Kangaroo Zoo

We went to kangaroo zoo on New Years Day. It was so fun. Andie and landen did a lot together and Andie had fun going on her own to.If Logan look terrified in this picture it is because he is! He hated it. Landen just kept taking him down anyway. After 3 times I wouldn't let him anymore.


Look close Andie is right behind Landen.

When we were getting ready to leave we told Andie she could go on two more things and then we had to go. She said ok and ran as fast as she could. We were taking our time walking so we didn't see where she went. We started looking on all the slides. We couldn't find her anywhere! This is the only slide that we couldn't see the top. I told Landen that she is probably at the top of that slide just sitting there because she knew she was going to have to leave when she came down. He went up there to check and sure enough she was just sitting at the top. When she saw Landen she told him she didn't want to go down. ha ha h. When they came down the slide together I just started laughing. She is a smart girl.

It was such a fun day. We stayed for 3 hours because Andie was having so much fun. We didn't realy do anything on New years eve. We went to our new neighbors house at around 5 to talk with them and have a yummy dessert. We came home and I did Ashly's hair for her dance. Andie ended up burning her hand on my straigtner so we didn't go to our friends house like we had planned. We ended up going to my parents house to see my Dad. He had surgery the day before on his back. He was doing really well and happy he had the surgery. We stayed for about 45 minutes and then came home and went to bed. I think that is the first year I didn't stay up until midnight.

Sledding

The day after Christmas my family went up hoble creek and went sledding. My parents wanted to do a family activity before my dad went in for surgery. Landen and Andie went down the hill a lot and Andie loved it. She hated it last year so I was happy that she like it this year. Landen took Logan down once. It was so cold I didn't want him going down to much. Logan and I mostly just hung out by the fire they had at the pavillion and I drank hot chocolate. It was so cold that day but it was fun to watch everyone go sledding.

Andie is trying to help landen clean the snow off the car

She was attempting to ride her bike in the snow and then she gave up.

Christmas at the Garners

Afer we were done at my parents house we headed over to Landen's parents. Landen's youngest sister is 8 so it is fun to his younger sisters get excited about Christmas. We opened presents when we got there. We spent the rest of the day watching movies, talking, playing games and just sitting around. Andie spent the day playing with her Aunts. She LOVES going out there because her Aunt Sammy will play with her for hours and hours.

Landen wanted to take this crate home with us. He liked the idea of Logan staying in one spot. He doesn't like it when he gets on his belly and starts to get mad because he can't sit back up yet.

We spent the rest of the day there until it was time for the kids to go to bed. It was good to just sit and relax with family.

Christmas morning at the Tipton's

After we were done opening presents at our house we made our way over to my parents house to have breakfast and open some gifts. We had some delicious apple cider pankcakes and syrup that Michelle made and we always have a breakfast quiche made by my Mom which is always yummy. We opened gifts from my parents and the grandkids did to. Logan got lots of clothes which he really needed and they were so cute. Andie got a cabage patch doll from the cabage patch hospital in Georgia. My parents took a tour of the hospital when they were there for my Dad's cancer treatments. They watched some dolls be born and they got to name one of them. They named her Andie. They thought it would be cute to get Andie a doll from there. They got adoption papers and everything and they named the doll they got her Andie Laurie. It is a really big doll and it is so cute. It smells like baby powder. Andie loves it.

Logan and Kai in their matching Pj's from Grandpa and Grandma Tipton

Andie opeing her Cabbage Patch Doll.

This year we were all at my parents house at the same time to have breakfast. That is the first year in a long time that has happened. It was fun the whole family could be there together.

Christmas morning at our house

Christmas was so much fun this year. Logan woke up at 7:30 so we woke Andie up and my parents came over to watch her open her presents. Let me just say that Andie does NOT like to be woken up. When I brought her out she just stared at everything and wanted to go back to bed. It took her about 5 minutes to realize what was going on and that she could actually open all of her presents that we have been telling her for weeks that she couldn't open. She had fun opening them. It was fun to watch her reaction to each one.

She was laying all of her candy from her stocking out.

Logan happy as can be while Grandma T is helping him.

When she opened this present she put her hand over her mouth and in a shocked voice she said "O H M Y G O S H! We had got her something she really like at garner village and she must have been shocked that it was at her house. I don't know but it was so funny.

She LOVES curious george

She was still waking up in the picture

Opening her first present

This is when she first came out and just stared at everything. She wasn't too sure if she could play with it or not.

We had been telling Andie for about a month that Jesus's birthday was coming and we call it Christmas. We told her that she gets to open presents on his birthday to celebrate. I didn't know how else to explain it to a 3 year old. Well Landen birthday is on the 7th of January and a couple of days after Christmas I was telling her that Dad's birthday is coming up and she kept asking me if she gets to open some presents. Now she thinks she gets presents for other peoples birthdays. She makes me laugh every day.