Polar Express Train Ride

We took the kids on the Polar Express train ride in Parrish, it was awesome!! We all had so much fun, this was our Christmas present to the Lewis family so we kept it a surprise from the kids. When we pulled up and they saw the train their faces were priceless. Nathan was so excited he could hardly stand it! James and Nathans class at school had a Polar Express themed week that week, so the timing was great. We definitely want to do this again!
All aboard!!

The North Pole

Needless to say our train ride ended at the North Pole where we got to see the BIG GUY himself! James wasn't too excited about sitting on this guys lap (could have something to do with watching the Christmas Story with the creepy Santa the day before....) but agreed to sit on the fron of his sleigh. Max on the other hand would sit anywhere and was excited to tell Santa about the lights (one of his favorite words "light?") Santa apparantly wasn't too impressed with these two. But he gave them a bell anyway....
Max and Uncle Todd (aka "Truck", another favorite word...) chillin in the rocker


The kids coloring snowmen, Max eating crayons.

It actually was a little chilly which was nice, the North Pole just wouldn't be the same in 80 degree weather, which we have been having.

Christmas time is here!

Max LOVES the rocking horse, finally a toy he will play with!!

James really enjoyed helping decorate the tree, we did it while Max was resting ( I was a little nervous about him and the tree, but he's been great, knock on wood......) His angel ornament with his picture on it is Mommy's favorite!

Orlando with Gg and Popster

We had a great visit with Gg and Popster in Orlando, we love it when they come to see us! Soon they will be here full time, boy what fun we'll have then!

We took a trip to "Old Town" so the kids could ride some rides. It turned out to be a really cool place with rides everywhere, shops, restaurants, bars, live bands, a train ride, even a car show. We had a great time! Gg was very brave and rode the teacups with the boys, thank goodness because Mommy and Daddy aren't too fond of the spinning type rides...........

as you can see the boys loved it!

James and Popster playing air hockey at the timeshare, Popster has pretty good competition.

Halloween Party

Our cheese ball yummy mummy.....

Nana won 1st place for best costume, D-daddy won 2nd. They were hillarious, they wore Eston and Tammis Austrian? costumes, it was fantastic!

Sarah won 3rd place for her flamingo costume

Halloween Party

The kids had a ball trick or treating, Max LOVED it, he would push through all of the kids and run to the doors and then just look at the people, he wasn't even interested in the candy..... yet..... just wanted to see the people at each house.

Sarah and D-daddy

Our friends from the marina joined the festivities, Patrick, Amy and Aspen.

The Gooby family went with the Peter Pan theme. Tiger Lily, Capt Hook, Peter Pan and Tinkerbell enjoying some good food