Winter Break

It's been a few weeks, but we had a wonderful Christmas holiday!  I took off work for two and a half weeks and Micah had off work for over a week (which has never happened before)!  It was so nice to have a break from routine and spend time with family.  

Our break started off shaky, with Owen getting strep throat.  He was sick for about 4 days, but thankfully better by Christmas!  He had a long wait to see the doctor on the weekend before Christmas, so he sat in the car and built legos and played with his dancing robot.  We lucked out and nobody else caught the strep!

 My mom, Fred and Brian joined us for Christmas Eve and Christmas day, although we didn't take any pictures.  It was nice to have Christmas morning in our own house though!

Santa left Adler this dollhouse and she was ecstatic!

Santa left Owen this basketball goal for our driveway.  He shoots hoops every single day after school!

My dad and Mary gave the kids new rides for Christmas.  Adler is really getting around on her new bike and Owen loves his strange scooter.  I don't even know what it's called, but he can go pretty fast on it and do some cool tricks.

We spent some quality time with Brian over the holidays!

 

And it's always fun having the three brothers together (with Noah)!

 We went to the ranch and Micah started building a treehouse for the kids.  This is just the beginning!

We surprised the kids on New Years Day with a trip to Sea World.  I know Sea World is really controversial right now, BUT my mom gave us a family pass for 2014 AND my kids LOVE it there.  We have talked to them about where the animals came from and how they're cared for.  I think it's really peaked an interested in Owen, especially, and been very educational. 

Entering the Shark Reef

Feeding the sea lions

Adler having pure fun playing on the playground and riding roller coasters!

After Sea World we capped off the day with dinner at the Magic Time Machine.....such a hit with the kids!  Our server was an Indiana Jones with potty humor.  Owen is still talking about him.