Fireworks!!

Angel and Ryan went out while Jaina was taking a nap to stock up on fireworks to celebrate the new year! Ryan was sooooo excited, I think the spray fountains were his favorite....all show, no sound :) Jaina on the other hand was not as impressed, she totally flipped out when she saw the sparkler Ryan was holding. I think we have come to the realization that she is terrified of fire, because she had a similar reaction when we did a fire bowl a couple of weeks back! She didn't care too much for the popping sounds of the fireworks either. So we stayed inside while the guys handled the arsenal! After that we headed over to a friends house to ring in the new year at 10:00...surprised the kids made it that long. even more surprised that they still woke up at "o-dark-thirty"!! Here's to a great 2012!!

Spending Time off with Daddy

I am so grateful that Angel has a job that allows him to take time off at the holidays :) We spent most of the time hanging out around the house being bums, the boys played Mario Galaxy ALOT, we went to the playgrounds around the house, and the zoo :) We all had a great time while he was off, it was really hard to send him back to work!!

Walk through Bethlehem

It really is so easy to get caught up in the commercial side of Christmas, sometimes the real "reason for the season" is forgotten. I was so excited to see this awesome, free event to put things back in perspective. A little church in Satellite Beach put on this "walk through Bethlehem", complete with donkeys, sheep and cows :) The people acting in the walk were all very authentic in their look and their speech. There were even shepards reenacting the story of the Christmas star, and the angel messengers, it was a very cool experience!

Ryan and Daddy signing their name at the Census table

Potters

The kids outside of the market

Basket Weavers

Trying out their own carpentry skills!

The manger animals!