pumpkin

 

Sean and Mer had a fun time carving the pumpkin tonight.  We're all ready for the big day tomorrow!  Now, if only the forecasted snow and high winds will hold off tomorrow night....

Visit to GP & Zoo Boo

 

 

We had a fun-filled weekend!  We traveled to Grosse Pointe on Saturday and enjoyed a nice visit with Grandpa Wilberding, Grandma Brown, and Uncle John.  On Sunday, we went to Zoo Goes Boo at John Ball Zoo in Grand Rapids with aunts uncles and cousins.  Mer and Charlie were Anna and Olaf from Frozen and Gavin was a minion from Despicable Me while Aubrey dressed as a cute duck.  The sunshine was great!