Sam had his 2nd Birthday Party today – complete with pizza at the pool with Reid and Drew. When we got home we cooked sliders on the grill and Sam got to open a couple of more presents. The bottom photo is the bike that Nana and Gung Gung gave him last week. Sam will have one more party in a couple of weeks – bowling with AJ.

Sam’s Ninjago Lego Photos Jay Storm Fighter

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Here are some photos that Lis took at Miss Carol’s house – see previous post…

Lis and the Boys drove over to see Miss Carol today and they spent some time taking photos. Alex and Sam also took a few photos and it interesting to see that they have actually been paying attention to Mom when she talks about her photography. Below is a photo that each of the boys took… you should be able to see comparisons to Lis’s photos in technique. Alex’s flower photo:

Sam’s horse photo:

We all went down to the Nelson-Atkins Art Gallery and walked through some of the Henry Moore sculpture gardens. We then went over to the big Shuttlecocks for a quick photo.

Aunt Laurie and Uncle Les treated the whole clan to the new aquarium that just opened up in KC down next to Hallmark at the Crown Center. The boys had a great time visiting the aquarium and spending the day with Calan, their cousin!

After the Aquarium, the boys played by the fountains while waiting for Mom and Aunt Laurie to finish buying some souvenirs at the gift Shop. We just missed the opening of the LegoLand – it opens next week… hopefully next time we visit we make another trip down to Crown Center!

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More photos from the beach…

We took our Annual New Year’s day trip down to the beach. We had great weather again this year – it was about 65 degrees and Sunny most of the day.

We had a great Christmas this year. Nana and Gung Gung sold their house, but Nana had a chance to come back and stay with us for the big day. Gung Gung was over in England enjoying Christmas with his family. We did get a chance to wish Aunt Emma in England a Merry Christmas. Mom, Nana, Alex and Sam all got up on Dec 26th and drove to Virginia to celebrate with Aunt Becky and the rest of the family.

The boys and Rod took a quick trip up to Waynesboro to help with some tech issues in the new house. We took this photo on the mountain rest stop.