Happy 6th Ben!

Christmas 2012

Sam and Ben getting ready to see what's in their stockings

Sam reading the Christmas story

Let the present opening begin!

Need scissors?

The "prized" gift of 2012

Ben working on the Millennium Falcon.  Dad is working in the background trying to configure the camera card to our new router.  Guess it worked since these pictures uploaded.

Some Singing

Ben and Sam sang in a children's choir on Sunday.  They practiced two weeks in a row.  Ben was not thrilled that he had to sing in BOTH services.

Ben's Playground

This morning, Saturday morning, Ben wanted to show mom what he does during recess.  He has really been enjoying playing on the monkey bars.  During recess, it's like a swarm of bees.  Here, Ben is pretending to be an icicle waiting to fall down.

Veterans Day parade 2012

It was very nice that we all received flags from a passing float.

Busy Day

Ben's class had a field trip to the zoo.  It was a beautiful day.  The only instructions the teacher gave me was for one, not lose a boy, and second, we needed to go to the jungle building.  Both were accomplished.

New Facebook picture????

We usually go to my parent's church for Halloween fun night which we did on Sunday, but last night we went trick or treating with Sam's friend Seth and his family.  We've never gone trick or treating with the boys.  We were over by Friend's University and they scored a lot of candy.  They had a blast!

Trick or Treat

Treat

Some Halloween Fun

Ben and Sam trying their luck at a trunk or treat game.

The two Jedis

Sam doing his annual "spin art"

Sam and his buddy Seth dueling it out with their pretend light sabers. 

Sam's Pumpkin

It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Halloween

Boogie on the Blacktop

Every year the kids of Mclean dance and boogie in the parking lot of Mclean.  The kids dance two songs and then bring out a parent to participate.  The kindergarten students and first grade go first then second and third grade.  In this picture, Ben is "laying" in his coffin before the song starts

Kristin, Sam and Ben dancing to "Bump, Bump, Bump in the Night".  They had fun bouncing each other back and forth.

Wind gusts were around 40 miles per hour, so at sunset there was tons of dirt in the air.  The wind did die down and ended up being an enjoyable evening. 

Omaha Zoo Pt II

There were mice in the tiger exhibits.  The big cats didn't seem too interested, but this little guy was enjoying the tiger's poop.

Sam's never liked carousels.  He decided to brave the tiger that did not go up and down.

Sam's new little friend "Loudy" that he purchased as a souvenir..

Ben's walking stick.  We sure did walk a lot.

The Lied Jungle was really cool, about four times the size of our jungle.  There were also bats flying around us.

Downtown Omaha

The pedestrian bridge that connects Nebraska to Iowa.  It is really neat, but was also cold and windy as it sits above the Missouri River.