Christmas at the capitol.
We traveled to Pierre again this year to look at all the beautiful Christmas trees. It is fun to look at all the different ways people decorate the trees. It even gave me some ideas for next year. Now, all I have to do is remember them. The boys had fun running around the capitol and trying to get ornaments off the trees. Needless to say we carried the boys or held their hands during some of the viewing.
After the capital we came home it was time to open our presents. This is so we don't have to pack up all the gifts to Iowa/Minnesota. Peyton got pretty excited about seeing the presents under the tree and did really well handing out the presents.
Hockey anyone? I think this toy will be going downstairs in the playroom.
Later on that week we traveled to Iowa/Minnesota. We spend Christmas Eve at Jason's mom house. Jason and the boys ate their traditional oyster stew. Nolan ended up finishing the rest of Peyton's bowl. I think that Nolan is going through a growth spurt because we can't seems to fill that little boy up.
Before the boys went to bed we put cookies and milk out for Santa. The next day at 5:00 a.m. Peyton woke up everyone to let us know we should open our gifts. I am told Jason did the same thing when he was a little boy. Oh the joys of Christmas....
Peyton and his Thomas the train set.
We also got together with some of my extended family. My cousins and their families came to have a meal with us. Here some kids playing a matching game.
We also ventured to Bridges Bay Water park with Grandma S., Joann, Evan, Makayla, Grandpa and Grandma T. Nolan was more into walking around and going down the slides than the other times we have gone to water parks. He would go up the pirate slide with Makayla and then she would help him get on his bottom and then Jason or I would catch him at the bottom of the slide. Peyton loved going up and down the slides all by himself and playing with his cousins Evan and Makayla.
Relaxing on the lazy river.
Grandma S. and Nolan.
Last summer while in Spirit Lake Jason went to garage sale near my parent's house and bought a portable ice shed. Ever since then he has been waiting to go ice fishing. On the second day he call me and was so excited about all the fish he was seeing swim by his hole. He thought I should bring Peyton to come and look at the fish. While there we didn't see any fish but it was fun to look at the bottom of the lake.
