Now that we are coming to the end of being residents of Charleston S.C.

I thought I would catch you up a bit on some of the fun we have been having while I haven't been posting.. I know how much you missed us!

Our old truck had a baby!

Jeremiah took Kennen to a Hockey game last year.

They had some great daddy daughter time!

One of our favorite places here is walking along the water front.

Here Jeremiah is throwing the kids over about a 6ft drop.

Before taking the kids out into town we try to wear them out... run bases, jump off things.. safety first.

We had beach day every Saturday...

Until it dropped below 80 degrees and now I think its freezing!

We recently had our last camping trip here, and we made sure the mosquitoes had their fill!

The huge rainstorms here were the best!

We will miss the Alligator hunting! (we shine flashlights on the water and see there big ol eyes)

If I can give advise to any who wish to come to S.C. ... Don't swim in the water and be aware of the smallest puddles!

And of course the first day of school!! They are growin up so fast.. (sniff)

This is the pile of leaves that I spent hours raking together.

hhmmmm, there seems to be mischief a foot.

Their leader..

yes, mischief!

I once raked a pile of leaves...

Because

In the Deep Deep Forest...

We made caves for our Lions, and Tigers, and Bears...

Oh my!

They look so fierce.

Jeremiah played a very important roll here!

Without him the whole thing would come crashing down.

Oh and the Tiger lost one of her ferocious teeth!

Probably gnawing on something very scary, like candy canes!

Gross!

Teaching the kids about Christmas, is fun!

The Christmas Slump.

We are in the Christmas slump! The house feels cramped now

from the holiday decor and I am way behind on the blogging.

So I took the tree down yesterday, and now I'm putting 4 posts in one!!

Lets start on... before Christmas activity.

Carson and Brooke gathered some seed pods from

outside and wanted to make ornaments.

They were lovely!

We went back to the festival of lights to see Santa.

It was fun a second time around too! We got there right when

he had to take a potty break, so we rode the carousel... i thought it a bit scary!

But the kids liked it!

SANTA!!

Christmas morning!! At 8am! I was awake and ready to go at 6am

and thats only because Miah said if anyone gets up before 6am then they

would go back to bed... So I forced myself back to sleep when I had woken up at 4am.

AAHHHHH!

And so, let the mess begin!

This damage is after they told me that they had taken all their stuff upstairs... hmm

Well we had a blast this Christmas.. I love Christmas day.

We all sit around and play with our toys and eat leftovers from

Christmas eve dinner and junk from our stockings!

What a slow wonderful day!

Sugar Cookies!

Usually I start making cookies around Halloween and go till Summer,

but this is the first batch since, uh well its been awhile. I think I over did it!

But after having them today... Mmmmm they are back baby!

Aren't they pretty!! Kennen was such a good helper.

Carson and Brooke missed out on the action, because they played at dinner

instead of eating. But not to worry.. We still must make Santas!

I have tried many a sugar cookie recipe and let me tell you, this one is my favorite!

Thanks Candice Sorensen! We still make them all the time!

'Tis The Season...

To start off some of our Christmasy fun, we went to the Festival of Lights!

It was fantastic, we drove through it I think, three times. We had snacks and some delicious

hot cocoa! We didn't do the full walking activities because it was freezing cold!

We were able to take the train around so that was fun for everyone! The kids

had these snazzy glasses that when you look at the lights it turns them into snowflakes,

Santas, and snowman! they were pretty cool, its the best way to see Christmas!

Like I said, we got these really cool glasses for the kids!

This was one of our favorite light sculptures. It is the Cooper River Bridge.

it changed ever so gracefully from the old bridge to the new one!

Miah wanted ya'all to know that he took this picture.

The kids were plum tuckered!

See Carson is still wearing his awesome glasses!

Next we set out for our original South Carolina Christmas... Bush.

We found a rather large one to trim! Ain't she purty.

Kennen also just had the little first grader Christmas pageant!

She was so cute (Driving us nuts with all the practicing but she knew her songs!)

We haven't been able to locate our video camera, so its just pictures this year.

We have had a blast with all the Christmas delights!

Hope you are having a jolly holly season too!

Merry Christmas everyone!