Tired Boy

After Christmas weekend with visits from Grammy, Grampa Richard, and Uncle Greg, Max was one tired boy and fell asleep on the floor while listening to Daddy play his bass.

Merry Christmas Lauren!

Lauren was unimpressed. Luckily, Max was around to help open her presents. That is what big brothers are for, right? 

A Dog of Simple Needs

Santa brought Diamond a bag of balls for Christmas. No gift would have been more appreciated. 

Max and Uncle Greg

Max got a remote control car for Christmas and he and Greg enjoyed playing with it.

BTW, Max insisted on wearing shorts that morning, and we have learned to pick our battles. 

Good Job Dad!

Josh made Max a beautiful train table for Christmas. This was his first big project in his workshop and it came out great. 

Presents!

Max had a great time opening presents. We learned a valuable lesson, too. Do not put a picture of a train (gift tag) on a gift that does not contain a tag, or Max will start frantically opening any and all gifts in search for the train. Luckily, there was a train in a gift, or we may have had a real problem on our hands. :) 

Is it time yet?

Twas the night before Christmas and Max was being very good about not opening the presents, but he was tempted. 

Lauren's Dress and Dad's Goggles

Now that is an outfit! 

Santa Max

Max got into the Christmas Spirit while helping to trim the tree. 

Santa's Village

We went to Santa's Village the weekend before Christmas. There was fresh snow and it wasn't too cold and we had a great time. Unfortunately, the camera batteries died, and this is the only picture from the trip. It is of Max's first amusement park ride, the merry go round, which he really enjoyed. He also rode a train (loved that), "drove" cars (loved that), rode on a kids only ride with Anna (loved that), and the ferris wheel (mom couldn't watch, and he got bored about halfway through it).