Craziness on a trip home

However, the trip home was another story. We were supposed to leave Florida at 12 on Dec. 26th...but our flight got delayed about an hour. We finally got on the airplane around 1:30 and then got in the air by 2 pm. So, we arrived in Atlanta at 4...our connecting flight was supposed to leave at 4:30...no need to rush to the next gate though cause Atlanta was a mess and all flights were delayed at least an hour. There was some bad fog and low visibility in Atlanta. So, we found out our flight was to leave at 6. We grabbed some dinner and let the boys play a bit. Kevin went to get a snack and when he came back, he found out our flight was cancelled. Yes, cancelled...ugh...not real excited at that point. He went to customer service and found another flight leaving at 10pm. So, we decided it would be better to try and get on that flight instead of staying overnight and then trying again in the morning. We didn't want to get stuck in Atlanta for another day. The 10pm flight thankfully got us home but not for some more delays. We ended up finally leaving Atlanta at midnight and arriving in Ohio around 1:30 am. God was very good to us and I'm so thankful for that. We made it home safely and the boys did amazingly well. I was so impressed with them! And they have been sleeping well the last few days trying to catch up on their sleep!

A very sunny Christmas

We had a wonderful time in Florida for Christmas this year!! Oh, it brings back wonderful memories of sun tanning on Christmas day and wearing shorts to Christmas dinner! I love it. Many of our friends here in Ohio just couldn't believe we were going to be in warm weather for Christmas...they thought we would be sad not to have a snowy Christmas. No way..not for this native Floridian. Kevin wasn't so sure about a warm Christmas, but he is sold now!! The boys loved it so much...they were able to play outside everyday, feed the ducks with Grandma, go swimming, and go to the beach. They could have played in the sand all day long..the playground even had lots of sand there. So, yes we enjoyed our Christmas trip to Florida and playing in the sand rather than the snow!! Thanks Nama and Papaw! We had a wonderful time.

Thanksgiving visitors

We had a very fun filled Thanksgiving with Kevin's sister and her family...yes, there were 4 little boys running around our house for a week. It was quite exciting! Caleb loved it so much! He thought his big cousin Drew was the coolest ever. We went to a few different play places with the boys and Caleb followed Drew every where he went! So, Drew had a little shadow the whole week...Drew was very very patient and loving with his cousins! TJ also loved all of the big boys and was trying to keep up with them...TJ particularly loved his Uncle Andy...he sometimes loved his Uncle Andy more than his momma...oh, how sad, huh? Not really...it was great to see him have so much fun with his extended family!

The boys favorite game was running around in circles and then falling down on the floor....they played that everyday...Caleb does it by himself now and is trying to teach TJ how to do it also. TJ just doesn't quite get it yet! : ) I'm sure someday he will! And then I'll have 2 dizzy boys!

I also greatly enjoyed having Kevin's sister here...it sure does make the day go by so quickly when you have someone to chat with all day and share the chores with also! I don't know, I might be into communal living! It was very encouraging to have his sister here to spend time with and get to know better! God has greatly blessed me!!!

Kevin's parents came for a few days also and his Aunt Barbara came too! We also had Uncle Andy's sister for Thanksgiving!! So, what a great time with family!

Uncle Andy and Caleb hanging out...Caleb is possibly helping Uncle Andy with some very important business decisions...he is a very wise 2 year old!!! : )

Drew is very nicely sharing the chair with Caleb and Spotty!! Caleb just had to sit with is cousin!Grandma Beeker bought the boys matching outfits to take some cute pictures with!! And the Boenau boys did quite well with the pics...however, the Beeker boys were having a rough night! But, they are still all cute!