We all had Monday off work/school for Martin Luther King Day so we went to local roller rink to rollerblade!

Carter wanted to learn how to skate backward:

We also hit Jason’s Deli and the library, where Raine made this paper dragon.

December 22 – finishing some Christmas shopping at the Galleria.

December 27, Daddy took the kids to Urban Air trampoline park.

Carter loved the jousting. Here is a video of Raine vs Carter as well as Raine on the obstacle course.

On December 28 we spent the day at Mountasia, enjoying the warm, windy weather. I took the wide-angle and fish-eye lenses for my cellphone that DJ gave me for Christmas so I got some photos with all of us in it, like this one on the go-carts.

Raine loves the climbing wall.

She made me climb with her; I’m on the easiest wall and she’s on the hardest.

Kids vs parents flag football game on January 1. The kids were winning (we were at a disadvantage because their flags are a whole lot lower than our hands) when the game came to an abrupt end due to Raine skinning her knee on the sidewalk.

The kids did a lot of rollerblading over the holiday break. On January 2 they convinced me to go with them to the parking lot at the school. Carter let me ride his scooter since I don’t have rollerblades.

We had some gorgeous weather over the break. The kids made me dig out their shorts so they didn’t sweat too much while playing outside!

Our Christmas-Eve-party turned News-Year-Eve-party was a blast. We started with dinner that included make-your-own quesadillas, tacos, nachos, and tamales.

Here are most of the younger kids: back row: Carter, Raine, Cade, Boston, middle row: Harvey, Hudson, Avery, front row: Penelope and Nora, missing: Alice and Frost

I took a couple terrible photos during various events but didn’t warn people that I was taking them!

Playing twister with Carter, Jordyn, Matt, Hudson, Boston, Cade, and Nathan

Getting ready for the white-elephant gift exchange. Kathleen and Matt Sweeney; DJ; Kara, Hillary and Bryan Boyer; Rauchelle Richey (Troy was on stair duty)

James and Ashley Walker; Jessica and Evan Eastman

I stole this white-elephant gift during the game, it needs to be framed on my wall!

The kids had fun wacking the pinata.

After the pinata, the kids played the left-right game.

Melt-downs started shortly after 8:00 and everyone was gone by 8:30, that’s how it goes with the under-5 crowd!