Christmas and more...

Our family had a wonderful Christmas. We spent a lot of time with extended family, but we also made some great memories at home with our boys. We talked a lot about Baby Jesus this season and we tried to help Eli really understand why he was born. We want him to know and love the Jesus of Easter. We consider it a privilege to teach our boys about Christ and his gift of Salvation.

Knox is already attempting tricks on the new trike.

Loves the tool belt

The #1 gift of Christmas-a marble set for Eli. This is Knox stressing to him that this gift will be shared.

All Knox wanted for Christmas was a turtle. He was scared of this one most of Christmas Day, but now they sleep together at night.

Christmas Eve with Uncle Ev.

Tanglewood

We took the boys to see the Festival of Lights at Tanglewood this year. Wow-what a funny evening. The Atkinson family were also in tow, so we were not short of comic relief.

These pictures do a pretty good job of depicting this evening of fun. The four adults agreed that we would laugh about it through the ages.

One of the funniest things said by Eli was when we arrived and were driving under the falling "snowflakes." J pointed these out to Eli and said, "Eli, look at those snowflakes!" Eli responded very matter of fact, "Those are not snowflakes, those are Christmas lights."

1st Haircut...

Knox had his first haircut this morning at 21 months old. This was definitely his Daddy's decision...I didn't understand the big rush...many tears from me.

He did so well! Hopefully his days of being a beautiful little girl (sometimes dressed in camo) are behind him.

Rubber Duckies

What a trio!

We took these little boys to the Bog Garden for a rubber duckie race last week.

We had such a good time!

NC State Fair

He's got skills-popped 4 balloons with only 3 arrows! You can barely see the sign that says, "Kids Always Win." Eli won for real...

We had a great trip to the State fair a few weeks ago. Eli & Knox had so much fun riding the rides and playing games. Their favorite part of the day was the garden area. They loved running around the trails and looking at all the outdoor designs.

We asked Eli on the way to Raleigh what was the main thing he wanted to see. He immediately responded, "a chicken and a parrot." We assured him there would be plenty of chickens, but probably not any parrots. As soon as he wandered into the gardens he found a parrot stand-he was as thrilled as we were surprised. Another funny thing Eli said was on the drive home. He was really quiet from being so tired, but then blurted out, "well, the State fair sure didn't have any tigers." You never know what they might be thinking about...We had so much fun!