Santa Saturday!

This past Saturday we trekked to our annual Santa destination~The Strasburg Railroad! This is an annual event that we started with my best friend Nicole and her family back when the boys were all infants and we are now in our 6th year! The kids have so much energy and excitement over seeing their friends they can hardly stand it! This year we added a day of activities for the kids that included lunch, decorating cookies and making Christmas ornaments!

These are the cute ornaments that Nicole made with the kids...she is so crafty! JD and Riley had to hang their ornaments front and center on our tree, rather than on their own little trees!

JD decorating his cookies...

Such skill and concentration...Tyler was putting his cookies out for Santa (who Tyler insists is 45 years old...)

Here are JD and Riley posing w/ Santa...

Riley and her cousin Emily eating apples that Santa passes out...

Here are JD and the boys (Isaac (L) and Jackson in the middle), we had taken a picture like this when the boys were about 1 year old~I can't find it in my back pictures, but my how the boys have grown! On a side note, JD was sharing with me the other day that Jackson is now 7 and Isaac and him are 6 and Riley is turning 5~I said I know you are all growing up so quick....he turned and looked at me and said, "Mom, don't worry, I will still come visit you and take you to the beach." Riley informed me that she is NEVER leaving home.

What would you do with out best friends??

I hope that you have enjoyed the brief photos of our great day and hope that you all have cherished times with friends and family this holiday!