Family Fun

Another Hallmark Family Christmas Fun Day has come and gone! Joey and I started this tradition the first year we were married. Our family takes a "special" day before Christmas and does fun "Christmas" activities. We had a great time this year! I think we are all definitely in the Christmas Spirit, now. We even found the boys under the tree last night attempting to peak at their presents. Poor things...they just have to wait too long. I don't know how long Joey and I will make them wait... we hate the waiting as much as they do!

Joey and Gabe ran in the Reindeer Run at the Y on Saturday. I think they LOVED it! Cole and I cheered them on as they rounded each corner, so it was fun for us, too. We had pancakes afterward and visited with Santa on his GIANT sleigh. Gabe even won a door prize - a stop watch with a laser light on it. The boys have been playing with it non-stop. Maybe we should have just gotten them one of those for Christmas instead of the millions of things they are getting!

After the race, we headed to Greenville for our Family Fun! We decided to go Ice Skating this year for the first time. Joey had a little "trouble" with his skates hurting his feet, so he did not last very long. ( I personally think he was a little nervous about the whole thing!) Poor guy, he did take some good pictures of me and the boys having fun! Gabe was a natural! He absolutely LOVES ice skating. He was flying around the rink and doing turns by the time we left. I think he skated for about 3 1/2 hours before he finally had enough. Cole didn't really like it at first. We got one of the "walkers" for him, so he was able to balance a little more. By the time he finished, he was skating a little without help. Joey took Cole over to the Bounce Room while Gabe and I finished up. We had a blast!! We will definitely have to add that to our agenda again next year. Maybe we will buy Joey his own personal skates so he will be more "comfortable"....

After ice skating, we went to "Sticky Fingers" for some ribs and took in all the downtown sights. I LOVE downtown Greenville at Christmas. It is so much fun to walk around down there and take in everything. We ended our busy day at Roper Mountain Lights. The boys always love it and each have their favorite parts. Afterwards, we headed home and curled up in our bed. I think we were all asleep before 9!!!! What a fun day! I can't wait until we do it again next year!