Playing with new things.

New Year's Day 2008

After staying up til 2am the night before, we went to Scott's parent's house for Christmas with them.  The day included food, singing, a reading from Stan, and, of course, presents.

The three cousins love to play the piano together.  Next year there will be four, but I don't think she'll be old enough to sit here yet.  That might take a couple years.  Aleah is very excited to have a girl cousin.  :)

Hmm...For some reason I failed to take pics of Bruce's gifts.  Oops.

New Year's Eve 2007

Hockey game first, then Christmas presents and food.

Every year we squeeze onto this couch for a picture.

And every year, Caleb and Scott & I exchange presents in Victoria's Secret boxes.  Whoever has them has to use them that year.  I almost forgot.  I had his presents wrapped when I remembered, so then I wrapped them again in the boxes.  :)

If you saw an earlier post from Christmas Eve, B was playing the guitar with a book.  This still is a favorite toy.  Aleah says, "Look, I'm a rockin' star!"

Sunglasses from Uncle Caleb were also a hit.

Lights 12.30.2007

We took the kiddos to see the Fantasy of Lights.  There are so many lights that it was hard to see them all.  For those who don't know, this is a drive through where businesses donate lighted displays and then we pay a small fee to drive through to admire the lights while listening to Christmas music.  It usually runs from after Thanksgiving to the end of the year.  The kiddos loved it and wanted to go back through.  Afterwards, we went downtown to get pics of Santa.  We hope to make this a new tradition during the Christmas season.  At the Santa, you have the option of hiring a horse and carriage to take you downtown to see different displays downtown.  We didn't do that, but maybe some year.