A Girl and Her Toys

This weekend we moved the kids' table and chairs up to Brooke's room so she can have tea parties in style! She was so proud to set her table with her new dishes, silverware and glasses.

Wanna come over? She currently serves chicken nuggets, grilled cheese, cottage cheese and hot dogs. Yum.

YEE HAW!

Friday was Show and Tell your favorite Christmas present at Will's school.

Of course he picked to dress up like a cowboy and wear his new boots! Lil' Miss got in on the action, too!

YEE HAW! Love my cowboy and cowgirl!

Fun In The Sun Wrap Up

Since it was too cold to swim, here are some of the other activities we participated in during our vaca in FL.

It's never too cold for golf...

Or the hot tub at night!

Snacks in the hot tub.

Laughing with Grandpa and Daddy.

Golf cart rides.

Playing baseball in the side yard.

Quiet time with Grandpa at sunset.

Thanks, Grandma Jenny and Grandpa Bill for a fun vacation!
See you in the spring!

Fun In The Sun...Sorta

We headed out on December 26th for our trek to Florida. The kids did AWESOME in the car. They have really become seasoned travelers. It doesn't hurt that Brooke currently has an obsession with Toy Story and she did not mind to watch any of the 3 movies the entire car ride. Do what you gotta do, know what I mean?!

Since Andy kicked a whole lotta butt the 1st day, we were safely inside Florida our 1st night. After a nice hotel stay (did you know you get a discount when you check in after 130am?! HA!) we headed a short jaunt down the road to the University of Florida to check out the Gators. We walked right into the stadium and probably could have gotten on the field, but we didn't want to press our luck.

This one's for you, Julie Gebhart!

The kids loved the Big Gator right outside the stadium.

Yes, that is our van and new luggage carrier we got for Christmas from my parents (many thanks!). We considered stowing the kids instead of the luggage, it's so huge. I kid, I kid.

Next stop - THE BEACH! However, with it only being about 60 degrees or so it was a little chilly (Brooke used that term A LOT on our vacation!).

But the kids got all that pent up energy out, as they ran...

and ran...

all along the beach.

And added to our shell collection.

I love this crew!

After a pit stop at the grocery, we met Grandparents Sorg at the house after their flight. We were welcomed with the FLU BUG, as they both came straight in and went to bed, sick as dogs.

Welcome to Florida.
(Luckily, it only lasted 2 days.)

And this is how we found our little ones after Day 1 in Florida.

Definitely fun in the sun!

Goshorn Family Christmas

Tiredness caught up with me by Christmas afternoon so I did not get a lot of pictures after my 2 hour nap. But here is a few from our wonderful Christmas with Grandparents Goshorn, Uncle Eric and Aunt Leslie and, of course, Uncle Pete (Peg's twin).

Will asked for 'em...YeeHaw! Cowboy boots!

Daddy helping to get them on.

Brooke's are too cute - just gotta keep 'em on her feet!

We did our traditional Happy Birthday Jesus cake at Grandma's. This year I found festive plates that I just love!

The boys big gift were MobiGos - the Vtech version of a DS (kinda). It is really educational and the boys LOVE them. If this says anything - we took them to Florida with us (thank GOD!) and they did not work the last hour of the trip because the batteries were dead! Thanks Grandma and Grandpa!

After getting the kids to bed - next stop - Florida or bust!

Christmas Morning 2010

During the flood of 2010 (you know...that little water damage we had?!) our Christmas tree conveniently bit the dust. So here is our new tree, sadly with white lights and not our preference of colored (those dang big colored trees are mucho dinero) but still beautiful, just the same.

Santa was good to the Goshorn Kids. Here is what he left behind...

You know, he is so busy, he only has time to wrap in tissue paper and write in permanent black marker. He hasn't changed that since I was a kid. Right, Grandma Jenny?!
(I am going to have to start disguising the handwriting a tad better next year!)

Brooke got her Ladybug Pillow Pet. Lucky Girl!

I am not sure who was more excited - Brooke or Jack.
Bless his heart!

Will was excited about his new OSU football jersey (that he eventually wore A LOT in FL!).

Jack was very interested in the new Nerf guns.

And all 3 have already worn these shirts with pride.
Watch out - there is a new Justice League in town!

After shooting Nerf darts onto my 2nd story windows, loading the Barbie Car up with anything that could fit in the hatchback...

explaining to Will that Carson Palmer really didn't give him his new Bengals pants like the label said - that it was just Mommy trying to be funny, which obviously failed...

and a great breakfast, I could easily claim Christmas 2010 a success.

Next stop - Grandparents Goshorn!

Festival of Lights

It was that time of year again to brave the EXTREMELY cold weather, go with our best buds, the Markarians, and look like we are warm to see the Festival of Lights at the Zoo. The kids did great - I think I was the wimpiest of them all with the cold.
My.feet.hurt.

Not many pictures, as I was too cold. But I promise the Markarians were there.

Cold Daddy and Cold Brooke

Checking out the reindeer

Our traditional picture in front of the huge tree.

Next stop - Christmas morning!