Visit From Ohio

My sister and her kids came to visit after Christmas. It was so much fun. We went shopping, skiing, and stayed up for New Year's. It was great to see everyone!

Hanging Out…

Alexa being cute

My nephew Isaiah

Isaiah and Alexa playing was so cute.

Playing the Wii was big fun with everyone.

This was Macenzie most of the trip…shopping on Amazon.

Alyssa doing puzzles.

Jaden

Isaiah opening presents.

Arilyn got new lego friends.

Alexa carrying her new grocery toy.

Ellie being in the middle of everything.

Alyssa being silly.

Addison playing with her new toy.

Macenzie on the computer again.

Camille

We went to the outlets and Owen bought some Yeti slippers with some of his Christmas money. He was so excited to wear his Yeti slippers with his Yeti shirt.

Acting like a Yeti.

The ants came while everyone was here. Yay.

Alyssa's turn on the computer.

Camille being silly

And cute.

Isaiah in his new sweatshirt, which I wanted to steal if it was my size!

Such a nice picture

And not so much :0)

Me and Alexa

All the kids watching tv in the toy room.

Arilyn wearing Shawn's hat

Jaden

And Addison.

Skiing

Macenzie and Alyssa wanted to try skiing while they were here, so Shawn and I took Macenzie, Alyssa, Jaden, Arilyn and Addison- all of which have never skied- skiing! Shawn and I have only been skiing a handful of times, but off we went! It was fun. Jaden was not impressed, but I think everyone else had fun.

The crew.

Addison

Jaden

Alyssa

Macenzie

And Shawn

Jaden going up the tow rope

Alyssa and Addison heading up

Arilyn 'stopping' which was basically just her sitting down.

I love this picture…me and Mac

And this one, too. Me and Jaden

I love this one, too :0)

Videos from Skiing!

And the best for last!

Christmas 2013

The kids really didn't get up any earlier on Christmas morning…thank goodness! Alexa always sleeps a little longer, so we waited for her to get up and headed downstairs. Of course the kids were so excited! They looked to see if Santa ate his cookies, which SHE did…Piper ate the cookies!! Oh well. It was a great day!

Arilyn making her face in the pin thing.

Alexa taking pictures with her Minnie camera

The kids got nice sleeping bags this year, so everyone had to try theirs out. They can't wait to camp out this summer!

Alexa loved hers, too. She looked so funny in it!

Owen peeking out.

Addison making her handprint.

Arilyn hanging out in her sleeping bag.

Owen got some monster trucks.

Addison with her horse calendar

More TMNT!

The Petco gift card to help pay for the new guinea pigs.

Arilyn checking out her Where's Waldo calendar

Owen looking through his monster truck book

Alexa loved Owen's dinosaur book.

This was the only thing Arilyn wanted for Christmas…a gel ant farm. She was SO happy!

Since Addison is obsessed with rocks, we got her a rock collection. She had to dig through a bunch of gravel to find rocks and arrow heads. She couldn't wait to get into the rocks. 

Alexa putting her baby to bed after a shopping trip.

A violin was the only think on Addison's list this year.

She can't play a real song, but she loves it!

Alexa on the move with her McDonald's.

The girls and Shawn looking through Arilyn's Guinness World Record book.

And Addison with her face in the pins. Merry Christmas!