Adventure at the aquarium

We have not been to one of Dave's favorite places for awhile, so we thought that today would be a great day to head to the aquarium. Dave was just the little future marine biologist today. It was so quiet there today, a perfect day to go, that they had all the touch exhibits open. Dave made sure that he went around and touched all of the sea creatures and asked the aquarium employees questions about the animals.

He first started off by touching the sharks!

Then over the the big tank to see if we could spot to huge sea turtle!

And we did, I think he was every one's favorite today.

Then it was off to touch the see cucumber, star fish, and sea anemone.

Both Chris and Dave said the sea anemone was sticky.

Then we had to stop to see if we could find all the fish from Nemo.

I think the hunt was successful!

Our next stop was to see the birds and to wonder why they don't fly away since they aren't in a cage.

He looks pretty small in this picture.

And another stop at another set of touch tanks to touch jellyfish, a different type of shark, and some sting rays.

Dave being a shark and Chris being a turtle!

And a quick stop in the shark tunnel.

"What are you doing hippos?"

It was a rather cold day, but we still did stop out to see the penguins quick. They didn't seem to mind the cold.

Just a quick video of some of the frog sounds that Dave likes to play with while we are visiting the frogs.

A snowy day!

With the snow today, I thought that it was best to stay home. So what do you do on a snowy day?! But clean the house, so that's what Dave and I started with this morning. Then Cara and Fred stopped over for a visit and to exchange gifts.

Dave was very happy to get a break from cleaning.

Dave got a great helicopter and some mega blocks!He also got a special godson ornament from Cara.After Cara and Fred left, Dave and I finished organizing the garage. A project that has been lasting several weeks. I would say that we are now officially moved in (yes over a year for those you keeping track), but....i have one box of scrap booking stuff to unpack yet (which I guess doesn't really count cause I don't have the time to scrapbook anymore, but it still needs to be unpacked)

The completed garage!!!

Chuck E Cheese

We thought that it might be nice to take Dave to Chuck E Cheese's today. It was a good thing that we did, Dave was having a very lucky day!! He won 880 tickets!!!


This is one that Dave likes to play with me.

"I'm brave, I'm brave, I'm brave." Is what Dave kept saying as the roller coaster was going up the hill.Playing the Funky Monkey game with Daddy.A regular jockey he is.And of course we had to be a fireman, complete with hose noises!

Gift exchange with Caleb and Noah

Today, we invited Caleb and Noah over to exchange Christmas gifts. With all the festivities of Christmas we were able to finally get a date for the boys to get together. As you can see the boys had a fun time exchanging their gifts, this year we decided to have them exchange books again. After opening, all three boys enjoyed playing together, while Sara and I got a chance to catch up. It was a very nice morning, thanks for coming over boys!

Happy 2009!

From our family to yours we wish you a happy and healthy 2009!

Mmm....Apple Cake!

Apple Cake

Dry
2 cups white flour
1 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon cinnamon

Wet

2 cups sugar

1 cup vegetable oil

4 cups apples peeled and finely diced

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 eggs

1 cup pecans or walnuts

Preheat the oven to 350F.

Combine the dry ingredients in a medium bowl. In a large bowl cream together the sugar and vegetable oil, then add the apples, vanilla and eggs. Add the dry ingredients to the wet, then add the nuts. Pour it into a well-greased bundt pan and bake about 45 minutes.

Dave and I made this cake the other night, it was a recipe that I had found on a lactose free site, and it is actually very good!!!

The day after Christmas...

And this is what our living room looked like this morning. But I do have to say that by the end of the day it was starting to look a little bit more organized...toys are starting to find homes in the basement and Dave's room.