christmas 2014

We had a great Christmas.  We enjoyed our time together and with family and friends.  This year was the year of trips.  As gifts that is.  None of the kids wanted much for Christmas, so they all got a trip with either mom or dad.  Claire and I will be heading to Atlanta to see the musical "Wicked", Allen and Jared already enjoyed a NBA basketball game (Hawks vs Thunder-6th row, center court), and Allen is taking Carter to an official "American Ninja Warrior" training facility so Carter can try out his skills.  They were all thrilled with them!

the tree was a bit tall and wide.  never could get the star on

first year with a "pretty" tree out front in the parlor

kids gave Allen the complete 9 seasons of Seinfeld (currently on season 5 with the boys)

kids gave me a book

Christmas Eve candle light service

pizza at Big Ed's with the Langford side

bowling with the Langfords

Halloween 2014

Halloween 2014 was cold.  Very cold, and sometimes rainy.  Claire borrowed a friends costume (doughnut with sprinkles) from last year to wear at her school's "spook parade" hoping to win most original, but she didn't.

That night she changed into something more comfortable.  We all went over to our friends subdivision that we have been going to for the last few years.  They have dinner and a fire pit set up in their cul-de-sac where we can all gather and then we walk around with Claire and her friends while the boys go off with their friends "trick or treating"=run around the subdivision. Claire stopped when it started raining sideways and we were all glad to be done early.