Monday, January 2, 2017

Seattle holiday adventure

Poppop had a layover in Seattle last week, so we had an adventure and dinner with him in the city. 

We saw an amazing train set display and Ardan and Daddy went ice skating!







Hunting for hardware

Mr. Louis was hoping Ardan could find a lost screw.

Swimming in January

Ardan got some goggles at the store today and just had to go swimming to test them out.  He did awesome holding his breath and going underwater.

Reading "All Better"

And putting bandages on all the animals.

Wednesday, December 28, 2016

Hunting for Treasure

Ardan got Mommy a metal detector for Christmas!  He knows how much Mommy loves treasure.  He was excited to give this gift so we can hunt for treasure together (so it seems to be a gift for him as well).  We took it for a spin in the back yard and got a few pings on the radar.  Unfortunately, the ground is pretty frozen these days.

Christmas 2016

We had such a wonderful Christmas Day thanks to family and friends.  We were so glad to Skype with everyone!

The boys wrote their letter to Santa and left oatmeal chocolate cookies and carrots for him and the reindeer.  Ardan even wanted to go to bed early.  



Santa came and left lots of fun things in the boys' stockings and under that tree.  We all had to wait until 7:00AM to check under the tree.  Ardan woke up very early and it was a challenge to keep him occupied until 7, he was just too excited!


 Ardan whipped through opening gifts.  Mommy and Daddy could hardly keep up!  Nolan went a much slower pace.  He opened one gift and mainly ate the chocolate he got in his stocking for the first 30 minutes.




Enjoy some Christmas morning videos!  We were so excited to see that Santa had come!  Ardan had been asking for the Pie Face game for months, and he finally got one.  He has played it many times and loves it.  The boys also got a new ride from Nana and Poppop.  Ardan loves to go out and ride it in the driveway at any time of day.  Nolan needs driving lessons.





Saturday, December 24, 2016

Happy Christmas Eve



We went over to Hurst House to exchange gifts for the kiddos (and pups) today.
Ardan with his "big kid" Legos! He went for building a train engine first.








And yesterday we made cookies for Santa. He comes tonight, and Ardan is "so excited".