MLK Jr. Day

Martin Luther King Day was such a great family day for us.  Devin didn't have to go to school, and we played hard. 

In the morning we went for a walk on the trail around the art museum.

Here we are "pushing things over" as Cambry said in the bulldozer.

Every few hundred yards there was art to enjoy, such as this:

After I got the girls up on these giant cement legs, Devin says, "Uh there's a sign over here that says not to climb on that." It got me thinking about how many signs said something like that, that I just "didn't see". It's something in the Airhart blood that make us think the rules don't apply to us.

Trying to touch the top of the rings

Wooden boardwalks are always a favorite with these girls

What a good dad, protecting our little trekker.  

In the afternoon we went swimming at an indoor pool, such a blast. Man, V is a little fish!! She loves blowing bubbles, getting her ears under water, and kicking her legs.

Cambers had a great time playing on the stairs, 

and once she found the life jackets, she loved jumping to Daddy and having him motor her around.

Cambry wanted Vienna to be safe too, and V loved having a little pillow to lay back on in the water. It was a  great family day!

Rappleye Wrap-Up

We have a few pics that don't go with anything, they're just our precious little girls doing their thing.  

Best bed head ever

Cambry's Santa craft... it kind of looks like a crossover of Santa and Rudolf with her placement of his cherry nose! 

Cambers started using the serving spoons to eat her oatmeal, just like Grandpa Greg

For a solid week, this crown only left her head when she taking bath or sleeping. She wore it to the parks, store, play dates, etc. Wherever we went, the crown came too.

Dress ups, "swimming with the fish", and button mashing. Just the usual

"Camping out"

IT SNOWED HERE!! Even though it wasn't very much, we had a great time playing in it all morning while it lasted. Sadly, it was gone by the time they woke up from their naps.

Sledding at the neighbors. Devin and I laughed about how this never would've been enough snow to sled in if we were still in Utah, but it's more than enough here. Funny how that works.

Thanks Burtons for sharing your hill and sleds!

We got a package from my Grandma Ber with her delicious homemade chocolates. Vienna LOVED it, can you tell?

Our girls dancing. Cambry has a bright future in color guard!

Our girls swinging. The highlight of this video is Cambry's response to the question:

"Who's the cutest?" It's always shifting between Vienna, Mommy, Daddy and Cambry

Some more park playing.

Trip to Atlanta

On the weekend between Christmas and New Years, we took a trip down to Atlanta to visit my Uncle Kent and his family. We stopped by the Zoo on our way out and it was cold (like lower 50s).

Vienna showing us the cougar - too bad her pudgy pointer finger is swallowed up in a mitten.

Sailing away to warmer shores.

Cambry loved this little stump seat and was so cute in it.

The Otters put on a good show and made our trip to the Zoo.

The girls were loving it.

We made it to Kent's house and Aunt Ann had a warm dinner all ready for us. It was perfect. We put our girls down, chatted and played games the rest of the night.

Our girls loved staying at their house. Here are some of their favorite things:

the dog, Milkshake (much to Milkshake's dismay),

the piano,

and the giant lovesac.

Kent and Ann took us to the fish hatchery by their house to feed some trout.

It was crazy. The fish would start jumping when you'd just put your hand out above the water.

Kent had the idea to let the fish eat the food out of his hand and convinced his wife to do the same.

After the fish hatchery, we went to lunch at Five Guys to visit Allison at her work. It was delicious.

Vienna drank ketchup for lunch. Cambry followed suit, but we didn't get a pic.

The girls finished eating/drinking before us and got busy. V ran around the place and climbed in and out of chairs with no pants because of a blowout. C was in project mode making sure that cone was in the right place. Five Guys was a better place after we left.

The whole Wrathall crew.

While we were there, I got to skype with my sister, Sara, who is serving a mission in the Philippines. She wasn't able to connect with the family on Christmas, so we got to do it on New Year's Eve (in the Philippines). Allison and Kent listened in. 

It was so great to reconnect and get to know Kent, Ann and their family better. It had been a decade since I last met with the family (aside from a brief visit from Kent last year) and Joslyn had never met the family. The were such good host and were good sports about out sick kids. 

On the way back, we stopped at Ikea to eat and shop a little. We LOVE this place and wish it was closer.

Cambry found a little kitchen to play with.

Our kids were so exhausted  They couldn't help themselves when they saw the little toddler beds and crawled up in them and laid down.

I was so impressed with how well our girls handled the six-hour drive (one-way) to and from Atlanta. It was a good trip, company and change of scenery.

Christmas Day!

Merry Christmas! Santa came!

The girls loved all the things that Santa brought. They played with their own presents, then switched. It was an hour of playing before they were remotely interested in opening presents.

The only thing Devin asked for for Christmas was home made cinnamon rolls Christmas morning.  

We played with toys and web chatted with family in the day, then had a dinner party with a few of our friends at our house.  It was one of our friend's Birthday that day, and she made this cake for dessert.  I didn't take too many pics, but we had so much fun with both the Andersons and Roberts.

We had a white elephant gift exchange after dinner, and this was the only picture we took- the lucky winner of the teenage Devin.