Beach with a new pup

Keelyn, Kylie and Ella introduced their new pup Khloe to the beach this week.

MW, Will "shops" at our Giant grocery store and plays statues at Old Navy.

Grands at Christmas.......

What a wonderful day of Christmas memories!

JACK with his Christmas pirate pajamas.

EVA models her new hat and snow board.

KYLIE with some of her new lacrosse shirts.

KEELYN adds to her mini American Girl collection.

WILL and LARRY assemble the train set.

YUMMY desserts!

ELLA digs into Christmas dinner.

LAYNE and EVA on the Notebook....they each got one this year.

Snow babe

Seen outside the only open store on the boardwalk today....a swimsuit store!

Walking the boardwalk today was a little treacherous as it is snow and ice covered. Also a wind chill of temps in the 20s....brrrrr!

finally........SNOW!!!

After an entire day of wind and rain, we finally got enough snow today to give us some winter pictures. The boardwalk has a coating of snow as the lights came on at dusk today. It is getting colder now, so maybe the snow will continue. We hear tales from S. MD and DC about MANY inches of snow.

Camel Lot

On Sunday evening we enjoyed the presentation of Camel Lot at the Haarhoff's church. Ella and Keelyn had parts in the play as camels and Keelyn sang a solo! These young ladies are blossoming stars, and every year we look forward to their Christmas pageant.

Visit to Rochester and OC Winterfest

This past weekend we traveled to Rochester to celebrate with my dad at his holiday party. Here he is with his good friend and chef at his assisted living facility, Desi Clark who prepared a wonderful feast for us.

Once home, we enjoyed Winterfest in OC with Jenni and Will. Will brought us a star he made in school to put on the top of our tree right next to one made by Kylie when she was five years old.

Visit to NYC

We have traveled to NYC to see the lighting of the Rockefeller Christmas Tree for years now. This time Jenni, Larry and Will came with us. Weather was warm and perfect for all the walking we did. Highlights of this trip were geared toward what Will would most enjoy so we included visits to Times Square (esp. at night), FAO Schwartz toy store (seen here where Will is having his first look into the window), and Central Park. I am posing with a Batman made of LEGOS inside FAO Schwartz. Will loved the opportunity to run and play in Central Park with his mommy and daddy. Lastly, I have included a picture of one of the decorated windows of the Saks Fifth Avenue store. New vocabulary for Will: taxi, train, water tower, train whistle, beeping, New York City, elevator, escalator and many more!