Hyde Park- Winter Wonderland

One day we all piled into the van and headed into London to check out the Winter Wonderland at Hyde Park.  It was great and definately on the list of things we will do again and again.  Loved it!  It felt very European and festive.

My sweet friend!

This was a great ride!  Allen was standing beside the horse when we first got on but the attendant told him he needed to sit with Ben.  Once the ride started, we understood why.  This was the fastest moving carousel ride we have ever been on, worth every pence!

Trying out some chestnuts...not sure what I think about them.

A highlight of the day was going to Chipotle!  Ben found his love for guacomole which just makes me so excited! 

The whole gang!

The Boys...

This past week the D's came to visit and it was a super special time.  We have lots of memories together prebabies and it is a lot of fun to be making memories with our little guys!  So, here are the four guys!  Ben, Nate, G, and J!  They had a blast together and it just makes me so excited to think about all the adventures ahead of them.
Ben driving a car at the Hyde Park winter wonderland.  He talked about driving the car all night!  Loving his new hat from Aunt Ash.

Nate!  I love those blue eyes!!  And the fact that he and G are about the same size.  Too cute!

Oh, G!  He is just too cute!  Funny story, last february I went up to DC when J was born.  G is small and I had been carrying him around that I had Nate in my arms and I set Nate down like he could walk!  Of course, Nate being only 7 months old could not walk and just sort of crumpled to the floor.  He was not hurt!

And the latest addition to the boys, J!  He was such a trooper hanging out in the stroller and dealing with all the loving tackles! 

Sorry this is blurry but I want to remember this sweetness!  Nate loved J being here, he continually signed and said baby.  He would go over and talk to him and give him toys.  I think he liked not being the youngest.

Nate also loved to eat G's food.  Food and G have their moments and Nate was always there to grab the quesidilla or whatever else G was not sure he wanted to eat! 

You can't tell but all three of them are in this little bus together! 

The boys hiking up the hill!  Oh what fun they are going to have together.  I don't have a picture of it but Ben loved making J laugh!  It was really fun to see him get a kick out of making J giggle. 

Love these boys and praying that they will come to know the Lord at an early age and serve Him all the days of their lives!

Christmas Day

We had a wonderful Christmas!  It was such a sweet time as a family of four.  Allen and I have been married for 8 years and we have only been in our own bed for 1 Christmas and that was our first Christmas in Jordan where we were living in someone else's home!  To say that it was nice to wake up in our house on Christmas day was delightful is an understatement.  We have had a great time seeing family and friends in years past but it was really nice to not be getting over jetlag, etc for Christmas.  We had a very chill day of opening presents as the boys wanted to and then reading the Christmas story.  We had a yummy simple lunch and then the boys took great long naps!  We were so blessed to be able to talk to family on the phone and computer through the day.

Ben giving Nate a Merry Christmas hug/tackle!

Intently listening to the Christmas story.

Taking their scooters for a ride in the afternoon.  Ben has been asking for a scooter for months!  It is the hip toy here for little guys.

Allen being silly!  Love that guy!

Nate on his scooter. It also has a seat so he can sit and scoot.  However, until G came and showed him how to do it he just wanted to stand on the seat! 

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Christmas Eve

We had such a great Christmas week!  The week before Christmas both boys had ear infections but once they were on medication things got A LOT better!  I love our nurse practitioner here but that is another story...Anyways this Christmas season was full of getting packages delivered to our door! It was so fun and thank you all for sending them!  On Christmas Eve we decided to open some gifts so that the boys could enjoy them throughout the day.  From the pictures you can tell they were super excited!  I tried to get pictures of all the package openings but due to the constant motion of my two boys a lot of them were/are blurry, sorry!

Nate dressed up as HOHOHO, as he likes to call it!  He could put the whole thing on by himself.  This was from my santa run, the best £10 to see him. 

Then in the early evening we went to a Christingle service. We went to several christmas/carol services throughout the season and this was definately the best for our boys at this age. 

This is a Christingle candle everything has meaning and tells the story of Christ being the light of the world.  So thankful to live in a country where celebrating Christmas is all around us.