Winter Fun

You may have all heard about the snow that burried Ohio. We got 17 inches of snow in about 30 hours. People were going crazy and everything was closed/shut down. They cancelled church on Sunday, and since that is Aaron's only day off for 2 weeks, he had to shovel the snow. So, we got the boys dressed up and they went out and played in the snow for a while. Here are the pictures of them having fun!

Aaron's going to kill me for putting this picture in, but I couldn't resist. Look at how cool he looks with his pants tucked into his military boots!! Who needs snow boots when you have military boots. He cracks me up!!

This was the activity of choice for this snow day. They threw snowballs at the tree. They both thought it was great fun!

When it comes to snow, Justin is a whimp, just like his mom! He hates falling down at all. Never mind he has gloves and 4 layers on, he freaks out. He doesn't last very long outside. The only reason he lasted as long as Kennie this time is Aaron took them to a hill at the end of the street and they got to ride their sleds down the hill. They both thought it was great.

Kennie LOVES the snow. He would stay out all day if you would let him. His big obsession this time was throwing snowballs at his dad. He cried when we made him come in the house. He is always begging to go out in the snow. When he gets older, I'm not going to be able to keep him in the house! He is a good poser too!

A trip to the Newport Aquarium

On the last day of Aaron's 2 week vacation, we decided to take the boys somewhere fun. Aaron had for the most part healed from his surgery (look at the pictures later for an explaination for that one), so we headed to the Newport Aquarium, in Kentucky. They were having a killer deal that we couldn't pass up, with each adult, 2 kids got in free. That's the kind of deals we like. Anyway, this will be a long post because there are a TON of cute pictures.

Our family shot. Can you notice what Aaron's surgery was?? He had PRK (eye surgery kind-of like lasik). He doesn't have to wear glasses anymore. He wears sunglasses for the first time since I met him. He actually looks quite sexy!! (I love you hunny!). Aaron and I were joking on the drive home about the lack of planning for a group shot. Kennie, Nate, Aaron and I are all wearing different shades of red and Justin is wearing Oarnge. Oh well! Just a side note, you can't see Justin's shirt, but it is so fitting for him. It says, "My parents are exhausted." He thinks it is so funny and jokes about it. If only he knew how true it is.

All the kids, from left to right: Nate, Cameron, Dallin, Justin, Emmy, Karissa, Kennie, Caleb and Katelyn. We went with 2 of our neighbors and their kids. Not pictured: Aaron and Sassy, Lori Gregory and Deborah Heyward.

All the kids on the floor. This was at the shark walk through. They built a tunnel through the shark exhibit. You walk through and they are swimming all around you. It is pretty creepy!

This is the creepiest shark. It would swim over us opening and closing it's mouth. Yuck!

Kennie and Sassy feeling Condoleezza Rice. She liked to bite the cup of Nector. She was more interested in the bottom that what was inside. Kennie thought it was so funny!

Justin, Kennie and Emmy waiting for the shark.

Nate feeling the little Ray. He is not scared to touch anything!

Nate pretending to feel the shark. He just liked splashing in the water!

Okay, I saved the best for last. As you can see, Nate is obsessed with the image of himself in the mirror. He stood and ran into himself for like 5 minutes. This is so classic Nate!