Holy December!

WOW! It has been a  really long time since I have posted on this blog. I think I had a couple of spurts back in August and then nothing...

I thought I would kick it off with a little bit of what took place in the month of December, and the merge into some of the projects I had been working on over the past couple months, what's been happening with the family (we're growing), and try to be more diligent with keep you all updated throughout this upcoming year.

Since Christmas was just a couple of days ago, I thought that I would share some Christmas related photos/videos.

Enjoy!

First Things First, We Had to Visit Santa!

Last year we discovered this steal of a deal, and thought we would do it again this year. Bring your own people and camera, and the pictures with Santa are free (at Waterloo Gardens in Exton, PA).

 Logan was a little scared of Santa this year, but who would blame him??? We are pushing him to sit on the lap of a guy he doesn't really know!

The friends that we went with were nice enough to take a few family photos of us and Santa!

Then, There Was the West Chester Christmas Parade!

This was great to spend time with the family, here is my brother and I with our kids!

Logan and cousin Emmy anxiously awaiting the start of the parade...not sure what face he is making here :-p

The only thing that really broke Logan out of his "coma" was the candy cane that we gave him.

Next, On to the Cutting of the Tree

Getting ready to find the perfect tree!

You gotta make cutting down the tree look good...am I right?

I mean, looking good just comes natural to these too :-)

And we're off...

Here is  Logan trying to lead us to the perfect tree...note how Renae mentions that I teach him bad things like eating snow :-) I thought that's just what us guys do!

Mommy and Logan spotted the perfect tree!

Then it was time for the real man's job...remember, I said you gotta make it look good!

Logan supervised the tree felling process.

And there you have it!

Now to get it up the the tree baler...

And from there...on to the roof of the car..notice the vest and hat were gone...I worked up a sweat with the tree and Logan.

Don't wanna lose this bad boy on Routes 322 or 30.

As luck would have it, we ran into people we knew from church...so they took a family photo for us :-)

Then into the living room...

And then unwrapped...notice I am now down to a t-shirt :-)

And Logan inspected the lights.

I think that is a good stopping point for today's photo story blog, I'll pick up where we left off tomorrow ;-)