Dec 16-26 Christmas in Detroit and Columbus

Dec 16-26, 2016

Went spent a few days in Detroit catching up with friends and family near the Holidays.

My girlfriends Angela, Melissa and Melissa's daughter Gabriella had a girls lunch.

It snowed!

A big icicle!

Trav got out the old Suzuki for a few spins around the yard.

Cheese!

Snowy slide fun.

Snowy swing fun.

Snowy merry-go-round fun.

Playing with new toys!

Lila got some serious earmuffs ;)

Parak time. Games, good company and good food.

Megan and Alexis.

Grandma and Grandpa trying to get more smiles out of Alexis.

Christmas Eve Highbanks hike.

A very BIG itsy.

Merry Christmas Eve!

Merry Christmas!

Cash register fun.

Time to clean up!

Mild weather this Christmas calls for some chalk fun on the front porch.

Dec 1-20 December Fun

Dec 1-20, 2016

Elena and I went downtown to the Scioto Mile Grand Illumination for the Holidays.

Complete with petting zoo, carolers, art projects, etc.

Toy store kitchen in the Worthington Mall (aka location for her daily poop the last few Saturdays in a row?!?)

Bathtime smiles.

Painting!

Hiking at Highbanks.

A fun way to hike-between Daddy's legs :)

Us.

Not sure this is kosher--having your nearly 2 year push a kid cart with two 6-packs in it?

Snackin' with Santa at the Community Center.

One on one visit with Santa. Elena wants "lights" for Christmas.

Cookie decorating.

 

More cookie decorating at home.

Daddy-daughter day at Polaris Mall and POPCORN!!

Another visit with Santa at our ESI work party.

Ahhhh, a little too close to Santa this time...

Oh brother!

Elena and Everly time with ponytails.

Wheels on the bus videos are SO entertaining!

Swing in the snow!

Love this girl!

MOM! My car doesn't move so easily in the snow?!?

Zoo Wildlights with Kevin, Lindsay and Everly.

We visited the downtown Columbus Metropolitan Library today, it was super fun. And they had a huge bus to play in!

Eye-ing that Santa. We went to the Alum Creek light show for the first time. Pretty cool drive through lights with a little stop at the end for aMAZing homemade mini donuts.

Scuba Santa Daddy volunteering at the Zoo for the evening fish feed.

Practicing climbing or pole dancing? HeHe.

Nov 24-27 Thanksgiving Weekend

Nov 24-27, 2016

Our mini Thanksgiving roasted chicken with veggies before Ryan went to work.

Elena helped make some cookies for the weekend.

Cousin time at Kevin and Lindsay's house.

Sean doing the carving.

Girls.Girls.Girls.

Cousins + 2 dads because a certain couple girls were not so keen on being in the picture...

Art time.

Downtown Worthington Holiday Fest.

Purple coat cousins, Elena and Isla.

Ice sculpture spray.

Elena's maiden dip in our hot tub. Fun to do it with family! Thanks everyone for a fun, family-filled weekend!