Thursday, February 2, 2012

Christmas 2011

Corin's first try at finger painting and the resulting artwork.
 





A scene on our walk through a Christmas wonderland.
Playing at the Children's Museum


Santa visiting a Christmas party with friends.





Our early Christmas at home






The Atlanta trip





The Hawaii trip






Actual Christmas morning in ATL





Abby rocking her adorable ponytail


Lounging in her new chair





Abby's first snow






We had a very full and fun Christmas season.  I “had to” go to Hawaii for Christmas (had to…got to…either way, you’re welcome America), so we had some travel logistics to work out.  First, we had a pre-Christmas at our house before I left so the four of us could have a Christmas morning together.  We weren’t sure that the kids would know what was going on, but it was wonderful.  The kids got very excited when they came downstairs and saw all of the presents.  Corin has become an expert gift opener, and he taught Abby well.
The next morning, Kristi and the kids flew down to Atlanta to be with Aunt Michelle and Grandma.  Then I flew out to Hawaii.  Then Kristi left the kids in ATL and flew down to Hawaii to meet me.  We were together out there for about five days and with a work schedule in constant flux and other guys helping me out to cover my shifts, we ended up with a lot of down time together.  We had a GREAT time and got to have a lot of fun adventures in a beautiful paradise.
Kristi then flew back to ATL on Christmas Eve and spent actual Christmas with her family and the kids.  Then she flew home with the kids and they were there waiting for me when I got back from my trip. 
After the New Year we got a little bit of snow and Abby got to have her first experience of playing out in it.  But that is in the past now and we have had a string of 60 degree days in Jan/Feb, so who knows what the rest of this winter will hold for us.





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