Ice-Cream and Art Class with Nana

Mom came to visit us in January this year to see our new house. She usually comes in the summer and we have a tradition that everytime she comes, we take her to our favorite ice-cream place. Well she INSISTED that we still keep our tradition going regardless of the fact that it was 10 degrees outside....burrr!!! Here she is standing with her double scoop ice-cream cone in front of several feet of snow trying not to look cold....she was happy as a clam!!! (Love ya Mom) And the ice-cream was well worth it!!!! :)

We had a great time with Nana during her visit and had fun painting in our new basement. Hopefully the kids have inherited Nana's artistic talent. They both love to paint and color.

Recent visit the the Philidelphia Please Touch Museum

This museum is great for little kids. It's all "hands-on" activities and it is enormous. We were there for a couple hours but still didn't get to see or play in all of the areas. They had live drummers there that day too which was really neat to see and hear. Jackson loved the drummers. (Maybe he'll take after his Uncle JD....:))

Lot's of Stuff

We certainly have lots of stuff we want to put on the blog, but it has been an absolute whorl-wind of business since Christmas.  In that time, we've gotten 2 major snow storms (including one as I write this), a smaller snow event, bought and moved into a new house (from which I'm writing this right now), started the kids in new schools, won a national championship (ok, not me, but the Auburn Family!), etc., etc., etc.  We'll get back on the blog as soon as things settle down.

Please e-mail us for our new address.  I didn't want to post it here.  We'll talk to you all soon.
   Jason

Christmas Morning and Thank You's

Here's Jackson when he 1st comes out of his room and sees what Santa has brought him.

We'll keep uploading "thank you's" to this post, so keep checking back.

1st up - Thank you to Uncle Andrew and Aunt Hazel!  We hope you guys like the pajamas we gave your kids as much as we like the pajamas you gave our kids! 

Jackson and Lilly just gave me (Jason) the best present they could give me - they both LOVE lox! 

Thanks, Bob, for the awesome radio-controled cement truck!

Opening a present from Nanna and Pop-pop.

Thank you for the awesome turtle star projector, Nanna and Pop-pop.

Thanks for the book.  Lilly loves it.

Thank you Aunt Nicole and Larry for the beautiful ornaments.  We love them.

And now, for the grand finale.  1 thing Jackson has been consistent about for months - he wanted Santa to bring him a guitar.

It took him a while to get the hang of holding it, but then he was a pro!

Merry Christmas to Uncle Bart and Family

Merry Christmas to the Schein uncles and Mumfies

That's it for now, though we may add more later if something else comes up. Thanks to everyone for the wonderful gifts.  Merry Christmas!

A Visit From Santa

Our good friend Bob agreed to dress up as Santa to give Jackson a nice Christmas Eve surprise.