Drinkin Pigs

Diane finally had to step up and help the poor pig out, he was getting frustrated with Dave. Thank you Diane!

At the end of our road trip we stumbled (more literal for some of us.....) across the coolest place called Cane Bay, it was a great beach with some restaurants and beach bars around it and great diving. The bar we found was called Off the Wall, it practically sat right on the ocean, it was awesome. I could have stayed here for a really long time......

This is the face of a happy man.

Crossing back

Dave aka "Hawk eye" noticed this dinghy floating in the middle of the ocean on our crossing back to St.Thomas from St.Croix, we were miles from anywhere so it was a little erie.
We called the Coast guard to make sure noone was missing and they said a dinghy was reported missing from Buck Island off of St.Croix. We stayed for about 30-45min surveying the area, we didn't want to leave anyone behind, just in case.

We towed the dinghy back to Christmas Cove where we anchored for the night. The Coast guard dropped the ball and we decided they didn't want to fool with this beat up dinghy. Our last night in St.Thomas we found a good home for it.

Carib!

So many more fantastic stories, Jim and his super power anchor moving techniques, the amazing snorkling in Christmas Cove, the taxi ride to the airport is a story in itself.....great stories to share with you all the next time we are together and you need a good laugh!

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.