Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Christmas Town Busch Gardens

This was my first time going to Christmas Town Busch Gardens. My mom went last year and said it was a blast so we wanted to take Sawyer. We got there in the evening and it was already dark Sawyer heard the loud train and saw steem coming from nowhere and he thought the place was on fire. Poor kids was so freaked out for the first 30 minutes we were there. Next year if we go again I will definatly get there while it's still light out so he has a chance to adjust.  We went to Octoberfest and watched the show while eating dinner and that got Sawyer in a good mood for the rest of the night.
Sawyer has never watched Sesame street in his life but he does know Elmo from some songs he like to watch on youtube. He LOVED the Sesame Street show they had. It was really well done and he was captivated the entire time.


I love watching Ty enjoy Sawyer. We have so much fun with him! I love my little family.
Danceing with Grammy and Graa in Ireland
haha

waiting to see the pengwins. 
We waited in line forever to see the pangwne and I was hinking we should just skip this but we had already told Sawyer we could see tham and he was set on it. I was SO GLAD we stayed. Saywer is reallyinto pengwins right now so even though there were only like 3 little stations of pengwins he loved it.


"Look mom I found him it's the pengWHEN"
"he's so cute"
Like I said he LOVED them





Can't believe how big he looks!!!


I am so thankful for fun times with my family!

Thursday, November 24, 2011

These are a few of my favorite things.....Thanksgiving 2011

It was my intention to post everyday leading up to Thanksgiving on things I am thankful for. There are so many things (items) I have now that I didn't have in Thailand. I immediately started thinking about how thankful I was for a washer AND dryer a garbage disposal a dishwasher.....but then I loaded some of these photos that I have taken over the last few weeks since being home. These are the things I am most thankful for:

Sawyer is a joy. His smile in the morning is a light and I am thankful for the joy he has and brings to life.

YAY for garage sales! My sister in law Kelly and I packed the boys up and took them yard saleing. We bought them hotcakes at Macdonalds and they were so pumped up about it. I'm so thankful for great deals at yard sales and fun with my sis in law.

My newest nephew Arthur was born a little over a week before I came home. I am so thankful to be able to snuggle and kiss this sweet little guy,

Sawyer and Percy are thankful for Ari too
These pictures were taken on a beautiful day at the park. I love watching Sawyer play!


Sawyer watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade for the first time ever. He could not get enough. He wanted to watch it all day and when it was over he said let's watch again. There was a Dora balloon that Percy had and Sawyer started marching around the room with it he said it was his Dora float. haha
I found this cute idea on Pintrest and made turkey shirts for the boys. I took their hand print for the feathers. Even Ari had a tiny one.

They were not fans of the shirts haha they ripped all the "feathers" off within 2 min.
 We are all thankful Paul and Amanda are here!

My best friend Jennifer and her beautiful family were in town for Thanksgiving. Sawyer and her son Ezra were able to play together one afternoon. I am so so thankful for lifelong friends! 

Sweet little twin buddies. I got to hang out with these guys a lot before their move to Florida. We are so thankful for the Ruckel family and are blessed to be their friends. 


Monday, November 7, 2011

Hunt Club Farm...punkins

Hunt club farm has become a little tradition of our in the fall. We have taken sawyer there every fall to pick out a pumpkin and see the animals. It's fun now he's older he can actually enjoy it more. We had been talking about going and picking out a pumpkin for a while so Sawyer was obsessed with getting there. He had so much fun running around trying to find the perfect one. 



They had a huge pile of hay and the boys had a blast playing in it :-)


As soon as Sawyer found the slide and playground he didn't care to see the animals anymore. That's my boy all about the climbing, sliding and jumping.

Percy LOVED the pony ride as always. He is so cute on that pony riding around with that huge grin.

"A PUNKIN"
Driving the tractor with Graa

Driving is very serious business....
Sawyer's pants were too bug but he is really the cutest thing I've ever seen. HAHA look at that face!
That's my happy boy

I love him so much
Finally found the perfect one!