Christmas Lights at Dollywood

We're still making good use of our season passes to Dollywood that we received for Christmas last year.  We went to Dollywood tonight to see all of the lights.  It was cold, but we were bundled up! Reagan kept commenting just how beautiful the lights were and she thanked us over and over for bringing her.  Cooper was so excited, he was a wild-man!

Merry Christmas!

 mom & Cooper - Reagan was not in a picture taking mood

 I love to see trees with lights on every branch

 we watched a mini parade - I actually thought it would be more elaborate, but the kids enjoyed it!

 Santa on his sleigh 

 riding the carousel

 the train station

 strong dad!

 

I forgot to take a picture of Snowflake this morning, but he was just asleep on the couch covered up with a washcloth that he was using for a small blanket - I guess all the going back and forth to the North Pole every night is catching up with him!

Date Night

The local Chili's restaurant held a daddy/daughter date night tonight.  So, not to be outdone, Cooper and I went on a date night of our own!

He choose pizza!  We had a great time!

Greg and Reagan had fun too, but unfortunately Greg didn't document the occasion!

Litter Pick Up

This afternoon, Reagan's Girl Scout troop headed to a local park to pick up trash.  The girls have been learning all about water ~ how to conserve it, keeping it clean, etc.  They picked up several bags of trash and learned the lesson that they should always use a trash can!

getting prepared to pick up trash

 instructions from Ms Kelly

 Prettiest litter-picker-upper I've ever seen!

 The Troop

Dinosaur Attack

Looks like Snowflake was in a bit of a bind last night!

 

Have a Drink

Snowflake was thirsty tonight from all the travelling back and forth to the North Pole!

 

Candle Flake

Snowflake found his way into one of the candle holders this morning - hope he doesn't melt!

 

On the Water

Snowflake is tired of all the rain, he wants to go out on the boat and look at the marine (bath) animals!

 

A Note

Snowflake wrote a little note to Reagan and Cooper letting them know he'd missed them while they were away!

 

Exciting Stuff!

It has been an exciting end to our anniversary day!  After we picked up the kids, we pulled in the driveway to see Snowflake looking out the window, watching for Reagan and Cooper to come back home.

he missed them so much!

 We also had a visitor waiting on us outside our garage...a raccoon!

 It wouldn't move, it would just look up at us and then put his head back down.  Not sure if it is injured, pregnant or just cold.  We'll see if it's still there in the morning!

 We hadn't had family movie night in a few weeks, so we decided to start back up the tradition by having pizza, watching The Polar Express and having cookies and hot chocolate

 And, last but not least, Cooper lost his 2nd tooth this evening!  How cute is that smile?

SEVENTEEN

Greg and I celebrated 17 years of marriage today!!  The kids had a sleepover at Gigi and Bubba's house last night, so we were able to spend the day together, just the two of us!  We had breakfast at Cracker Barrel, ran some errands, lunch at Aubrey's and then went grocery shopping!!!

Greg is so sneaky!

Diving In

Snowflake ate all of the ice cream last night!  Reagan and Cooper love caramel cone ice cream and I guess Snowflake wanted to try some for himself!

I think he likes it!