Christmas Trip (2011)

A little late on the upload, but here's some pictures from our trip to Alaska over Christmas.


Waiting for the bus ride to the airport--it was a bit drizzly so we were being pretty tough


Waiting for the airplane. And proof that they can sit quietly and color.


Pre-Christmas Lego building

There was quite a bit of snow while we were there so we got the whole Winter Wonderland experiance. I was impressed by the boys ability to tough it out in the cold (even though Trevor was a bit stunned to feel his nose cold too). The second week was more of a challenge with the temperatures dropping to something unbearable.


Sledding at the park




Opening stockings Christmas morning


Trevor concluded that we got peanuts in our stockings for being a little bit bad this year








Uncle Sam helping with lego assembly




Trev liked grandma's fur muffs a lot


Visiting the children's museum--Trevor pulling himself up


Sign next to it--science is fun! And so is drilling oil!


Visiting Uncle Sam's house and playing with his legos

Trains, Angels, Bells, and Airplanes

Christmas time is here... and moving time... and travelling time... So it's been a bit busy. Here are a bunch of things that have been going on for us over the past weeks.

The first couple pictures are from a really cool train track ride that a group puts on every year--it lasts a good ten minutes or so around a large area that's covered with different light displays and music.





They had a Santa to visit too--the boys were very in the moment and said "candy canes" when Santa asked them what they wanted for Christmas.



Trevor had his Angel Choir Performance at church:



And the video:


Ryan was pretty excited for his debut on stage with the bell choir. This is just the setting up phase where he's trying to wait for the start. Trevor is more of an old pro at it:



And here's the song:



Ryan got to ride on Jayson's airplane, as he is now to officially be a middle child and cannot be neglected. Jayson, Katie, John, and Ryan flew down to Lancaster for the morning/afternoon.

Ry's birthday(s) and Texas trip

Ryan was pretty happy to get two birthday cake celebrations this year--the first with Grandma and Grandpa Quigley right before and the second with his Auntie Marie, Uncle Dan and cousins in Texas on the day.


Ry and his awesome 'Mater cake' made by grandma

We made our first trip over to Texas for the Thanksgiving break. The kids travelled really well--considering one was technically still only two at the time.


Dan and Marie were super awesome and made Ry a superman cake (as requested by Ry)and hamburgers with cheese, watermelon and grapes (also as requested)



Gracie and Trevor


Having lunch with Gracie at her Kindergarten



At the children's museum--Ry is grocery shopping



Kaya


Trev


Gracie



Ryan in the spaceship--by far the highlight for the boys


Big Chess

Dan raised and prepared the turkey this year. The kids got to watch the process. Makaya had the biggest reaction in exclaiming "Hooray!" and clapping when her daddy de-headed the bird.




Uncle Dan showing what's inside a turkey's stomach


Tractor Train ride--super cool.


Thanksgiving dinner--I was trying to get the kids to look at the camera and say gobble. Kaya was flapping her arms, and Ryan was gobbling at her. Trev and Gracie just focused on eating.




Mmm... drumstick...


Post-Thanksgiving dinner tractor train ride




They were required to sit together for a picture prior to pie eating


Turkeys

The chickens were also pretty popular. Trevor and Grace set up 'chicken school' where they would take clipboards out and mark down stars for chickens who were being good. They said they were also teaching the chickens to play freeze tag... uncle Dan declared the chickens need some rest.




Trev was trying to be one with the chickens in hopes that they'd let him pick them up


Loved the tire swing