Saturday, January 9, 2010

Christmas Morning 2009

Twas the night before Christmas and Luke's eating Santa's cookies and candy canes.
Wow! What is all this stuff?!@*
Santa's visited Luke and left him a note!
Elmo...and a stocking full of goodies!
Wow! The biggest lollipop ever!!!
Mommy,did you see my blocks,my cars,how about my trike,and a tent and tunnel...
Daddy,help me open this one,please.
Look dad, my very own laptop.
We're at Roper Mountain lights going to visit Santa.
He loves the cut outs! What a ham.
Here we are in Santa's sleigh.
We spent the evening with Gabe & Jennifer. The boys enjoyed the Christmas lights and the adults laughed and acted like 2 year olds!:)Breaker,Breaker-Gabe,there's a light out on strand 3 of the bouncing panda display....
Let Luke try it,he'll eat anything!!He obviously loved the bonfire,but wasn't expecting a warm marshmallow.

Luke didn't much care for Santa Claus this year,so we settled for a nice picture in from of the fireplace.

Christmas at Holywild '09

We visited Holywild Animal Park over the holidays. We highly recommend going and taking several loaves of bread to feed the animals. The picture don't do this place justice. There are a ton of christmas lights at the beginning, then you drive your vehicle through a huge field of deer,ostrich,buffalo,zebra and long horned steer. Feeding them all as they meander through hundreds of eager people. At the end you can walk through a petting zoo,ride ponies,feed the pigs,camels,goats,Halstein cattle,llamas and visit Santa! Good idea to go in a minivan(and open the doors) or if it's warm enough in the back of a truck. It was a great time-we will go back every year!
Luke's first pony ride on Little Mary.
Feeding a pigme goat.
Stinky camel.
Just a few of the deer in the big field checking out the available snacks from car to car.
Petting the friendly zebra.
Well hello! This guy,a longhorned steer,made himself welcome and stuck his big ole' snout right in our face! Ken was worried he was going to damage the new truck.
Yep,that's a buffalo!

Thanksgiving at the beach

Our little beach explorer. Look out Columbus,no telling what Luke may discover!
Hold on just a minute for a family shot. He's raring to go!
Cutest little beach bum.
It was pretty chilly,but there were kids in their bathing suits playing in the ocean! Luke didn't mind the cold much either.
Need a swig of sweet tea.
Tastes good!