Happy New Years!!!

Emery and Avery hosting their 2013 New Years Eve Party,

in attendance was Nick, Luke, Katherine, and Ethan 

(plus all the annoying parents)

Little Squirt Squirt ...

 "Do you feel lucky, punk?"

Sometimes you have to be ready for "the element of surprise" in our line of work, so we have this little game called "Little Squirt Squirt". Watch below to see both sides at work, "the trainee" and "the trainer" ...

... and now for some of "the trainer" surprising "the trainee" ...

Merry Christmas!!!

Merry Christmas to all!!!

It's that special time of year again when kids get all wild and crazy and super excited about that special big guy (aka Santa Claus) coming to visit all the good little boys and girls! Here are some snapshots leading up to the big day ...

Our decorated Christmas tree 
and stockings, all hung up with care

Counting down the days until Santa comes ... 
Emery doing her "Santa coming" dance

Our house all lit up with Christmas lights, 
so Santa easily finds his way ...

... even Frosty The Snowman is right 
outside to help with directions to the chimney!!!

Christmas Eve dinner couldn't get over quick enough ...

... but then right after getting pjs on,
 Emery got "the call" from Frosty 
that Santa is "in the neighborhood" ...

... so off to bed we scooted ...

... but not before leaving our milk and 
cookies offering to Santa ...

... along with a note!

And in the morning, what a sweet surprise ...

Santa left a special note back to us ...

... along with tons of super cool neat stuff ...

... actually way too much stuff from Santa, 
Mommy & Daddy, and everyone else!!!

Even Mommy and Daddy got some much needed gifts ... 

Daddy really does need to take better care of his feet!!!

Emery loved this super cool contraption
(although it's probably not really safe for kids 
her age/size) ... watch the video below to see 
just how adventurous Emery likes to live ...

Our dogs even got super cool new toys

And even though Emery liked the simpleness of just the toy
boxes them self, she had lots of fun with actual toys like ...

... here is a video playing requests on the ivories ...

... and another video of her jumping halfway to the moon on a trampoline!

So much super fun with all the new toys and even new robot pets

So much to be happy about ... 

way too much to be thankful about ... 

Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!

Zoinks, is it really ... yes, I think it is ...

... it's The Mystery Inc Gang!!!

They gave us some great tips on mystery solving!!!

A Hooping Around Kind Of Day ...

... hula-hooping that is!!! Below are some pics of all the fun ... and yes, it really is as much fun as it looks!!!

Avery showing off her magical "levitation" skills!

And here is the start of the "Avery Hula-Hoop show" ...

... and away we go ...

... with such beautiful form ...

... where timing is critical ...

... and it's all mind over matter ...

... to make it fly anywhere, anyhow!

And now for Emery's turn ...

... ok, get ready, get set ...

...go! 
Well, that's as good as it gets for now ... 
but with more practice, there will soon be a 
great double header show!!!

All Aboard The Polar Express!!!

This is no joke ... last weekend we went to the North Pole to visit Santa Claus!!! Yes, you heard me right. We traveled millions of miles to go see the one and only on this little train called The Polar Express!!!

Getting into trouble in our pjs waiting to go see Santa Claus 

with our "double trouble" friends, twins Gianna and Alexa

 Loading up onto The Polar Express train

(yes, it was as cold as it looks)

 After a very very long train ride, 

we finally met Santa Claus at the North Pole!!!

 We also had tons of fun just playing around in all that snow ...

 ... it was even Emery's first time seeing snow, 

so we did tons of stuff like ...

 ... making snow angles all over the place ...

 ... and having tons of snowball fights ... 

but not with any of our girlfriends ... 

we instead all ganged up on someone 

who wasn't even expecting it ...

... yep, you guessed it ... watch in the video 

below as we all gang up on Daddy!!!

My My My, look at how our Mighty Emery has changed ...

Emery showing off her powerful gymnastic-like lower body ... 
you can actually see the muscle tone ... amazing!!!

Sometimes small packages can be quite surprising. Remember back in those good old days (really just a year ago) when things were a bit more constraining? What a difference a year can really make!!!

Emery's shackles from a long time ago are a distant memory

The Case of the Mysterious Missing Chocolate Bar ...

Um, from the looks of it Emery already closed the case ... 
before it was even started!!!

Gobble Gobble Gobble Day ...

Happy Thanksgiving!!! Here are some pictures of our great and thankful foodie day ...

 Day started off with Avery stuck peeling potatoes ...

 ... while I got to entertain Auntie Em 

(I think I got the better deal)

 Ta-DA ... our bacon-wrapped turkey!!!

 Emery helping Mommy un-stuff the turkey

 Gobble gobble gobble time ... yum yum yum!!!

 Emery and Avery "helping" to 

find leftover containers

Carcass Soup to send out to Grandma Wendy 

(since she was too sick to join us today)